Posted on 03/27/2015 7:38:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I have a confession to make: Im a Democrat and a progressive, and Im rooting for Ted Cruz to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016.
Its not because I think he will win or because I agree with anything he stands for. Its because Cruz represents the best hope of returning sanity to American politics.
Cruz is perhaps the quintessential example of Republican politics, circa 2015. Hes uncompromising, ideologically inflexible, and doesnt appear to be very interested in appealing to non-conservatives. His views are perhaps the most radical and extreme in a political party increasingly defined by rising levels of radicalism and extremism. He is the id of the modern conservative movement.
Like most Republicans, he desperately wants to repeal Obamacare. He thinks alarmists are flat earthers. Hes stridently pro-life. He wants to get rid of the IRS and hates immigration reform. He thinks President Obama is the most lawless president ever, which makes me want to send him a biography of Richard Nixon. His foreign policy views are loopy, immature, and scary. And if elected, he would probably make every effort to cut taxes to the bone, reduce social spending dramatically, appoint extremist judges to the nations courts and, when all is said and done, roll back the welfare state....
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
[We need a Ted Cruz and the only way we are going to get one is to get behind one.]
TED CRUZ 2016
http://www.tedcruz.org/
“I harbor vague recollections of the same thing being said about Ronald Reagan...now, how did that work out?”
The way it worked out was from 1st try in 1968, then 2nd try in 1976, until nominated in 1980, 12 years had passed.
>>Even if conservatives get someone like Cruz on the top of the GOP ticket, some will still likely be convinced that he wasnt ideologically rigid enough.
I have seen him called a RINO. Seems a bit wobbly on the border.
I just do not understand them. The GOP has never been more friendly to the liberals. They vote their way and do their bidding. They have the same beliefs. They both despise conservatives and those that want to go back to our constitutional government.What’s not to like? For once they are all on the same side and these lunatics still are complaining.
Acrid stench oozing from their pores and it won't wash off anytime soon.....
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