Posted on 02/01/2016 5:34:02 AM PST by DrewsDad
Here is a Ted Cruz ad showing Trump making deals with John Boehner, Hillary Clinton, and Chuck Schumer
In the first republican debate, the candidates were asked to hold up their hand if they would support the nominated candidate for their party no matter who it is...
All but Trump raised their hand...
If Trump is the nominee, will the others honor that promise?
Teddy Bears to illegal aliens with Glenn beck= Cruz
Mic drop
Actually, compromise was the foundation of Reagan’s presidency. We need someone who can negotiate deals that give us most of what we want.
None of the existing candidates FR President seem to understand this. Nor do most of the rabid followers of the here on FR.
I’ll take the gridlock.
The only dealing opportunities for Snooze will be at the weekly poker game.
He can’t win the general election.
I know you believe that to be the best way forward. It does not work for me, until I know what his non-negotiables are.
What, exactly, would he give up to win?
There needs to be some clear lines drawn as to what is off the table.
Donald Trump persuaded by Laredo mayor to temper border wall plan
From the article:
In the middle of Saturday’s Texas Tribune Festival panel on the border and the Legislature, state Rep. César Blanco, an El Paso Democrat, asked two of his Republicans colleagues if there was something they could do to keep Donald Trump from exploiting the border for his own political benefit.
“Do you think any of us can control Donald Trump?” replied state Rep. Larry Phillips, the Sherman Republican who chairs the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee. Perhaps not.
But the panel of border mayors that followed included Pete Saenz of Laredo, who hosted Trump on his whirlwind border inspection tour in July, and may have actually persuaded Trump to slightly moderate his plans for a great wall between Mexico and the United States.
As Saenz told the American-Statesman after the panel discussion, he was obligated to be a “gracious” host to Trump but also obliged during his border briefing for Trump to explain why the Republican presidential front-runner’s plans for a wall and mass deportations were ill-advised.
“I told him it was not practical,” Saenz said of the wall. “I told him aside from it being offensive to Mexico, which is our second- or third-largest trading partner, the cost is impractical, and it’s not practical inside Texas, where the Rio Grande sometimes throughout the year is a source of drinking water for livestock.”
“We’re a ranching community,” Saenz said. “What are you going to do — dam the tributaries?
“He did change his tone a little bit,” Saenz said. “He did say maybe the wall is not appropriate for the entire border and certain sections are not conducive for that.”
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Rep. Poncho Nevarez, D-Eagle Pass, who represents the largest border district, said: “Borders are always going to be porous — that’s what borders are. The idea of sealing the border, it’s not going to happen.
“What I object to is being a political piñata,” he said.
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Supporting Video:
QUESTION: Are you still in favor of a wall?
Donald J. Trump: Yes, in certain sections, you have to have a wall, absolutely.
Here is the entire press conference.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?327294-3/donald-trump-news-conference-laredo-texas
here is the clip
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4578297/donald-trump-wall-needed-certain-sections
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
“Trump cannot be trusted, he WILL sell us out...”
Whether or not Trump will do so, how can you ignore what Ted Cruz has already done? Read and comprehend this statement in the Supreme Court case:
United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 18 S.Ct. 456, 42 L.Ed. said A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized....
In other words, that statement made by the Supreme Court says any person born in Canada can only become a citizen by being naturalized. The following Public Law establishing the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 is the statute used by Ted Cruz to acquire U.S. citizenship by naturalization at birth. Naturalized citizens, whether at birth or after birth, are no natural born citizens and are not eligible to lawfully become President of the United States. Given these documented facts, it is going to take some fancy explaining to show how Ted Cruz is not a SELL out of the Constitution and folks like you by denying his status as an ineligible naturalized citizen.
The prototypical compromise.
Hilarious.;-)
TED CRUZ...to victory.
And proudly states it......All "Heil the WON"
So will I.......
well he didn’t actually mean it you know, he was just spoofing......, I just don’t know which statement he was spoofing on, the really big wall, or the maybe some wall, will settle for a gate/trump logo, but that’s tomorrows statement. Yep are real deal maker there.
At the federal level:
Deal making for the last 20 years: Giving Democrats what they demand.
Obstruction for the last 20 years: Failing to give Democrats what they demand.
So since our party seems to be focused on not giving away TOO much to Democrats in every battle, I’m going to think that it is time to switch horses, not double down on the same options and expect a different outcome.
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