Posted on 10/26/2015 2:28:19 PM PDT by Isara
RUSH: I think that there is a dark horse in this entire thing. I think there is one candidate who is positioned here. Now, I know it's getting late. Trump has had the lead for a hundred days here or more. Well, he's been in the lead ever since he got in. And there are now fewer days to Iowa than he has been in the lead. I mean, he's over the hump in that regard. But there's still a long way to go. It's politics. Any number of unforeseen, unpredictable events are potentially out there, and there has been somebody trucking along here, steady Eddie that has continued to be who he is and continues to lay down foundational markers for himself, and that's Ted Cruz. I think Ted Cruz is positioned, I wouldn't say ideally, I mean I'm sure Cruz would love to be in the top two, top three here, but of all the others in the race, Trump and Carson here, and they're at number one and two, Carson's pulled ahead of Trump even in Iowa now, in two polls. But overall Trump leads and his lead continues to expand.
But what if it doesn't? What if something happens? We're not shut out here. We still have somebody in our roster who opposes every bit of the Democrat agenda, perhaps more than anybody else in the race, and that's Cruz. I mean, Cruz does not have in his record any statement like Trump does of having supported certain things the Democrats have done. Cruz is inarguably thoroughbred conservative. The more I read about the Millennials, by the way, and I've got some stuff about them in the Stack today, the more I read about Millennials and where they are attitudinally, politically, socially, economically, Cruz is somebody I think has a great opportunity to connect with them.
In fact, before we get to the Trump sound bites, let me find this little thing on the Millennials. "Survey: Millennials Around the World Worry Most About Economic Inequality." Now, this is typical of young people, young generations. They see injustice and unfairness and inequality out there and they want to right it, they want to correct it. When you have half of the country making -- this is unbelievable -- 51% percent of the country making under $30,000 a year, that just cannot stand. We will not have a standard economy with that kind of reality. We just won't.
The website here is USA Today, and the survey comes from the World Economic Forum, and they released it yesterday. "Millennials around the world worry most about social and economic equality, remain skeptical of government and the media, and count Tesla CEO Elon Musk as one their heroes, according to a World Economic Forum survey released Sunday. More than 1,000 young people, ages 20 to 30, from 125 countries and who are all active in the forum's Global Shapers Community."
It's a left wing bunch, the World Economic Forum, it's an establishment left-wing bunch, understand, but they still went out and they talked to these Millennials all over the world, 125 different countries. "The average age was 28. The results were released at the beginning of a three-day World Economic Forum conference in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates." It's right down the road from Dubai. "The survey showed that 65% of the Millennials said one of their top three goals in selecting a job was to make a difference in society, their city or country." Well, yeah, I mean, yeah, of course they want that. They want to right wrongs. They want to correct social injustice wherever they see it. And when Ted Cruz gets going, that's ultimately what he's all about.
He's all about everybody being the best they can be using their natural -- he's conservative top to bottom, through and through, no matter how you slice it, left, right, up, down. "They also look for an opportunity to learn, followed by career advancement. More than nine out of 10 said they would be willing to relocate to advance their career." That is the number one obstacle most people put in their own way. They're unwillingness to move. I've always said that most of the obstacles people face in life are self-imposed, and the number one obstacle is the unwillingness to move. If you live in a place, let's say you want to be a brain surgeon and you live in a place where there's not a hospital, you're gonna have to move.
If you want to get big in media and you live in Peoria, you're gonna have to move. And a lot of people don't want to move. The comfort level of being at home, friends, family, all that, it's a big obstacle. People get past that and nine out of 10 of these Millennials say they would be willing to relocate in order to advance their career, that's a big deal. Anyway, it's just a long way to go here and the Republican establishment has made it clear they are not interested in a conservative nominee. The Republican establishment has made it clear that the role of conservatives in this primary is to once again split the vote and split money.
It was the money, don't forget, it was the money that was gonna save Jeb, or, if not Jeb, the next chosen establishment candidate. And the money, the ads, are not working. The ads simply are not overcoming, and they always have, the opposition to some of these candidates. So there's sheer panic out there now.
This Millennial is for Cruz!
See? I Told You!
I’m hoping I can get my daughter in college interested in Cruz. She’s pro-Life so she tends to oppose Democrats. However, her friends are very interested in Bernie, and that is a bit of a problem. And she has bought into the story that Trump is an ugly racist. She’s a long way from home so she is encountering new sources of influence — I’m hoping she can get her head on straight a year from now.
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Honestly, it sounds like you did a poor job of educating your daughter.
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He proves that he can be a strongly Christian evangelical, a firm constitutionalist, and remain culturally relevant.
I saw a 20 something attendee to the Mackinac center event last month speak about how surprised he was that Ted Cruz could speak at length about religious liberty only to step off the stage and chat knowledgeably with an attendee about video games.
She's thinking about 2016 and she hears that Trump is a racist and she has friends who think Bernie is cool. And she's still thinking about 2016.
But I guess I failed as a father.
Its pretty hard to say what the offspring will say after a while in college. As they mature they will find their own path and that’s where the parental influence will begin to reassert itself.
She’s young. Talk to her about politics and morality. That’s what my father did, and I am forever grateful to him.
Academics mean almost nothing in the making of a person.
Lots of lefties have PhDs on strings but it doesn’t help them get through life.
If she really thinks Trump is a racist, she doesn’t have a clue what a racist is. Trump is a swindler, but who is saying it in the news? And why not?
Bernie is not cool, and why doesn’t she know that foundationally?
Why doesn’t hearing such drivel cause her to look elsewhere for companionship? That is what I mean.
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So you said she was pro life but thinks that someone who supports abortion on demand is cool? What evidence does she have (other than her cool fiends say so) that Trump is a racist? Have you challenged her on that, or is that what you think as well. What is she getting her doctorate in, basket weaving?
Heard Rush say this about Cruz on the radio today. So refreshing to hear! It was nice to hear Rush speak in such a nice, polite way about Cruz. :-)
Yea right. I remember when Rush came on his program and told us he met with GW Bush and that he (Bush) was a genuine, true conservative...Someone was lied to.
All these string theory doctorates have gotten out of hand. How many theoretical physicists do we really need?
“(Bush) was a genuine, true conservative”
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W is as compassionately conservative as Mitten Romney is severely conservative, i.e. Rockefeller Republican socialists pretending to be otherwise to dupe the peasants.
Disregard the nonsense- You merely made the mistake of inadvertently criticizing Trump in the minds of some of his supporters— at which point, some will insult anyone or anything.
About Time ElRushbo got on board
Amen to that, Dan.
Go figure, It’s a positive Cruz thread and somebody comes in and tries to hijack it into a parental skills discussion thread?
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