Posted on 07/21/2016 9:46:02 AM PDT by Loud Mime
It’s easy now. Constitution scholar or not. Vote Trump or Hillary. kiss principle
I disagree with this author. If he loves the Constitution so much, then he should tell Ted to give full support to Trump, because the alternative is a woman who would turn that document, and everything it stands for, into toilet paper.
It’s not a matter of whether Trump is “pure” enough - it’s a matter of whether the country, America, and the Constitution will EXIST anymore. Hillary is THE END.
Wake the HELL up!
Well there little Stevie, you are a constitutionalist in the same way and to the exact same degree as Micheal Moore is a constitutionalist.
Ted’s mother gave up her United States citizenship for Canadian citizenship when she was pregnant with Ted. That bought her subsidized medical care.
Neither of Cruz’s parents were US Citizens at the time Ted was born in Canada.
The man isn’t eligible for the presidency.
Bringing the Constitution to the forefront and getting commitments from Trump is a good thing, far better than just backing the candidate. Moreover, it would tame some of the people who have no idea where Trump stands on constitutional applications.
Sorry, 100% wrong attitude and direction. I, too, am a Constitutional Conservative.
What Ted should have said: “I know that Hillary does not and will not support or uphold our Constitution, and I could never vote for her. Although Trump and I have had our differences, he has stated that he will surround himself with the best people to Make America Great Again -— so I am offering right now to help him on any Constitutional question or any matter where government has been or may be at odds with the Constitution. America can count on me to be right there, every day, helping not only to Make America Great Again, but also to Make America Constitutional Again.”
You missed the entire point of the article. As far as the Michael Moore comparison, look at the source.
Cruz’s speech was a blatherfest about nothing. It was just self serving horse hockey. Halfway through Mr. GG2 said “what is he even talking about?”. I was just watching to see him get booed off the stage and Cruz did not let me down. What a loser!
That fact is, in itself, an indictment of America in general and the Republican Party in particular. If we actually had the government that the Framers gave us, no President, no Congress, no Court could possibly be "THE END". They simply wouldn't have the power to be "THE END". We didn't get here over night. We didn't even get here in the past 7.5 years. This bloated, unconstitutional, excessively powerful government is the result of decades of anti-constitutional action by judges, congressmen, senators, and presidents from both parties. We the People listened to their blather, believed their lies, and elected them. Those few of us who resisted were routinely reviled, derided, and shouted down. If the political class wants to see who created the "monster" Trump, they can look in the mirror.
A citizen, any citizen, but especially one who has campaigned under the banner of love for county and devotion to its Constitution's limits on government and protections for freedom for its "only KEEPERS," We, the People (Justice Story's Commentaries . . . .)--any citizen who, by their words and actions makes it easier for an unethical pair of power-hungry politicians to claim the White House--is not worthy of future consideration for President.
You seem to be contradicting yourself. Both you and the author focus on the Constitution, instead of ignoring it - as Senator Cruz did for the most part.
Excellent quote!!
By not endorsing Donald Trump Ted Cruz just shot himself in the foot. If Trump loses and they blame it on Cruz people will remember. if Cruz has any further political ambitions it’s all over for him. He will have to go back home to Canada.
Let’s see if his wife gets a promotion at Goldman Sachs. Or if he starts getting big speaking fees. He may have blown it for us but done exactly what the Clintons want. And that leads to big payoffs.
Since I trust him as much as I trust Hillary today there’s no telling what his motivations were. The only thing certain is that the good of the party or country did not influence him.
Great comments.
The continual slide away from constitutional intent has created more agencies, more influence peddling, more corruption and more litigation. I believe the foundation was set by the 17th Amendment, with other factors setting in years later. I do wonder what life would be like if the Attorneys were not allowed to advertise - I think in the 1950’s they couldn’t do that, or were restricted.
The further we move from the Constitution, the more corrupt politicians we’ll find.
A man who claims to be a constitutionalist while opposing constitutional stipulations regarding who is eligible for the office of presidency has no points to make.
The author disqualified himself at the top of the web page.
What constitutional stipulations?
There is only one solution to the media ... guillotines from orbit, it's the only way. I have learned to hate the talking heads who serve such evil agenda. I learned it way back when they made all manner of excuses for the degenerate Clintons. They have gotten worse over the years ... I know where I'm goin' huntin' after the shyte hits the fan and the nation collapses from their works.
Reprinted below are excerpts from the Valedictory from the nationalcenter.org web site.
Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address
by Andrew Jackson
1837
"This speech was given on the occasion of Andrew Jackson's retirement from the presidency, and from public life. Jackson spent the remainder of his life at his home, known as the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee. He died in 1845."Excerpts:
"But the Constitution can not be maintained, nor the Union preserved, in opposition to public feeling, by the mere exertion of the coercive powers confided to the general government. The foundations must be laid in the affections of the people; in the security it gives to life, liberty, character, and property, in every quarter of the country; and in the fraternal attachments which the citizens of the several States bear to one another, as members of one political family mutually contributing to promote the happiness of each other. Hence the citizens of every State should studiously avoid everything calculated to wound the sensibility or offend the just pride of the people of other States; and they should frown upon any proceedings within their own borders likely to disturb the tranquillity of their political brethren in other portions of the Union.
"You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad; your strength and power are well known throughout the civilized world, as well as the high and gallant bearing of your sons. It is from within, among yourselves, from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition, and inordinate thirst for power, that factions will be formed and liberty endangered. It is against such designs, whatever disguise the actors may assume, that you have especially to guard yourselves. You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without number, and has chosen you, as the guardians of freedom, to preserve it for the benefit of the human race. May he who holds in his hands the destinies of nations make you worthy of the favors he has bestowed, and enable you, with pure hearts, and pure hands, and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time the great charge he has committed to your keeping.
"My own race is nearly run; advanced age and failing health warn me that before long I must pass beyond the reach of human events and cease to feel the vicissitudes of human affairs. I thank God that my life has been spent in a land of liberty, and that he has given me a heart to love my country with the affection of a son. And filled with gratitude for your constant and unwavering kindness, I bid you a last and affectionate farewell."
- Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address
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