Ted Cruz is not a Conservative (Saturbray)

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[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

[kabar]

Sen. Cruz Amendment to Immigration Legislation to Increase H-1B Visas

FYI: Senator Sessions voted against Cruz amendment 5. It was sickening for us who have worked on the immigration issue for many years to hear Cruz cite a bogus study to justify his desire for more foreign workers.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Jim said it better than I could, that’s why I copied over here.
Here it is again:

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Build a wall.
enforce the law.
deport them all.
end sanctuary cities.
end anchor babies.
moratorium on muslim immigration.
cut the taxes.
cut the spending.
cut the regulations.
cut the government.
cut the debt.
cut the epa.
repeal obamacare.
get the feds out and allow health insurance to be sold over state lines.
send education back to states.
get a handle on trade.
make trade deals in our own interests.
bring back capital.
bring back manufacturing.
bring back jobs.
strengthen the economy.
defend the second amendment
defend religious freedom.
appoint constitutional conservative judges.
rebuild our military.
bomb the shit out of isis.
end political correctness.
take the gop head-on.
take the media head-on.
take the liberals head-on.
and win, baby, win.

all of the above on a shoestring budget compared to most of the 16 competitors he’s beaten.
no pacs.
no big donors.

what’s democrat about any of the above?
What’s not conservative?
what’s not to like?

43 posted on Friday, April 15, 2016 9:13:49 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)

[Fantasywriter]

Amen.

[outofsalt]

"Donald Trump lives his life as a conservative."

Donald is the Uniparty embodied! He has, "contributed" (ie. bought) any politician who could grease skids for him for his entire life. tRump is not conservative.

[bray]

She is not a Conservative in any fashion. None of those explanations hold one ounce of water. His campaign didn’t need the money? Then why is my junkbox filled with his emails?

So why didn’t he transfer money to any other candidate? Why is this the first time it was done ever? Why was it to the only campaign who had his campaign manager transferred to her campaign? There is only one speculative answer that makes sense, silence money.

[zzeeman]

Heh, recently that nut case Beck told everyone that cruz was like Moses!

[jpsb]

On the issues of great importance this election cycle (immigration, trade, jobs and security) Trump is the most conservative candidate running. “Me too” Ted has tried to steal Trump issues, but “me too” Ted is not credible since “me too” Ted had to flip flop on immigration and trade to get to where Trump is. Everyone else is a GOPe uniparty pimp.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

‘Born and raised in the South’ is shorthand for ‘I was born and raised in the South.’

Well, if y'all are going to refer to y'all in a sentence, y'all need to use an appropriate pronoun. The only pronoun y'all used, referred to me.

As far as I know...."All y'all" is Texan.

[ontap]

It boils down to saying that corruption and lies are fine if both side get chance to benefit from them on something like an equal basis.

I assume you include bribing liberal democrats in that corruption and lies!!!

[jpsb]

Ted Cruz is not a constitutional-conservative. Were Cruz really a constitutional-conservativehe would not be running for president. There is no way in he[[ that the son of a Cuban born in Canada is a natural born citizen of the United States under original intent.

There is no way a constitutional-conservative would have voted for the Corker amendment.

There is no way a constitutional-conservative would have voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act.

There is no way a constitutional-conservative would have voted for the TPP enabling TPA.

Ted Cruz is also a liar, conservatives used to not like lairs.

[doldrumsforgop]

“Bravo, and where are Ted’s many thousands showing up to fill an arena like Trump?”

Shamu the Killer whale gets that many at SeaWorld all the time, but no one will be voting him President.

Like Shamu, DT is an entertainer that gets an audience.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Trump supporters hate to discuss Trump’s Donnie-come-lately conversion to conservatism

I kinda like Jim Robinson's explicit definition of Trump's brand, as shown in post #153.

Something in there you don't like?

[ontap]

Conservatives used to not come from New York and were liberal democrats months before they ran for President!!!

[JPX2011]

Ted Cruz would sell his soul to the Devil, if that got him power and control. Ted Cruz is bought and owned by the GOP Establiahment period. How any conservative can vote for him is beyond comprehension.

Still questioning your judgment.

Megyn Kelly Reporting: Thom Tillis WINNING Tuesday, May 6, 2014 6:50:58 PM · 54 of 225 JLAGRAYFOX to Viennacon

And....don’t you ever question my conservative credentials....I voted for Rubio in Florida and led the campaign for Ted Cruz in Texas!!!

[tumblindice]

Good stuff, bray. Cogent, trenchant opinion, labeled as such and not trying to pass as fact like so many Cruz agit-prop pieces posted here from left wing organs like the NYT, NBC news, and on and on.
Resident GOP-e don’t like it. Too bad.

Both Rubio and Cruz were elected with conservative support, Palin carried Cruz across the finish line, then apparently both were immediately infected with Beltway fever. Now Sarah Palin is being demonized by the ingrates because she, perhaps wondered why Cruz bailed—like Obama—on the job so soon.

McCain. Romney. Bush. Rubio. Cruz is just the most recent “conservative” GOP-e golden boy (and their last hope before a “contested convention”) gone Foggy Bottom Full Retard, to accomplish the GOP-e’s goal of maintaining the status quo with the Democrats their beloved Uni-party: a government permanently in stasis, like something from Orwell, War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, Freedom is Slavery.
Cruz is a looser, like his predecessors. Just two more days.

For the One Big A** Mistake, America—8 more long months. And thanks for that, America. No more mistakes.

My bray: we conservatives don’t want another glib, creepy/pervy, foreign, really creepy, screeching, `transparent’ ***hole, chronic liar in the WH, regardless of how he and his deluded followers try and spin him.

[doldrumsforgop]

“On the issues of great importance this election cycle (immigration, trade, jobs and security) Trump is the most conservative candidate running. “Me too” Ted has tried to steal Trump issues, but “me too” Ted is not credible since “me too” Ted had to flip flop on immigration and trade to get to where Trump is”

1. DT is not conservative in any way shape or form in social conservatism(or just about anything else)

2. Cruz started wayyyyyy before DT on going up against the GOPe. You seem to forget a little history.

[Fantasywriter]

So when I wrote, “Doubt it was written by Southerners,’ you thought I was saying, ‘You doubt it was written by Southerners’??

Why would I write something so inane? I’m the one who doubts The Wiz was written by Southerners; you probably haven’t given it five minutes’ thought.

[zzeeman]

Hey! I resemble that remark! ;)

[zerosix]

Your bray-ings used to at least make sense but it's now apparent you've drunk the Trump Kool Aid and have taken to select certain biblical verses to attemp to prove your point.

You know, we are admonished against using the scriptures for means other than what they were and are intended. your quote from Matthew where the Pharisees were trying to trap Jesus regarding taxes. I have no idea what point you have intended to make regarding the meaning of the hypocrites intending to trap Jesus so they could order Him out to death regarding honoring Caesar or God.

Sorry but your correlation fails to pass the smell test.

As we all fall far short of being or living as we'd hope but to pretend that Cruz does not while holding Trump superior, is laughable if it weren't so sad.

Are both Cruz and Trump imperfect men - yes, there you have it.

Are the backgrounds of each man indicative of their commitment to conservative principles- again, yes.

While Trump is almost 70 years old and Cruz 45, there is lots more to examine in both Trumps "works" and his words. There has been no attempt at hiding Trump's past until more recently but most is out there for all to observe and determine whether his past fits with what most conservatives should be taking into account - not his cudrent anti-establishment statements.

Another biblical quote states, where a man's treasure is, there is his heart also.

Look at where Trump has put most of his treasure (besides on himself and his family) and you will find it goes to every establishment politician and liberal position. Not one conservative cause had Trump's investment, therefore, if the man has placed his treasure to liberal and liberal establishment politicians, I can be fairly certain that he is not conservative.

While Cruz has not been around as long in his working life to have spent his time and talent for the many decades Trump has, we find them spent favoring conservative causes and candidates.

I rest my case.

[kabar]

Romney did not provide his tax returns until September 2012 well after he became the nominee.

If I were Trump, I would not provide them at all. This is a fairly recent phenomenon that candidates supply their tax returns in addition to their financial disclosure filings.

Trump does not prepare his tax returns. An army of accountants do. He is audited annually by the IRS. Why do we need to see them? The obvious answer is for his opponents to go thru them to find something embarrassing or negative. Below is a picture of Trump signing his 2014 returns:

Bernie just released a year of his tax returns. His annual income was less than Hillary made for one speech. Hillary still refuses to release the transcripts of her speeches to Goldman-Sachs. I would say Trump has a bargaining chip to use against Hillary in the fall.