Posted on 05/04/2015 11:50:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck said on his show Monday that he's "not sure" Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is able to "govern."
Beck made the comment while discussing each of the potential GOP presidential nominees and what he saw as their ability to lead.
"We are looking at unbelievable times ahead of us," Beck said. "And I would say on this, I'm not sure [Cruz] could get the coalition together. He'll be a bulldog and he'll stand for principles but I'm not sure that he could govern. I'm not sure yet."
One of Beck's co-hosts asked how Cruz compared to former president Ronald Reagan.
"Reagan had charm," Beck said. "He had charm."
By contrast, Beck said of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Cary Fiorina, "She could govern."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Ted Cruz is a leader, not an administrator.BTTT your insight in recognizing the critical difference.
I remember the example back in 1987 when a friend of then VP GHW Bush asked him to take several days off at Camp David to develop his plans for a prospective presidency, to which Bush replied dismissively and in exasperation, "Oh, the vision thing." That's how an administrator thinks, not a great leader.
One thing the last 6+ painful years of Obama has taught me is that a vision of governance can advance an agenda without benefit of executive skill to back it up; a terribly destructive agenda in the case of Obama. This is a huge change in thinking for me considering, for 45+ years of voting, executive experience has been near the top of my list for POTUS qualifications.
Ronald Reagan had the unwavering "vision thing" to rebuild a demoralized, economically damaged nation and great good came from his guiding principles.
Ted Cruz has executive experience from his days at the U.S. FTC and as Texas Solicitor General supervising and leading every appeal for the state of Texas in a 4,000-person agency with over 700 lawyers (like herding cats).
More important for leadership ability is the vision of governance Cruz developed from a truly extraordinary upbringing studying the U.S. Constitution and free market economics from a very early age. Elect him POTUS and we will reclaim our Constitution and Bill of Rights to return the nation to Rule of Law.
At this perilous point in our history, we need a trustworthy leader with a resolute ideology and a record of doing what he promises to rein in the oppressive federal government. Ted Cruz is that leader.
Hey Ralphy..eerr Glenn, Hows your soul?
Your post # 33:
"What has he led- his Senate staff? Governing is something Cruz has yet to do?"
Keep up.
Upsdriver, sincere question-—if there’s no evidence Cruz can govern, what about Allen West? Judging from your tagline, you would have him second in line to the presidency.
Really?
That may be Beck's game, but isn't she more likely to take votes away from Bush than from Cruz?
People have assumed that Ted is "the conservative choice" because of his popularity here. Apply the same approach: how many people here would vote for Carly Fiorina?
Isn't she more likely to get votes from McCainites and Romneyites?
BTW, thank you for your service.
That was a quasi-monarchical, quasi-religious thing.
We'll never know now what kind of president Bobby would have made, but his followers weren't good models of political judgment.
The headline is a bit misleading. I heard this live and didn't get the impression that it was a knock on Ted. Cruz and Paul are Glenn's favorite candidates.
I think he meant it more as a knock on those who wouldn't work with Ted.
Beck is not very smart.
Yes he is. Beck IMHO is of on another Dr Catastrophic the sky is going to fall bents, given the Econ man he had on the other day and any other subject matter you can think of. It is bad.
I have to be honest, are we at the same place Lee Iococca was at when he was approached to run got POTUS and looked at it and said no thanks, it is too broke it can't be fixed.
Perhaps Beck is seeing the next POTUS being handed all of Obama's dog piles and not a enough dump trucks or bucket loaders to clean it up.
Today someone was talking about ( Savage? or Beck ) that we don't make it without a collapse and the question begs what or whats do we look like after it happens....
I think we can be pretty certain that she isn’t going to win. She lacks name recognition and grass roots support. I think, however, she can manage to stay in the game long enough to create another Santorum vs Gingrich scenario and, at that point, she still isn’t going to win and that will be obvious so she will be inclined to latch onto the candidate that is able to make her the best deal and that would be the candidate representing big money, not big values. She’ll turn on Cruz if she’s still in the game by SC.
Cruz may just be the right person at the right time in history.
We shall see.
One thing about Cruz, he may be vilified and demonized by the media (and he most certainly will be) , but he will never be Bozoed by anyone. And he will respond to any media attacks effectively and in a measured fashion to avoid being destroyed like both Bushes were with their patrician , above the fray approach to media propaganda that undermined and ultimately destroyed their Presidencies and legacies.
The issue is that the Democrats have locked in massive deficit spending since 2008 and this spending where an unsustainable 50 cents on every dollar the federal government spends has become the new normal.
Much of this money has been spent to pay welfare recipients and the unemployed to disguise our near Great Depression levels of unemployment and to give Americans a false sense of economic security and normalcy
As a result, we will be stuck with a national debt three time what it was when Obama took office and a huge welfare roll to support unemployed Americans.
The next President will be handed a country that is massively in debt and has a massive social welfare burden to pay non working Americans. How this is unwound will be the problem of the next President.
Not Good...
Have all the Welfare and disability recipients re submit their claims for re evaluation and review.
New Hampshire did this and over 70% of the SNAP recipients declined to re apply.
That shows the levels of fraud and abuse in the system
I am often on the road in the morning, but I hardly ever listen to Glennie anymore. Much of his show is banter and fluff, and I can’t stand it when he cries like a baby. I wish the Sirius Patriot satellite radio station would replace him with an articulate commentator who gives serious analysis to the issues of the day—someone like John Batchelor or Laura Ingraham.
Go argue with the English Court.
His own.
who’s Glenn Beck???
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