Posted on 01/22/2016 2:56:32 AM PST by John W
Robert Reich January 20 at 11:40am
5 reasons Ted Cruz is even more dangerous than Donald Trump.
1. He's more fanatical. Trump is a bully and bigot but doesn't hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, believes the 2nd amendment guarantees everyone a right to guns, doesn't believe in a constitutional divide between church and state, favors the death penalty, opposes international agreements, embraces a confrontational foreign policy, rejects immigration reform, demands the repeal of "every blessed word of Obamacare," and takes a strict "originalist" view of the meaning of the Constitution.
2. Cruz is a true believer. Trump has no firm principles except making money, getting attention, and gaining power. But Cruz really does detest the federal government, and has spent much of his life embracing radical right economic and political views. When Cruz said "we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation," he wasn’t referring to jihadist terrorism but to Obamacare.
3. He's Smarter. Trump is no slouch but he hasn't given any indication of a sharp mind. Cruz is razer-sharp: It's not just his degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, along with an impressive record at Harvard, or even his winning arguments before the Supreme Court. For his entire adult life he's been a fierce debater with a intensely-logical debater's mind.
4. He's more disciplined and strategic. Trump is all over the place, often winging it, saying whatever pops into his mind. Cruz hews to a clear script and a carefully crafted strategy. He plays the long game (as he's shown in Iowa). Cruz's legal career entailed a sustained use of the courts to achieve conservative ends, and he plots his moves carefully.
5. Cruz is a loner who's willing to destroy institutions. Trump has spent his career using the federal government and making friends with big shots. Not Cruz. Most of his Republican colleagues in the Senate detest him. And Cruz is eager to destroy: He has repeatedly crossed to the other side of the Capitol and led House Republicans toward fiscal cliffs. In the Fall of 2013, Cruz's strident opposition to Obamacare- including a 21-hour talking marathon-led in a significant way to the shutdown of the federal government.
Both men would be disasters for America, but Cruz would be the larger disaster.
What do you think?
No problem. Sorry if I misread. I’m kinda glad it was attempted sarcasm. It was incoherent gobbledgook, and I was initially going to write a post about the writing. Good to see different.
He didn’t see the need to lie like you have.
Probably an “inadvertent omission”, (where have we heard that before) on the Munchkins part..
I read it. It was per the usual, for him. Reich is a lefty. Of course, they want to face Cruz. He may be the one candidate that can guarantee them a win.
But rather than make some snide comment about Cruz- because I, too, am sick of the vitriol- I merely addressed who Reich is; indicating that I don’t place any credibility in anything he says.
I hate to say it (because I promised myself- that for today, at least, I wouldn’t), but it went right over your head, I guess. He was insulting you. But you didn’t get that because y’all are so confrontational & so aggressive, you’re proud that people see you that way. (shrug) Whatever.
I’d say that’s a pretty good choice of words....
ran·cor
/ˈraNGkər/
noun
noun: rancour; plural noun: rancours; noun: rancor; plural noun: rancors
bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing.
“he spoke without rancor”
synonyms: bitterness, spite, hate, hatred, resentment, malice, ill will, malevolence, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility, acrimony, venom, vitriol
“Partisans for Cruz and Trump have created much rancor here on Free Republic.”
Yet Trump is losing to Bernie and Clinton in the polls due to his horrible negatives with independents. Most other candidates including Cruz are ahead of the 2 rats.
Reich’s feeling that Cruz is far worse from his commie POV is spot on and is the reason to vote for Cruz. Trump has no core other than what benefits Trump. The man is a total narcissist and is very much like Obama in that. His facial expressions remind one of Mussolini.
Whatever.
Have a nice weekend.
ps. I’ve never seen Mussolini, so I have no idea what his facial expressions look like. How do you kn…lol How old are you? (I’m joking)
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Jon Stewart, alluding to Kerry's wife, an heir to the Heinz food fortune, asked him: "Is it true that every time I use ketchup, your wife gets a nickel?"
Kerry replied, "Would that it were, would that it were."
Would that it were. Some of what Reich says about Cruz just isn't true. Some of it is just bizarre. Or lazily conceived and written. I'm pretty sure Cruz doesn't oppose all international agreements or reject immigration reform as Cruz understands it (and maybe even as Reich understands it) or think that he can abolish the IRS or oppose all division between church and state.
Surprising that an educated that an educated person would never have seen an image of a person who helped start WW2, see the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
“Robert Reich is an advocate and cheerleader for the 0bama policies that keep us in a depression.”
Of course Reich the lib will say he’s pro-Cruz. They don’t want to run against Trump and lose. They can win against Cruz.
I really didn’t take much interest in that period in high school or college. Obviously, it didn’t make enough of an impression on me or I would have remembered it.
Someone was talking about these old accounts yesterday. You certainly have an interesting posting history.
Both men would be disasters for America, but Cruz would be the larger disaster.
What do you think?
Vote Cruz!
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