Cruz Triumphant

Tonight was the night when I could clearly see Ted Cruz as President of the United States. He made the right moral judgment — dealing with Donald Trump was far more important than jockeying for position with Marco Rubio or John Kasich. He made the case against Trump in the right way — he was civil even as he eviscerated Trump again and again. And he connected with the audience not just with his command of the facts, but also by making his case in an effective, human way. When he asked the audience how many had been waiters or waitresses, I had to smile. Both my wife and I spent more than our fair share of time bringing ice tea to thirsty customers, and the notion that waiting tables — even for a season – is a job Americans won’t do is absurd.

But I can’t praise Cruz without also praising Marco Rubio. Their nonaggression pact was clear. It is an extraordinarily difficult thing for political rivals to choose not to attack each other, but both Rubio and Cruz made the right decision. They both kept their eye on the ball, and in so doing kept hope alive in the quest to save the conservative movement and stop Trump.

Regarding Kasich, his performance was cheap and cowardly. Anyone can look statesmanlike when they opt out of a necessary fight. By choosing to cast himself as above the fray, he created a false moral equivalence between Trump, Rubio, and Cruz, and he transparently curried favor with viewers weary of conflict. With every passing moment, he is staining his legacy and his reputation. At a crucial moment, Kasich chose to be — first and foremost – for Kasich. Shame on him.

Finally, there is much more to be said about this, but words cannot express the contempt I felt for Trump’s insistence that the military would follow his unlawful orders to murder women and children. There are men who’ve paid the ultimate sacrifice rather than kill the innocent, yet he pretends our warriors would simply salute and follow orders when told to kill women and children for the sole purpose of punishing terrorists. Trump is sadly mistaken. If he won the White House and tried to implement his “policy,” the military would refuse to comply — because it has honor, because it respects the law, and because it knows the lessons of history. No order can justify an atrocity.

Oh really? I happen to strongly dislike the weak kneed wimps that have been running this country far too long. When was the last time America won anything? Seems to me it was 1945. Since the bloody damned United Nations was created, we take the licking, pay the bills, and everybody else gets a free ride.
Patrick Henry had it right! “Peace, peace, there is no peace. The war is actually begun.”
The people of this country are DEMANDING A STRONG LEADER. The ONLY one on the scene is Donald J. Trump. The rest of the suits on the stage are the same old shills.

Thanks for your reply.

>>>”DEMANDING A STRONG LEADER”

I got that from your first reply. :)

My problem is where Donald wants to lead us and how.

He seems to be quite comfortable as a despot, not good. I greatly prefer freedom, and with Patrick Henry, liberty.

And what of Trumps policies? What do you like of his economic policies for example?

We won’t be much good against the “international mafia” and “NWO” if our economy is in the dumpster.

Strong leader is good; can also be very bad if leading you off the cliff.

It’s not enough.

Just WHERE do you think our economy is now?
What has happened to our ability to provide ourselves with HARD GOODS?
We don’t even smelt our own lead for our bullets anymore. What if we were in all out war?
Look at Detroit and a thousand other formerly prosperius towns and cities in America. Why don’t we export cas in the millions instead of import them? Look out the window at the cars around you next time you’re stopped at a traffic light. Do you see any American cars? if you’re lucky, you might see one or two.
We used to grow cotton in the south then ship it to the mills in the north and south and then to our own fabricants to make it into clothing. Now we grow the cotton, ship it out, and buy it back as a finished shirt or skirt.
Every time we ship our jobs overseas and diminish our work force, we put a heavier burden on our economy. We are the greatest consumer. Why don’t we consume our own goods any more? BECAUSE we don’t MAKE them any more.
Ships, planes,Vehicles, Computers, Clothing, etc. etc. etc. China above all is the culprit. Long past time to take or country and our economy back. Put our own people to work with our own raw materials and bring the middle class out of the shadows. Send the illegal immigrants home and put back on our products the label MADE IN AMERICA. THAT is what Donald J. Trump is preaching. It is NOT what the NWO Cruz and Rubio and Kasich are preaching.
FREEDOM comes with prosperity. A strong economy pays the bills, lessens the drain on the government, and gives us the possibility to bringing the bureaucracy under control. Trump wants LESS Rules and regulations which are strangling our productive force. The other contenders are the ones responsible for the crushing burden we are now suffering. They have voted FOR Obama’s bills. They have produced NOTHING of value. Look at the skylines where Trump has walked. You see progress and beauty. You see people employed and paying their bills, living the American life. How many people have Cruz and Rubio ever employed? What do they know about the real world/ What do they know about even basic economics? Rubio can’t even balance his checkbook.
What is to me incredulous is how you dare to question Trump’s economic qualifications with the evidence of it in hard, cold, stone,while giving a pass to Cruz and Rubio when they are not even graduated from kindergarten yet. What have they produced? A few pieces of paper? We don’t need more laws, we need less laws and government intervention.

Besides, I am not afraid of a strong leader. I’ve been one all my life. Strong people win battles. Weasels and wimps do not.

>>>FREEDOM comes with prosperity. A strong economy

I agree. Did you think the auto bailouts and bank bailouts were good for the economy. Trump does. And his economic policy will repeat that on a grand scale.

Raising prices and costs of goods, production and service for everyone. To benefit the few. With more government control of the economy and our lives.

He’d be a disaster for the economy.

>>>Those who have helped put us where we are certainly do not deserve the chance to finish their job of destroying us.

Demand-side, big government control of the economy liberals have put us where we are.

Donald agrees, he’s no fix. Conservative economic policies are what’s required. But Donald has no clue what they are. He proposes more of the same - only more and bigger. He said the economy does better under democrats and spoke highly of Obama’s team and leadership.

Not the right guy for the economy.

>>"I’m not changing my mind!"

Yes, you have definitely convinced me of that.

You have great faith in the Great Leader. Examining his plans, knowledge and capability, exercising critical thinking - to even think for oneself - risks questioning him. That must not be allowed.

"I do not say that there is a frequent use of tyranny in America at the present day; but I maintain that there is no sure barrier against it, and that the causes which mitigate the government there are to be found in the circumstances and the manners of the country more than in its laws."
-DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, Alexis DeTocqueville 1835

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