Posted on 04/16/2016 7:10:52 AM PDT by bray
Matthew 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Conservatism seems to been driven off the tracks by the Punditocracy. In the old days of the movement character and transparency was every bit as important as policy matters. How can you be a free country when your leaders are hiding everything from you and shading the truth? If they will hide the truth about little issues who says they will not hide it from big ones?
We have two choices now and in reality the election is over and Trump has won it is just by how much and is it enough to overcome the establishment, but it is still two men. In July when we had seventeen candidates and Jeb was the overwhelming favorite with Walker right behind, I predicted Trump and Cruz due to Trump’s wall and Cruz’s ground game. At that time I suggested they should be a team with Trump President and Cruz VP for four years while he was trained in executive skills. I was wrong.
My hesitation at the time with Ted was his question of being a Natural Born Canadian and Heidi Cruz working for Goldman Sachs and making $800K/yr. Both of those are still a problem if not much larger and there has been so much more piled on top without being in the least bit transparent. His campaign makes the old Clinton war room seem open and airy. If you dare ax the most basic question you get hit with a hammer and demeaned in the vilest attacks, but enough about his supporters.
I have no idea what the framers of this Country had in mind when they decided to have Presidents born in America or by military families stationed overseas, but it seems a good idea you be born here. That said, the troubling part of the birther issue is his refusal to be transparent. Why does he seal all of his birth records and immigration documents to keep his citizenship hidden? Lay everything on the table and get it behind you rather than covering it up like Benghazi, this makes no sense.
Goldman Sachs is the bigger issue of the two and lends itself to his lack of character which has revealed itself over and over. If you have a company supporting your family which is the author of ever bad economic policy in America, how can you claim to be a defender of Conservatism? Nobody is asking you to take a vow of poverty and quite the opposite, but this is profiting on all of those years in the Bush Administration writing all of those free trade agreements. Free for the other Countries while putting chains on America. Goldman Sachs is the very last bank any Conservative would work for if they were who they say they are. How would he balance her making over a million a year if he were President or VP if he had to rule against them and for America?
Then there is the campaign, from Iowa to Colorado there is a pattern of behavior that is very troubling for a Christian Conservative. Whether we like it or not, Christians are held to a higher standard which none of us can attain, but at least make an attempt. He has a habit of taking the shortcut and then blaming someone else for his decision. The buck never stops at his desk and that is a problem.
Whenever he has an issue where he is obviously lying like claiming Carson was dropping out in Iowa, he claims ignorance while saying he is the smartest man in the room. The one he really cannot deny or explain is the half a million his Pac gave to the Carley Pac. Now he will claim he cannot communicate with his PAC and if you believe that there is a bridge in Brooklyn you may want to jump off. How was his campaign manager able to buy the partially nude picture of Trump’s wife and turn that over the PAC if there is not communication?
Why would any campaign which is continually short on cash give a rival campaign running for the same office and roughly the same polling position be given such a large sum of money? If there is any explanation give it, since the appearance is this was hush money to cover-up an affair with Carley’s campaign manager.
In the old days of Conservatism, the appearance of corruption was corruption however today it is until proven beyond a shadow of a doubt so you stall. The same old Carvile tactic. Why did the PAC give a half million and what did Carley get for that? Both PACs should tell the truth if either one of them is honest.
Then we move to Whisky Creek and Colorado with his cozy relationship with the establishment. I remember when Conservatives would vomit if they were supported by Linseed Graham, John InSain, Jeb, Georgie Will, Kraut, National Review, WaPo, Reid and the entire GOP establishment but they ignore that to promote their version of conservatism. These people are the problem and will only make our issues worse, yet they claim it will be different this time.
After Colorado when there was not a single vote cast with Cruz taking all of the delegates we heard rules, regulations and the need to educate yourselves. Having been in one of those GOP selection caucuses here is how they work. Everyone knows exactly who they are voting for before they arrive since they have been given slates of names who to vote for of which delegates will vote for Cruz.
The ones who arrive with an open mind or intend on voting for someone else are outvoted by the slate. You vote down the slate so every chosen delegate gets the same overwhelming votes, it is pure corruption. It is all carefully choreographed and has absolutely nothing to do with the people they supposedly represent, only the kingmakers who demand their voices heard.
The one I was at was ambushed by the Paulbots who got around half the delegates even though he received 4% of the Primary vote. These charades are more like the Soviet Union than America. You can bet none of those slate delegates are under seventy or been with the Party less than forty years.
Cruz of course comes out of the Colorado fiasco blaming someone else as it is never his fault. In reality his team organized all of those slates and made sure of the outcome days before they met. You can claim they had the better ground game, but that way of selecting bound delegates has nothing to do with the voice of the people and more to do with the dictates of the Party.
There is a pattern with Ted Cruz which is very disturbing. He continually will take the shortcut on the truth and openness and then blame someone else after he gets caught. It seems we have had enough politicians who fit that mold and we really do not need more of them and especially as President. If we are going to turn America around we need to begin with honor and transparency which is lacking with Ted. This is not an indictment on Cruz as much as the conservative establishment, but some questions need open answers and apparently never will. It is time for a new direction for Conservatism, it is time to Trump the entire District of Corruption.
Pray America wakes
Carley? Who is Carley?
‘Did you know Ted began planning his Iowa campaign minutes after getting elected. I think he should have told voters in Texas that he wasn’t going to D.C. to represent them, but going to further his political career.’
I didn’t know it but I’m not surprised. Cruz is an Adult Child of Alcoholics. He’ll always be trying to prove his worth, since the last thing he got as a child was stability and unconditional love. If he became POTUS, this would not bode well.
I gotta run so I will make a brief reply and perhaps we can discuss more later.
To your point 3. Trump’s “wealth defense” has been used over and over when FReepers respond to me after questioning his conservative bona fides.
Your point 4. There have been countless attacks on Cruz’s looks, his eyes, the way he talks, his wife’s looks, his children, and Carly Fiorina’s looks, as well. Go back through the threads and see how many times Trump supporters post Photoshopped images of Cruz and his family to make them look ridiculous. They post glamour shots of Trumps wife and families. It’s trivialities when we’re discussing the future of the free world.
Filling stadiums is not as important is winning votes. At just over one third of votes cast, Trump is not exactly tearing it up so far.
Support for free trade doesn’t define someone as a globalist. Many conservatives support free trade. Import tariffs are almost always used to protect crony insiders from competition. Trump is part of that insider system.
Cruz’s attempt to derail the Corker bill with a poison pill is well documented. It didn’t work, but you can’t blame Cruz for trying. Do you doubt Cruz will tear up the Iran agreement if he becomes president?
Cruz’s edibility to run for President has been confirmed by several courts already. Again, it’s a diversion used to deflect from Cruz’s positions vs. Trumps. Do you doubt Cruz holds American values? I’m more concerned about Trump’s statements that he identifies as a Democrat than that Cruz is somehow a closet Canadian. Sheesh.
Legal immigration is a far bigger problem. If we maintain the status quo of bringing in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year along with 640,000 guest workers annually, the country is lost. We have just had the two largest decades of legal immigration in our history. Since 1990 35 million legal permanent immigrants have entered this country. They are changing the demographics of the country. We are being colonized by the Third World.
Well I will not be voting for Ted in 2018 and I voted for him 3 times in 2012. I am hoping he gets a primary opponent, maybe Dan Patrick?
‘Find a candidate who cannot gather a crowd’
They’ve already found one. Mr. Haney, er, Cruz, is at the ‘Please clap,’ stage. Cruz just cannot generate enthusiasm. Even his most ardent supporters seem more anti-Trump than pro-Cruz,
OK, I guess that shows the difference between us. I'm a lot more concerned that Trump, at age 55, said he "...identifies more as a Democrat".
I'll take a Cuban-American conservative over a Scotch-American identifies-as-a-democrat any time.
Cruz has a lot of money invested in Goldman-Sachs who also happens to be one of his biggest contributors along with the Club for Growth. He has significant investments in the oil industry. His financial interests and political interests are wrapped up in Wall Street. How does that influence him politically? He is a senator who has a vote.
If a businessman plays the game he a big hero but a politician is corrupt!!
Plays the game??? He was keeping his business operating and employing tens of thousands of people. I thought conservatives thought govt. should keep their noses out of business, and lessen regulations. It is unfortunate that he had to buy them to keep them off his back. Or do you believe congress was passing regulations to specifically help Trump? If so, please give me an example.
I don’t care who you vote for!!!
Why?
Cruz has released tax info
Trump has not.
Compared to what TRUMP built with a million dollar start up loan, dad was small potatoes.
Did you really miss the obvious?
Oh! I see...Goldman Sachs are the bad businessmen and Donald Trump is the good business man. I did not know having investments in the oil industry was bad. How about investments in the gamming industry!!!
Trump did not get where he is with daddy’s loan...it was when daddy croaked and the 30 mil kicked in!!
Funny...just two weeks ago Trumpies were assuring us polls did not matter!!!
Good find.
His financial statement is written by him and his employees!!! I assume he knows how to present his finances in a positive light!!!
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