Concern Troll is Concerned.
Posted on 03/24/2015 4:47:25 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
I want to like Ted Cruz. He has all the right views from Obamacare to taxes to amnesty to Federal spending. He’s a gifted speaker, his speech yesterday was given without a teleprompter. He appeared genuine, frankly it appeared as though he had written the speech himself. The left hates Cruz, which of course makes him all the more likable. John McCain has called him a wacko bird, which again makes Cruz more likable. Anyone who annoys McCain must be good. Lost in the euphoria conservatives are having over Cruz is an objective look at whether Cruz will actually make a good President. Let’s face it, there isn’t a lot of evidence out there that Cruz is capable. Yes, he has all the right views but is he capable of governing effectively with those principles he claims?
Ted Cruz has as much experience today as Barack Obama did in 2007. Both entered their first Presidential race with zero executive governing experience. Both of them had just over two years of experience in the Senate before announcing their candidacy. Neither of them accomplished anything legislatively in the Senate, neither authored a single bill which made it through the chamber much less Congress. Ted Cruz is the conservative version of Barack Hussein Obama, he even has the birther crazies going wild because he was born in Canada.
Obama would have been much worse, from a conservative standpoint, had he been experienced heading into the White House. During his first year he had a filibuster proof majority in Congress and failed to get more than a watered down Wall Street bill and a Stimulus bill passed. He failed to pass an amnesty bill, he failed to pass a tax increase, he failed to pass Cap & Trade, he failed to close Guantanamo. The President wanted single payer socialist healthcare, he had to settle for Obamacare. Had Obama been more experienced, he’s likely to have figured out how to pass most of his agenda. From a managerial standpoint, his agencies are a mess. They had three years to put together a website for Obamacare and the administration failed miserably. Obama had no idea there was a problem until after the website went live. Obama came into office promising to clean up the VA, six years later nothing has changed. Much of this is due to the President’s inexperience. Obama’s lawless unilateral actions today are directly traceable to his legislative inexperience and lack of skill.
What evidence is there that Ted Cruz will do a better job than Obama? Yes, we can always fall back on Cruz having the right principles. However if he isn’t capable of implementing those principles, what good is he to the conservative cause? The question for conservatives today is what evidence is there that Cruz will be effective managing the executive branch? Objectively there isn’t much evidence out there that he’s capable of doing much of anything other than give a good speech. A President has to be more than that though. There is a lesson to be learned from Obama’s nomination, it simply isn’t wise to nominate someone who doesn’t have much experience.
On a more subjective note, don’t you wonder about the motivations of someone who thinks that after two years in the Senate he’s qualified to be President? After eight years of watching Obama, it’s clear he’s a narcissist. That probably should have been obvious from the moment he announced his candidacy. Only a narcissist would think he’s qualified to run for President with so little experience. Cruz is in the same boat. While it’s nice to believe his motivations are pure and Constitutional, we’re only fooling ourselves if we truly believe it. Cruz is arrogant enough to believe that despite his inexperience and lack of accomplishment he should be elected President. Considering all the conservative jumping on the Cruz bandwagon, it appears we’ve learned little from the mistake of Obama.
Nothing against Cruz but O’bastard has set the bar pretty low. It is on the floor actually.
Mace, isn’t Cruz for amnesty?
And is that not a deal breaker, as you said?
Barack Obama has been enormously successful if you were part of his worldview. All those calling him bumbling spend most of their time fending off his attacks on our system. But, he is doing exactly as he believes. He wants to destroy our system. He is succeeding at it.
Lincoln had zero experience.
Clinton was a chief executive of a state, but he, too, destroyed the social fabric of our nation.
The Chief Executive Job is about PRINCIPLES that the President implements through his administrative appointments.
Besides that, Cruz has an extensive and impressive resume in the legal world.
McNeil writes like a polite liberal. I would guess he is an educated black man who isn’t blinded by the DemoRat rhetoric and realizes the failed experiment golfing out of the WH was a very bad vhoice borne of emotionalism instead of logic.
Short answer is anyone with any gray matter inside their skulls sees right through the Manchurian plant and realizes he was a horrible choice for America. He is,without a doubt, the worst president in U.S. history. He attempted to change the type government we have, destroy the Constitution and remove The People’s ability to defend themselves from tyrants. He aided and abetted our enemies and continuously lied to us about who he was and what his intentions were going to great lengths to deceive us.
I don’t think you will have any problems like this with Cruz if you review his background, history and actions. He does what he says he will and isnt a pathological liar who golfs all day leaving everyone else to do the work. That’s good enough for me, McNeil.
Rather than being a fall back position, to me this is absolutely paramount. Without the principles of God, family, constitutionally limited government and other bedrock conservative positions, any President (regardless of credentials or party affiliation) would fail to represent me and my dreams for our country.
Just my two cents worth.
+1.
“though he had written the speech himself”
That is where the folks run off the track.
It was not a speech.
It was a direct talk to the people who were really listening.
It was bullet points and never a constructed speech.
It flowed from his heart to our ears.
Something our elected officials KNOW NOTHING about.
They are con artist and think it is a con.
I’m not worried about what kind of president he’d be. I’m worried about whether he can get enough votes in this nation so infested with publicly educated moochers.
I just took it as shallow, unoriginal and formulaic...spouting what he’s heard on this cable or read in that column.
“. . . every single child, regardless of race, regardless of ethnicity, regardless of wealth or ZIP Code, every child in America has the right to a quality education.” -Ted Cruz
For a man intent on following the Constitution, the quote above leaves me wondering whether Ted Cruz knows the difference between a “right” and a “privilege.” The masses are asses when it comes to this distinction, and until they are both educated and curbed in regard to their appetites they will do little more soil their land of liberty. I would expect a Constitutional scholar to disabuse others of false ideas by using “rights” language with caution.
Hell yes, he’d make a good President. The question is, will a now center-left America give him that chance? Most likely, no, but his willingness to put himself forward and make his case is admirable.
Easy question : An unqualified yes. He’d be one of the best presidents we ever had. Certainly a vastly superior one to the utter disaster we have in the White House today.
“We need a candidate with unimpeachable qualifications.”
March that person on out here, amigo
I have not seen that he is for amnesty. He has been very clear about supporting legal immigration. He has said unequivocally that he thinks the most urgent priority is to get control of the border, and I do agree about that. When your boat is sinking, you have to focus on first stopping the leaks. And then you can do the bailing out.
I do think he will enforce the existing immigration laws, meaning that ICE will no longer be neutered.
If you have any evidence that Cruz is for amnesty, I would seriously be grateful if you would enlighten me.
From checking his posting history, I would have to conclude that McNeil is this forum’s AntiCruz.
Concern Troll is Concerned.
Mace, I’m pinging Liz and Nine to this, because they have the data on another thread.
Folks, the question posed is, does Cruz support amnesty (as in granting citizenship to illegals already here)?
Dude, check the smelling salts. Cruz has probably been THE leader in the Senate against Obama’s executive amnesty.
Oh Yes, P-Marlowe, he has been doing the Lefty Meme Building on Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin for sometime now.
Sucking F.R. Bandwidth Pimping his Blog.
...and the anti-Cruz will go down in flames in the annals of history....
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