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Rush: If Conservatism Is Your Only Priority, There Is No Choice Other Than Ted Cruz
The Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 2/10/16 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 02/10/2016 2:17:21 PM PST by TBBT

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To: AllAmericanGirl44
So carry on, play the middle and be pious that anyone who took objection to what Rush said is just sore because he didn’t endorse Trump - it is you who sounds ill informed.

Whoa, take a chill pill FRiend!

You don't even realize you're making my point, thanks.

Rush's opinion that Rubio is a conservative in spite of the gang of 8 crap is not an opinion I particularly share but it's his opinion.

I can't help it if you disagree but it is what it is.

I don't listen to Rush to validate my beliefs nor do I listen to him to figure out to vote for.

I listen to him (when I can) to hear his take on things. I may not agree 100% of the time but I value his insights and REASONING (something you seem to lack)

As for "pious and ill informed", might I suggest a mirror?

I might also suggest instead of leaping to full "knee jerk" position, you approach some one you think is wrong in a more polite, lady like fashion.

501 posted on 02/11/2016 11:35:19 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44
Oh, one more thing. Perhaps you should revisit your own home page where you have this proudly displayed:

As we enter the next round of electing a President, it is my deepest hope that we all able to discuss candidates in a respectful and healthy manner.

502 posted on 02/11/2016 11:49:38 AM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Res ipsa loquitur


503 posted on 02/11/2016 12:16:29 PM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

Res loquitur ipsa, iudices, quae semper valet plurimum. si haec non gesta audiretis, sed picta videretis, tamen appareret uter esset insidiator, uter nihil mali cogitaret, cum alter veheretur in raeda paenulatus, una sederet uxor. quid horum non impeditissimum?


504 posted on 02/11/2016 12:51:38 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: DannyTN
That Cruz supported it at all without reading it shows both his lack of judgement and his lack of economic expertise.

Free Trade is a major tenet of conservatism. Cruz changed his position after back room dealing by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Democrats — namely over an issue dealing with the Export-Import Bank. The bill was changed to not allow Ex-Im Bank to expire. Reading it and keeping up with revisions are different things. Cruz (or at least his friend Sessions) managed to keep an eye on the bill revisions and back room dealings.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/251088-the-export-import-bank-is-dead-and-should-stay-that-way

Now once again you and several other Trumpetts keep repeating the lie that Cruz supported TPA/TPP when anyone can check the congressional final vote.

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CRUZ VOTED AGAINST TPA

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Stop saying otherwise.

505 posted on 02/11/2016 2:14:21 PM PST by LowOiL (I only accept advice from those so uber rich they can not by bought by special interests.)
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To: LowOiL
Free Trade is a major tenet of conservatism.

LOL In a word - bunk. The USA was founded on protectionism and rose to preeminence industrially because of it. The primary reason for the Revolutionary War was because of British mercantilism towards the colonies. I would consider our founding father way more conservative than anyone alive today.

506 posted on 02/11/2016 2:20:19 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va; LowOiL

If you’re against free trade, no need to worry, you can switch parties and vote for Bernie Sanders to find a candidate who shares your values.


507 posted on 02/11/2016 2:22:19 PM PST by JediJones (Ideology is NOT optional.)
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To: JediJones
If you're against free trade, no need to worry, you can switch parties and vote for Bernie Sanders to find a candidate who shares your values.

So was George Washington a conservative?

508 posted on 02/11/2016 2:24:00 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

If the U.S. wasn’t engaged in international trade, why did Jefferson go to war against the Barbary pirates? Seems like the modern Trumpians would have told Jefferson to stop any foreign trading, not go to war and just build a wall around the U.S. and stick your fingers in your ears and yell ‘lalalala’ in an effort to try and pretend the rest of the world doesn’t exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War

The cause of the war was pirates from the Barbary States seizing American merchant ships and holding the crews for ransom, demanding the U.S. pay tribute to the Barbary rulers.


509 posted on 02/11/2016 2:25:46 PM PST by JediJones (Ideology is NOT optional.)
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To: LowOiL
Right and Cruz never wrote Fast track authority will give lawmakers more say over agreements that are vital for economic growth

Cruz is a liar.

510 posted on 02/11/2016 2:28:38 PM PST by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: JediJones

Who said the USA wasn’t involved in trade? I asked if IYO George Washington was a conservative? A simple question you seem to have a problem answering. What’s up with that?


511 posted on 02/11/2016 2:30:44 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

We could go back to an agricultural economy too if you want to live in the past. Read up on this to see why we had to move to free trade. In short, if we raise tariffs, other countries will follow suit, and destroy our economy in the process, for no good reason whatsoever.

Protectionism sucks. It’s one of the many economically ignorant planks of the Bernie Sanders platform. Like all socialism, it will make our lives poorer and more painful.

http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-10/opinion/op-45497_1_free-trade

The Smoot-Hawley Bill of 1932 was the last great protective tariff the United States ever passed—and it ended in disaster. When the United States raised its tariffs in the middle of the Depression, its major trading countries raised their tariffs, too. U.S. imports fell—but so did U.S. exports. More jobs were lost, and the Depression got worse.

When we raised our tariffs in 1932, the British cheated: They raised theirs back. The result was a trade war and an economic crisis in both countries.

For 50 years, America pursued a policy of opening markets. Europe and Japan got rich—but so did we. Increased exports created millions of jobs in the United States. And imports made our lives better too. Imports keep prices down by forcing companies to compete harder to produce quality goods at reasonable prices.


512 posted on 02/11/2016 2:39:54 PM PST by JediJones (Ideology is NOT optional.)
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To: LowOiL

Free Enterprise in our own country is a major tenant of Conservatism. Free Trade with other countries regardless of whether they are an equal trading partner is a relatively new tenant that has crept into conservatism and needs to be excised. The GOP used to be known as the Grand Ol Protectionest party. And the founding fathers put in high import tariffs that served our country well for 180 years.

Milton Friedman should be dug up from the grave and shot for his role in destroying our economy.

And Cruz doesn’t need to be anywhere near the whitehouse until he develops a better understanding of economics.


513 posted on 02/11/2016 2:40:21 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: TBBT

The problem is the word conservative is almost meaningless when Robot Rubio of the Gang of 8 and Jeb the Mexican are pushed as conservatives. I would rather have a moderate who will protect our borders, expel illegals, and challenge PC than a conservative who is okay with the invasion.


514 posted on 02/11/2016 2:44:17 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: JediJones
We could go back to an agricultural economy too if you want to live in the past.

At the rate we are de industrializing we may be an agro service economy before to long. I want to stop that, you don't.

The Smoot-Hawley lie you throw around has been debunked.

U.S. goods imports declined from $5.3 billion in 1929 to just $1.7 billion in 1933, while U.S. goods exports fell from $4.4 billion in 1929 to a mere $1.5 billion in 1933.

If these drops were so great and so influential, why doesn't Milton Friedman mention them? First, in comparison to the total economy ($50B GNP), foreign trade was a small part of the United States economy. Second, the total balance of trade deficit went from (0.9 billion to 0.2 billion). In other words, the United States was losing less money because of Smoot-Hawley. It was in aggregate better off.

515 posted on 02/11/2016 2:45:46 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: JediJones
So I ask again was George Washington a Conservative?

A simple question.

516 posted on 02/11/2016 2:47:18 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Obviously not, the Tories were.


517 posted on 02/11/2016 2:50:19 PM PST by JediJones (Ideology is NOT optional.)
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To: TBBT

There is no God but Conservatism, and Ted Cruz is it’s prophet.

Where have I heard something like that before?


518 posted on 02/11/2016 2:52:20 PM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: JediJones

Ok, So In your opinion George Washington was not a conservative. I would have to say you are full of Barbara Streisand. The founding fathers of our country were devoutly religious conservative men all of them believed in trade protectionism. Your opinion is well, laughable.


519 posted on 02/11/2016 2:57:55 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

LOL In a word - bunk. The USA was founded on protectionism and rose to preeminence industrially because of it. The primary reason for the Revolutionary War was because of British mercantilism towards the colonies. I would consider our founding father way more conservative than anyone alive today.


Absolutely.


520 posted on 02/11/2016 3:00:18 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue Ht the testing point. CSLewis)
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