Posted on 12/14/2015 10:42:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
or 15 years, if you want play Trump again, and claim i can’t subtract.
“Bravo, sir (or ma’am!)”
Thank you. I am a male in my early 60s.
I don’t mean to say that Senator Cruz is a perfect man or that he has God’s endorsement (God alone knows hearts). However, I am saying that if one wants to be logical and social/morale issues are of prime importance to them (which they are to me), then Senator Cruz is the logical choice of those candidates in the top tier.
I would also consider Governor Huckabee or Senator Santorum to be good choices for a social/moral conservative voter to pick, but they just don’t have enough support which leaves Senator Cruz. Senator Cruz is indeed a consistent social/morale conservative in addition to being fiscally conservative. He also strikes me as being strong on national defense, but in a balanced way.
Regarding Mr. Trump. I genuinely have extreme misgivings about him, and especially so because he is absent on social/moral issues. IMO he does not care about those things because he perceives they would not advance whatever agenda he has. Mr. Trump says he wants to make America great again. I will not call him a liar and say he is just saying this. However, I will state clearly that he is horribly misguided if he thinks any country can be “great” while suffering from Godless moral rot. To paraphrase scripture, you labor in vain to build a house without God’s help and blessing. God will not bless what is totally contrary to His revealed will. Open homosexuality enshrined in legal legitimization as is the continued slaughter of the innocent unborn? How can God bless what He clearly condemns?
So how can Mr. Trump make America great again when he only gives token attention to building a solid moral foundation that God would approve of? The answer is he cannot.
It grieves me to see so many of my fellow conservative Christians being deceived by Mr. Trump and the pragmatism of supporting him because “he is more electable.” It seems foolish to me.
Amen. It's why I voted third party in 2012 -- I fear God way more than I fear a skinny fraud like Obama. Voting for Romney -- er, excuse me, "against" Obama -- meant voting FOR all of those abominations (see my tagline). So I voted for a plurality, to weaken whichever leftist was bound to win, Romney or Obama.
If I have to do the same in 2016, so be it.
I live on the front lines in So Cal. I am a fifth generation native of California from agricultural roots and will tell you straight out: illegal immigrants from Mexico have always been part of the landscape. ONLY in the past 15-20 years or so have they become a serious problem, as branches of law enforcement take "sanctuary" status and refuse to depart illegals when they find them, as minimum wage has gone up up up up up (a king's ransom to an unskilled young man from a cardboard box village in Mexico), and as government welfare/benefits/services for illegals has gone out the roof.
Trump's answer? More government force, more government intrusion, but in a way that smacks of retaliation for all those dirty rotten job-stealing Messicans.
The better solution is Cruz's solution -- steady, measured, conservative use of government enforcing laws that already exist
And I cannot stand before God and say I voted for a false Christian Cruz. At least I know where Trump stands. We have lost the social war already. I do seek God’s kingdom first, politics has NOTHING do to with that and I am appalled at the number of so called “Christians” (right back at you) who equate politics with faith. They are not the same nor should be confused as many do.
Cruz will lose and we have lost so many times already. Cruz is not the logical choice for Conservatives because it will end up like Dole, McCain, and Romney. Every fiber in my being screams that Cruz is not a person to be sitting in the chair of POTUS. The general will all be about how he is not eligible (true or not that will be the narrative) and people will not vote for him. Hence Hillary.
Their not stealing jobs, GOPe establishment donors and the Chamber of Commerce want cheap labor. As long as you support them this issue will not be resolved. A wall and deportation is the way to start.
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