By the way....
isn't "braying" what Democrats do? (ooops)
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
Amen, baby! Sickening.
Right there was when Cartel Cruz was stripped bare, emporing with the GOPE, and with no clothes on.
THAT is where he lost Sarah Palin, and MOST authentic conservatives.
(Well... except for the Beckers.)
Well Trump sure cannot thank her for winning Alaska!!
What happened to the real Bray?
Not even five seconds.
I've never heard any of "The Wiz" dialog "The Wiz" sucked, it was just a cheap diluted remake.
The Wizard of Oz was a brilliant political satire about the "gold standard".
At least the businessman takes some risks and creates something of value rather than laying all the risks off on the public while encumbering everyone but their chums then pocketing the rewards.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! back at you
I don't know, maybe you were having a fantasy.
Around here we call that "not a member of the GOPe".
And some successful business men inherit 30-40 million from their dead daddy!!
At one point I wondered whether Cruz was even a citizen. So, I did some research.
Cruz has a passport which means he is a citizen. This means when he applied for his passport he had to provide proof of citizenship. A Canadian birth certificate is not proof of American citizenship, so therefore he would have had to provided documents to prove his birth was registered with US Consul at the time of his birth, which makes him a naturalized citizen, or that he was naturalized when his father became a US Citizen, in order to get the passport.
That is why it was so important for Obama to go to such lengths to provide some sort of window dressing to the effect he was born in Hawaii and therefore native born (although he also still did not meet Article II,I,5 requirements.)
The passport office has the real birth certificates for both Obama and Cruz, and the documents proving citizenship, Cruz cannot be anything but naturalized, whereas Obama may be native born, but there is a greater likelihood he also is naturalized, given that he never claimed to be American born before he ran for President. And it is perfectly understandable, why this once really pitiful kid, would rather claim to have been born in Kenya rather than a Canadian maternity home although that certainly would have been a socially wiser, medically much better choice, for such a young unwed mother whose parents cared anything at all about her.
It is likely for Obama, that paperwork for his passport shows that he is a naturalized citizen and certain for Cruz. The passport office has his real birth certificates for both. I have a sneaking suspicion Obama’s B/C shows that he was born in a maternity home in Vancouver rather than Kenya, it actually fits with the known circumstances around his birth. But who knows? The truth will come out someday. For now, I am content to be called a birther, and have my suspicions.
The fact is, just as we know now, 100 years later, that Chester Arthur’s father in fact was not an American citizen at the time of his birth, a fact which Arthur was able to successfully hide, 100 years from now people will know the truth about these men, unless there is a President Trump, who I’m told, does not like to be made a fool of, decides to use the office of the president to find out the truth about both of these men’s citizenships.
Which simply proves that there are just as many rubes on the right as on the left.
He doesn't have the slightest clue how to actually ACHIEVE them.
So Ronald Reagan was Shamu to you as well?
Margaret Thatcher was your shamu?
Churchill was another Shamu?
It’s called being popular my friend and denial is NOT a river in Egypt.
Cruz is not liked and has zero cross over appeal. He speaks to policy wonks and accountants, not to the hearts of the American people.
Nice list, BUMP
I suppose Trump IS a conservative? (LOL!)
Yeah, that too.
Excellent!
These puritans abhor the state of affairs with no regard for the little guy who actually has to deal with the affairs in order to make a simple living, or a even a great one.
Thanks.
The fact of the matter is that Cruz supporters don't care, their BS about the Constitution is just BS and nothing more. They figure Obama wasn't the real deal so they're owed one and their boy Teddy is a fine Canadian born Conservative just like them.
Meaning, they figure Ted will take care of them, screw the Constitution.
It's their turn to ignore the Constitution, case closed.
By the way....
isn't "braying" what Democrats do? (ooops)
Like Trump.
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