Posted on 02/13/2016 2:16:50 PM PST by vmivol00
Edited on 02/13/2016 2:40:52 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Please remove post 218
As a resident of California, yes, I wanted Bush to do something nationally that would repair the intent of Proposition 187.
Instead he doubled down, saying he not only didn’t think 187 was good, but that he wanted to grant amnesty to all of the illegals.
I was wishing we had a guy close to Bush that would whisper in his ear. We did. Ted Cruz. And what Ted was whispering in his ear was support for everything I stood against with regard to that issue.
So you can dismiss Ted’s activity there as irrelevant if you want, as a Californian who fellow Californians had expressed a deep desire to get illegal immigration under control, I am now appalled to know Ted was a part of the unraveling taking place in 1999.
Here was one more guy seemingly happy with the McCain/Kennedy mindset.
Now I’m supposed to buy off on him being a bedrock Conservative for life.
NO he wasn’t.
As for reading about his adventures in Texas, for some reason it doesn’t interest me.
I take your word for it. There’s more to life than Ted’s positives. That one thing in 1999 let me know what Ted was, and I’ve seen evidence that it continues on to today.
He’s not a guy I can get behind.
I appreciate your reasoned comments.
Please read Medellin v Texas, and other decisions. I do not have a closed mind on Trump, I ask of you, as along term FReeper, to merely look. You have been here since the late 90’s and me since ‘05.
The same things that brought us here still bind us together, kindred spirits.
I have accused you of hyperbole and rhetoric. I stand as guilty.
Just look, and comment,accordingly.
I will take the slings and arrows, and respond in kind.
With all due respect.....
While I am at it...
I still stand by my statement that Cruz is the best to nominate the next Justice over anyone running in both parties AND the sitting POTUS and VP.
Yeah, clearly.
It happens, brother.
Eh... it is what it is, my friend.
I do not doubt you for one minute.
C’mon man you are assuming Cruz whispered things in Bush’s ear. You know better than this. You are a respected FReeper.
I won’t discount Trump, but I have my reservations.
Surely , you can support Cruz as number 2, wiith reservations?
Didn’t I give you a link?
Didn’t you see that memo?
Was it you I sent it to or someone else.
Presidential domestic policy advisers for immigration generally do have the candidate’s ear.
FYI, as a Californian, you will be happy to hear that Cruz defended a Ww2 Monument, that was a cross, when the ACLU wanted to take it down.
It was in the Mohave desert, and Cruz went before SCOTUS and defended your own states right to have it there. He won that 1st amendment challenge, for California. Please look it up, while I, again, ask you to look up Medellin v Texas.
I have other things to do.
Nothing is going to make me change my mind about Cruz.
He probably has done some good things. That does not change my overall view of him.
He’s damaged goods, and by his own doing.
If you wish to support him, I’m all for it. I don’t have anything against you because you like him. It’s your right to, if fully support it, and I’m not going to take you to task over it.
Fair enough, but as a fellow 10 plus year member of FR, just look up the 2 things I have asked you to, and keep an open mind, and voting for Trump, is fine with me. Just look, please. Cruz and Trump, are not evil or monsters.
Fair enough, but as a fellow 10 plus year member of FR, just look up the 2 things I have asked you to, and keep an open mind, and voting for Trump, is fine with me. Just look, please. Cruz and Trump, are not evil or monsters.
Sorry for the double post
I have been planning to use your link and review the material.
I’m spending too much time here already, and I’m reluctant to commit to spending more time here right now.
Be patient. I’m not trying to trash your request.
D1
Please “take me to task” anything that is relevant. I welcome the challenge , and this is how we can vet our candidates. I encourage and welcome the exchange. I will admit that I can get into the “rhetoric and hyperbole “ that I have accused you of, but we are both passionate about our candidates and the direction that our republic is heading. Good stuff, do not take offense, I do not.
I’m not expecting to find something I disagree with.
To the contrary, it is probably a good representation of Cruz in action, when he’s doing the right thing.
There is something about this guy that gets to me, and I can’t support him.
At any rate, I will give you some comments.
D1
It is late, and we both probably have real lives tomorrow.
Thanks, Trumpet (from a CruzBot, LOL).
“:^)
The only question I have is what Color Lights will the White House be lit up in to Celebrate Justice Scalia’s Death?
Rainbows again, he dissented in that Case.
We shall survive. As long as I can have a few shiner beers and some Gulf seafood and a BBQ brisket, and an occasional, heart clogging, chicken fried steak.
Thanks Again,
Your FReind
Grouchotex
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