Posted on 02/05/2016 10:17:48 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
The liberty movement must help elect Senator Ted Cruz the next President of the United States.
Many of us in the liberty movement saw the handwriting on the wall some time ago, as far as the Rand Paul campaign was concerned. He came in a distant fifth in Iowa, a state many thought he would win a year ago. His polling looked bleak in the other early states, and he was short on resources.
He likely could have gone on, but instead, suspended his campaign Wednesday morning. He'll focus on securing re-election to the Senate, which he should easily accomplish. This turn of events has caused many of us in the liberty movement to despair, and even question the viability of the movement itself. This must stop.
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We cannot simply throw up our hands, take our ball, and go home. To do so would validate every criticism the establishment makes about liberty Republicans. That we're not really Republicans. That we don't understand the value of coalitions in politics. That we're children who pitch a screaming fit the moment we don't exactly what we want. This will not do.
In service of that principle, I believe wholeheartedly that liberty Republicans must work to elect Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, the next President of the United States. Along with Senator Mike Lee, he's stood with Rand more than anyone else in the Senate. True, he's not perfect, but he's very good, and we can't let the proverbial perfect be the enemy of the good.
He's the only candidate still in the race who...
(Excerpt) Read more at thebullelephant.com ...
Cruz is religious...not a “zealot.” If anyone is a zealot, it’s Carson.
I know what you mean.
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