Posted on 12/13/2015 4:52:24 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans
If Cruz actually makes it into the spotlight, it is going to be a bumpy ride for him. When people really start looking at his record and sources of financing, they will see it is actually the same as Rubio’s.
What position do you hold on the Rubio team?
What position do you hold on the Rubio team?
Rubio sucks, and is probably as disingenuous about his immigration platform as Cruz.
Do you really want to lend your name to this kind of dishonest BS? Do you think Trump will, as well?
This is an article that I found a few days ago. LINK
If found it troubling.
Except for citizenship, it was McCain/Kennedy 2007 and the Gang of 8 plan. This is not something I've ever supported.
All of them (except maybe Santorum) have used language to allow for exceptions. For Trump, it was “letting the ‘good’ ones back in”.
My post seven has an article in it that pretty much confirms at least part of what he is saying.
It's fully sourced. Where's the dishonesty?
Cruz has always been for legal status. Rubio wants to roll out alfombra roja.
It was clear what Cruz intended at the time he offered his amendment. Unfortunately for those such as Rubio and yourself many of us remember the circumstances very clearly.
Well, I don't really like that either, but at the same time, I recognize that they'll be returning through a legal process, and this position protects Trump from the sob stories of little illegal aliens on their way to become PhDs in Quantum Mechanics. However, note that you actually know what Trump's plan is, even if you do not think it is perfect.
Is Cruz up front with what he wants to do with the illegal aliens in this country?
So all these Cruz hating MSM sources vs single conservative Breitbart.
Sounds like Trump opposition research.
Fine, politics ain’t beanbag so they say.
CRUZCONTROL2016
You touched on the key and didn’t even realize it.
You leave.
You get vetted.
You return, if...
That is different than walking down, filling out a few papers and becoming legal on the spot.
In addition what gang member is going to willfully go in and fill out paperwork IF THERE IS a vetting process internally?
Cruz’s plan has no process for making sure all are screened.
Many will remain just a they are today.
Under Trump’s plan, if you get arrested without papers, you are deported.
Under Cruz’s plan that person could be eligible for filling out a green card request and being made legal.
There really is a difference.
Well, reading the actual text, it's clear it wasn't just a parliamentary trick. Note your key words: "at the time." What was Cruz's team telling people in March of this year, and also after that? Is Cruz clear in his denunciation of granting legal status?
The whole "it was an elaborate ruse!" argument fails if the ruse keeps going and going and going.
Please read the article I gave you a link to.
It was just two years ago, and frankly it’s not all that much different than what he is hawking today.
Breitbart is funded by a Ted Cruz mega donor. You can't expect them to be wholly balanced in their coverage, and they haven't. They've aired the dirty laundry of every candidate except Cruz.
That said, it's irrelevant. Cruz's statements in and of themselves trump someone's opinion about those statements, no matter how authoritative or objective they pretend to be.
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