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“The Sunday Morning Bray”, by Bray!

Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Since I called this race six months ago predicting it would be Trump and Cruz when everyone else was for Bush/Perry/Walker it is time to break down the two candidates before the actual voting occurs. I do not carry the baggage of working for an outlet or live in the Corridor or am even a Repub; it gives an objectivity and freedom none of the Echo Chamber has. If either one of them were to be President this country would be blessed beyond what we deserve. We are a country who has turned our backs on God and deserve the promised curses we are experiencing, but God loves America in spite of America.

Donald Trump is my favorite and the favorite to win. He is using tactics which have never been tried in modern politics and has become a wildfire. He speaks the truth from his heart without a script or teleprompter to deliver some of the most interesting and entertaining speeches of the trail while he builds his movement. His biggest question is does he understand how to get the people out to the polls although it appears he may be able to do it with simply mass appeal and enough voters wanting to blow up the corrupt system.

The latest attacks are the New York liberal label which is the attack he has had from day one. Of course he was considered a liberal growing up by Conservative standards, but he did support Ronald Reagan and as a businessman he had to toe a pretty fine line. To become the hotel magnate in the NE as well as a Hollywierd star you would have to tone down your politics as many Conservative stars have learned. Hollywood is one of the most intolerant places on the planet and enforced with Blacklists which would make McCarthy blush. As a reality star he was not subject to as much of it however he had to play the game to be accepted at NBC.

What he has learned is unique and is a marketing genius. He understands how this works and is negotiating a deal with the American people on the world stage. He has broken down all of the election management rules and formulas and is the only person who has ever tried what he is attempting to do. He is taking the original Sarah Palin and Tea Party movements and turning them into not so much a philosophical movement as a blow the whole thing up and start over campaign. He will truly have no strings or attachments and the freedom to go whichever way he believes this country needs. He will be a regular schmo with exceptional capitalistic instincts at the helm delegating his vision for what America should look like. He is a capitalist who has become a Conservative and learning what those values and theories are and more geared to the economic side than the social.

If I were to just pick a President it would be Ted Cruz. He is doing exactly what I said he would do and his ground game will magnify his poll numbers. Whether he can overcome some amazing crowd following is the question, but we are so blessed to have two very good candidates. Cruz is the absolute Conservative who has fought against the District of Corruption from the day he walked in. His election was a lesson in ground campaigns which was what my groups did to win numerous elections we had no chance of winning. He is making his spider webs throughout Iowa and the South and will be tough to beat even for Trump. He is an absolute genius on the ground and rewriting those tired systems the GOP uses.

Cruz is someone who is fearless and willing to take on the establishment only from a more combative style than a velvet hammer. He is articulate to a fault although certainly does not have the name recognition or history that the Donald has. In my perfect world he would be the Trump VP and run the Senate for 4 years, KABOOM; while coaching Trump and learning how a Capitalist thinks and organizes before taking control.

My biggest hesitation about Cruz is really twofold. First is his cozy relationship with Goldman Sachs. How does the most Conservative person to come along in our lifetime have a wife who is top manager at the worst bank on the planet? This bank is the one that orchestrated the last meltdown and whose CEO became the head of the Obama financial arm. This bank has some of the most hardcore Communist thinkers on the planet with the likes of Robert Ruben, Rahm Emanuel, Corzine, Mark Patterson who wrote TARP and directed the $10 Billion GS bailout. GSachs is at the heart of every crony capitalist bailout and termed the phrase, too big to fail. This is not Conservatism and why the cozy relationship, campaign cash and wife on temporary leave from an upper management position? This is what looks like another crony relationship whether it is or is not.

The other issue he needs to explain is the Birther issue. Most of America does not understand what Natural Born Citizen means or how it relates to being elected as President. It sounds like you must be born in America or has an exception such as a soldier or minister overseas. Most do not know or understand there is a difference between citizen and natural born citizen. He needs to take five minutes to explain why he is a natural born citizen so the entire country will know and put it to rest. His laughing it off at the debate was a missed opportunity to explain it to 20 million people.

Both Cruz and Trump are incredibly talented candidates and will do amazing jobs for the country. Cruz minus his relationship with Goldman Sachs is the purist of the two although working in politics in Texas is an easier place to be a Conservative. With Trump you have a once in a lifetime opportunity to send a nuclear bomb to DC and enjoy the mushroom cloud. There are no structures in place to keep him under control or to muzzle his mouth to conform to DC groupthink. To witness an average Joe who happens to be extremely talented, wealthy and competent would bring real change and begin to tear corruption at its roots since nobody can bribe or bully him.

As a non-affiliated voter and will not be voting I believe I bring an objectivity no other pundit has. I have predicted it exactly how it turned out just as I did with Romney and Bush twice. This is going to be a big win for Trump and likely he chooses Cruz for his VP. It is time for a true Capitalist who has built business after business with tough negotiations and an abrasive personality which you just have to love. His speaking from the heart at the debate was new and something America is not used to and will react positively. His crossover appeal has just touched the tip of the iceberg as people fed up from both parties will unite.

If these two can team up they will teach each lessons the other is weak at and turn Cruz into a candidate that Reagan only dreamed. He does not understand Capitalism in a way someone who has had to learn it on the street. Likewise Cruz can teach Trump why social conservatism is as important as fiscal, since you cannot have one without the other. If these two after the fights are over can unify they can begin to turn this ship around and meld the Country back into the gleaming city on the hill. The world is searching for their lighthouse in the storm.

Pray America wakes

Note: The above opinion is not necessarily my own, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.