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If standing for a set of values were enough to qualify a man for president, and then also were enough to make him effective, then there are literally millions of great presidents in this country and we could pick any of them.

Cruz has not really produced anything in his life except ideas, which incidentally can be faked, misrepresented, or presented in such a way as to lay a groundwork for an ambitious political career. Cruz is nothing other than a politician.

Let's talk about what the founders envisioned rather than a bunch of on paper conservative rules. How about spending your entire life actually participating and producing in America, then taking time out of your life to contribute back to it - after you can prove you can 'do the American thing' rather than just be a bureaucrat and administrator with lofty ideas.

The founders intended the former. A break from your life, when you'd already produced a life for yourself in the real world, and took a break from serving yourself to serve the country.

There is zero proof Cruz can do anything, and frankly, his sincerity is deeply, deeply in question in the country, and justifiably so - the evidence mounts that he's actually (rather than on paper) in bed with the very Cartel he criticizes (see what I just said about misrepresenting ideas.)

You are hypnotized by his paper credentials and words, not watching his actions. You are going to recruit a pitcher after reading a guys essay on pitching that was designed to make you think he'd be a good pitcher.

We don't want 'more good politicians'. Cruz is a good politician - but what else is he? Please don't give me Harvard Lawyer or Great Debater. Give me something else. What really has he accomplished? We ask this of HIllary all the time. All she can say is "I have consistently fought for this or that" ... but really, she's a totally ineffective democrat, as noxious as she is. What has Cruz accomplished other than academic credentials and good on paper positions? A publicity stunt? ... even if stunt that was good, that's all it was. It required him to move no one. In fact, it was characterized by a single thing - the very thing that made him look like a hero - he stood alone and in fact, accomplished nothing.

Each backroom deal he makes with the Establishment dimishes whatever power - moral or otherwise - he had - if he even had any in the first place. Kp> Why not give him 8 years to prove who and what he is? He's unproven and there are serious ... deeply serious ... questions.