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Ted Cruz, a breath of fresh air in Upstate!
The Albany Times Union Joy In These Days Blog ^ | April 8, 2016 | Liz Lemery Joy

Posted on 04/08/2016 12:06:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Dear Readers,

I had the opportunity to listen to Ted Cruz yesterday. As a Christian voter and lifelong Upstate New Yorker I value the things he had to say. He was a breath of fresh air to our area! A welcome contrast to the typical pompous, political windbags like, Gov. Cuomo, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Paul Tonko- and the Times Union Newspaper- (which absolutely stumps for all of them on a regular basis).

I love New York… I was born and raised here. All my relatives are from here, and post active-duty military service, my husband and I returned to raise our children here. While he was serving, we lived all over the country. Of all the places we lived, it was hard to compare to the beauty of the Catskills and Adirondacks. We have so many stunning rivers, lakes, and countless choices of hiking, swimming and skiing…

Yet, so many wonderful, hardworking New York natives have fled our state. Why? Because of corrupt, bullying dictator politics, over regulation, oppressive taxes, and zero job growth! So it was refreshing to have a level headed candidate, who actually respects the Constitution, come and address voters in our area. People in upstate are hurting economically and the power hungry Albany machine has done nothing to help.

Ted Cruz is morally grounded and reveres God. One of the things that is of utmost importance to the Christian voter is that he values protecting innocent life. Again, unlike New York blowhards-(Gov. Cuomo, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, and Paul Tonko) Ted Cruz is opposed to abortion. He actually takes to heart and respects that God is the creator of life…all life!

While our own ‘Dictator in Chief’ (Andrew Cuomo) wastes his time, and our money, making ridiculous travel bans to Mississippi and North Carolina, and has repeatedly told fellow conservative New Yorkers we aren’t welcome here…. Ted Cruz focuses on smaller Government, tax alleviation, and job creation- something conservatives have been longing to hear from a serious candidate. Conservatives understand that in order to see any economy thrive we need to stop over-regulation and decrease the taxes.

After 8 years of Obama and his calamitous regime, we need new, fresh leadership. Hillary Clinton doesn’t honor life. She is pro third trimester abortion up until the time of birth. She also abandoned our servicemen in Benghazi. Bernie Sanders supports third trimester abortion as well, and wants to increase our taxes even more…

How a person values other people’s lives absolutely determines how they will govern in office. Why? Because how they regard the worth of another human life, determines where their moral compass is and how they will carry out everything they do in political office…If a leader doesn’t value life, they will also disregard and be callous to other matters of governing and legislating that require principle and virtue.

We need a President of the United States that truly honors and reveres life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe Ted Cruz may be that person.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; cruz; cuomo; lettertotheeditor; newyork; notanactualnewsstory; ny2016; tedcruz
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To: DannyTN

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Perhaps you didn’t listen to the American people?

They have 20-20 vision on false ‘sex scandals,’ and quickly cane to the conclusion that the false scandal proves that Cruz is on target.

The big Cruz - Trump switch in the national polling has to be the direct result of that revelation.
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81 posted on 04/08/2016 2:11:37 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

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The present evidence says that Cruz has a reasonable chance of at least a plurality in NY.
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82 posted on 04/08/2016 2:11:37 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Durbin

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2DV did not say that; he has more class than that.
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83 posted on 04/08/2016 2:11:37 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: ex-snook

“Cruz omits the odor of a barnyard.”

Good thing. I would want to omit the odor of a barnyard too. Some barnyards smell really bad.


84 posted on 04/08/2016 2:11:56 PM PDT by mouske
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

-—As a Christian voter and lifelong Upstate New Yorker
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Any chance Cruz could get anyone in a general election who does not identify themselves in their first sentence as such?


85 posted on 04/08/2016 2:13:39 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: editor-surveyor

I was already corrected.


86 posted on 04/08/2016 2:18:59 PM PDT by Durbin
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To: Souled_Out; TallyHo; 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz, as Rush has said is the only true, tested, and consistent conservative in the race and is the legitimate heir to the Reagan mantle.

Time for his rival conman to suspend his campaign and end this Trumpoonery-Buffoonery and spare the nation of a crushing defeat to either Bernie or Hillary.


87 posted on 04/08/2016 2:20:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: editor-surveyor

I care only that Cruz blamed Trump for it, when all the evidence points to Rubio not Trump.

As far as the scandal itself, I hope for the sake of Cruz family it’s not true. And if it is true, I hope hard evidence comes out.


88 posted on 04/08/2016 2:26:38 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Cruz had a sex scandal?

I guess there was some unsubstantiated stuff in one of those grocery store checkout aisle tabloids, but then fell entirely off the radar cuz no one could find a there there.


89 posted on 04/08/2016 3:19:55 PM PDT by dmz
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To: editor-surveyor

If he did win a plurality in NY, the Trump chumps’ heads would explode.


90 posted on 04/09/2016 9:01:39 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

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Pataki thinks he’s on a roll.
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91 posted on 04/09/2016 12:51:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: DannyTN

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Try logic this time.

Evidence of a negative is a lack of evidence of a positive.

There is no evidence of any event at all.
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92 posted on 04/09/2016 1:04:31 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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