Posted on 08/17/2015 6:32:28 PM PDT by VinL
“I think this is one of those times where the real choice is 60% of something (Trump) or 100% of nothing (Cruz).”
Gee, when have we read or heard that crap before...? , ...basically every election since ‘88.
How’s that workin’ for us?
Yeah, well my friend, if that’s your issue- you won’t vote for Cruz.
My opinion is that there is only one issue— who will dismantle the Washington GOP and turned the party back into a limited government party.
Absent that, this socialist country becomes irretrievably socialist; and your issue will become meaningless.
Yeah, I stepped away and see I’ve been infested by the usual trolls. I ignore the low IQ’s, they have no reason- no sense in attempting any meaningful dialogue. Some are well- intentioned- just misguided.
I think they sense that if their man wants the nomination, he has to get by Ted Cruz-— and they know their 3rd grade talker doesn’t have the requisite intellect.
“Gee, when have we read or heard that crap before...? , ...basically every election since ‘88.
How’s that workin’ for us?”
Depends on what your benchmark is I guess.
From 2000-2008 it got lower taxes and a boost in military spending.
That’s not a lot but it’s better than nothing.
I was one Trumps earliest supporters and I said then that he’s speaking to 3 issues that are a priority for me in 2016.
Immigration and closing the border, better trade deals, more opportunities for the middle class.
If Trump focuses on those 3 issues I’m not going to worry about the rest right now.
I don’t expect Trump so be a conservative social warrior so I won’t be very disappointed when he doesn’t act like one.
Doubt Cruz can win Alabama with Jeff Sessions R advising Trump on his immigration plan, which is much different than Cruz support for 500% increase in work visas for foreign workers.
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I disagree with your point. If the illegal immigration problem isn’t solved, we WILL become a socialistic country. Most of our ills stem from this one issue. Not all, but most. I like Cruz and he is in my top 2- I just disagree with him on this. I also disagree with Trump on some things, but I think he has the brass we need to take the bull by the horns and turn this country in the right direction. I’d like to see Ted as VP for 4 years and then run for the presidency again for an 8 year term. That vote for TPA was no small issue either.
Ted Cruz has spent a lifetime fighting to defend the Constitution — our nation’s founding document and the supreme law of the land — which was crafted by our founding fathers to act as chains to bind the mischief of government and to protect the liberties endowed to us by our Creator.
Religious Liberty
Second Amendment
U.S. Sovereignty
Government Overreach
Buddy, you know what you do, write the author of the article. J. Pepper Bryars has spent a lifetime in Alabama politics- he’s written books, he was a staffer for an Alabama Congressman and a President.
Write him. Introduce yourself. Tell him, “I Am “AMIHOW”— and explain how you’re right, and he’s wrong. I’m sure he’ll give someone with your credentials and expert knowledge of Alabama politics an immediate reply.
If there were no Trump in the race, that might be the case. I was listening to some educators today bemoaning the number of non-English speaking students in their school. One of them said, “Donald Trump is sounding better and better.”
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Jeff Sessions is not advising Trump on anything.
He just commented on Trump’s paper.
Watch the video. Ted Cruz talked about his father coming here with a student visa. After graduating, he started up a company and created jobs in this country.
Do you want a tide that will lift all the boats in an economic boom, including your job? Or, do you want to protect your job and have the whole country go down the tube?
May 14, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. The measure would effectively address the needs of our nation’s high-skilled workforce by helping meet the growing demand for workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It will also make block grants available to states to promote STEM education efforts and increase domestic STEM professionals. The committee voted against the amendment 4 to 14 with every Democrat voting against it on a party-line vote.
“I strongly support legal immigration. Legal immigration is a fundamental pillar of our nation's heritage, and I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas. This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration. Although the Gang of Eight's bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.”
Sen. Cruz’s amendment would:
Immediately increase the H-1B cap by 500 percent from 65,000 to 325,000.
Help retain the high-skilled workers that are trained in the U.S. by allowing “dual intent.”
Create block grants for states to promote STEM education in their public schools by raising H-1B fees.
Trump’s in-party negatives have been floating around 60% for a while now.
He won’t go anywhere after the field is down to Cruz and Bush.
Cruz has no measurable negatives.
Everyone seems to have a different definition of what a conservative is.
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Ain’t that the truth!
If I defined a conservative as someone who is exactly like me on every issue, large and small, I’d have no one to vote for unless I ran myself.
I’m just pleased as punch that I have at least 4 candidates running in the republican primaries that I’d be happy to vote for.
Trump, Walker, Cruz and Carson, not necessarily in that order.
Last I heard, those had reversed more than 2 weeks ago.
This thread is almost as much fun as the one the other day from DU about how The Bern was going to Obamanize Hillary just like in 2008. DUmmies were threatening bodily harm against one another on that one.
Of course you have every right to your opinion, and in the months to come we will see if it was the correct one. Until then, the Clint Eastwood theory of opinions holds true, for each of us.
I have read that Trump met with Sessions last week and Sessions commented approvingly about the plan. If you find out differently, please let me know.
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