Everyone Fears Ted Cruz

Right Wing News ^ | 01 Jan, 2016 | Brent Smith

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Yes, Cruz is the real deal. No need to take my word for it. Just look and listen. It's as Limbaugh says: the left and the establishment right will always tell you who they fear the most.

Sure, they hate both Trump and Cruz. The hatred for Trump is understandable, from their standpoint. He makes republicans look bad – he's intolerant and generally causes them embarrassment. But the antipathy for Cruz is born of fear. They fear the end of the government gravy train if he get's elected. They fear that with Cruz at the helm, Americans may just discover they don't actually need Washington involved in every facet of their lives. They fear an uncompromising Constitutional standard bearer as head of the party.

So their strategy is to send out trusted surrogates to trash the candidate and place the seed of doubt in voter's minds (and big money backers) that a Cruz nomination will surely equal a Hillary win.

Case in point: Moderate republican shill and former George W. Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace said in an interview regarding Ted Cruz: "He is truly despised [by republicans] - he is not a team player" and is apparently the king of "hubris and egomania." She, like almost all other establishment hacks, pundits and politicians are just plain befuddled, as Wallace, with an uncomfortable laugh, tells the interviewer that Cruz is "at the top of the polls in Iowa, so I think voters are saying they just don't care."

The key here is not so much that Cruz is despised or is tops in hubris and egomania. No - it's that "he is not a team player." I'm reminded of the movie Johnny Dangerously. A gangster boss known as Johnny Dangerously is actually Johnny Kelly. His younger brother Tommy Kelly has no idea he is the notorious mob boss Dangerously. Tommy is appointed assistant District Attorney and vows to bring down the infamous gangster. The D.A., who's on the mob's take, invites Tommy to his palatial estate, which is all courtesy of gangster payoffs. He tells Tommy, he too could have what the D.A. has, as he proclaims, "It's all yours Tommy, if you play ball! What do you say?" – to which Tommy replies, "I'll see you in prison!"

With this unfortunate confirmation of the assistant D.A.'s lack of cooperation, the mob, unknown to Dangerously, attempts to then "take out" his younger brother Tommy.

Ted Cruz is Tommy Kelly. He must be taken out.

Wallace explains that, "these are good republicans who worked in the Bush administration and who clerked in the Supreme Court who say they would have a really hard time voting for Ted Cruz if he were the republican standard bearer."

What can you say to an exclamation such as that - but WOW! I've been holding my nose and pulling the lever for progressive establishment republicans since 1988 and these people have the nerve to cry over one conservative candidate? Look at who we've been conned and bullied into supporting, all for the good of the precious party! George H.W. Bush, the kinder/gentler progressive. Bob Dole, war hero, but his nomination was equivalent to a lifetime achievement award. George W. Bush, who merely pretended to be a conservative. Bush lied - my vote died. And of course the other two loser establishment picks: McCain and Romney.

And we're not allowed one candidate? This inner circle of power and control is very exclusive and conservatives are not allowed a seat at the table - and we certainly don't have the necessary accreditation to sit at the head of the table.

What have we conservatives been saying all along? If someone like Cruz or Trump gets the nomination, the establishment would much prefer a Hillary presidency and this is the exact veiled threat the establishment kingmakers sent Wallace out to disseminate.

They are scared to death of Ted Cruz. It is a delight to see and I personally count it as a gift to finally be able to back someone I believe in – not someone we have to settle on, or like Romney, try to convince ourselves that he will be okay. We finally have someone for whom we don't have to constantly wonder, "Is he for real this time?"

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You are great at finding the some obscure writers and web sites. This most be a full time gig for you huh?

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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."

--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015

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TRUMP: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'

Business Insider ^ | December 17, 2015 | By Maxwell Tani

Republican US presidential front-runner Donald Trump is apparently "honored" that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the real-estate magnate a "flamboyant" and "very talented" man.

"It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," Trump said in a statement, according to Politico.

He continued: "I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect."

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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

U.S. intelligence agencies closely monitored the visit but a Pentagon spokeswoman played down the Russian military encroachment.

"Just as we have bilateral and multilateral relationships around the world, so do other nations," Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen M. Lainez told the Washington Free Beacon. "All nations are free to choose their associations as they see fit."

The U.S. Southern Command, the command responsible for maintaining security in the region, also played down the visit.

"We respect the sovereign right of nations in the region to seek constructive relationships with the international community," said Col. Lisa Garcia, a command spokeswoman.

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, said "the Russian bear is out of hibernation from Damascus, to Donetsk, and from Pyongyang to Peru."

"Putin and his coterie of "former" communists smell weakness," Pompeo said. "Their window to expand Russian influence is now and they are acting with great vigor and with nearly zero resistance from America and the West. Russian military expansion into Latin America is simply one more manifestation of their resolve and American inaction."

Defense officials familiar with intelligence reports said Shoygu discussed future arms sales and signed military training and joint exercises accords during his four days of meetings.

All three Latin states are members of the 11-member Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, known as ALBA, a leftist alliance set up by Cuba and Venezuela in 2004 as an anti-U.S. grouping of states.

The Russian news site Pravda reported that the defense minister's visit appeared to set the stage for a future visit to the region by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian leader is under growing isolation as the result of diplomatic and financial pressure from U.S. and European states that U.S. officials have said are beginning to cause serious economic problems for Russia.

The Shoygu visit also comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow's military annexation of Ukraine's Crimea and continuing Russian military destabilization, despite a recent ceasefire accord, in eastern Ukraine.

The Obama administration has remained largely silent on Russian military encroachment in the western hemisphere. Russian Tu-95 Bear H bomber flights have increased sharply near U.S. coasts in recent months, with one recent air defense zone incursion simulating a practice nuclear cruise missile strike on the United States from northeastern Canada.

British jets on Thursday intercepted Russian bombers flying along the coast near Cornwall, in southwest England.

In Nicaragua, Shoygu signed an agreement aimed at simplifying procedures for Russian warships to make port calls. A second accord was reached that will increase military training in Russia for Nicaraguan military personnel.

Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista President Daniel Ortega announced last year that he plans to build up the armed forces with Moscow's assistance.

Russia also agreed previously to supply naval gunboats to Nicaragua beginning in 2016.

Venezuela also is a major recipient of Russian weapons, including an estimated $12 billion in arms, including Su-30 jets, Mi-17, Mi-26 and Mi-35 helicopters, T-72 tanks, Smerch multiple launch rocket launchers, S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, and artillery.

Venezuela also agreed during the Shoygu visit to increase visits by Russian warships, and Caracas will hold joint military exercises with the Russians. Joint Russian-Venezuelan air defense training also was discussed, and Russian warship visits will take place in the future.

"We will most certainly take part in your air defense and artillery drills," Shoygu was quoted by state-run Sputnik news agency as saying in Caracas.

Pravda reported Russian air force aircraft may make use of Venezuelan bases in the future.

In November, Shoygu announced that Russian strategic nuclear bombers would conduct long-range training flights over the Gulf of Mexico. "In the current situation we have to maintain military presence in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, as well as the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico."

Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, confirmed the likelihood of future Russian bomber flights during testimony earlier this month before the House Armed Services Committee.

"Moscow has made significant progress in modernizing its nuclear and conventional forces, improving its training and joint operational proficiency, modernizing its military doctrine to integrate new methods of warfare and developing long range precision strike capabilities," Stewart said.

Stewart said Russian military forces, including Tu-95 bombers, conducted "record numbers" of out of area air and naval deployments.

"We expect this to continue this year to include greater activity in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas," he said.

In an article published Tuesday, Pravda quoted Putin as saying Russia would not permit the United States to achieve military superiority, and Moscow will continue to bolster its nuclear forces, space weapons, navy, and long-range aviation.

The newspaper also said Moscow lacks a system of bases to achieve its objectives.

In Cuba, Shoygu met Cuban dictator Raul Castro and noted that military relations continued to "develop constructively." The Russian leader also thanks the Cuban communist regime for hosting port visits by Russian naval vessels, including the intelligence-gathering ship Victor Leonov, which made a port call in Havana in January, coinciding with the Obama administration's diplomatic initiative to seek normalized relations with the regime.

Cuba also agreed to send military personnel to Russia for training.

U.S. defense officials said the Leonov was anchored some 25 miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, last week, where it is suspected of conducting surveillance of U.S. nuclear missile submarines based at nearby Kings Bay, Georgia.

"This long-term strategy imposes obligations on Russia to supply its allies in Latin America with advanced weapons, including air defense systems, aircraft, and warships," Pravda stated.

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton said the Russians appear to be filling a power vacuum in the region by the lack of focus from the Obama administration.

"Russia's perception of American weakness under Obama has fueled their new adventurism in this hemisphere," Bolton said. "Since I see no chance of Obama waking up to the potential threat, I am very worried about the situation a new president will face in January 2017."

Dan Goure, a Russia expert with the Lexington Institute, said Russia's current moves into Latin America "are like a page Xeroxed from the Soviet political-military playbook."

"Now, like then, the Kremlin is attempting to counter what it perceives as western encirclement by operating in America's backyard," Goure said.

"The U.S. deploys missile defenses in Eastern Europe and sends warships into the Black Sea so the Russian military is attempting a riposte by orchestrating naval visits to Venezuela and seeking to reopen its intelligence facility in Cuba."

Goure said Moscow is seeking to encourage anti-American sentiment in the region "much the same way as it perceives the U.S. has done to Russia in the so-called color revolutions."

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/

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How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america

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So what does that prove? Someone has a crayon?

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But of course now comes the phony chart put together by a form paid staffer for Cruz. This there any lie you won’t tell.

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TED CRUZ - ON THE ISSUES

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Ted Cruz on Abortion

. Planned Parenthood sells body parts of unborn human beings. (Sep 2015) Allow vote to end Planned Parenthood's funding. (Aug 2015) Prosecute Planned Parenthood for criminal violations. (Aug 2015) Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion. (Mar 2015) Companies can deny insuring birth control. (Apr 2012) Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban. (Jul 2011) Opposes public abortion funding. (Oct 2012) Opposes churches providing birth control. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Budget & Economy

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• Top 1% under Obama got fat & happy while workers are hurting. (Feb 2015)
• Lost Generation: Obama agenda hammers young people. (Mar 2014)
• Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country. (Mar 2014)
• Choice is more federal spending, or free markets & liberty. (Aug 2012)
• FactCheck: Yes, gross federal debt now exceeds GDP. (Aug 2012)
• Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010)
• Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010)
• Supports a constitutional BBA. (Oct 2012)
• Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge. (Jan 2012)
• Endorsed by the Club for Growth, for pro-growth stances. (Aug 2012)
• Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Feb 2013)

Ted Cruz on Civil Rights

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• Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. (Apr 2015)
• Liberals obsessed with mandatory gay marriage in 50 states. (Apr 2015)
• Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty. (Apr 2015)
• Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. (Mar 2015)
• Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment. (Oct 2014)
• Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage. (Feb 2012)
• One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society. (Jul 2011)
• Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway. (Jul 2011)
• Voted NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
• Supports defining traditional marriage. (Oct 2012)
• Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Corporations

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• Slash corporate tax rates to 15 percent. (Mar 2015)
• Get senseless obstacles from Washington out of the way. (Jan 2015)

Ted Cruz on Crime

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• Convert regulatory crimes into civil offenses. (Apr 2015)
• World Court should have no say in Texas executions. (Jul 2011)
• Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice. (Jul 2011)
• Supports the death penalty. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Drugs

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• Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs. (Apr 2015)

Ted Cruz on Education
Click here for OR other candidates on Education OR . Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool. (Mar 2015) We should thank parents who homeschool. (Mar 2015) Local control of education instead of Common Core. (Mar 2015) Education decisions best made at local level. (Jun 2012) Denounce the Common Core State Standards. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Energy & Oil

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• Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration. (Jul 2011)
• Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Aug 2012)
• Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures. (Jul 2010)
• Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low. (Jul 2010)
• Let states lease energy rights on federal lands. (Jun 2013)

Ted Cruz on Environment

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• Don't pick winners & losers like RFS' ethanol in gasoline. (Mar 2015)
• Voted NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on Families & Children

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• Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism. (Apr 2015)
• Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage. (Mar 2015)

Ted Cruz on Foreign Policy

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• Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty. (Sep 2015)
• Move American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (Sep 2015)
• Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize. (Oct 2014)
• Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine. (Jul 2014)
• America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership. (Jun 2014)
• Sanctions on Putin for Ukraine: tyrants respond to weakness. (Mar 2014)
• US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad. (Mar 2014)

Ted Cruz on Free Trade

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• End the Export-Import Bank. (Aug 2015)
• The Export-Import bank is corporate welfare. (Mar 2015)
• Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft. (May 2012)
• Dewhurst lying about defending Chinese intellectual property. (May 2012)

Ted Cruz on Government Reform

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• If you like special interests, I ain't your guy. (Aug 2015)
• Executive actions override Congress & the Constitution. (Nov 2014)
• Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers'. (Mar 2014)
• Presidents should not pick & choose laws to enforce. (Mar 2014)
• End Washington cronyism via Congressional term limits. (Mar 2014)
• Obama dishonors Constitution by bypassing Congress. (Jan 2014)
• Obama's executive orders is open door for future lawlessness. (Jan 2014)
• Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending. (Jan 2014)
• Dems want to get as many Americans as possible dependent. (Oct 2012)
• Head of the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies. (Jul 2011)
• Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud. (Jul 2011)
• Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill. (Jul 2010)
• Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them. (Jul 2010)
• Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced. (Jul 2010)
• Prohibit IRS audits targeting Tea Party political groups. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Gun Control

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• Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions. (Jul 2011)
• Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
• Opposes restricting the Second Amendment. (Oct 2012)
• Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty. (Sep 2013)

Ted Cruz on Health Care

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• I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote. (Sep 2015)
• Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty. (Feb 2015)
• Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare. (Jan 2015)
• Government shutdown on ObamaCare worked: GOP won in 2014. (Nov 2014)
• Suspend commercial air travel to Ebola-infected areas. (Oct 2014)
• To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it. (Mar 2014)
• Obama changed ObamaCare mandate deadline by a blog post. (Jan 2014)
• Obama asked companies to disobey ObamaCare rules for a year. (Jan 2014)
• 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare. (Jan 2014)
• Vow to repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Save Medicare by raising eligibility age. (Aug 2012)
• Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare. (Apr 2012)
• Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government. (Jul 2011)
• Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Aug 2012)
• Supports repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Supports market-based health insurance. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Homeland Security

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• On day one, rip to shreds the Iranian nuclear deal. (Sep 2015)
• Label the enemy that Obama won't: radical Islamic terrorists. (Aug 2015)
• Torture was rightly outlawed, but keep tactics classified. (Dec 2014)
• Americans who join ISIS should be barred from coming home. (Sep 2014)
• Vital role for deploying military force abroad. (Mar 2014)
• Opposes TSA and National Defense Authorization Act. (Sep 2012)
• Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military. (Jul 2011)
• Supports banning military gay marriage. (Oct 2012)
• Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. (Mar 2013)

Ted Cruz on Immigration

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• Support Kate's Law: oppose our leaders who won't enforce. (Aug 2015)
• Path to citizenship is profoundly unfair to legal immigrants. (Feb 2015)
• End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances. (Nov 2014)
• Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded. (Nov 2014)
• No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas. (Oct 2012)
• Give police more power to ask about immigration status. (Jun 2012)
• Boots on the ground, plus a wall. (Apr 2012)
• Triple the size of the Border Patrol. (Mar 2012)
• Strengthen border security and increase enforcement. (Jul 2011)

Ted Cruz on Jobs
Click here for OR other candidates on Jobs OR . Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow. (Sep 2015) Raising minimum wage by executive fiat opposes rule of law. (Jan 2014) Lowest labor force participation in over three decades. (Jan 2014) Extending unemployment benefits exacerbates joblessness. (Aug 2012)

Ted Cruz on Principles & Values

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• I'm a consistent conservative, not a campaign conservative. (Aug 2015)
• I'm despised by GOP establishment, but so was Reagan. (Feb 2015)
• We win elections by bold principles & a positive agenda. (Mar 2014)
• Washington would be better with more farmers & fewer lawyers. (Mar 2014)
• Great Awakening: response to mess from career politicians. (Aug 2012)
• OpEd: His law firm donated $200,000 to Obama's campaign. (Apr 2012)
• Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge. (Jul 2011)
• Endorsed Member of the Tea Party movement. (Aug 2012)
• Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. (Jan 2013)

Ted Cruz on Social Security

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• Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate. (Aug 2012)
• Transition younger workers into personal savings system. (Jun 2012)
• Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance. (Jan 2013)

Ted Cruz on Tax Reform

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• Abolish the IRS. (Feb 2015)
• Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code. (Apr 2012)
• Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax. (Jul 2010)
• Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. (Aug 2012)
• Opposes increasing tax rates. (Oct 2012)
• Supports eliminating the inheritance tax. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Technology
Click here for OR other candidates on Technology OR . Of course China & Russia have conducted cyberwarfare on US. (Aug 2015) Net neutrality is ObamaCare for the Internet. (Nov 2014) Voted NO on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on War & Peace

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• If you wage jihad on America, you sign your death warrant. (Aug 2015)
• Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America. (Mar 2015)
• Provide defensive weapons for Ukraine against Russia. (Feb 2015)
• Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support. (Feb 2015)
• Focused, direct military objective of destroying ISIS. (Feb 2015)
• Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age. (Oct 2014)
• Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS. (Oct 2014)
• Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS. (Sep 2014)
• Bomb ISIS back into the Stone Age, with Congress' approval. (Sep 2014)
• Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine. (Jun 2014)
• Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long. (Jun 2012)
• Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on Welfare & Poverty

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• Government checks create dependency. (Aug 2012)

VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz)
VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Companies can deny insuring birth control: Opposes topic 1 Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers': Strongly Favors topic 4 Government checks create dependency: Favors topic 4 Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it: Opposes topic 5 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Vow to repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Save Medicare by raising eligibility age: Favors topic 5 Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports market-based health insurance: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate: Favors topic 6 Transition younger workers into personal savings system: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool: Strongly Favors topic 7 Education decisions best made at local level: Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	World Court should have no say in Texas executions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice: Favors topic 9 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Abolish the IRS: Strongly Favors topic 11 Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code: Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give police more power to ask about immigration status: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Boots on the ground, plus a wall: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Triple the size of the Border Patrol: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strengthen border security and increase enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize: Favors topic 14 America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership: Strongly Favors topic 14 US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad: Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Vital role for deploying military force abroad: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military: Strongly Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	If you like special interests, I ain't your guy: Favors topic 16 Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support: Opposes topic 17 Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS: Favors topic 17 Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long: Favors topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20

Ted Cruz is a Hard-Core Conservative.
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[libbylu]

-——Trump is an executive who knows how to get things done. He would hammer the right people in the right places. He’s a bulldozer. Is he perfect on every issue? No. But if he gets 4 r 5 YUGGEE things done, we can save the Republic. Go with the smart and tough guy who has built a winning organization and knows how to hold his people accountable. We need Trump.-—
And you think anyone would work with Trump? If Trump tries Bambi’s pen trick as he has suggested he would, dems and the gop would impeach and remove him in a NY minute. It has always been the uniparty/MSM meme a conservative can’t win since before Reagan won twice until today, and it is not true.

[VanDeKoik]

“He needs to convince enough broadly conservative voters that he has the FIGHT & the BALLS to do battle.
So far, it seems a bit squishy.”

Trump demonstrates on a daily basis that he has the fight in him.

Cruz needs an army of scribes and fanboys to convince everyone that he really has the same thing, and really is the most badass dangerous mofo to ever run for anything, but you just have to nominate him first so you can see it then.

Saying that Bill Clinton is off the table has not helped.

[FourPeas]

[Mollypitcher1]

I absolutely agree! Trump is the only one who can turn this country around.

[Mollypitcher1]

Trump knows everything about how to get this country back to work. “It’s the ECONOMY, stupid!”
Cruz has never had to put his own money on the line. Cruz has never had to make a payroll. Cruz knows nothing about the hurdles small business has to jump through just to survive. Cruz lives in the sheltered world of the political lawyer and doesn’t have the foggiest about the real world.
GO TRUMP!

[FourPeas]

As Rush says: Real conservatism works every time it’s tried. That’s what the establishment doesn’t like. GOPe isn’t against big government; it simply prefers a different flavor of big government than the Democrats do. Cruz holds to the limited government found in the US Constitution, so he’s hated by both sides. And loved by conservatives.

[FerociousRabbit]

Trump says he can work with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to get things done. No thanks. When they work together we get such wonderous achievements as the recently passed budget.

A conservative president would veto 99% of the garbage that comes out of Congress and use the executive branch to limit the harm done to this nation by runaway federal agencies, not impose his will by going around Congress and the will of the people with illegal executive orders or by working with Congress to grow the authoritarian state even more.

The only thing thing that can save this country is a president that understands and abides by the limitations imposed on the federal government by the Constitution.

[FourPeas]

[TexasFreeper2009]

I dont think Trump fears Cruz one bit, except possibly in Iowa.

[Mollypitcher1]

How conveniently the Cruz supporters forget the major issues which reveal Cruz is just another lawyer-politician playing politics not in the nation’s interest. The so-called free trade packages strip America of our sovereignty and Cruz is for them all. I like Trump’s FAIR trade ideas where we negotiate one on one and retain the power to say NO when our sovereignty is attacked.

[conservativejoy]

Trump isn’t putting his own money on the line now. His campaign is operating on donations and at least 30% is being paid to Trump owned companies. He is making out like a bandit. I’m sure Trump must have struggled terribly with his $100 million plus inheritance. Poor baby.

[American in Israel]

Trump is all talk, and no walk. Are you seriously advocating hope for change?

[FreeReign]

So Right Wing News trashes Trump to build up Cruz? Nice.

Did you read the article? Where did they trash Trump?

[American in Israel]

Great posts< thanks