Posted on 09/02/2013 8:48:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was met with enthusiastic cheers from an "adoring" audience during his address at a conservative summit on Saturday, the friendliest of any of the potential 2016 presidential hopefuls to speak at the Defending the Dream summit.
The event, hosted by Americans for Prosperity, drew a handful of other conservative stars and would-be presidential contenders: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R ) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R ) all spoke.
But according to The Washington Post, none received so warm a welcome as Cruz. He was met with chants of "Run, Ted, run!" after giving a speech focused largely on the imperative of defunding ObamaCare, a cause which he and a handful of other conservatives in the Senate have championed in recent weeks.
Cruz slammed fellow Republicans who have criticized the push as potentially politically harmful and pledged not to back down from a threat to shut down the government if the law is not defunded.
“Right now, the people who are fighting the hardest against our effort to defund Obamacare are sadly Republican,” he said. “Over and over again, they say, ‘We can’t win this fight.’ Well, you know — you lose 100 percent of the fights that you surrender at the outset.”
Cruz has fast emerged as a darling of the conservative movement, taking a place somewhat lost by Rubio after the Florida senator took the lead on immigration reform, drawing him criticism from conservatives and leading to a drop in many national polls of the 2016 GOP presidential landscape.
Indeed, Rubio's reception at the same summit on Friday was decidedly less enthusiastic. Though he received cheers for parts of his speech, he was also heckled over immigration reform with shouts of "No amnesty!" from the crowd.
In contrast, Cruz took the stage to a sustained standing ovation and exited to calls for him to run for president.
Mark Levin addresses Ted Cruz's Eligibility
Ted Cruz does not have Canadian citizenship, all he had was the ability to claim it. He has renounced that right to claim dual Canadian citizenship:
Ted Cruz: I Will Renounce any Canadian Citizenship
Some things I like about Cruz: the fact that he is a Constitutional lawyer and scholar and not only knows it academically but breathes fire about it (is committed with his whole heart), is that as President he would have a bully pulpit to educated the uneducated sheep we have in the American public. I don't even blame the low info voters any more (how many of us have had to bypass and overcome our public educations) - I blame the EVIL Gramscian MARXISTS who have taken over our universities, teaching colleges and public education systems. Having a fire breathing constitutional conservative in the White House to educate people on why our country is falling apart, and at the same time having a drive for an Amendment V convention to propose amendments that would get us back to the Constitution(as more and more Americans are taught what they've been lied to about) would be a powerful combination.
At the same time having the tea party go all out to kick RINOS out of House and Senate at every opportunity, maybe, just maybe we would have a chance.
Our other biggest enemy besides the educational establishment is the media, and having an on fire conservative as President would mean that some of the message could get out past them. I don't believe for a minute that he would sit back like Bush and just allow himself to be framed without fighting back. He's proven he has courage to take them on. We desparately need someone with courage and principles.
But what Jim is saying, I agree with. Conservatives have got to, as a group pick our own candidate EARLY, zero in and support him 100%. Maybe we don't have to pick right this minute, but we do soon, because the RINOS most definitely will have a bunch of mealy mouth semi conservatives to push on us and have us fight over until the most liberal one with the most connections wins. That's what we got stuck with with Romney and we have GOT to stop making that mistake. If necessary, we should have a conservative pre-Primary to select the candidate before the regular primaries, which are just circular firing squads. They have called the shots on this one too many times, and I think conservatives are not going to try to kick that football (Lucy-Charlie Brown reference) any more. Conservatives are mostly good and trusting people (because we are mostly honest, or try to be), and just haven't been able to believe how incredibly dishonest the RINOs are. No more!!!
/johnny
“I can find no FEC forms requiring certification”
reason u wont find it is cuz it is none of their business. The Presidential election is really 50 separate elections run by each of the 50 states. Ask the constitutionalists why that is so.
there is federal law on federal elections regarding $$$$ donations. Perhaps there was some barking and litigation on this at the time these laws were passed ... regarding constitutionality.
Also see first amendment regarding Freedom of Assembly ... and the political parties.
Michell Bachmann held dual citizenship until last year.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76175.html
Rand Paulistas and Christie RINO trolls are certainly possibilities I’ve considered. Just like the Paul machine to ignore the Democrats and run against Republicans and other conservatives. I was hoping Rand was above that.....
/johnny
The one I posed in post 19......about Cruz and original intent.....the one that caused you to focus on my style and not my substance....
Ah, ok ... well, it’s hard to determine who’s joking and who is not.
:)
Enjoy your Labor Day.
“Andrew Jackson`s parents were born in Ireland.
Thomas Jefferson`s mother was born in London.”
Oh no. Emerich de Vattel’s rules did NOT hold sway in ACTUAL PRACTICE in early America?
Emmerich de Vattel was a Swissman, writing in French before the founding of America, and was DESRIBING historical methods of determining citizenship in Europe.
Apparently his writings were interesting information, but fell well short of being incorporated into American laws.
It’s sad when we eat our own. JCBreckenridge has apparently debated this issue extensively and heatedly in the past. I can’t remember for sure, but I think it’s the first time I’ve thought or posted about Senator Cruz’s citizenship. I wish we could all be more patient with dissenting views—so long as they come from folks who are clearly conservative—but it’s Jim’s site to run as he wishes. Hopefully JCBreckenridge will be reinstated soon.
There are plenty of folks who are far more knowledgeable about the “natural born” constitutional requirements than I. I always like to post that whenever a constitutional debate ensues, gray areas MUST go to the states or the people. That’s clearly what the founders intended. In the case of Senator Cruz, there hasn’t been a definitive ruling by the Supreme Court (and I wouldn’t trust them anyway). There’s a little bit of gray area, so which result retains the most power in the hands of the people?
I’d vote for Senator Cruz for president.
There have been 3 US presidents with dual citizenship.
James Buchanan
Chester A Arthur
and Barack Buttstain Obama
Hey, I’m working under the radar.
CatherineofAragon: “You are either a naturalized citizen, or a citizen at birth (natural born).”
That makes sense to me. Thanks.
Dissenting views don't include outright, flat-footed lies about a conservative politician holding a Canadian passport.
I don't want a known liar and attacker of conservatives back.
/johnny
if Paul and Cruz both run, expect a nasty dogfight in the grassroots. Previous examples of intramural viciousness ...
PatRobertson vs. Jack Kemp in ‘88
Huckabee vs. Brownback in ‘08 Iowa
and Bachmann Iowa ‘12 got a bit crude.
Rand-Paul not necessarily involved himself ... see his recent comments about Cruz citizenship ... but the paulistas like to freelance.
The Paulistas are strong enough in western NH to successfully undermine Cruz there. It would be best if Paul were to not run and, instead, endorse Cruz.
The EPA has also just released regulations designating sinks as "protected wetlands" and faucets as protected wetland "feeder sources".
"We're from the Federal Government and we're here to help you."
Not only was it a lie, it was a moot point.
Holding a Canadian passport would not preclude him from the Presidency
Holding a Swiss passport did not stop Michelle Bachman from running.
We are not far from such madness.
I have to say that I have much more confidence in Ted Cruz. I don't think that there's anyone else out there with his qualities.
Ted Cruz - 2016
Certainly. Hope the linked article helped you.
God bless
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