[chris37]

Voting for the Corker Bill is falling in with the crowd, and voting for the Corker Bill is not something a constitutional conservative would do.

I don’t believe he is who he pretends to be.

On top of that, he’s really not likable at all. In fact, he’s easily disliked, if not down right detestable.

Sorry, but I don’t want him as my president.

[Hugin]

At this point Cruz is just the latest shill for the globalist GOP party bosses that have been screwing us over. He can’t win a majority of the delegates, and his only role is to block the first nationalist candidate since Reagan. That’s why Linsay Graham is on board. If they keep Trump from a majority they’ll give it to Kasich, Ryan or Romney, bank on it.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Lifetime politicians and lawyers who have had no life outside politics are the worst people for Washington these days.

Sadly, Ted Cruz is in that category.

[Future Snake Eater]

I’ll pass on some excellent advice I’ve received in my military career: You do you.

[Godebert]

For the first time since Ronald Reagan, we have a constitutional candidate running for the GOP nomination.

"Constitutional candidate"? Ted Cruz is not even eligible according to our Constitution. See Article II, Sec. 1, Clause 5.

[katykelly]

I’ll vote for Cruz or trump . And , yes , all the vitriol for conservatives is disgusting . But what really ticks me off is there is no longer any “ news” at FR . Just fighting .

[Parmy]

We all know that there is much that stinks in D.C. The odor is exceedingly putrid. And, we want it cleaned up. We also are not so naive to think that the stench can be scrubbed clean, but we believe that it can be made more easy on the nostrils.

Question: Who better to clean it up than the one who has utilized the process and knows how it works, who is causing the stink?

There's an old adage, 'it takes a thief to catch one'.

Meaning, once again the person who knows how the problem works is the one to eliminate the problem.

[Veracious Poet]

I would have liked to support Cruz, but unfortunately besides having connections to Goldman Sachs (i.e. corrupt to the bone), he's not a natural-born citizen.

Oh yeah, he's a known liar to boot!

Game-Set-Match ;-)

Full disclosure: I'm not a Republican (Burnt my card years ago), Democrat, Conservative and/or Populist.

I'm an A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N that knows that the USofA was created under Natural Law to be a Democratic Republic .

I realize most of you don't have a clear grasp on the concept, so I refer you to the source:

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. ~ John Locke 1690

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience. ~ John Locke 1690

Trump is the only candidate that isn't for sale to the highest bidder, and is the only one calling a spade-a-spade.

Let's hope he makes it, because without a reset things are about to get interesting...

[DesertRhino]

The constitutional conservative voting for TPA which ensured TPP would happen? The Constitutional conservative down at the border handing out soccer balls to invading Mexicans?
He isn’t the second Reagan. At best he is just another politician, beholden to Goldman Sachs, who will break our way most times.
But he isn’t as effective of a leader as Trump.

[gundog]

Whoa is me?

[LowOiL]

Yep, thanks for your POV, I agree.

When I see someone post that Cruz is not conservative, it makes me cringe. Perfect, of course not, nobody is, but about as close as one is going to see now days.

[x]

Once roused, anti-Establishment sentiment can be hard to control or direct.

Your guy may be a rebel or a maverick in the Senate, but for a lot of voters he is -- as a grad of two Ivy League schools, a Senator, the husband of an investment banker, and a former Supreme Court law clerk, corporate lawyer and government regulator -- the embodiment of the Establishment.

That's not to say that the other guy isn't in some sense Establishment as well, but Ted should have recognized going in that there was only so far the anti-elitist line would get him before it started to hurt his chances.

Ditto for the National Review boys. Guys, if anybody is part of the Washington Establishment, you are.

[Publius]

The issue is no longer conservatism versus liberalism. Thanks to the globalists pushing too far and too rapidly, it’s now globalism versus nationalism.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

My responses are embedded in red. "quote" Since Obuma was elected to POTUS, I have been coming to Free Republic to get news, opinions and a few laughs. Most of the serious posts were bemoaning the out of control government and what could be done about it. "Oh Whoa is Me!". Then along comes a constitutional conservative. For the first time since Ronald Reagan, we have a constitutional candidate running for the GOP nomination. This man was elected by conservatives to go to Washington and stand up to the elites that no longer listen to the American people. He didn't go to Washington and "fall in" with the crowd. He went there and stood up to them just like he said it would - calling a spade a spade. I'm sorry, but I don't understand how otherwise intelligent people can fall for the likes of Donald Trump. This man was donating to the same people we were fighting to throw out of office the last eight years. Yes, he donated BUT he is a BUSINESSMAN. He donates to those that can help him, in BUSINESS Suddenly he is a conservative He never said he's a conservative. He's for AMERICA FIRST. People don't support him because he's a "conservative", they support him because he's the only one going after the establishment who was elected in '10 and '14 with promises to go after jugears, and they didn't. He's going after what "conservatives" have been begging for. after years of joining with the liberals to promote big fat bloated government. He is not an outsider. He has been greasing the palms of the slime bags in Washington for 30 years. He is a BUSINESSMAN, understand? He can't even define what conservatism is. Wake up America. You are no better than the sycophants that suck up to Obuma. You can't see that Trump is just pushing your buttons with his rhetoric - just like Obuma pushed his sycophants buttons. The hate I see on Free Republic for Ted Cruz, NO ONE hates Cruz. I would gladly push the button for Trump OR Cruz to keep Hitlary or Rumplehair out of the White House. After 8 years of jugears, surely you can understand that. Mark Levin and all the other great conservative leaders remind me of liberal websites. It is disgusting. What's disgusting is a large number of Cruz people who rail against the man who is working to save this country. Sure, he may be liberal on some things. I can live with that, but he hits my hotbuttons. 1) Take care of vets. Fix the VA. 2) Build the wall 3) Kick out "refugees" UNTIL they've been properly vetted 4)Fix the trade imbalance. We're getting our as*es kicked and people are out of work. 5) STOP all illegal immigration and make people come in LEGALLY. Do you disagree with all this?

[Will88]

You’re bemoaning the same situation that many have been bemoaning since the ascendance of Trump is this campaign. Three of the biggest issues in this campaign, issues that concern a big swath of Americans more than any others, simply do not fit neatly into any definition of conservatism, or liberalism, or anything else.

And those issues are immigration, trade and foreign policy. But, if there is a perfect, pure conservative position for each of those, by all means enlighten the world with your wisdom.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Secret Hitler

[Zathras]

If you’ve been gone for awhile, pull up a chair and see what has been going on.
There is much more going on in the USA than just a struggle between Libs and Conservatives.

First lesson, Jeb is gone, Rubio is gone and the ruling portion of the GOP is struggling to stay in power.

If you can accept that, you will feel comfortable with the new FR.
If you are here to promote the Old Guard, the greatness of the Bush Family, you might want to turn tail fast.

Just some very friendly advice.

[conservativesister]

Oh smack me in the face and call me stupid, then you want me to vote for YOUR candidate, since I’m too stupid to have an opinion - yeah that’s rich.

MY CRITERIA: someone that has signed a paycheck on the FRONT and there are only 2 standing that have done that and it ain’t your guy that’s included.

Sorry that I just ain’t as smart and intellygent as U R.

[jpsb]

Ted Cruz is not, I repeat NOT, a constitutional conservative. Only low info voters think he is a constitutional conservative simply because that is what he calls himself. High info voters have looked at his record and decided he is a GOPe uniparty globalist hack.

[PapaBear3625]

Disagreeing that Cruz is the best candidate is not “hate”.

Please do not be like some liberals, who label disagreement with their world-views to be “hate”.