Posted on 11/02/2015 4:53:41 PM PST by Isara
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RUSH: Jeremy in the Wilds of East Texas. It's great to have you in the EIB Network. Hello, sir.
CALLER: Hey, Rush. How are you doing?
RUSH: Just fine. Thank you so much for calling, sir.
CALLER: Listen I've got a lot to say so I'm just gonna launch right into it.
RUSH: Do that. That's exactly what you should do, just launch, just get in, get it, and get out. Go for it.
CALLER: I want to talk about Cruz electability. I've heard people talk and seen on social media where people say I'm not sure Cruz can win the general, and the news media have been promoting Rubio and some of these other candidates. And I just wanted to say Cruz started out in the state of Texas when he ran for the Senate at 2% in the polls. Margin of error was 3%. And he went on to beat David Dewhurst, the lieutenant governor of Texas, by double digits, and then turned around and won the general election by double digits. So, you know, that part of it is a frustration to me, that people keep -- you know, they can't seem to take this, even they make excuses even after the debate that Marco Rubio or this candidate's gonna win the nomination. That's my first point.
My second point is what you just talked about the climate change court. This goes to the issue of what Cruz will do when he's in office. When he was the solicitor general of the State of the Texas, he actually fought in a case called Medellin v. The State of Texas where he fought the world court in the Supreme Court and won that case, where George Bush was trying to tell the State of Texas that we had to stop -- that Texas had to stop an execution because the world court said so and because of international law and that we had to abide by international law. And Cruz shut it down and basically litigated that and won. So there's two examples right there of where we need Ted Cruz to be our next president.
Number three is, you know, Cruz has actually said he's going to be to conservatives what Obama has been to liberals. And he's going to govern like that. He's already said that when he takes office, he's gonna overturn all the illegal executive orders. What other candidate has said that? I don't think I've heard a single one of them. He's the only one talking about trying to undo. You know, they speak in general terms about fixing Washington and all this kind of stuff, but he has actually come out and said, I'm gonna do this.
RUSH: Well, Ted Cruz scares 'em all. Ted Cruz scares a lot of people, because they're not conservative. Ted Cruz means it when he says he's going to try to get government out of people's lives, when he's going to try to reduce the size of government, when he's going to try to reduce the financial take that comes to government. He means it. And most everybody makes their living off government, Republican, Democrat, whatever, they make their living off of it. They make their living governing it, expanding it, writing laws for it, or what have you. Ted Cruz is serious about wanting to deemphasize it.
I love this argument that he's not electable, he can't win. Mitt Romney was, right? John McCain, there's somebody could win. Right, right. All these people they tell us that can't win, they singularly set out and try to destroy. Ted Cruz has overcome odds as you described in Texas. If he can't win, how did he become senator? It's a fascinating thing to watch when you for the longest time conservatives thought the Republican Party was their home and where their beliefs resonated and echoed and it's really a slap in the face whenever you, as a conservative -- when you realize the Republican Party actually is not for the things you're for. That is an interesting day, whenever the day happens, and it happens to every conservative when they realize that the Republican Party is actually not you. And if you've ever had any doubts, all you have to do is take a look at the way they all react to Ted Cruz. It's with palpable anger and fear. And it's irrational.
Here, give you an example. This is Boehner. Grab sound bite 13. CNN's State of the Union yesterday. And this is just a small example, you know, the DC establishment despises Ted Cruz. If Ted Cruz weren't around, they could sell this budget deal as they're trying to tell people it reforms entitlements and it reduces spending and it does all this. The thing is that Ted Cruz is running around calling them out on it. No, it doesn't do that. And that makes them mad, so Boehner's on State of the Union yesterday with Dana Bash, who said, "The budget deal that you struck just this week calls for an increase of $80 billion in federal spending over two years." That's caca. It's much more than that. "In exchange for a variety of cuts. Ted Cruz said it's a complete and utter surrender. John Boehner's golden parachute will certainly cement his legacy, but it's a slap in the face to conservatives."
BOEHNER: That's just total nonsense. Real entitlement reform in this agreement. We've got a big group of members who need more money for our national defense. And all the increases in spending are offset with spending reductions elsewhere in the government.
RUSH: Folks, the numbers don't add up that way. The net spending increases are significant. There isn't any entitlement reform. The national debt, by the time this deal is one year old, is going to be $20 trillion. Where in the world is anything being cut, entitlements or anything else? Nothing is. You know why this budget was done? And Politico has a story, they're just smiling ear to ear on this story. "Behind the Secret Budget Deal that Drove Conservatives Mad." And they're just so happy at the Politico. That's one of the biggest days they ever have is when they could write a story detailing how anger conservatives are or how big a shaft the conservatives got. And that's one -- this is one of these stories. A potential national default, John Boehner's resignation, and a resolute Barack Obama aligned to temporarily halt Washington's dysfunction. There isn't any dysfunction. Washington Democrats and Republicans are working together just fine, folks.
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The point you are missing is that both Cruz and Trump MUST work together in order for either one to gain the nomination. They, as a team , have what it takes to destroy the power structure in DC. Trump may be able to do it alone (I'm not sure of that) but with the two united...they have the power to succeed where others have failed. Let the campaign play out and then follow the power.
I believe him when he says he will pursue the criminal conspiracies against Americans where ever they may lead and will see them prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
*shakes head*
Americans loathe Hillary. She is hated across the board. We heard all of this "boogieman Hillary!!! Can he beat Hillary!!!" back before Obama got nominated. Obama got nominated because Hillary stunk then, and she stinks now. The only way Hillary wins is the same way Obama won -- vote fraud. Go out on the street, read average-joe comments on a variety of websites, listen to your liberal friends -- really, most people hate Hillary.
Trying to second-guess the Democrats, who they will nominate, and which Republican can "beat" that nominee ... means that the Democrats are 100 percent in control and in a position to manipulate that strategy.
Leave who the Democrats nominate to the Democrats. The ONLY thing I care about is who the Republicans nominate. Trying to calculate and base that choice on fear of who the Democrats nominate, is what was done in 2008 and resulted in Obama vs McCain.
And Hillary sitting in prison would be a great start.
Well said.
The way he said it made it pretty clear that republicans would not be safe from “his” DOJ if they were dirty.
This is pretty rudimentary analysis from the caller.
Of course Ted Cruz can get elected in conservative Texas. But we live in an America that voted for Hussein twice.
Only Trump can actually get the votes to win. There are polls showing him beating Hitlery. There aren’t any polls showing Cruz doing so.
Even the RINO Rubio does better in the polls than Cruz.
Ted will wimp out in the Hitlery debates like he did in every other one until Rubio started complaining about media bias.
And he certainly will do nothing to deport the illegals.
Ted Cruz Dittos! The Authentic Conservative
Cruz can run all the rings around Hillary he wants. If he can’t get 51% of the electorate to vote for him, it won’t do any good.
Do you know any Independents or Democrats willing to vote for Cruz?
Cruz is running on his past, the Donald is running away from his past!
*Like*
You have to be kidding me. What do you think Cruz has said? I heard Cruz say he was against amnesty because it is not fair to Americans and legal immigrants.
Trumpies are like hillobites. Facts do not much matter.
Now I would most likely vote for Trump if he is the nominee but Cruz is best presidential candidate I have ever seen.
Well, Cruz must first take charge of the current battle for the nomination. I like Cruz but so far he’s had trouble getting enough traction to even be near the top. Not sure he connects with the people the way Trump seems to. I think Cruz has a certain political persona that gets in his way somehow.
I do think Cruz is more clearly aware of the Constitutional issues that face us than Trump. I don’t think Trump is against the Constitution, I just don’t think he has a keen awareness of the Constitutional issues - he’s more focused on defense and the economy - both very relevant and important. I think Trump could jump-start our country, at least militarily and economically, and I believe he really wants to help America.
If Cruz can’t get the needed traction to win the nomination, I think he could be a good VP for Trump and, if Trump had a good-to-great presidency, Cruz could subsequently walk into the White House and finish the job. That sounds like a hopeful scenario.
In the meantime, both Trump and Cruz need to be able to stand up to all this political correctness crap and tell Hillary (or Fiorina for that matter) that they don’t have any special right to take special offense as a “woman” when they have decided to climb into the ring with the men. They also need to declare that Hillary’s call for more and more federal involvement with “women’s health” (read “babies death”) and medical care in general is unconstitutional. Trump’s doesn’t have that one right yet. I’m not sure about Cruz. The whole “women’s movement” crap has got to go as far as the feds are concerned - it’s none of the feds constitutional business.
You must have just fallen off the turnip wagon.
He is focusing on Iowa—I heard him on Levin. He was with a group. Apparently he has not given up
http://wqad.com/2015/11/02/santorum-in-iowa-not-giving-up-just-yet/
Jim, I agree with most of your observations and thoughts.
I’ve known a few narcissistics like Trump, and have found them to be pragmatic to a fault, not really caring about pesky principle or crucial details.
They are consumate outcome based politicians who are experts at: “The Art of the Deal”. That’s not served us well so far.
Trump is nearly as much a moral weathervane, as Hillary.
That’s why he and the Clintons were (are?) close bedfellows.
If conservatives r-e-a-l-l-y want Cruz as president, then they’ll have to run a door-to-door campaign with *brilliant message, in order to have a chance piercing thru the MSM static and flak.
Reagan was an excellent communicator. However, his campaign had tens of thousands of broken-glass believers who tirelessly campaigned til the end.
*Brilliant message idea: recycle Clinton’s and Reagan’s campaign mottos -
It’s the economy stupid! (Immigration, and morality too)
And, are you better off today than you were four or eight years ago?
Hammer democrats and Rinos with alarming graphs depicting real joblessness, EBT recipents, SSI disability and Nat’l debt for instance.
I’ll tell you - Cruz better get his sh1t together on TPP and H1B outsourcing. Otherwise he’s Parton our country’s problem.
I would love to see Cruz debate She Who Must Not Be Named.
$27 trillion including agency debt.
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