Posted on 02/18/2016 6:38:51 PM PST by Peter ODonnell
I have previously mentioned on FR that I support Senator Ted Cruz for president. But a close second best choice for me would be Donald Trump.
Part of me hopes that the ticket is Trump-Cruz. That way, you're likely to get the strengths of both men in one package.
But whatever happens in that regard, my main concern is that the Republican nominee would be both committed to, and able to effect, changes in three key areas -- foreign policy, respect for the constitution, and a change in the balance of American social and political discourse towards greater individual liberty and away from the hive mindset of political correctness.
We could have quite a discussion about which man, Trump or Cruz, is more sincere and genuine about these sorts of commitments. But the main point is, there needs to be these changes as soon as possible, and the main concern is therefore the ability of each man to bring about these changes. I suspect that a President Trump working closely with a Vice-President Cruz could get these things done. The other combination just doesn't seem to be a very likely possibility. Donald Trump would probably turn down any offers to be second fiddle. But the way things are going, for Cruz it would be a lot more than just "second fiddle" because one could imagine Trump relying heavily on Cruz in a number of areas and perhaps giving him the lead role in some.
Beyond the specific policies of each of these candidates, there needs to be a very frank and realistic reappraisal of U.S. foreign policy. Much of the drift under Obama is wrong not because of ideology so much as practical decision making. Obama's a leftist and you would think he could make common cause with Putin on that basis alone, but he manages to come up with the exact opposite policy on Syria -- and frankly, Putin is basically right and all of the western alliance are basically wrong to side with rebels who are either worse than El Assad, or in league with Saudi Arabia. We made the wrong decisions in Egypt and Libya, now it's Syria.
I am not convinced that either Trump or Cruz totally get this yet, so hopefully it will be a Trump-Cruz administration with advice like this rather than one that tries to push the rock further uphill.
The changes required in social and political culture are obvious. The radical left have taken over so much of the discourse in the media, academia, and even in mainstream politics, that severe course correction is required. As I live in Canada, I can tell you that we are just one stage ahead and you don't want to go where we're going, there are not too many steps left before the Cuban solution, namely a one-party state that eliminates all dissent and opposition. We moved one step closer to that in our most recent election, but in some ways you are already closer than we are, partly because your federal government has more powers under your constitution than ours has under our constitution. Love or hate the monarchy as you choose, the fact is that Canadian provinces have more powers than American states. The problem is that the voters also choose progressive governments for many of our provinces. At the moment, only Saskatchewan and British Columbia (in that order) have any real concept of libertarian individual freedom, and in the case of B.C. this is at the expense of any pushback whatsoever against other parts of the p.c. agenda.
Now, the main litmus test of any pushback would be policy on carbon taxes, climate change, green economics and all of that made up fairyland nonsense. A close second is how much actual political power is ceded to the gay rights lobby. In Canada, you could now describe the situation as total surrender.
DON'T GO THERE. Don't give up, don't let the constant voices of deluded "reasonableness" hypnotize you into acquiescence. These are dangerous ideologies that will hollow out both freedom and economic viability.
I wish I could blend Trump and Cruz into one unstoppable force. I hope they realize this is in the national interest and do it anyway.
As long as the Constitution trumps a cleric.
A merge of Cruz and Trump would be a Crump?
Is cruz offering to have Trump’s baby?
Ok...who’s got that baby pic of Ted that they can put Trump hair on?
The law of unintended consequences kicks in here, you might get a{insert all evil
nasty thing freeper said about Cruz} that {insert all the evil nasty things freepers said about Thrump}!
Could be a Truz?
It’s twoo!
I like that too.
Crumpets
Trump and Cruz had a non-beer summit last spring. They’re pretty close on most issues. They’re both patriots.
When the chips are down, whoever has the better chance of destroying the dems will run for president, the other one will go VP.
16 years of patriotic presidents. All is not lost.
that’s about where I am at too -— I don’t like it when daddy and daddy fight.
If you could exchange Trump’s citizen parents and birth on U.S. soil for Cruz’ skill with avoiding clever verbal traps and Cruz’ hair, you might have a winner. Were the naturalized citizen to be on the ticket, any of them, Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, or Haley, we would have created a legal mess which could last for years.
Overturning Minor v. Happwersett, cited in twenty five or so cases, could well invite challenges to hundreds of citizenship cases involving U.S. code, which previously had nothing to do with Article II Section 1. It could force an examination of Marbury v. Madison since we will have eliminate the separate powers previously delegated to the legislative and judicial branches. It could even obviate the need for a Supreme Court since accepting that Congress can reinterpret Supreme Court decisions implies that there is no need or use for a Supreme Court. If Congress and the media can modify a decision they don’t like why not eliminate the court and save the time and salaries.
Maybe a broad stroke is needed. When you really think about it, what absolute principle is at stake when the president must be American born? Your country is much like any other, its best citizens are those people who admire the cultural and political legacy of the country and want to see it preserved and strengthened. In the abstract, I would be a better president than Hillary Clinton, yet I am not only an alien, I only lived in the U.S. briefly for six months.
Do you see what I mean? You need a president who loves America and knows what is needed to restore its true greatness. If that was the man in the moon, so be it.
CRUMP
TRUZ
Merge all the remaining candidates and you’ve got
Dr. Jeb Crumpiosich
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Crumpz
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