Ted Cruz: 'Donald Trump has broken the Democratic Party'

WE ^ | September 15, 2019 11:48 AM | Hunter Lovell

[justme4now]

Neither one of Kam Harris’s parents were citizens.

One Jamaican, one Indian and yet .. no one is saying anything!

[alloysteel]

Demolition so new construction can begin. The Democrat party has lost its way and become an almost unlivable slum, attracting cockroaches, rats and slithering reptiles. Not amenable to easy cleanup, the refuse must be cleared by burning or burying the most unregenerate or unproductive parts, and introducing a new and more sustainable structure upon which the principles that shaped America may be introduced.

Start by teaching what the REAL America once was, and shall be again.

But perhaps I give too much credit to the innate good sense that even a goose knows upon getting out into the world, but which has sadly been lost by the plantation indigents.

[lewislynn]

President Trump deserves credit to be sure.

You having a hard time giving Trump credit?

But let’s not forget idiots like Pelosi, Cortez, Biden, Beto et al all are to blame for breaking the democratic party.

Yes but their devil (Trump) made them do it

[loveliberty2]

Without talking specifically about the philosophical foundations of America's written Constitution, President Trump is guiding the nation back to the freedom of individual enterprise which that Constitution was intended to protect, and which "We, the People" were intended to defend!

Americans, in the beginning, tried socialism. Like every other people who tried such a non-starter for providing individual incentives, individual freedom, and prosperous economy, they failed. Here is the story:

The Economic Dimension Of Liberty Protected By The Constitution

"Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise."

- Thomas Jefferson

"The enviable condition of the people of the United States is often too much ascribed to the physical advantages of their soil & climate .... But a just estimate of the happiness of our country will never overlook what belongs to the fertile activity of a free people and the benign influence of a responsible government."

- James Madison

America's Constitution did not mention freedom of enterprise per se, but it did set up a system of laws to secure individual liberty and freedom of choice in keeping with Creator-endowed natural rights. Out of these, free enterprise flourished naturally. Even though the words "free enterprise' are not in the Constitution, the concept was uppermost in the minds of the Founders, typified by the remarks of Jefferson and Madison as quoted above.

Already, in 1787, Americans were enjoying the rewards of individual enterprise and free markets. Their dedication was to securing that freedom for posterity. The learned men drafting America's Constitution understood history - mankind's struggle against poverty and government oppression. And they had studied the ideas of the great thinkers and philosophers.

They were familiar with the near starvation of the early Jamestown settlers under a communal production and distribution system and Governor Bradford's diary account of how all benefited after agreement that each family could do as it wished with the fruits of its own labors.

Later, in 1776, Adam Smith's INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS and Say's POLITICAL ECONOMY had come at just the right time and were perfectly compatible with the Founders' own passion for individual liberty. Jefferson said these were the best books to be had for forming governments based on principles of freedom.

They saw a free market economy as the natural result of their ideal of liberty. They feared concentrations of power and the coercion that planners can use in planning other peoples lives; and they valued freedom of choice and acceptance of responsibility of the consequences of such choice as being the very essence of liberty. They envisioned a large and prosperous republic of free people, unhampered by government interference. The Founders believed the American people, possessors of deeply rooted character and values, could prosper if left free to:

acquire and own property have access to free markets produce what they wanted

work for whom and at what they wanted travel and live where they would choose acquire goods and services which they desired

Such a free market economy was, to them, the natural result of liberty, carried out in the economic dimension of life. Their philosophy tend­ed to enlarge individual freedom - not to restrict or diminish the individual's right to make choices and to succeed or fail based on those choices. The economic role of their Constitutional government was simply to secure rights and encourage commerce. Through the Constitution, they granted their government some very limited powers to:

• assure that the ground rules were fair (a fixed standard of weights and measures)
• encourage initiative and inventiveness (copyright and patent protection laws)
• provide a system of sound currency with an established value (gold and silver coin)
• enforce free trade (free from interfering special interests)
• protect individuals from the harmful acts of others

Adam Smith called it "the system of natural liberty." James Madison referred to it as "the benign influence of a responsible government." Others have called it the free enterprise system. By whatever name it is called, the economic system envisioned by the Founders and encouraged by the Constitution allowed individual enterprise to flourish and triggered the greatest explosion of economic progress in all of history. Americans became the first people truly to realize the economic dimension of liberty.

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Footnote: Our Ageless Constitution, W. David Stedman & La Vaughn G. Lewis, Editors (Asheboro, NC, W. David Stedman Associates, 1987) Part III: ISBN 0-937047-01-5

[Lurkinanloomin]

It’s been agreed among the Ministry of Propaganda, the Ministry of Education and both parties that any anchor baby and Winston Churchill are eligible.

[Chode]

[cgbg]

In 2016 Cruz felt the heat—it looks like he has finally seen the light.. ;-)

[Marchmain]

Can’t remember, that’s how impressive it was.

[mdmathis6]

Cruz would be a bulldozer if he chose....you think the deep state hates Trump? Cruz will be a series of well placed nuclear bombs to the deep state. He’ll use all the nuances and invent new means to wield presidential power that the office will allow. I don’t think he is full socio-path but he has enough of it that he’ll be like a pit bull with a hambone. Cruz has real justifiable grudges...I don’t think against Trump, but with deep state types that have really hurt him! Deep staters are going to long for Trump days if Cruz takes power! I do think Cruz loves America and I get the sense he is really tired of the crap liberals have done to it. I know he is not “likeable” but to heck with that....how about “followable” instead!?

We need an Oliver Cromwell to knock things about...it might be what saves this country!

[Marchmain]

Maybe that will be Pence’s distinct style, his personality is opposite of Trump. Might be a relief to some in-between people.

[Laslo Fripp]

+1

[higgmeister]

I’m never voting for an ineligible candidate, even one I somewhat like.

Yes, if only for the precedent it would set.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I don’t see Cruz as a bulldozer at all, I see him as a career politician going in which ever way the wind is blowing!!! I see Cruz bending over the first sign of the MSM and Libs harassing him in the way Trump has been harassed!!! I can tell you one thing IF Cruz had been POTUS during the Kavanaugh harassment Cruz would have pulled his nomination not a doubt in my mind!!! Cruz is NOT a fighter, he has become a SWAMP CREATURE!!! There is NO WAY in hell Cruz would have put up this border fight NO WAY!!!

[NFHale]

They pretty much broke themselves. Trump just helped them along.

That whole top echelon of dems are psychopaths intent on starting a civil war so they can grab power.

Good little nazi bastards, all of them.

[mdmathis6]

Oh I think Cruz is biding his time...he’s lurking.

[mdmathis6]

Oh I think Cruz is biding his time...he’s lurking.

[Maskot]

Cruz has a few years left in increase his lion credentials! We’ll see

[ConservativeDude]

I know people who overlapped with him at West Point, and at Harvard Law. Pretty smart people, all of them.

They say his intelligence is on a different level...they speak of him with legit awe.

It’s not the only thing that matters; not even close in fact. But I do find it interesting and important.

[unlearner]

“I’m never voting for an ineligible candidate, even one I somewhat like.”

I think you’re the only never-Cruzer (for president) on this forum I can hold with deep respect. While I disagree with you on Cruz’s eligibility, your arguments are strong and principled. In fact, at one time Cruz questioned his own eligibility, so for even those of us who consider him eligible, it is not an open and shut case. Trump handled this issue with perfect finesse during the 2016 campaign.

While I like Cruz a lot as a senator, and I voted for him in the 2016 primary, I doubt his ongoing presidential aspirations have much of a chance.

[onyx]

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