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.
A lot of them don't, unfortunately.
You are going to need to get off the drugs, buddy.
Well at least he will deport them. His “plan” is to enforce existing law. Which as president he is authorized to do. No new legislation is required. So it is not a “touch back amnesty”. It is ENFORCING THE LAW. Do you have a problem with enforcing existing immigration law?
What do you call running a staff of 4000 including 700 lawyers as Solicitor General of Texas?
And you need a new brain. The garbage you keep spewing out is laughably childish drivel, not even worth replying to. Typical Trumpbot.
Cruz is the only conservative candidate running and has my full support but he needs to win in order to be able to do anything. At this rate I don’t see him getting anything but a VP slot.
Cruz was not tea party until Sarah endorsed him fool.
Cruz's embrace of tea party principles was evident before Palin endorsed him. THAT IS WHY Palin endorsed him.
And fools like you, not knowing the difference between Dewhurst and Cruz, are exactly why Palin's endorsement was needed.
LOL!
I was undecided, Dan Patrick whom I respect, was all in for Dewhurst so I was leaning Dewhurst. Sarah whom I greatly respect convinced me to vote Cruz. Prior to Sarah the race looked like a lesser of two evils race.The entire GOPe in Texas, from Governor on down, backed Dewhurst in the 2012 GOP primary for U.S. Senate. It was disappointing but understandable that then TX Senator Dan Patrick fell prey to the GOPe party line and had doubts about Ted Cruz in his first run for elective office.
Since 2012, Dan Patrick has watched Cruz stand strong for conservative principles time after time and keep his promises to voters under the most intense political pressure in Washington, DC.
It's a real testimony to Cruz's integrity that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has agreed to be Texas Chairman of the Cruz for President campaign.
Trump's written plan of enforcing existing law (similar to Cruz's plan) is good. His written plan is not a touchback amnesty.
It's when he speaks, and he says that he will deport and then expedite the good ones back, that sounds like a touchback amnesty.
You have to be poor to be Tea Party? That's a new one.
Why didn't Sarah understand that when she endorsed the rich Ivy League lawyer?
You have an annoying habit of jumping to conclusions that are simply not true. I am most definitely pro life and vehemently opposed to the homosexual agenda. I am against women in combat and against queers in our armed forces. I was very hard on Trump when he said "time to move on" about same sex marriage I ripped him to pieces over that. But right now nothing but immigration matters, if we lose on immigration we lose on every other issue too.
Proof that Ted is the clear choice for conservatives.
I think the Trump supporters realize that there are seeing the beginning of the implosion. We need to be nice them, or we lose them for Cruz.
You yelled "liar" when I referred to your claim of not being a social conservative. The evidence is right there. They're your words, not mine.
Huh?
Palin endorsed him because of his Tea Party principles. You got it the other way round dude.
A rich ivy league lawyer who wife works for Golden Sachs claiming to be tea party?
You obviously have no idea what the Tea Party is about(hint: it's not about where ones wife or mother or father works at). You may need to read up on what the Tea Party is about and how it all started
Hmmmm, and Dan Patrick was making the case that Cruz was corrupt, tying him to China and the loss of US jobs.
Spamming yet another Cruz thread with lies, misinformation, dirty tricks and propaganda again I seen.
FACT: Ted Cruz is about the honest and most principled human beings I have ever come across, never mind politicians. Corruption? That's Donald Trump's territory. By his own advice, he has repeatedly bribed politicians.
I stand corrected—but I still want a bulldozer.
You don’t have to trust him—TRUST WE, THE PEOPLE. Time to restore the Republic—and that will require a force of will uncommon today.
"And you are already on record stating that you don't care about social issues, so you would never support Cruz, regardless."
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