Posted on 01/31/2016 10:22:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
If you had to vote in your state primary/caucus today, knowing what you know now about the various declared and probable candidates, who would you vote for? Why? Who would you like to see as the running mate for your preferred candidate? If you could help staff your candidates cabinet and other top appointments, who would you choose? If you could recommend different congressional leaders than we have now, who would they be? And who would you like to see on the Supreme Court and why? And finally, feel free to donate to Free Republic.
1. Ted Cruz for President
2. Rep. Steven King (Iowa) for VP
3. Chris Christie for Attorney General
4. Allen West for Secretary of Defense
5. Larry Kudlow for Treasury Secretary
5. John Kasich for Secretary of Transportation
6. Carly Fiorina for Commerce Secretary
7. Richard Kinder (CEO of Kinder Morgan) for Secretary of Energy
8. Ben Carson for Surgeon General
P.S. -- I left Trump off this list because I assume he won't accept anything other than the top of the ticket. I also left off the rest of the cabinet positions because I would propose to eliminate them completely.
Trump
Crazy day. Cleaned my clock.
For right now, just Trump for president.
Thank you for the ping!
Geesh, any more questions....(smile)
Trump for president
Cruz
Sessions
Stephen King
Allen West
Ben Carson
The actual text of the Constitution, the intent of its drafters, 2,000 years of western civilization, logic, common sense, and the previously accepted rules of statutory construction are all now utterly irrelevant.
The Constitution now says whatever the Hell five out of nine Supreme Court Justices currently want it to say. IMHO, this is the primary issue in the election.
Four sitting Supreme Court Justices will be over 80 years old this year (Kennedy, Scalia, Ginsburg and Breyer). Of the remaining five Justices, two are young far left-wing Obama appointees who will be legislating from the bench for the next 30 to 40 years (Sotomayor and Kagan), two are reliable conservatives (Thomas and Alito) and the other is a flipper (Roberts).
I am betting that Obama will get to replace at least one of the octogenarian Justices (Ginsburg) and possibly two (Breyer) before he leave office. Ginsburg will step down immediately after the current Court term and if at least a couple of RINOs join with the Democrats to confirm Obama’s far left-wing replacement then Breyer will announce his retirement so that Obama will get to pick his far left-wing replacement as well. That would leave only two octogenarian Justices (Scalia and Kennedy) for the next President to replace, and four young, reliable far left-wing Justices firmly planted on the Court.
If any three of the four octogenarian Justices are replaced with liberals then a far left-wing oligarchy of Supreme Court Justices will rule over every aspect of our lives for the next generation to come. Say goodbye to the Second Amendment, free speech, and every other right that is currently hanging on by a 5 to 4 thread.
On the other hand, if any three of the octogenarians are replaced with strict construction conservatives, then they can join with Thomas and Alito and reverse Roe, homosexual marriage, Obamacare, and every other liberal Supreme Court decree over the past 40 years.
So, our only chance is for the Republicans to hold on to the Senate AND for us to elect a Conservative President who will only nominate Conservative judges. If Chuckie Schumer controls the Senate OR if we elect a President who appoints liberal or moderate judges, then our nations is well and truly screwed.
You don't know what I've seen.
I'm a Texan, and am very familiar with Ted's sterling record as a litigator. He was our state's Solicitor General before running for the Senate, and his record well qualified him for the position he sought.
I voted for Ted in the primary, the run-off, and the general election in that battle, so I've given the man my support when I felt it was warranted.
If I'd known he was going to treat his seat in the Senate as a mere stepping stone to the presidency, I might not have been as staunch a supporter as I was, then. I didn't like it when Obama did it, and I don't appreciate Ted Cruz turning his back on the people of this state, either.
I would understand if he had decided to seek higher office after serving a couple of terms as our Senator, but within three years of arriving in DC? Hell no.
Yep. I'd be willing to bet that Trump is quietly impressed with her, and that he's got her name somewhere near the top of his short list of VP picks.
I think she'd compliment him very well on the campaign trail, and in office.
She ran for the us senate. She was defeated by a nasty campaign from the teachers union
Trump for President. Cruz would make a good Supreme Court judge. He is young and will hang around for a long time.
Would lean to Rubio unless I just wanted to do a protest vote for Fiorni.
Donald Trump with Allen West for VP.
Cruz
Trump.
Trump, the wife also.
Getting Malware warning from Avast that something from pragmaticobotsunite(dot)com (seems like a lefty site) is dangerous. Perhaps someone linked to the site on this thread.
I’m 100% for Trump!!! He’s the only one who can beat the Hildebeast.
What....a middle aged blond headed queer Jew with a wooden leg from..???
:)
BTTT
Trump
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