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
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
When I was a kid a neighbor ran a small appliance repair shop and paid some guy named Guido who represented the "local merchants" $20 a month so he wouldn't have any problems. He did it because he wanted to stay in business and anything else would amount to putting yourself out of business or, at best, waiting years for lengthy processes to make up for a portion of what you lost.
That's how it works in a corrupt town so if some guy pays whoever is running for office and asks for a contribution, I understand that and don't read any sort of support that's not there into it.
So, you cast the stones good fella, but reality is one thing and theory is another.
CASE CLOSED! Snap it down!
When it is laid out like this, who needs paragraphs?!!
Try and associate any of these measures to Cruz and it’s a strain.
TRUMP has been beating his chest, and ours, bellowing for every single one of these COMMON SENSE measures.
I missed this Jim Gem List completely! Thank you LL, for posting it.
” Filling stadiums is a prerequisite to being elected president.”
Shamu the killer whale fills stadiums at Sea world. Is he eligible to be President?
Then why were you admonishing Ted for only providing four years. I’m sorry .. the poor little billionaire is no better than any one else!!!
If you go to...www.opensecrets.org...you will see that most American business have also paid "protection money"....unfortunately.
“Donald is rich.” That’s a popular one.
“Donald has a beautiful wife”. OK
“Donald is filling stadiums”. About as relevant as the first two in determining whether Donald is a limited government conservative at the core.
If Donald was my candidate I would try to deflect the conversation to trivialities as well.
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1. I was addressing specifically the point the poster made about filling stadiums. It was not about Trump. Can you read?
2. I have heard Trump talk, over a period of about thirty years, about various subjects, such as trade agreements, American decline. He has not changed his talk at all. There is a Oprah interview of him made in 1988 on You Tube. You can check that out. Except for his youthful appearance, he could have made that talk yesterday.
3. “Donald is rich” is not used as a qualification for the presidency that I have ever seen on this site.
4. Same goes for his beautiful wife.
5. Trump’s ability to fill stadiums is a key factor to notice, since Cruz cannot. He has been credited with record voter turn out this election cycle.
6. Cruz’s voting records and position stances show him to be a globalist. There is nothing in TPA that limits government. There is nothing conservative in voting for the Corker bill. There is nothing conservative in calling for a 500% increase in H1-B visas, for calling for an increase in immigration, for saying that our immigration system is broken, etc.
7. All in all, you are the one deflecting the conversation. Maybe you can explain to us all why Cruz refuses to release his U.S. citizenship verification documents. As the expression has it, when you are trying to hide something, you have something to hide.
8. Now we can all wait for you to respond, by way of answer, with another attack on Trump supporters.
All three of them employees of The Cheap Labor Express.
We got rid of our weasel, I’m hoping the citizens of Wisconsin Cantorize the weasel Paul Ryan.
McCarthy is from CA so it’s probably unlikely to Cantorize him. Not enough citizens left there.
DT also gets the most votes, the most delegates, and wins the most states--by far. There is a whale of a difference between DT and Shamu.
Reality is you can’t call one guy a lying crooked politician and give the other a pass. A crooked politician is no worse than a crooked businessman!!!
True.
I think Trump is just as bad as they are since he helped put a lot of them in office. People like him put them in office so he can skate and send the bill to us!!
Cruz only provided four years of 1040s, i.e., partial returns. Nothing else. Hillary has provided complete returns with all schedules. Have you looked at Cruz’s returns?
Cruz is another Mitt. 85% of the country knows that.
Cruz is a me-1st-er all the way.
Ted Cruz can thank Sarah Palin for his senate seat.
No! But if I wanted to I could...unlike Trump’s!!!
I knew y'all ain't from Texas. "Y'all" IS singular. "Y'alls is plural.
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