Posted on 11/10/2015 11:59:48 AM PST by conservativejoy
As the Republican Primary takes shape, I feel increasingly confident in the electoral viability of Senator Ted Cruz. While those who make a fortune working for, lobbying for, contracting with, and benefiting from the Republican Establishment in Washington D.C. will remain cantankerous toward the Cruz Campaign, the Senator has a great deal working in his favor.
atedcruzMoney? Check. Hes been an erudite fundraiser, drawing the magnitude of his contributions from small donors, who are likely to vote, likely to volunteer, and likely to spread the word of mouth praise and adulation that inspires others to get on board a bandwagon.
Organization? Check. Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush also sport expertly crafted and experienced campaign staffs, but unlike Cruz, they have all been burdened by mistakes, by history, and by their inexperience. Senator Cruz is operating a mistake free campaign. Ive heard his campaign referenced to as 'the little engine that could', but that concept drastically misses the mark. What makes Senator Cruz a brilliant campaigner is not that hes slowly chugging up the mountain, its that he has thousands of activists and organizers laying the track long before the train arrives.
Intellectual Support? Check. Conservative Review, Heritage Action, and dozens of other think tanks and organizations have ranked Ted Cruz as one of the most legitimate conservatives in America. Senator Cruz didnt just become a conservative over the last couple years, nor has he crafted his conservative message in stages, piecemeal, over time. Unlike Carson and Trump who are having to spend an enormous amount of time and money manufacturing their conservative credentials, Ted Cruz has been a consistent conservative from our earliest investigations of his actions to present.
Debate Skills? Check. One of the best moments of the Republican Primary debate season came from Senator Ted Cruz.
Or how about that moment when Senator Ted Cruz took to the floor of the United States Senate and laid waste to Mitch McConnell? How about the fact that Ted Cruz hasn’t had to define himself as a conservative? From the very beginning Ted Cruz has been a Constitutional Conservative. And why are so many Libertarians like myself supporting Ted Cruz? Maybe because Ted Cruz has always been an advocate of those Constitutional Amendments this Republican Party has failed to adequately protect.
If Rand Paul or Ben Carson had the same fighting history as Senator Ted Cruz, maybe wed be behind them. It takes more than having Ron Paul as your father to warrant support from the libertarian and constitutionalist right. It takes more than being a brilliant neurosurgeon to warrant our support. It takes more than being Donald Trump, Celebrity and Reality TV Star, to warrant our support. We want a lifelong, uncompromising, conservative who has been defending the United States Constitution for as long as we have, to represent us.
Ted Cruz hasnt made many friends in Washington DC. The same Congressmen and Senators that have ignored us as their constituents have ignored and libeled Senator Ted Cruz.
The fact is, that Ted Cruz is the most likely nominee for the Republican Party. Donald Trump and Ben Carson are more popular, because they are better known, but as the nation gets to know Senator Ted Cruz, I have no doubt that he will ignite a fuse, a spark, a blaze, and a fire at the heart of the Republican Party. Those tired of losing, tired of watching the Republican Party legislating a Democrat Agenda, will embrace the Senator from Texas, as the next Republican Nominee for President of these United States.
Interested in joining the fight? Let me know. Ill put you in touch with Shak Hill and Chris Shores. More importantly, Ill put you in touch with your fellow republicans working to nominate an actual Conservative for President for the first time in decades.
iNevvitability?! Not likely.
Maybe not inevitable, but not unlikely either.
Cruz is scheming martyr and not personable or like able. Sounds like a preacher and that is not good for politician. His positions and hypocrisy are unacceptable.
I will vote for Ted.
Jeb, Marco....#%£ no!
Either he’s ineluctable or he’s unelectable.
I’ll leave it to you all to decide which.
Welcome to FR.
Who’s your candidate? Trump, right? You sound like a Trump fanboi.
“Cruz is scheming martyr and not personable or like able.”
Looked in the mirror much Reno?
Oh you poor thing .. hate Cruz do ya .. well, well, sorry .. but he’s the very best CONSERVATIVE and I will gladly vote for him for President.
Glad the lefties and crony fascists don’t like Cruz.
got anything else to throw at Cruz?
{”Cruz is scheming martyr and not personable or like able. Sounds like a preacher and that is not good for politician. His positions and hypocrisy are unacceptable”}
If one has read his book, watched his speeches, seen his Senate hearings, read his bio, listened to interviews then he knows that Cruz is a Tea Party conservative who is brilliant, hardworking and principled.
That being said, he may not be as electable as Trump. I will vote for Trump if he is the nominee, but Cruz is an amazing man.
Cruz was at the top of his class at Princeton and at Harvard. He edited the Harvard Law Review (and actually did the hard work of writing reviews, unlike Obama). He was Solicitor General of Texas and personally argued 9 cases before the US Supreme Court. I believe he won 5 of them. He presented 80 briefs to the court as well. Dershowitz said, although he agrees with Cruz on almost nothing, he was one of the brightest legal minds to ever go through Harvard Law.
Right now we have people being brought in from Asia on H1B visas to be trained by American workers who they will replace at half the salary. And Ted Cruz wants to increase the H1Bs by 500%? And he voted for TPA, and isn’t opposing TPP. Ted may be conservative, but he’s no nationalist. And like everyone but Trump, he is beholden to his big money donors.
Welcome to FR.
He also isn’t an isolationist which may come as a disappointment to a great many Trump (former Ron Paul) supporters.
He should have DUAL symbols:
1. the cross of Jesus, since cruz means cross in Spanish.
2. the taco..."Taco Ted" -- just IMAGINE what could be made of THAT nickname.
Get ahead with Taco Ted.
Get outta the red with Taco Ted.
Better bread from taco Ted.
What's in your taco, Ted?
...and so on.
Trump is beholdin’ to his own self-interest.
[ Oh you poor thing .. hate Cruz do ya .. well, well, sorry .. but he’s the very best CONSERVATIVE and I will gladly vote for him for President. ]
Well according to the Cruz haters he can’t do ANYTHING, then a sentence later they will whine about how Ted Cruz single handedly shut down the entire US government for months!
That kinda blatant hypocrisy of the Cruz haters always gets a good belly laugh out of me.
[ Cruz was at the top of his class at Princeton and at Harvard. He edited the Harvard Law Review (and actually did the hard work of writing reviews, unlike Obama). He was Solicitor General of Texas and personally argued 9 cases before the US Supreme Court. I believe he won 5 of them. He presented 80 briefs to the court as well. Dershowitz said, although he agrees with Cruz on almost nothing, he was one of the brightest legal minds to ever go through Harvard Law. ]
I like Cruz because he is one of the few Republicans running who actually UNDERSTANDS the THEORY behind the constitution and WHY it is important.
The Bible clearly describes these people: “A Double-minded man is unstable in all his ways”.
No wonder the liberals are nuts.
Which at this point in his life is making America great again for the sake of his children and grandchildren.
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