Why don't we judge candidates on their merits?
Ted Cruz is absolutely brilliant, and easily the best expositor of conservatism since Reagan.
Posted on 11/13/2014 8:56:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Why don't we judge candidates on their merits?
Ted Cruz is absolutely brilliant, and easily the best expositor of conservatism since Reagan.
What is exciting is that for the first time in FR history there may be an early near consensus for a POTUS candidate.
Reagan's numbers in 1979 were just as bleak. I remember.
That would be "President Cruz" in the absence of actual leadership in this nation.
I’m 100% all for Cruz.
However I just have this to say to Cruz:
BRING BACK AMERICAN JOBS.
Then I’m all on board. But Americans need jobs.
Not China. America.
I believe that to be a serious error, a dangerous failure to understand 0bama.
Yes, he was "inexperienced".
That's not the problem.
He's neither stupid nor incompetent nor ineffective.
0bama is EVIL. He is willfully dishonest and destructive, deliberately embracing and implementing policies which damage America at home and abroad. He rewards his friends, and punishes his enemies ... his friends are America's enemies, his enemies are primarily We the People.
Obama voted 'present' when he showed up for state votes, began campaigning for President upon election to US Senate.
So are they admitting here that Baraq Obama is a fraud with serious weaknesses, since Ted Cruz is just like him?
That's very telling, and a very positive sign.
There may even be more than one GOPe candidate, for the first time since I can't remember when.
Maybe God is being merciful to us. I'm praying for a miracle.
American woman writers and pundits and voters and soccer moms...
I do try to be fair about them and their views, but it’s gotten so very difficult over these decades...
Just saying.
The most important thing to me is that a conservative candidate win this next election. I’ll leave it up to Ted Cruz to decide whether things have fallen in place for him. I think his honor is such that he, TOO, values a conservative victory above all else. If for whatever reason, he sees a better avenue for a different conservative candidate, I don’t think he will waste time in stepping out and endorsing someone else. That is honor and it’s the type of concern for the nation we didn’t see last election in Gingrich or Santorum
I would concede that as a Senator neither of them likely has the administrative experience that is clearly required for this job.
The difference being I am confident that Cruz is bright enough to pick that up.
A true believer in freedom would campaign on the idea of dissolving most of the federal government since most of it exists in violation of the constitution regardless of what court decisions may say. That would go over like a lead balloon.
Cruz is the real deal. He knows the Constitution better than these other yahoos and will fight to restore our constitutional rights and the American way of life. He is a real patriot and a conservative.
Screw the GOPe “can’t we all get along” retreaded candidates and RINOs, let’s examine what they’ve accomplished while Obama and the liberal democrats have destroyed the Constitution and our nation. Not much to show for them in the last six years except silence and appeasement. The GOPe is no longer an opposition party, but a moderate wing of the Democratic party. What have Jeb Bush, McCain, Romney, and other retreads said or done to even oppose the Obamamites on constitutional issues.
His adversaries, both GOPe and Democratic, know they must “Palenize” him and that is what this is all about. To be patriotic and conservative presents opposition to both parties and the values they share. They must work to ensure none get out of line before the 2016 elections. Time to unleash the media to lie and destroy his character and creditability as one who would lead the effort to restore America and the Constitution.
The policy of appeasement must end and the real issues resolved in a constitutional manner. Ted Cruz is the man to lead and unite all patriotic Americans.
If we do not restore America through the electoral process and constitutional rule of law, then we are headed toward secession and another civil war. I think Ted Cruz would make a very good President if given the opportunity to serve.
G_D bless Texas and Ted Cruz!
” any day now we will start hearing “He’s unelectable” from the usual suspects”
Wait for the MSM to declare WAR on Cruz
Just a minor point, but JFK was in his second term as senator in 1960.
Things move quicker these days, I suppose. President Kennedy also had some leadership experience with a small crew on a patrol torpedo boat, but I’ve led squads, much less platoons larger than that, by far, and I was only a specialist, not an officer. Kennedy’s father was near the top of the social strata, whereas Senator Cruz’s father was a refugee from a small communist country. That means that most of what Ted has accomplished so far has been by his own initiative, not helped along by power, money and influence.
Solicitor General of the state of Texas, 2003-2008 (longest-serving in history), associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department and the director of policy planning at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Bet no one has mentioned those.
...and fearless.
The last Republican President who was previously a Senator:NIXON 13 posted on November 14, 2014 at 12:12:30 AM EST by bigbob
The last Republican President who was previously a governor:- St_Thomas_Aquinas
You know, it’s interesting: no senator has ever defeated a sitting president, but - since 1920 at least - governors running against sitting presidents are about a 50-50 proposition. And yet, since 1920, only one governor has been nominated when the opposition party did not have a sitting president running for reelection. And that was in the Republican wave year of 1920, when the Democrats were in bad odor after WWI, and resorted to nominating the governor of Ohio - but got skunked anyway.
All due respect to Sen. Cruz’s fine qualities, but IMHO we should act like we need the ’16 election and nominate a solid governor who can put the Midwest in play and put the Democrats on the Electoral College map defensive.I would highly favor Sen. Cruz for VP, to provide good campaigning and debating against the Democrat ticket. And then to elevate him to SCOTUS at the first opportunity.
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