Posted on 01/13/2016 11:39:17 PM PST by Helicondelta
For months, Ted Cruz has laughed off Donald Trump's barbs, berated reporters who mentioned him and gone to near-comic lengths to publicly express enthusiasm for the real estate mogul's rival candidacy.
Cruz isn't laughing anymore.
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Phil is not prejudiced, he accepts Canadian Geese into the club. ;-)
Doesn’t matter what I think as Trump now has a welded bond with millions of his American supporters. It’s historic and has not been seen in modern America. You’d have to dial back to the founders to see this type of relationship between a leader and the people.
But you’re free to vote for whoever you wish.
Cruz is dishonest. He is no conservative. His track record stinks and he’s a fraud. I’ll take an all American leader any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Go Trump!
I’m so thankful we have Politico to bolster Cruz’ defense!
You think so? I'd say there is a pretty large majority around here that would say that description is a really good one for you with the addition of the word obnoxious. As in obnoxious, whiny, hysterical prick.
Joke post?
It’s Trump that has been attacking Cruz. And it’s Cruz’s poll numbers that have doubled and tripled since the start of November despite Trump’s attacks. It’s Trump’s attacks that have not been affective, not the other way round. JEEZ!
Erick Erickson, the guy railing about how not-conservative Trump is and how great Cruz is, called for Nikki to be Vice President.
Yes, I know so.
I'd say there is a pretty large majority around here
There's a small number of really stupid people who disagree with me, you being one of them.
Trump has never knocked anyone out in his life. He couldn’t even knock the pathetic Rosie O’Donnell out in their twitter fight. LMAO!
In accordance with natural law, a child’s nationality is thought to follow the circumstances of his or her birth so as to reasonably measure and determine where the child’s natural loyalty and duty lies.
Several elements, differing according to place and time, have traditionally figured into this measurement and determination, including place of birth as well as the nationality of the parent(s) and very importantly including the wishes of the liege.
There is no simplistic formula that can be used to make this measurement, one needs to look at all the facts. And in doing so you can’t pretend like it’s 1756. We no longer follow patrilineage in this country.
Also, it should be obvious, but I will restate it now just to encourage clarity of thought, that our polity cannot control how another polity determines how and from whom it demands loyalty or whom it considers its nationals. Therefore whether or not another polity considers one of ours to be one of theirs has NO bearing on the natural loyalty and duty of the child in question. This undeniable fact MUST be understood, as failure to understand has led to much confusion and tortured thinking.
So, in the case of Ted Cruz, the fact of his birth in Canada is not determinative of anything. It is merely one of the circumstances of his birth than must be considered, as must be his parentage which includes a Cuban father and an American mother.
I think we can safely say that there has been no evidence that Ted Cruz feels any sense of loyalty or duty to Cuba now or at any time in the past, nor has Cuba demanded this from him. His Father had left Cuba with no intent to return. At the time of Ted Cruz’s birth, both his father and mother were in Canada merely on temporary work permits, but nevertheless, according to the rules the Canadians have chosen for themselves, they consider the baby Cruz to have Canadian nationality. This is none of our business as Americans. Canada could just as easily have chosen rules that would have denied the baby Cruz their nationality, and that also would be none of our business as Americans.
Because this is now the 21st Century, and until recently the late 20th Century, and attitudes and laws have evolved since the 18th century, we now, in our polity, consider women and men as equals before the law. Whereas in the past our polity only considered patrilineage, we now accept that our men and women may equally bequeath their nationality upon their children. This is not merely a accidental result of an arbitrary statute. This is a natural condition that the statutes, enacted in the name of our modern day liege, We The People, merely recognize and enforce in the name of clarity, certainty and the will of the sovereign.
Therefore, Ted Cruz was and remains a natural-born citizen of the United States as a natural consequence of the circumstances of his birth for all the reasons above, fully absent the action of any statute. If natural born citizenship is supported by statute, so much the better in the interest of clarity and certainty. But we need to be clear that the absence of these statutes would not serve to change Ted Cruz’s status as a natural born citizen and national of the United States.
Given that Trump is a mouse and a sick one at that, Cruz has nothing to worry about.
This is what I don't understand.
Ted Cruz is not electable?
Why don’t you and your mate Trump try and stop him? Put your money where your mouth is.
You must be joking. You only have to go back to Hulk Hogan and his fans.
What???....Ted Cruz's fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law makes him more than a welcome figure after eight years of Obama's lawlessness!..... No one has fought harder to protect the rights and freedoms of Americans than Cruz.... he's 'the leading voice' opposing Obama's unconstitutional executive orders, usurpation of legislative power, and selective enforcement of the law. .....I am proud to support Cruz for President as are many other Conservative voters.
Some people are looking for a "Hero" because they think they 'they' need to be saved.....others look for a "President" they know will 'lead the people' to restore this country. ..Ted is a tried and PROVEN Leader who has the scars and wounds to show it!
Your Ron Paul bitterness is showing. You just cannot get over the fact that your boy Ron Paul was a loser and now you have picked another loser: Donald Trump Not only is he a loser in politics but he is tied to the Chicago Crime Syndicate and Trump thugs threaten the families of his opponents to the extent that his mob and union thugs nearly beat to death a “black lives matter” protester at a Trump campaign rally in mob ridden Birmingham AL. Trump’s minions are some of the same thugs that attack opposition construction executive families. And there are his ties to gambling mobsters and the infamous Teamsters Union as well as some of the same ties to Far East notorious crime syndicates - some of them the same triad members that supported Al Gore and Bill Clinton presidential campaigns. Is this the man we want as President of the United States? A re-run of the Bill Clinton criminal associations in the White House?
You need to understand the connection between Donald Trump and professional wrestling, and the idea of kayfabe.
It's all fake, designed to whip up the fans. it's the original free publicity ploy, and Trump is a master. He learned from one of the very best, Vince McMahon.
The question is, do we want to chose our next president the way we root for The Undertaker or Stone Cold Steve Austin? Probably my choice of wrestling characters is outdated, but you get the idea.
The fact is Trump has no clue. He is an idiot who is controlled by puppet strings of Indonesian Criminal Triads and gambling kingpins.
With that comparison you have made yourself a proven laughing stock.
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