Posted on 05/04/2016 4:29:15 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
Ben Carson has a plan for Ted Cruz now that the Texas senator has dropped out of the GOP presidential race: attorney general, then Supreme Court justice under a Trump administration.
When Fox News Radio’s John Gibson asked Carson on Wednesday whether it would be “smart” for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to offer Cruz a position on the Supreme Court, he said yes.
“I think he would be terrific on the Supreme Court, or I think he would be a terrific attorney general. Or he could be both,” Carson said. “He could be attorney general first, you know, go ahead and prosecute Hillary, and then go on the Supreme Court.”......
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If Trump loses, it will likely mean that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will have become President. In addition to cabinet officers, sitting and former Vice-Presidents are frequently elected President. The most recent examples include Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, with Lyndon Johnson succeeding after Kennedy’s assassination and then being elected President in his own right.
I believe Donald Trump has absolutely NO love or allegiance for the Constitution or our nation in any way, shape or form....
I believe he is a man of the world, a "GLOBELEST" to the bone and thinks politics, business and peoples lives are just games to be played....
I believe He is nothing more then a Hollywood leftist and there will come a time we, including you all you trumpest, will curse the ground that Donald Trump stands on....
Remember what your Grandma said.... Show me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.....
I really hope I'm wrong....but it's MHO...
:)
I must have missed the Humphrey administration in history class. When was that?
Nixon was not a sitting vice-president when he was elected. The last sitting vice-president to be elected president prior to Bush senior was Martin Van Buren. There hasn't been a cabinet official later be elected president since Herbert Hoover. To claim that former cabinet officers and sitting vice presidents are frequently elected president is just plain false. Cruz knows that.
Obviously, Humphrey was not elected President, but he ran for the office as a sitting VP and came close to winning in 1968 — as did Al Gore in 2000 in an even closer election.
Cruz was building a façade during his short time in the Senate.
Now, apply that same ointment to Donald Trump and see how it melds.....
And Ann Coulter for Press Secretary.
That would be so friggin funny.
And if Cruz was interested in almost being elected president then the vice-presidency in a Trump administration would be perfect for him. But I think his sights are set a bit higher than that.
Nay....Rudy is the man for AG
Hilarious karma!
Bull corn!
Cruz has written, co-written or sponsored at least 25 bills.
Do you really believe he didn’t vote for any of them?
If you keep alienating Cruz voters, Hillary will be your president.
I don’t kowtow to those threats. Do as you please.
We aren’t here to coddle snowflakes.
signed: GrouchoMe
“I don’t kowtow to those threats.”
Trump is not inevitable. He needs all the support he can get. Trump realizes this, even if you do not.
“We aren’t here to coddle snowflakes.”
Yet you are the one saying I bring out “Threats”.
Just who is the snowflake here?
If you feel this way, why are you even here?
This is the time to unite this country, in your opinion, all you want to do is keep it the same, go vote for Hillary!!!
However, I have no doubt that his professed opinions on the Constitution are sincere, and I would love to see someone as clever as he is dedicated to restoring as much of the Constitution as he could sitting on the SCOTUS.
I think Cruz could have a much greater and more beneficial impact as a justice than as a Senator or any other position in government.
Yes, actually Christie and Cruz have shown themselves to put their political future ahead of constitutional principle and the good of America. I don’t really don’t trust either one.
What I really hope is that Trump does what Reagan did - bring in guys from outside of government - sharp, principled businessmen and maybe a principled, constitution-loving lawyer from private practice - and run the government like a business, cutting cost & waste, but with one exception: don’t expand but CUT the SIZE OF the $4 TRILLION GOVERNMENT to about 20% of its current size.
Cruz should tell Trunk and his new liberal side kick to pound sand.
You want a constitutional conservative for AG, but then reject Cruz (Aka, Mr constitutional conservative) and want Christie, the most liberal RINO out there. That makes no sense.
And yet you had no problem with trumps daily vulgar smears. By the way, are you enjoying trumps hard tack to the lef
Well, IMO Christie and Cruz have both shown themselves to put their political future ahead of constitutional principle and the good of America. I don’t really don’t trust either one.
What I really hope is that Trump does what Reagan did - bring in guys from outside of government - sharp, principled businessmen and maybe a principled, constitution-loving lawyer from private practice - and run the government like a business, cutting cost & waste, but with one exception: don’t expand but CUT the SIZE OF the $4 TRILLION GOVERNMENT to about 20% of its current size.
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