Photo credit: Dave Davidson (Prezography.com)
Posted on 12/28/2015 7:16:48 AM PST by Isara
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| U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at his rally for religious liberty on 8/21/15 in Des Moines. Photo credit: Dave Davidson (Prezography.com) |
When Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal exited the race a little more than a month ago, I was not sure I would offer another public endorsement. As you can imagine, I have had different campaigns reach out, and I’ve struggled with making a decision. I did have a short list; I admire and respect those who were on it, but I knew that eventually I was going to have make a decision whether I made it public or not. The fact is, there are a number of candidates that I will be happy to vote for if they would win the nomination.
This decision hasn’t been made lightly as feelings about candidates become intensely personal, especially living in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa. I certainly don’t want to alienate any readers or friends; however, I know some may disagree with my choice and vice versa.
I follow the Jeffersonian line of thinking when it comes to politics and relationships.
Thomas Jefferson famously said, “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
I wholeheartedly agree.
That said, I have decided to endorse, and come February 1st will be caucusing for, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). This is my personal endorsement alone, and I’m sure you’ve seen some recent disagreement over candidates here at Caffeinated Thoughts. That will continue I’m sure as I have zero interest in censoring contributors who believe differently than I do. I just encourage all of us to maintain civility and to speak truth in love regardless of the candidate we support.
I’m endorsing Cruz, in part, because I believe he is a man of character who loves his wife, his kids and his God.
I believe Ted Cruz will stand firm on restoring the Constitution. How do I know this? I’ve seen him do it time and time and time again in the U.S. Senate. He certainly has not won any popularity contests in DC, but, in my opinion, he has all of the right people mad at him.
I am supporting Ted Cruz because he has followed through on his campaign promises, a rare quality we see in DC these days. He has fought for those seeking reform in Washington. He has fought for limited government. He has gone against party leadership, and we will need a fighter in the White House.
Cruz has successfully thread the needle between liberty and security. He has fought for personal liberty in light of government overreach in the name of security. At the same time, he also demonstrates a commitment to national security and to strengthen America’s position in the world.
He has been a champion for religious liberty, for life, and for marriage, both in his previous role as the Solicitor General of Texas and while in the U.S. Senate. He has been firmly against the Common Core State Standards and has opposed the awful reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
I also have to acknowledge that over the past month there has been a consensus forming behind Cruz. I don’t see the momentum that Cruz has in any other candidate, and to be completely frank, I believe he may be the only candidate who can, at this point, prevent Donald Trump from winning the nomination. He is well positioned to move forward with that support to win the Republican nomination, but I believe he can win in the general election as well.
However, that is secondary to where he stands on issues. Since Cruz has jumped into the race I believed he lined up well with my values, beliefs and standards. He now has my wholehearted support here in Iowa and beyond. He may not have been my first choice in this race, but I will happily work to see him win Iowa.
I humbly ask for you to join me in this support.
OK, I give up, who is this guy endorsing Cruz?
“I don’t see the momentum that Cruz has in any other candidate, and to be completely frank, I believe he may be the only candidate who can, at this point, prevent Donald Trump from winning the nomination”
So #1 he’s an idiot, and #2 he only cares about stopping Trump after he has been more effective in wrecking the GOPe, and the left/media machine than anyone else.
The right seems to be infested with the same weaklings that many used to say was only the traits you would find in the establishment.
Donald Trump IS the establishment, in drag.
I posted a "Trump's Decline" thread last night and was promptly "disagreed" with, LOL.
When Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal exited the race a little more than a month ago, I was not sure I would offer another public endorsement.[laughter] What's second prize?
Yeah, ok. Whatever new conspiracy theory floats your boat.
So I guess the stalking horse for Hillary talking point is worn out for you guys?
It's not new. I've regarded Trump as a foil since before he announced.
So I guess the stalking horse for Hillary talking point is worn out for you guys?
Not at all, but I'm not one of "you guys," as I have not selected a candidate. I just know a flaming liar and charlatan when I see one. See tag line.
Trump stinks.
Who?
Donald Trump
The Billionaire You Can Trust TM
He*s not like the others
“When Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal exited the race a little more than a month ago, I was not sure I would offer another public endorsement.”
“another public endorsement”?
First sentence, so he endorsed Bobby Jindal, which is a clue that it is a waste of time to read any farther.
Which explains why Trump is trashed by the Marxist Globalists in both parties and lame stream media 24/7. Great analysis /s
Has anyone in the GOPe threaten to leave the GOP if Cruz is the nominee? Has anyone in the GOPe threaten to support Hillary if Cruz is the nominee? Has anyone in the GOPe threaten to run a third party candidate if Cruz is the GOP nominee? What does that tell you?
Trump’s given so much money and verbal support to the Democrats that it takes an act of blind faith to believe he’s now just one of us principled, sincere conservatives. Some are willfully being duped.
I applaud the guy for endorsing Cruz but come on! He really preferred Jindal to Cruz to begin with?
If Trump is a democrat, then why did he not run as a democrat? Don’t the democrats love their own?
"Hillary Clinton I think is a terrific woman. I am biased because I have known her for years. I live in New York. She lives in New York. I really like her and her husband both a lot. I think she really works hard. And I think, again, she’s given an agenda, it is not all of her, but I think she really works hard and I think she does a good job. I like her."
When most of us were fighting against the Clintons, Trump was financing them and saying glowing things about them.
And this is because you support the “Surging Ted” that will do what the Club For Growth’s $705,0000 tells him and be FOR amnesty or the “Surging Ted” that will do what Wallbuilders paid him for - to close the borders?
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I get tired of asking this question, but no Cruz supporter has yet explained it. It is one thing for Trump to make an off-the-cuff flattering comment about Hillary, for whatever reason, but it is another for Cruz to VOTE twice, after careful deliberation, for the Obama agenda — TPA and the Corker bill. The Corker bill, written by the Whitehouse, enabled Obama’s Iran deal, the deal that gave Iran, a terrorist state, the green light to develop nuclear weapons and the ICBMs to deliver them anywhere on earth.
Which one of these is more deadly, the comment or the vote?
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