A poll bump and a terrific #CruzCountry #CruzToVictory Tour!

TedCruz.org ^ | 08/15/15 | Jeff Roe

[Isara]

Because of you, it’s been another amazing week! We just wrapped up our #CruzCountry #CruzToVictory Bus Tour through seven southern states that will play a huge role in making Ted our Republican nominee for President in 2016:

Coming off of the recent Republican Presidential debate, the wind was at our backs. A recent NBC poll ran after the debate and released Sunday morning showed that Ted had jumped up to second place nationally:

But even I’ll admit, we were a little surprised at the receptions we received throughout the tour. From the debate stage in Ohio to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, at stop after stop, we had to move our events from inside to outside in fields and parking lots to accommodate the crowds of courageous conservatives that turned out to support Ted. Your showing of support was absolutely breathtaking — thank you:

The tour started in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Friday, August 7th and concluded on Thursday evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the atmosphere was absolutely electric. And the results were clear — the southern states that account for 356 of the 1,236 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for President — the so-called “SEC” Primary states, are #CruzCountry. We look forward to continuing to build on our strong presence there to ensure we compete and win in the South!

One of the stops turned unusually personally along the way — I wanted to share the story with you. In Murfreesboro, Tennessee earlier this week, we had an unexpected and special guest — Pastor Gaylon Wiley. Many years ago, Pastor Wiley help lead Ted’s father, Rafael, to Jesus and baptized Ted when he was just eight years old. They hadn’t seen each other in years, and it was truly touching to witness the two of them reuniting. You can read about it here.

As a reminder, we are less than one week away from our Rally for Religious Liberty in Des Moines, Iowa that will have special appearances from the Newsboys as well as the Bontrager Family Singers. You won’t want to miss it — click here to RSVP to join us! If you or your church would like to host a viewing party, you may sign up for the live stream here.

[Marcella]

You joined last month to promote Trump. Have you given money to the present Freepathon going on right now so FR can stay on the internet? Or, are you a post and run after Trump quits or wins or doesn’t win?

[Fai Mao]

“In light of that, why does Ted Cruz desire to hurt the US and import 500% more STEM graduates?”

Because the native US graduates are idiots. They don’t know anything, have a poor work ethic but have an overly optimistic view of their abilities and are crude, rude and generally dope addled, sex crazed leftist who have been pampered and doted upon their entire lives.

If you want employees that work in entry level jobs you don’t hire US citizen college grads they are simply not up to the job

[ballearthout]

You know, whether I did or didn’t, my convictions are from the Bible and thus I wouldn’t tell you or anybody else.

And yeah, I did join to talk about Trump. I was never going to vote again because of the rigged system of the RINOs.

[Isara]

One problem we have with American students these days is that they’re coming out of the college with the degree but completely clueless about the practical applications.

I have an uncle who teaches at UofM and says we’re lucky if 1 in 10 are leaving college truly prepared for the workplace. They have so many social manipulations forced on them that it paralyzes them. He says its a pretty oppressive environment where the peer pressure to go with the crowd to protest Israel, Big Oil or whatever is greater than the pressure to study. And to make matters worse, professors “understand” and pass students for showing that they care about society.

The problem is that we let the left be in charge of our education for almost half a century. In order to save the country we have to clean up our education and put God back in the schools.

[ConservativeMind]

Thank you for your post. It will become very handy to describe why Ted Cruz does what he does (from an apparent supporter).

[CatherineofAragon]

Excellent post, and a much-needed dose of sanity.

Don’t worry, I’ve done quite a bit of research on both Cruz and Trump. The results are why I will stick with supporting Ted and will never support Trump.

[ConservativeMind]

By the way, are you a US graduate?

[Moorings]

Well, then by all means post away, if that is better than sending your questions to the Cruz campaign.

[Isara]

Cruz has a website. Why don’t you ask him?

Good idea! I'll bring it to him.

[Fai Mao]

My PhD is from Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Heibei PRC.

My MS and BA are from the US.

[ConservativeMind]

Most excellent! Thanks!

[Isara]

Our Standard: The Constitution

Ted Cruz has spent a lifetime fighting to defend the Constitution — our nation’s founding document and the supreme law of the land — which was crafted by our founding fathers to act as chains to bind the mischief of government and to protect the liberties endowed to us by our Creator.

Religious Liberty

• Defended Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties against Obamacare’s contraception mandate.
• Led the way on several cases including a U.S. Supreme Court case that preserved the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Successfully defended the words “under God” in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance and Texas schools’ moment of silence law in federal district court.
• Galvanized national support for Houston pastors who had been subpoenaed by the City of Houston to provide the content of their sermons forcing the City to back down.
• Supported the right of students to display banners containing religious content at school sporting events.
• Successfully defended the constitutionality of the Texas Ten Commandments monument, winning a 5-4 landmark decision before the U.S. Supreme Court, setting an important national precedent for the right to display similar monuments.
• Fought to help the Boy Scouts of America to reverse a district court ruling barring them from leasing a public park.

Second Amendment

• Played a crucial role in preventing federal legislation to restrict the Second Amendment rights of Americans.
• Authored legislation to strengthen the Second Amendment rights of Americans by allowing interstate firearms sales.
• Led 31 states in District of Columbia v. Heller where the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on firearms in a 5-4 landmark decision.
  • Honored by the National Rifle Association with a 2008 resolution for his leadership in the Heller case, which noted that his “efforts made this victory for the American people possible.”
  • Awarded the NRA’s 2010 Carter-Knight Freedom Fund, which “rewards exemplary activities in the support and protection of the right to Keep and Bear Arms” for his work in the Heller and McDonald cases.
• Argued against unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• Recognized by NRA executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre who observed, “Ted Cruz is one of our nation’s leading defenders of the Second Amendment. For over a decade, Ted has fought tirelessly to defend our constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and his leadership was absolutely critical to our major victories before the U.S. Supreme Court.”

U.S. Sovereignty

• Fought and won a landmark ruling for U.S. sovereignty in Medellin v. Texas at the U.S. Supreme Court against 90 foreign nations and the President to ensure the supremacy of U.S. legal system against encroachment by international treaties and rulings of the “World Court.”
• Cosponsored a resolution urging the president not to sign the UN Arms Treaty, which would have subordinated the Second Amendments rights of American citizens to global interests.

Government Overreach

• Called for a special prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservatives by the IRS.

 

More Proven Records:

• STRONGER, SAFER AMERICA
• LIFE, MARRIAGE & FAMILY
• JOBS & OPPORTUNITY

[Isara]

Stronger, Safer America

A safer, stronger America safeguards freedom at home and across the globe. That’s why Ted Cruz has fought tirelessly to defend our nation’s servicemen and women, to restore America’s leadership in the world, and to secure our border and streamline our legal immigration system.

• Opposed the Obama Administration’s dangerous deal with Iran that would allow Iran to pursue nuclear weapons.
• Spearheaded legislation passed unanimously by Congress and signed by the President to prevent known terrorists from entering the United States as ambassadors to the United Nations.
• Successfully pressured the Obama Administration to lift its unprecedented FAA ban on flights to Israel after exposing the move as, in essence, an economic boycott of our strongest ally in the Middle East. The ban was lifted within 36 hours of the Senator’s actions
• Championed the Expatriate Terrorist Act to prevent Americans who join ISIS from returning to the United States to commit acts of terror at home.
• Introduced legislation passed by the Senate to provide rewards for information leading to the arrest of Hamas terrorists responsible for the murder of American and Israeli teenagers.
• Led the charge on a bipartisan resolution passed by the Senate to condemn Hamas’ use of civilians as human shields.
• Authored legislation to allow victims of the Fort Hood terrorist attack to be awarded the Purple Heart and appropriate benefits.
• Joined Texas and 25 other states in a lawsuit to stop President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty.
• Authored legislation to triple the size of the U.S. Border Patrol.
• Authored legislation to streamline and simplify our legal immigration system by consolidating segmented visas, creating real and transparent caps, eliminating the diversity visa lottery, and treating all immigrants equally by eliminating the per-country caps.
• Urged the strictest enforcement of laws punishing those with prior felony convictions who entered the country illegally in a U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Lopez v. Gonzales.
• Authored legislation to ensure that members of our military deployed to combat the spread of Ebola are entitled to the same tax benefits as those serving in a combat zone.
• Promoted the strengthening of existing law to prevent discrimination or retaliation against military service members who appropriately express their religious faith.
• Represented more than 3 million veterans before the U.S. Supreme Court in Salazar v. Buono, defending the constitutionality of the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial. Along with co-counsel Kelly Shackelford of the Liberty Institute, then-Solicitor General Cruz fought for The American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, The Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the American Ex-Prisoners of War. In April 2010, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in favor of the veterans.
• Defended the constitutionality of the federal Solomon Amendment, which requires universities receiving federal funds to grant U.S. military recruiters equal access to campuses, notwithstanding the universities’ opposition to the military’s policies concerning sexual orientation.
• Authored legislation to close a loophole in the federal “Motor Voter” law that preempts states from enforcing requirements that would ensure those registered to vote are U.S. citizens.

[basil]

Have you read Sen. Cruz’s book? I highly recommend it.

[Isara]

Jobs & Opportunity

The American Dream — the idea that anyone, through hard work and determination, can achieve anything — is under assault like never before. Obamacare, an overreaching federal government, and out of control spending threaten the ability of small businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs and innovate. This has to stop and Ted Cruz has led the way to bring back jobs, growth, and opportunity to America.

• Authored the Obamacare Repeal Act as his first piece legislation.
  • Led the fight to defund Obamacare — the largest regulatory challenge facing our nation which has resulted in killing jobs, cutting workers’ hours, and causing millions of Americans to lose their doctors or health care.
• Authored legislation to end taxpayer dollars subsidizing corporate fat cats, including the Ex-Im Bank.
• Opposed the Renewable Fuel Standard ethanol subsidy.
• Co-sponsored the Enhancing Educational Opportunities for All Act to expand school choice and make a quality K-12 education more accessible and affordable to low-income parents and students.
• Authored legislation to expedite liquefied natural gas to support jobs, economic growth, and to stand united alongside our friends and allies in the face of Russian aggression.
• Led the fight against regulating the Internet as a public utility because it threatens the Internet as a haven for entrepreneurial freedom and unlimited opportunity.
• Set an early, high standard for meaningful Republican opposition to increasing the debt ceiling.
  • Demanded a 60-vote threshold vote on a clean debt-ceiling increase in February 2013, when Republican leadership wanted to allow the Democrats to raise the limit with a simple majority vote.
  • Insisted on a commitment from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate that the debt ceiling would not be increased as part of a deal to pass the budget .
• Introduced the American Energy Renaissance Act to spur economic growth by harnessing our nation’s energy resources and removing federal impediments to energy exploration, development and trade and empowering the private sector to create good-paying, American jobs.
• Sued the federal government to strike down portions of the Medicare Prescription Drug program as an unconstitutional intrusion in the sovereign authority of the States.
• Opposed the Obama Administration’s Interior Department’s moratorium on offshore exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Congress from impeding commercial development of private property in a state for the protection of a toad in that state.

[cripplecreek]

Yes that and the school imposed social engineering.

My 49 year old sister is getting a business management degree from the community college and had to take a semester of orientation on socializing and campus life. She didn’t want to socialize with the college kids, she wanted to take the class and move on but the class was required.

Now she’s taking a required humanities class and working on a paper about the detrimental effects Europeans had on African village life. There is no other option, it was very bad end of story.

An adult knows how to navigate that sort of thing by giving the teacher what he or she wants and forget about it. College kids get so tied up in pleasing the teacher and peers that their major often suffers but the liberal teachers will pass them anyway.

[ConservativeMind]

He also authored a bill to put STEM graduates out of work by increasing the number of foreign workers by 500%.

http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137

When we have too many US born STEM graduates:

http://cis.org/more-us-stem-grads-than-jobs

And restated by Donald Trump, here (posted by Jim Robinson):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3325463/posts

[ballearthout]

I’m not going to read several walls of text. I’ve asked a good question. I want to see all the candidates answer it, including Cruz. Like I said, if Trump goes down in flame, I want a viable alternative. So yes, I want to like and trust Cruz.

The way a lot of the pro-Cruz people respond to my question tells me a lot though. I’m done with this thread. To say anything else would be redundant.

G’nite

[RWGinger]

Are there Americans applying?
If so why aren’t they hired?
We realistically need immigrants.
Which would you rather have?
low skill scum suckers or ones who will actually contribute?

Do you think our education system is sending out enough qualified people?

[SE Mom]

It’s alarming to get a glimpse of college requirements and you’re right- these kids aren’t equipped to think their own thoughts and they’re being indoctrinated - not educated.