Posted on 04/16/2016 7:10:52 AM PDT by bray
Matthew 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Conservatism seems to been driven off the tracks by the Punditocracy. In the old days of the movement character and transparency was every bit as important as policy matters. How can you be a free country when your leaders are hiding everything from you and shading the truth? If they will hide the truth about little issues who says they will not hide it from big ones?
We have two choices now and in reality the election is over and Trump has won it is just by how much and is it enough to overcome the establishment, but it is still two men. In July when we had seventeen candidates and Jeb was the overwhelming favorite with Walker right behind, I predicted Trump and Cruz due to Trump’s wall and Cruz’s ground game. At that time I suggested they should be a team with Trump President and Cruz VP for four years while he was trained in executive skills. I was wrong.
My hesitation at the time with Ted was his question of being a Natural Born Canadian and Heidi Cruz working for Goldman Sachs and making $800K/yr. Both of those are still a problem if not much larger and there has been so much more piled on top without being in the least bit transparent. His campaign makes the old Clinton war room seem open and airy. If you dare ax the most basic question you get hit with a hammer and demeaned in the vilest attacks, but enough about his supporters.
I have no idea what the framers of this Country had in mind when they decided to have Presidents born in America or by military families stationed overseas, but it seems a good idea you be born here. That said, the troubling part of the birther issue is his refusal to be transparent. Why does he seal all of his birth records and immigration documents to keep his citizenship hidden? Lay everything on the table and get it behind you rather than covering it up like Benghazi, this makes no sense.
Goldman Sachs is the bigger issue of the two and lends itself to his lack of character which has revealed itself over and over. If you have a company supporting your family which is the author of ever bad economic policy in America, how can you claim to be a defender of Conservatism? Nobody is asking you to take a vow of poverty and quite the opposite, but this is profiting on all of those years in the Bush Administration writing all of those free trade agreements. Free for the other Countries while putting chains on America. Goldman Sachs is the very last bank any Conservative would work for if they were who they say they are. How would he balance her making over a million a year if he were President or VP if he had to rule against them and for America?
Then there is the campaign, from Iowa to Colorado there is a pattern of behavior that is very troubling for a Christian Conservative. Whether we like it or not, Christians are held to a higher standard which none of us can attain, but at least make an attempt. He has a habit of taking the shortcut and then blaming someone else for his decision. The buck never stops at his desk and that is a problem.
Whenever he has an issue where he is obviously lying like claiming Carson was dropping out in Iowa, he claims ignorance while saying he is the smartest man in the room. The one he really cannot deny or explain is the half a million his Pac gave to the Carley Pac. Now he will claim he cannot communicate with his PAC and if you believe that there is a bridge in Brooklyn you may want to jump off. How was his campaign manager able to buy the partially nude picture of Trump’s wife and turn that over the PAC if there is not communication?
Why would any campaign which is continually short on cash give a rival campaign running for the same office and roughly the same polling position be given such a large sum of money? If there is any explanation give it, since the appearance is this was hush money to cover-up an affair with Carley’s campaign manager.
In the old days of Conservatism, the appearance of corruption was corruption however today it is until proven beyond a shadow of a doubt so you stall. The same old Carvile tactic. Why did the PAC give a half million and what did Carley get for that? Both PACs should tell the truth if either one of them is honest.
Then we move to Whisky Creek and Colorado with his cozy relationship with the establishment. I remember when Conservatives would vomit if they were supported by Linseed Graham, John InSain, Jeb, Georgie Will, Kraut, National Review, WaPo, Reid and the entire GOP establishment but they ignore that to promote their version of conservatism. These people are the problem and will only make our issues worse, yet they claim it will be different this time.
After Colorado when there was not a single vote cast with Cruz taking all of the delegates we heard rules, regulations and the need to educate yourselves. Having been in one of those GOP selection caucuses here is how they work. Everyone knows exactly who they are voting for before they arrive since they have been given slates of names who to vote for of which delegates will vote for Cruz.
The ones who arrive with an open mind or intend on voting for someone else are outvoted by the slate. You vote down the slate so every chosen delegate gets the same overwhelming votes, it is pure corruption. It is all carefully choreographed and has absolutely nothing to do with the people they supposedly represent, only the kingmakers who demand their voices heard.
The one I was at was ambushed by the Paulbots who got around half the delegates even though he received 4% of the Primary vote. These charades are more like the Soviet Union than America. You can bet none of those slate delegates are under seventy or been with the Party less than forty years.
Cruz of course comes out of the Colorado fiasco blaming someone else as it is never his fault. In reality his team organized all of those slates and made sure of the outcome days before they met. You can claim they had the better ground game, but that way of selecting bound delegates has nothing to do with the voice of the people and more to do with the dictates of the Party.
There is a pattern with Ted Cruz which is very disturbing. He continually will take the shortcut on the truth and openness and then blame someone else after he gets caught. It seems we have had enough politicians who fit that mold and we really do not need more of them and especially as President. If we are going to turn America around we need to begin with honor and transparency which is lacking with Ted. This is not an indictment on Cruz as much as the conservative establishment, but some questions need open answers and apparently never will. It is time for a new direction for Conservatism, it is time to Trump the entire District of Corruption.
Pray America wakes
‘Birtherism’
Btw, the term ‘birther’ was coined by Obama’s Alinskyite supporters precisely as a means of avoiding the issue. I.e.:, rather than respond factually to legitimate questions, Obots simply screamed ‘Birthers!’
Iow, it’s simply a nasty and dishonest way of avoiding honesty and transparency. Like candidate, like supporter.
Michelle Obama showed up every few weeks as an adviser to a Chicago hospital and received over 300 grand a year to influence favorable voting from Barrack. Why is Heidi worth millions to Goldman Sachs. If you are honest you must have a question or two yourself.
I have done a 180 on Cruz. I donated twice to his campaign in the beginning but had a hard time working through his votes on amnesty and his ensuing Irish jig.
You really don’t believe that PACs don’t coordinate do you. I have some beachfront property in Phoenix you may like.
Why did his PAC give that money to Carley’s Pac.
It’s never his fault is it? You make my point far better than I did.
You are correct. The problem is the definition of conservative has changed radically to fit the style of DT. No history, no record, no writings, no actions—nothing, except for everything that proves he is a liberal. Today, conservative means just saying “I’m a conservative,” unless you really are and then it doesn’t count.
My express respects for Bray, with you. Thx, Kahuna.
Ted’s conservative accomplishments are all verbal.
I always have dumb Cruzers making this point because they seem to be psychologically incapable of reading my entire statement or dealing with the problem that refutes the "poison pill" stupidity: Cruz supported legalization of illegals even after the gang of eight fight was over. If Cruz was lying to congress when he called legalization part of "common sense" reform, there is no reason for Cruz to continue lying after the bill passed the senate.
Cruz doesn’t do anything well with the people. He's dull and uninspiring.
The day will come (probably sooner than we think) when you populist Trump fans will long for "dull and uninspiring" conservatism....once you Trumpists get what you want via the Donald. It's not going to be what you wanted or thought you were getting...much like the unpleasant revelation that Obama has presented his supporters. The problem with you guys is....you don't listen to or consider the viewpoints of anybody but each other and your current 'idol-du-jour'. Big mistake.
All of this is academic as Cruz will be mathematically eliminated by Trump on Tuesday. After that the question becomes will Cruz be a stand up conservative and get out or join Kasich as a Romney errand boy whose only reason for campaigning on is to deliver a contested convention to Romney so he can lose again
For starters, landmark US Supreme Court victories including defending U.S. sovereignty against the UN and the World Court in Medellin v. Texas, defending our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, defending the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument at the Texas State Capitol and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.
U.S. Senate, he has led the fight to repeal Obamacare, to stop President Obama’s illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty, and to defend life, marriage, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and our entire Bill of Rights. And most important, he’s kept his promise to speak the truth and do what he said he’d do.
Ted is my senator, and I can assure you that he has done all that.
Dewhurst did his best, laid out gobs of his and other GOP-E money ($$$$$$ makes $$$$$$, after all) and initially led the polls by a humongous margin. Ted Cruz had little name recognition and less money but built an impressive ground game and dispatched Dewhurst handily. The campaign soooo damaged Dewhurst's political brand name that he was defeated for re-nomination by a 2-1 margin by a right wing (that's a good thing) state senator and radio talk show host Dan Patrick.
That's what Cruz did to the epitome of the GOP-E in Texas.
Tell your story to Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein and Reid. Just a coincidence right?
Gov LePage is no liar, he tells it like it is. He would certainly know whether or not his own daughters needed to be naturalized, and would say as much.
Birther fantasy Kool Aid...Birtherism
That is pure RAT-speak. The Framers wanted to keep foreigners from usurping the office, and their concept worked pretty well until Obama.
Why would you want to let his precedent stand?
What article? Looks like an opinion “piece” from a damned blog (probably a pay per click one, at that...lol).
Is he really conservative on immigration and trade? He has had a foxhole conversion on these issues during the campaign.
I for one am tired of being played by "conservative politicians" who say all the right things using buzz words like the Constitution, low taxes, individual rights, etc., but who are really big government types controlled by their corporate paymasters and special interests.
I don't trust Cruz. He is your typical politician saying what you want to hear and he parses words in Clintonian fashion. He is just another Ivy League lawyer who feels superior to everyone else and has spent the vast majority of his working life in politics feeding at the public trough. Do we really need another ambitious, first term senator with very little executive experience in the WH? Is he really an outsider as he avers? Or is he a member of the political class manipulating and deceiving the public as is the wont of the elites?
Y'all must not be from Texas.
what has he been successful at? Just voting doesn't count. That is like a participation trophy. Please list his accomplishments since becomming a senator.
Unless you are talking about writing an op-ed when he supported tpa, that then enabled tpp. Or maybe shutting down the govt. when he didn't have the needed plan to make it work in his favor, allowing Obama to shut down national parks and having ww2 vets not able to get in to see their memorials. Maybe he was successful when he was hoodwinked by McConnel about the bank deal. Or maybe his success came when he worked to legalize illegals during the gang of 8 bill, that passed the senate, without his plan. Maybe it was his co-sponser on the Corker bill? Boy, if he's a conservative, we are in big trouble.
And, as far as being tea party, grass roots, he and Rand Paul chose to stay out of any incumbent senate races w So boy, he really gave back to the tea party that got him elected. Everytime Cruz has a chance to make a meaning difference, like backing tea party newcomers over party hacks, he doesn't do it. When it is a huge get my name in the news with no real victory, he is all there, yelling about how conservative he is. Most are seeing through this.
I’m saying Trump has many cult-like followers. Kool-Aid drinkers who get shivers up their leg when he peddles steaks, bottled water, pizza sauce, and designer shoes during a United States presidential candidates victory speech.
Yes.
Your attack is a Clinton attack.
Trump said she would make a good president in 2008.
Cruz is by far the most conservative candidate running
The American conservative Union rates politicians on this. Cruz is ranked #1
Rather than face the substantive issues you post false slander against Cruz
See post 110
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