Ted Cruz Is The Frontrunner For The Republican Nomination

BuzzFeed News ^ | November 3, 2014 | Katherine Miller

[2ndDivisionVet]

Which of those three is a REAL conservative, in your estimation?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Read his bio, please:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

[2ndDivisionVet]

His mother is an American citizen and was old enough when he was born.

[Soul of the South]

“And which canidate are you backing?”

Given there are no declared candidates, at this time I’m backing no one.

[Soul of the South]

“What exactly is Mrs. Cruz’s position at Goldman Sachs? Does anyone have accurate information?”

Here is a link to her Linked-in Profile —

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13958155&authToken=bhyK&authType=name&goback=%2Enpv_13958155_*1_*1_name_bhyK_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1&locale=en_US

Here are links to two articles about her:

http://www.infowars.com/ted-cruzs-wife-is-a-goldman-sachs-vp/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us/politics/a-wife-committed-to-cruzs-ideals-but-a-study-in-contrasts-to-him.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Soul of the South]

“Did you routinely size up all your business contacts that way for 30 years, or did you muster some maturity of perspective to recognize that not all persons who happen to be working in or with powerful entities are corrupt?”

During my business career I had several opportunities to engage with Goldman Sachs executives. My perception of the company is derived from those experiences and the experiences of other business executives I have known. Much has been written in the business press about the company and its questionable practices including advising clients on both sides of trades.

I do not believe everyone who works for Goldman is corrupt. I also don’t believe every person with close ties to Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky, or Frank Marshall Davis is a leftist or socialist.

[Soul of the South]

“Nice try.
Guilt by association is typically a leftist tactic.
BTW, what job does she hold? Do you know how she performs and how she votes?”

Guilt by association. So you are saying Barack Obama’s close ties to Frank Marshall Davis and Bill Ayers were nothing to be concerned about in 2008? How about Hillary Clinton’s relationship with Saul Alinsky? No doubt these were all just meaningless casual encounters.

With respect to Mrs. Cruz’s job, below is a link to a New York Times article discussing her role at Goldman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us/politics/a-wife-committed-to-cruzs-ideals-but-a-study-in-contrasts-to-him.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

I amy not privy to her performance appraisals nor have I had access to the ballots she casts in elections. We still have voting by secret ballot in this country.

[Impy]

Way too early to call a frontrunner, zero declared candidates.

[neocon1984]

NYT as your reference?

You have conflated guilt by association with close ties and following directives (when it comes to Alinski).

You are either rather stupid or a leftist troll, but then I repeat myself.

Begone!

[GBA]

Thanks for the links and info.

There is something here that I don't understand, something that makes me uneasy differently than my usual distrust of politicians, but I can't get a clear read on it yet.

Not quite the "deja vu all over again" thing, but something familiar. The "I know this" feeling, like trying to remember a name on that's on the tip of your tongue, but you can't quite say it.

[Yorlik803]

After Carter he got the greatest POTUS ever. So maybe this time we will have Reagan on Steriods.

[Soul of the South]

“You are either rather stupid or a leftist troll, but then I repeat myself.
Begone!”

Name calling and personalization - a leftist Alinksy tactic.

Lack of toleration for opposing points of view - definitely from the leftist playbook. Certainly not the philosophy of the founding fathers.

[Envisioning]

As her husband helped force a government shutdown over his opposition to President Obama’s health care law and argued that members of Congress and their staffs should be forced to buy insurance without any government contribution, the Democrats sensed an opening.

Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, tried to push Mr. Cruz into admitting that he was on his wife’s blue-chip Goldman health plan — a sign of hypocrisy, he implied. And then Mrs. Cruz’s boss, Goldman’s chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, turned up at the White House to urge against a devastating debt default, one of the issues with which Mr. Cruz had become closely associated.

“I have to say, honestly, I’m not involved with any of those issues at our firm,” Mrs. Cruz said. And if her husband was evasive about where he got his health coverage, Mrs. Cruz was blunt.

“Ted is on my health care plan,” said Mrs. Cruz, who has worked in Goldman’s investment management division for eight years.

Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the senator, confirmed the coverage, which Goldman said was worth at least $20,000 a year. “The senator is on his wife’s plan, which comes at no cost to the taxpayer and reflects a personal decision about what works best for their family,” she said.

That's really a good article, don't think I over excerpted it.... Thanks for posting it.