2. Trump's changing views "over the years" have a) gone in one direction b) didn't happen over the years but virtually overnight.
3. I'm hardly voting my "churchiness" since I'm an Orthodox Jew (maybe I'm voting my synagogueiness). Either way, it is not identity politics to find virtue in a candidate that he is a man of faith and it accords with what our founding fathers said about the importance of Americans having morals and faith in order for the system of ordered liberty they designed to succeed.
4. Donald Trump has proven business leadership skills, which ultimately boil down to the greater glory of Donald Trump. He has never held any government post, which is a very different thing. In business, the object is profit, as it should be. In government, ideally, the object is service, discharging duties that faithfully represent the will of the people. It takes a person with a structured, systematic understanding of what our Constitutional form of government is and the ability to translate that to policy goals that inspire subordinates to follow. I don't see Donald Trump having any such systematic understanding. He seems to entirely believe that the same drive and determination that served him well in business can work in government. 5. Voting based on "intellectual curiosity". Now who is not taking this seriously enough?? The stakes are far too great for academic edification as a motive for voting. My intellectual curiosity is well satisfied by studying what Ted Cruz has said and done during his life which paints a picture of someone with a comprehensive understanding of our Constitutional system and of the principles of conservatism. Not only that, but he has actually demonstrated a courageous willingness to stand by those principles even when it made him very unpopular among his colleagues. And I find that very intellectually satisfying.
You give no facts, links, or information, just your opinion...that’s what I mean by being tied in by emotion...facts don’t matter.
Trump has NOT changed his views as you say. Do some reading!
Cruz March 2015 during his announcement speech..yes we will pay him for over a year while he campaigns! Trump is using HIS money, not YOURs like Ted is. This is ALL he said about ISIS, Terrorism, the Middle east...it was all about Ted.
Cruz: Imagine a president who says “We will stand up and defeat radical Islamic terrorism”
“... and we will call it by its name.”
THAT’s it!
But he mentioned CUBA FIVE TIMES!
“torture in Cuba, growing up in Cuba, he flees Cuba, free Cuba from the dictator,
Cuba was not at a peaceful time.”
He barely mentioned immigration until Trump did!
Cruz Mar. 23, 2015
Instead of the lawlessness and the president’s unconstitutional executive amnesty, imagine a president that finally, finally, finally secures the borders.
And imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream.