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To: alancarp
Re: “He declared that Cruz did that amendment for the purpose of introducing a ‘poison pill’ to kill off the broader amnesty bill involved.”

I completely agree that Cruz says that now.

But, there is one problem.

Ted Cruz forgot to mention his “poison pill” strategy until two years later - AFTER he began running for president.

So, if you and Mo Brooks are claiming that Ted Cruz has had a change of heart about his immigration policy, well, I agree.

If you are claiming that Ted Cruz has ALWAYS supported that same policy, that is incorrect.

By the way, are you and Mo Brooks aware of the fact that Ted Cruz helped George W. Bush write Bush's immigration policy in 1999-2000?

That would be the same George W. Bush who tried to shove the Bush-McCain Amnesty down our throats in 2005-2006.

To my knowledge, Ted Cruz wrote nothing and said nothing - for or against - the Bush-McCain Amnesty.

Since the Bush-McCain Amnesty was the most intensely controversial domestic policy issue during Bush's eight year presidency, I find Cruz's silence very strange.

Bottom Line - I think Ted Cruz is, and always has been, a George W. Bush Republican on the immigration issue. And, I think Cruz will betray us on immigration, just like George W. Bush did.

And, just so you know - I have never supported Trump, and I will not vote for Trump, because I do not believe in Trump's sudden Conservative “conversion.”

15 posted on 02/10/2016 10:16:09 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Just curious. Who do you support? I have the same misgivings about Trump, and his actions in Iowa only reinforced them.


16 posted on 02/10/2016 10:20:37 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: zeestephen

I can’t comment on Cruz’s intentions...Brooks says that sabotaging the bill was the intent all along; but no, I don’t have his word on the subject.


17 posted on 02/10/2016 11:57:43 AM PST by alancarp (There are not enough laxatives in the world to cure that what ails Democrats.)
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