Posted on 02/25/2016 3:57:09 PM PST by Jim W N
Kah BOOM!
Getting stabbed in the back tends to make you stop liking someone.
Trump shows support for Planned Parenthood (aka., butchers). True colors coming through.
“I support Cruz. The principled conservative candidate.”
Really, Theo? You support Cruz? I would never have known. :-)
Looks like you’re getting flustered by Trump’s weak performance as well. Nice.
Trump owning, just OWNING Rubes. Sorry tour tweaks title candidate just lost.
“Cruz just cruzified Trump.”
Do you guys just sit here and compete for who can make the most exaggerated statements.
OMG CRUZ JUST ELECTROCUTED the stage...Cruz is destroying everyone!!!!
Next day, no one remembers a damn thing he said.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/239750-ted-cruz-joins-the-establishment
This is treason and pure propaganda against America and the American people by Cruz and Ryan
But, of course, nowhere is there a mention of the fact that a big part of that “disadvantage” is currency manipulation and other financial gimmicks — issues that are expressly kept out of the trade deal. I guess nobody told these gentlemen that the primary weapon being used against American workers and business is not going to be discussed. Had they been allowed to read and review the so-called deal — the Trans-Pacific Partnership — they might have known that. But sadly, the Obama administration has kept the “deal” under lock and key — virtually nobody has been allowed to view it.
But this is a minor matter compared to the bald-faced falsehoods that follow. The congressional odd couple assert that Congress will demand three things from Obama, three “requirements” that will protect the nation. In truth, all three are hollow shells; the tools of bait and switch that have used to con America in the past. And what are three shells of the con game?
First, it asserted that there will be 150 “specific negotiating objectives.” Sounds good, except these objectives are nothing more than suggestions. If Obama comes back with a treaty and none of these “objectives” are included, there is no effect. The treaty will still get the up-or-down vote. No amendments will be allowed to be offered. No two-thirds ratification vote in the Senate will occur. And of course, at that point, all the special interests — having been fed their fill — will demand passage. Are we to believe that Ryan and Cruz will vote against the treaty if the 150 “objectives” are not included? If that is the case, why do they not say so?
Second, it is asserted that the administration would be required to “consult” with Congress over the course of final negotiations. This is the “kissing your sister” argument — no meaning and slightly discomforting.
Finally, it is claimed that giving Obama more power will enhance the power of Congress and thereby the American people. This is simply a lie. Under the authority Ryan and Cruz want to give the administration, the powers given Congress under the Constitution are suspended. No amendments are allowed. U.S. law will be subjugated to a treaty that can be passed by a simple majority in the two houses. Hollywood and Wall Street will get what they want and the American taxpayers will be given the bill. So, gentlemen, how are the American people protected by suspending the Constitution? Is this the 2016 GOP platform — gather votes signing praises of the Constitution while moving to undercut and suspend it at will?
What is most troubling, however, is the disdain the advocates of this deal have for the American people. They babble on and on about abstract economic “benefits” when, in fact, trade is but a minor part of the matter. No less an authority than The Washington Post stated in an April 13 editorial that the treaty and fast track are “about geopolitics as well as economics.”
He had to take a quick nap...he'll be back. ;)
I hate that Trump doesn’t answer, “I gave to you, to Republican Senators, to Republican governors. He doesn’t defend himself well enough.
I totally agree with you.
“After tonight, how can a conservative consider Trump? It confounds me. I was leaning his direction. He just exposed himself as a faker.”
He’s been so transparent to me, he’s an obvious fraud. Yet his followers will never see the light. He just spouted Democrat talking points on Planned Parenthood. They still love him.
Trump gets his message out and then smacks down the attacks. Any real negative issues get lost in the BS. So, Trump wins.
Yeah, but....nestled between those two bookends....Trump looks exactly like what he is. A gigantic orange @SShole.
“Who am I? Why am I here?”
James Stockdale, VP debate
didn’t do himself or Perot any favors
What is disgusting is your blindness to Trump’s record.
Cruz is a wordsmith, but that doesn’t stop him from lying.
Trump has NEVER said the words, “CUT A DEAL”. Cruz implies Trump will give in...just the opposite. Making a deal is an entirely different thing.
Disgusting lying CUBAN LAWYERS! Trained to screw with the language!
The USSC compromised the Constitution a long time ago. All we can do is fight a rear guard action to keep some kind of balance.
Rubio and Cruz taunting us with being Cubans, where were they when we had missile’s pointed at us by Russian from Cuba. We were having drills just in case and hiding under our desk, this makes me spitting mad.
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If they had anything like my sil history their family were making tracks to the US to become productive citizens. And neither Cruz nor Rubio were born during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Wow the GOPe may be falling in love with the Mailman. Rubio may get the boot after that love homosexual marriage answer.
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