Cruz, don’t drink the D.C. water!
Bush did a lot of things that I wouldn’t trust to Obama. That’s the problem with reliance on good leadership. The flakes always have a precedent.
Wait and see? Ted Cruz is coming precariously close to shutting the book on any trust I had left in the government.
I wonder what they got on Cruz.
Sarah Palin thinks she’s a different race from Latinos? Surprise, they’re Caucasians too!
Aside from that, I think Cruz is making an important point. The NSA surveillance was secretive but also almost unavoidable because everything is electronic now. But I don’t think even Obama dared (although his successor will) to get individual info out of it. And in any case, he didn’t need it, because he had all of the data voluntarily or mandatorily submitted by Americans - the IRS, state voter registration logs, etc. - that enabled him to target individuals.
This was Obama doing meta-data for political purposes. He and his minions were using the NSA for market research. He wanted to see the trends and know where to direct his political attacks. For him it was all about remaining in power.
I don’t think Snowden, an Obama voter, will connect him with this, so I hope somebody else does manage to make the connection.
I don’t trust ANYONE is DC. Cruz is becoming one of ‘them’.
Cruz, Palin, Lee ...
Um, sorry folks, the die is cast. Believe what you may. Put your trust in sources you accept.
I’ll trust Cruz, Palin, and Lee. I’ll not trust ANY interpretation.
I’m not sure what I’m reading here, an attempt to explain Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Rand Paul or an attempt to make them all look bad.
My “evolving” conservatism is libertarian (live and let live), christian (God without doctrinaire denominational baggage) and about downsizing government in a literal way (no phony accounting trick “spending cuts”). The Founders and the Constitution stand as our guide and we have drifted far away from the vision of both.
I like where all three (Sarah, Rand and Ted) are coming from in a general way knowing they are all outsiders (not perfect) and right now we need as many outsiders as possible in the fight with the GOP-E and their nonsense.
Of the three, I think Sarah is the most in line with my thinking right now.
What a bunch of babble this is ...
Breaking??
gak...
Most members of Congress are lawyers. And it’s been said, that lawyers have their spines removed in law schools.
One reason to say this is the knowledge that it will not stop, and will only get worse, and there is bipartisan support for more tyranny. Ted Cruz might just have decided that he doesn’t want to be Don Quixote.
For all the idiots who support this type of intrucsion, I would like to know of any, just one, example where this massive data mining stopped or prevented any terrorist attacks. Instead they failed to detect Boston marathon bombers, the tennis shoe bomber, 911 attacks, Benghazi, the Fort Hood terrorist, etc. And to any statist-elitist who claims that the NSA did stop terror attacks, but they are classified and cannot be talked about, to that I say BULL CRAP! After every corrupt scandal occurring in the 0dumb0 administration, I wouldn't trust the federal gubmint as far as I could throw their 3rd world asses. We need a great, massive, bloody battle Civil War II now, more than ever.
AllahPundit on Cruz: “cause for concern” but urges Fox viewers to reserve judgment [on NSA].
Paraphrasing Cruz: “[Politicians] abusing the machinery of govt”.
Sounds like what I’ve been saying. Glad to be on the same page as Palin and Cruz.
Clearly just another RINO. When can we challenge him in a primary?
“Ted Cruz: Let’s not rush to judgment on NSA surveillance”
My first thoughts.
“Gee. I wonder what they have on him.”
THIS is exactly why this story has even less legs than the IRS and Benghazi stories. Too many in the GOP are on bammy’s side on this.
Now is a good time for the Republicans to play some serious politics. Stop defending the NSA spying. This spying is finally waking up the younthful dudderhead tech immersed idealistic youth.
Play it up!
Honestly, I am very concerned with the NSA spying. The left has always shown a willingness to use data against their friends and enemies. Remember Hillary and the missing FBI files?
Et tu, Ted?