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Posted on 05/18/2015 9:32:10 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Cruz, a first-term U.S. senator from Texas who announced his run for the GOP presidential nomination in late March, touted himself as a true conservative, someone outside the Republican mainstream who can raise money and draw crowds, and who is part of “a new generation that is stepping forward” in the Republican Party.
Alternately serious and playing for laughs — which he received in abundance — Cruz told the hundreds of people who attended Friday’s GOP dinner that “the stakes have never been higher. If we spend another four or eight years on the same path, I believe we will do irreparable damage to our country.”
Espousing tax reform and regulatory reform as keys to boosting growth and opportunity in the United States, Cruz called for “a simple flat tax” on income that would “let every American fill out their taxes on a postcard, and when we do that, we need to abolish the IRS.”
Then, jokingly suggesting that the 90,000 IRS workers who would be out of a job should be put to work guarding America’s southern border, Cruz added, “Just imagine that the first thing you see [if you’re crossing the border from Mexico into the United States] is 90,000 IRS agents. You’d turn around and run home, too.”
Continuing his joking, Cruz riffed on the federal government’s surveillance programs, telling the crowd, “Please leave your cellphones on. I want President Obama to hear everything we’re saying here tonight.”
Cruz used his speech to run through a number of policy positions, from repealing Obamacare to defending constitutional rights — the right to bear arms, due process, search and seizure limitations and limits on federal power got special mention — to abandoning the Common Core curriculum for the nation’s public schools, and said acting on those issues “has got to be a grassroots movement.”
“Washington is fundamentally broken,” he said. “I’ve been there and I’ve seen it. ... The answer will come from the American people.”
Cruz ended his speech with a rafter-shaking crescendo, bringing the crowd to its feet with his high-volume exhortation, “We are rising up to save that shining city on a hill that is the United States of America.”
Cruz was one of three national headliners for the state GOP convention. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, widely believed to be considering a run at the Republican presidential nomination, addressed a breakfast crowd, and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida spoke to convention delegates Friday afternoon.
The convention continues Saturday with routine business, and is expected to wrap up sometime late in the afternoon.
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Ted Cruz Ping! Ted Cruz can resonate, if only the GOPe would get the hell out of the way and let him!
They really don't like conservatives.
/johnny
Forget the GOP. Senator Cruz is right. The PEOPLE have to finally rise up together and turn this around WITH THE HELP OF GOD!
Without living our daily lives with God, the way HE intended us to to...we are flat-out doomed.
1) repealing Obamacare
2) defending constitutional rights
3) the right to bear arms,
4) due process
5) search and seizure limitations
6) limits on federal power
7) abandoning the Common Core curriculum for the nation’s public schools
THAT’S ONE SENTENCE!!!!!
Imagine what President Cruz can do, and get busy writing checks, volunteering, and talking up Ted to your friends!
He has a good message.
BTW, it has been a long time since I got my grammar training, but this doesn't sound right: "There were chicken and fish on their plates, ..."
What say you FR grammar experts?
It has been even longer for me, but I think even if the plates were now empty you have a point.
You summed it up nicely. That’s why I adopted my tagline.
Thanks for speaking up and reminding us. We all need to be reminded. The Lord said “Occupy until I come”. That is a battle term, not a passive one.
We have for too long not shouldered our responsibilities as citizens, nor have we stood against evil as boldly as we should. Each one of us has to decide to do that and we now have a Leader, Ted Cruz.
“There were chicken and fish on their plates”
Being in Georgia, I hope that chicken wasn’t fried, otherwise all hopes of him becoming president are now dashed as he is guilty of level 5 racism.
I think that the word "there" and the verb is conditioned by what follows.
"There" was a fire and...
"There" were two banditos coming at me and...
There is probably a rule on this but I'm way past remembering specific grammar rules.
Cruz is already automatically guilty of Level 5 Racism (L5R), based on pigmentation and political persuasion.
Cruz seems to get the very best speaking slot at every event. Anyone else think that is a clue as to who the people want.
Cruz is extremely popular everywhere but D.C.
Oh no, Mississippi freepers shouldn’t be worried about a grammar thing when we’re talking abut fried catfish and fried chicken. I’ve spent a lot of time in Georgia and I’m sure it was fried, what else can you do with chickens and catfish?
The Republicrat Oligarchy ruling America will NEVER let a true conservative upset the status quo. The illusion of a two-party system must be maintained, and anyone who would really make a difference will never get the Republican or Democrat nomination. The USA has not been a government of, by, and for the people for decades now.
Add abolishing the minimum wage to that superb list. Once the marketplace is free to set costs for workers, the American economy will flourish. Meddlesome government regulations and enforced wages are killing corporate profits. As a shareholder in a number of companies, I see the dividends decreasing due to the central government getting involved in private enterprise. I think that Ted Cruz, a proven pro-business leader will put an end to such nonsense.
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Correct.
There were TWO things: 1+1.
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