Well, CGato, if I were truly certain that Trump was a conservative interested only in the welfare of the nation as a whole, this would be simple. But I am not. And therein lies the problem. I wish I could believe in the Donald, but I don’t. So, the bottom line is that, like it or not, the Trumpsters have a flawed candidate and so do the Cruzers. And I stand in between, conservative, constitutional, etc., not convinced completely by either one.
Was he born in the United States? NO
Were his parents residents in one of the States of the United States at the time Cruz was born? NO
Therefore, not being born in the United States and his parents not being residents in of any State of the United States, then at birth Ted was not a citizen of the United States because there was no possibility of him being a citizen of any one of the states of the United States.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.
Ted resided in Canada, therefore, he is a natural born Canadian. Geez, you'd think a supposed constitutional scholar could at least read the PLAIN language of the Constitution.
Feel free to read my About Me page and you will understand why I am so anti-statist. My family has seen this before at it's worst that mankind can offer. That's also why I have so much respect for our Constitution and our God given rights and freedoms.
I was neck and neck before I chose Trump over Cruz. At the time, I found on opensecrets.org that one of Cruz's major donors is Goldman-Sachs. That really bothered me about him because I remembered Goldman-Sachs was one of the donors that helped usher in 0bama. Since then, Cruz has taken in the GOPe, and many other things that now I'm glad I didn't choose him. He's turned out to be a very poor candidate, IMO. Telling people that didn't support him, uneducated, low info, just sealed the deal that he just wasn't a very good candidate. It also made him look like an elitist, like the elitists in DC that we must defeat.
I completely understand that Trump is flawed but he does have some very good qualities about him and people that worked for him and with him have very good things to say about him. Some claim that he will do as he says. That is good for curbing illegal immigration and building a wall. That alone would put the statists years behind as they would not be able to import voters to help keep them in power. He's also promised to uphold the 2nd Amendment. That is very important to keep the statists at bay.
And finally, a Trump Presidency would mean the end of the GOP establishment as we know it. Then, Constitutional Conservatism would at least have a chance to survive in this country. It would also finally set up for a true opposition party in this country to help try to reverse so much of the damage the statists have done to it. With Cruz in bed with the establishment, I would have zero hope of any of the above happening. We have a long ways to go but having a true opposition party will help tremendously.
CGato
If you believe Trump will build the wall and repatriate illegals then you should vote Trump. Give the Rats tens of millions of new Marxist voters (think chain migration) and American conservationism is on the ash heap of history. There is only one issue this election and immigration is that issue.
I see you ignored by positive post on Trump, typical Cruzer.