Posted on 03/26/2015 3:14:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“To me, he’s just a guy with a big mouth and no results…”
By now, you’ve heard that Ted Cruz thinks he’s running for president in 2016. Ted Cruz’s entire political career has been marked by opposing progress. He has no significant legislative or leadership record to speak of. But let’s be clear: Ted Cruz is not a serious candidate. He is not a serious politician.
He is a serious pain in the ass.
His own party rejects him, and that rejection highlights the schism inside the Republican party. In an interview with CNN, Rep. Peter King said that Senator Cruz is just a “big mouth” who has “basically led the Republican Party of the cliff.”
“To me, he’s just a guy with a big mouth and no results,” King said.
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Cruz is kidding himself, playing out the fantasy of his ridiculous supporters.
Cruz appeals to a far-right moral conservative base that others in the party tend to be more distanced from. He is more akin to Dr. Ben Carson in the reasons for his political rise. Neither Carson nor Cruz is a legitimate potential contender though.
Both lack the political power to rally the social conservative base of the Republican party in a serious way. He’s virtually hated by the party at large. What Cruz is banking on is that the fundamentalist branch of the GOP will be strong enough to win out against the moderates of the party.
It won’t be. He will lose.
Beyond this, his positions are pathetic. Take healthcare as an example: Ted Cruz wants to repeal Obamacare and replace is with nothing. That’s an irresponsible tactic that fits perfectly with Ted Cruz as a congressional politician who would rather make philosophical grandstands than pass meaningful legislation. As a potential president, his position is wholly unacceptable.
It becomes clear that Cruz will stop at nothing to drive his esoteric positions home. He is willing to divide and ransack his own political party to gain headlines. As a president, he would almost certainly be willing to rip apart this nation to garner himself more attention.
While it may be getting him attention from fundamentalist extremist conservatives, it won’t play well on the national stage with voters.
Ted Cruz is kidding himself and playing out the fantasy of his ridiculous supporters. Ted Cruz will lose.
Please, Br'er Fox, whatever you do, don't throw me into that briar patch!
Palin did take a lot of crap but people were zotted from her threads very often. I posted ONE time on a Palin thread saying her voice was shrill and was really flamed for it.
On the other hand, I liked my Governor Perry, and we got spammed badly by the same people - with no repercussions that I can recall. You may recall that...
This is just the sort of article that will get Cruz elected.
Keep the criticism coming from such dubious and questionable sources.
His one-day war chest was well over a million dollars. But Cruz has no momentum now compared to the tsunami he’ll generate in weeks and months to come.
He is for real, strong. He has the right stuff to prevail.
I’m in for $50 and plan to keep on giving. http://www.tedcruz.org/?utm_source=p-email&utm_medium=email6&utm_campaign=email
Finally! A winner! Let’s step up.
If RFK Jr. wasn’t RFK Jr., no one would pay any attention to his insane mutterings.
A Christian Constitutionalist scares the snot out of the left. They want another marxist with muslim sympathies.
Ted Cruz could tap into a wave that has been building below the surface.
“Ring of Fire”?
Try Preparation H.
If this person is trying to prove the ancient proverb that liberal thinking is entirely without substance, he is doing a really good job.
They sure do.
He is living rent free in the skulls of liberals.
They are terrified.
Liberals have now reached out to Peter King as their useful idiot.
As was expected.
Good post, Potlatch. But you sold him short. Kruz appeared before the Supreme Court 40 times and prepared some 80 briefs for Supreme Court cases.
He is not a lightweight. He has the right stuff.
He has energized me and millions of other conservatives who were beginning to lose hope.
Let’s roll!
One thing though is sort of sobering....
if Cruz does win...what’s next? Civil war?
The hatred towards him is extraordinary.
Prayers of protection for TED CRUZ and his family should be going up 24/7.
Psalm 91.
Mr Ring of Fire doesn’t have a comments section?
I hope so, actually
Ted’s campaign kickoff filled up in less than 12 hours with volunteers.
Thank you. I could have put much more but figured ‘most’ here should be familiar with his background. But we know that isn’t always true.
Funny thing - awhile back I kept thinking; “I Choose Cruz”, and now I see it being posted all over. No doubt it was a natural thought to everyone who likes him.
-- me, in early 2008.
Like this puke has credibility on any subject?
Lol, if you believe that, then Hillary must be in Hog Heaven right now!!
You would be correct.
In fact, the left will always tell you who they are, just listen to this: “... He is willing to divide and ransack his own political party to gain headlines. As a president, he would almost certainly be willing to rip apart this nation to garner himself more attention.”
Hmmmmm ..?? Sounds more like they are talking about Obama than Cruz. LOL
FUJL
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