Posted on 11/27/2015 7:19:00 AM PST by Isara
There are many of us, perhaps millions, who believe that the Republican party as a governing force has been the lesser of two evils. We fear what the Democrats are doing to destroy the country but we’re angry about what the Republicans aren’t doing to repair the damage. This is why Donald Trump and Ben Carson have been so popular. It’s why so many people are willing to tell pollsters that they support either of the anti-establishment candidates.
Thankfully, there’s a third candidate who would stand in stark contrast to the ineffective Republican Establishment that has been harming the party and not fixing the country appropriately for the last decade. No, I’m not referring to Carly Fiorina, a candidate who has a lot of positive qualities but who doesn’t possess the truly conservative ideology necessary to fix the problems. As regular readers are likely aware, I’m referring to Senator Ted Cruz.
In an article on National Review that referred to another article on Politico, I saw a quote from a diligent and conscientious conservative that really hit home about what I’ve been feeling the last few months. The author, Jay Nordlinger, ended up singling out the exact line that caught my attention as well. It was from Iowa voter Marilu Erdahl who drove 2.5 hours to be at the event so she could decide who would earn her vote.
“We need someone who knows the ropes, who's not the establishment but who doesn't need on-the-job training.”
She chose Cruz over Trump or Carson for this very reason. He might not be seen as the anti-establishment outsider that endears voters to Trump or Carson, but his actions clearly demonstrate that he is. The funny part about it is that the very action that demonstrated this – his government shutdown of 2013 – is the action that many in the Republican Establishment point to as a reason to not vote for him. They condemned him for putting the party in a bad light, for destroying their chances of retaining the House and winning the Senate. Of course, a year later the “disastrous” shutdown was demonstrated to have helped the Republicans win the Senate and extend their lead in the House.
History has a funny way of proving the Republican Establishment wrong over and over again. If it weren’t for the fact that history makes the Democrats look even worse, we might not have a party anymore. Again, lesser of two evils.
Ted Cruz is definitely against the Republican Establishment, the “Washington cartel” as he calls it. Over and over again he stands up for what’s best for America even if it goes against the horrible backroom deals that John Boehner and Mitch McConnell concocted. The difference between him and the other two anti-establishment candidates is that Cruz knows the game and plays it very well for the sake of the country even if it means making enemies along the way.
He doesn’t need on-the-job-training.
Many of the concepts that Trump and Carson promote are righteous and important. They should be discussed. They should be fixed. Cruz knows that Trump’s wall must be built and he knows that illegal immigrants must be appropriately handled through things like E-Verify. He knows that religious liberties must be protected despite the trend in America that’s coming from both sides of the aisle. He has shares many of Trump’s and Carson’s ideas. The thing that makes him superior to them as a President isn’t just that he has experience. It’s that he has realistic approaches towards solving the problems. Some of the things that Trump and Carson promote sound great on the campaign trail but are utterly impossible to implement.
Cruz, Carson, and Trump share ideas about what needs to happen to fix the country. Of the three, only Cruz has the proper conservative plan that can actually become a reality.
And a shelling plant.
Fact is, irtually every Democrat politician in Washington has never held a private sector job.
On the other hand, many Republican politicians (could be most) have some experience in the private sector
Very well said. It’s truly a quandary.
Thread polls here have consistently shown that Cruz is the candidate of choice at FR.
This election cycle nothing matters but (illegal) immigration, because if the Rats are able to legalize tens of millions of new Marxist voters we will never prevail on any other issue ever. To bad you are to dense to understand that.
Well Ted is just like Obama in that he is freshman senator and he never ran a business...so he will never get anything done in Washington...he will be totally ineffective and won’t get any nation altering legislation passed....
Seriously, do people even think anymore?
I love Ted but he has never managed anything bigger than Senate staff and his checkbook. Ted is a Ferrari in intellectual debates. But right now, we need a bulldozer. The land has to be cleared and foundations reset.
And Trump says that he will deport them and then expedite the good ones back. That sounds like a touchback amnesty.
I remember in 2007 when Kay Bailey Hutchinson proposed a touchback amnesty, we here on FR called it what it was. An amnesty.
Touchback Fraud .....(Amnesty Bill:exercise in window-dressing)
And there was Mike Pence's touchback amnesty in 2006 that we all correctly trashed.
Mike Pence's Amnesty-Lite Plan
Oh, those were the days.
Obama had the media and both parties covering for him, Ted won’t have that.
I don't trust Trump do redesign the solid foundation the Republic is built upon. Hell, I don't even trust him to frame out the structure above it, let alone roof it.
Sure. I see what you mean.
Should one vote for tea party conservative Cruz or should one vote for establishment RINO Dewhurst. What a tough choice that must have been. ///s
How can you when the Democrat Party has gone full out communist?
Nevermind the riffraff. You stated all we need to hear about backing a true conservative constitutional originalist... there is only one of those on the stage, and Senator Cruz has my support.
If the office of President were one of micro management administrative skill, your comment would carry weight. It is not. It is the job of a visionary. The admin details are done by others. It’s the vision that counts.
Leadership is not a resume item......
And while in government, Cruz has worked tirelessly to REDUCE IT. Meanwhile
your boy has spent a lifetime outside of government but meanwhile USING it to advance his agenda.
Don’t inconvenience some people with the truth PING:
https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates
I don't subscribe to the foolish idea that we can only work on one issue at a time. There's a God in heaven, and if you think this country will ever be brought back by dismissing social issues, you're very much mistaken.
Cruz recognizes it, while at the same time having an excellent immigration plan.
Seriously, do people even think anymore?
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
Second Amendment
U.S. Sovereignty
Government Overreach
Ted Cruz, as Solicitor General of Texas, led the office of 4,000 employees, including 700 lawyers.
During private practice at Morgan Lewis, Ted Cruz built their appellate practice to be one of the top 20 law firms on National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List" in 2010.
LOL
When a Cruz thread gets posted, something is triggered that makes them scream in agony and claw their keyboards.
Cruz was not tea party until Sarah endorsed him fool. A rich ivy league lawyer who wife works for Golden Sachs claiming to be tea party? Hmmmm, and Dan Patrick was making the case that Cruz was corrupt, tying him to China and the loss of US jobs. Maybe you just blindly believe what politicians tell you when trying to get elected but I don't.
You are just being arguing for the sake of arguing. Go argue with yourself. You bring nothing of merit to the discussion.
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