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.
Question: Lefty Meme or carrying the water-bucket for the GOP-elite?
There is a difference?
Any more they are one and the same.
You can have the set of rules by which you govern down pat but if you cannot effectively manage what good are the rules? Part of managing is knowing and understanding other people’s skill sets and putting them in positions that utilize those skill sets. That isn’t something that comes naturally to all people and for all people it takes a little time to learn. It’s one of the reasons why Obama is so bad, there are advisers around him who are terrible at their job but he doesn’t fire them. Janet Napolitano was utterly inept as head of HHS, she wasn’t qualified for the position in the first place. Obama didn’t fire her.
My point is that there’s more to being President than having the right principles and we should be considering that end of things a little more on the right because we want someone who isn’t just right but effective.
[Cruz is arrogant enough to believe that despite his inexperience and lack of accomplishment he should be elected President???????????]
“Why should Cruz be President? Let us count the ways...
Pretty impressive...
• Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 - May 2008, Cruz was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country, not to mention the longest tenure in Texas history.
• Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
• Cruz has authored 80+ SCOTUS briefs and presented 40+ oral arguments before The Court
• Cruz served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States
• Described as a ‘superb’ constitutional lawyer, the man’s considerable skills and laser-like focus were on display for all when he took oily reptile Eric Holder by the neck and made him
answer the damn question.
• In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.
• Cruz presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan. Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.
• Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission
• Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.
• Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation
• Ted Cruz is currently junior US Senator from Texas. In order to win the 2012 Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, Cruz had to defeat Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst -heavily favored/backed by the DC old-guard GOP- in the Republican primary runoff. In the event, TEA Party favorite Cruz crushed Dewhurst, 57-43%...
he then beat Democrat Paul Sadler in the general election by a similar margin, 56-41. Cruz is also endorsed by the Tea Party Movement and the Republican Liberty Caucus.
• AWARDS: “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Chambers USA (2009 & 2010) “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,” National Law Journal (2008) “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century,” Texas Lawyer (2010) “20 Young Hispanic Americans on the Rise,” Newsweek (1999) Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus, Harvard Law School
• On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He is now spearheading efforts in the Senate to have root-and-branch...
Godspeed, Senator Cruz- I’m all in.
I say, give him "some" time. He is obviously busy attending to his blog-presence.
But, if he just "farts eats and leaves", give him some ozone.
You have missed my point. The issue isn’t whether Ted Cruz will be better than Obama. Because he is right on so many issues and a Constitutionalist he will be better by default. So would nearly all the Republicans, with perhaps the exception of Jeb Bush. Heck, even Bush is to the right of Obama so arguably he would be better.
The issue though isn’t whether Cruz is better than Obama, the issue is whether Cruz can govern better than the other conservatives running in this election. My point in bringing up Obama is that when you look at his political career and Cruz, they’re at the same point when they each ran for President. Obama was a two year Senator, so is Cruz. Obama had no executive governing experience, neither does Cruz. There’s a lesson to be learned from Obama based on how poorly he’s managed the executive branch. That lesson goes beyond ideology, it hits at actual governing and decision making.
Obama has gotten remarkably little done legislatively, not because Republicans impede him but because he’s an incompetent negotiator. He got very little done when he had a filibuster proof Congress, again because he doesn’t know how to build relationships or negotiate. These are the sort of things you learn how to do when you’re a Governor or a Senator for more than two years before you run for President.
I for one am not going to trash Cruz at any point using the ‘experience’ line. No one is doing it for Hillary on her side even though her legislative experience is nonexistent.
Frankly, all this talk about it is just a subtle way to discount him.
Like Scott Walker, she was the governor of a State.
Do you actually have people following your blog that aren't members of your immediate family?
Entertaining thread,
So far most commenters here say that Cruz will make a better POTUS than Obama did, a total surprise result ....
Although one posted that Cruz is ineligible by being born in Canada.
And another posted that Cruz is for amnesty.
Like Scott Walker, she was the governor of a State.
Do you actually have people following your blog that aren't members of your immediate family?
**** I forgot to put the Janet Napolitano statement in italics *****
I hear the Rains of Castamere Playing.
OK
But why would a good conservative Pubbie deconstruct Cruz when (a) Walker has not announced and (b) both Walker and Cruz are focused on [severely] reduced government intervention/regulation?
It doesn’t make too much sense to redirect the discussion to ^personalities^ in an effort to achieve some political goal (AKA: we MUST win at all costs!).
Are we really relegated to the non-equivalent position providing —Brady is a great NFL quarterback, therefore Cruz will be a great President— ?
We really need to stop trying to “win” elections as if each election were some sporting event.
If Cruz is a narcissist then we need him. It will take that to not give up on principles and turn the country back around.
What does the writer want - someone to compromise?
I think you overlook the fact that Obama got very little done in spite of his legislative advantages because he is not a leader. He's a lecturer. He keeps his vision to himself and does not impart it into others. He likes running for office but not being in office. Ted Cruz has none of those traits. He is a leader, a born leader. He is charismatic and eloquent. He has a vision that he can easly describe to others and show how they can be a part of it. He can build coalitions and direct effort because of those traits. I truly think that administrative experience, while valuable, is not the be-all and end-all of a successful president. Cruz can surround himself with advisors who can help administer things. But a president can't depend on others for leadership. If he can't provide it then there will be none.
So. “One posted that.....” and “another here said....” have become proof-positive evidence instead of the hearsay it is.......
I am all for Walker, et al (except the Dauphin Bush) to strut their wares before the American conservatives on the political campaign trail and have an amicable, genuine contest of ideas, vision and commitment.
What I am not for is by-the-side concern trolling about experience and other ethereal topics that never get resolved - there are far too many contradictions on that front.
I’d very much rather my energies and the energies of all FReepers here to keep the Dauphin from getting the nomination and to win over the Democrat nominee.
Give him line item veto and he’ll change the country in his first year!!
I saw him last July with my husband at a gathering of nearly 1,300. He was captivating and I’d love to have him as a friend. My husband said that his “bullshit meter” did not go on from the time he came on stage until the time he stayed for hours to personally meet and take pictures with all who would stay with him! He is a gifted speaker as well as a smart man who has depth on the issues.
I worked with Dick Armey and Tom DeLay campaigns as well as 3 others who were elected to the House. Cruz is as strong as they are but not the man who wants the power one can feel as POTUS...he just wants his daughters to have the opportunity he has had and turn America back to where we love it!
I plan on working for him and I can’t say that for anyone since Reagan.
Why does he need legislation? That is so 20th century. He rules by fiat.
My point in bringing up Obama is that when you look at his political career and Cruz, they’re at the same point when they each ran for President. Obama was a two year Senator, so is Cruz. Obama had no executive governing experience, neither does Cruz.
NO comparison.
Cruz’ resume runs thousands of circles around 0blamer’s. Also, you might want to catch up, on this thread....
Mark Levin just OBLITERATED the argument ‘we need a governor for president’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3271254/posts
This poster did an excellent job of listing Ted Cruz’ experience....
Princeton, BA Public Policy, cum laude, 1992
National Speaker of the Year, 1992
US National Debate Championships, Top Speaker, 1992
Harvard, JD, magna cum laude, 1995
Harvard Law Review, primary editor
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, executive editor
Harvard Latino Law Review, founding editor
Law Clerk, J Michael Luttig, US Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995
Law Clerk, William Rehnquist, US Supreme Court, 1996
Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Justice Department
Director of policy planning, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Authored 70 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court
Sponsored 25 bills of his own as Senator (far more than Obama)
First Hispanic, and the youngest and longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history.
Adjunct professor of law, University of Texas School of Law in Austin, 2004-09
24 posted on March 23, 2015 at 11:01:18 PM CDT by Teacher317
Yes. Next question.
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