Ted Cruz......Constitutional Conservative

[Whirlaway]

The Texas primary is May 29th......get out and vote. Hopefully for Ted Cruz...............listen in here.......

http://www.therightscoop.com/listen-...iews-ted-cruz/

[Juan Pablo de Marco]

the dude is a complete hack. hopefully he can find a choice position as a shoe salesman somewhere.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...liminate-golf/

http://www.morganlewis.com/bios/tcruz

[LazurusLong]

I'd rather have a first gen Cuban son who attended Harvard and did a pretty good job when he was Solicitor general and seeing as how he has actually argued before the US Surpreme Court, a quick look at his resume and law degree and pedigree compared to our current POTUS, he wins hands down over being 100 times more qualified to be POTUS than the man-child now holding that seat.

Can't stand Dew-nothing Dewhurst and hope Cruz keeps getting the nods from people.

As for that Agenda 21, or any other non binding treaty, do you really think the rest of the world cares if the US considers it non-binding?

Are you a fan of Soros and his agenda?

[Lust4xxxLife]

"...he wins hands down over being 100 times more qualified to be POTUS than the man-child now holding that seat."

Why? Because he's a lawyer who has taken cases to the Supreme Court? That's it? Seriously?

Please elaborate on Cruz' superior qualifications for POTUS or admit to a brain fart. I'm not saying he isn't a good guy (I know nothing about him) but I'm tired of smart people who are totally unaware of what goes on outside their narrow little worlds who are touted as leadership material. Palin is the flagship example of a smart person who is totally ill-equipped for a leadership role because she is uneducated on matters of importance. What are Cruz' views on the Middle East? Has he been there? Can he even find Iran on an unlabeled map (most Americans can't)? How about Health Care?

I'm not happy with Obama, but it looks like Republicans are going to hand him another term. Just remember in November... you guys are *choosing* to hand Obama another term by running candidates who pander to your special interests. Detroit is healthy, Wall Street is surging, and jobs are up for 7 quarters in a row and counting. All of that supports Obama's first term. I guess you guys are going to have to run on a platform of denying rights to women and gays, and protecting the rights of George Zimmerman to shoot an unarmed African American kid in the back as he was running away and yelling for help. Good luck with that.

[Whirlaway]

If you want a US Senator who is a Constitutional Conservative, then Cruz is your guy...if you want your Senator to be one of the party elites, vote the other guy...or don't vote!

[Poppa_Viagra]

Conservative, liberal, whatever.

The core issue needs to be bad economics, all the way back to FDR.

Can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out.

[HorseAround]

Had to chime in here on candidates...... L4L I'm curious as to your choice for Texas senator as you seem along with others to slam who someone puts forward without explaining why? More importantly to offer an alternative candidate with solutions... The "hand" comment is short sighted from a thinking person.... The current POTUS will be defeated handily.... One only has to look back to the 2010 elections for a dose of reality on the mood of the general electorate.... Not on the poll of the day.... JMHO

[LazurusLong]

Originally Posted by Lust4xxxLife

"...he wins hands down over being 100 times more qualified to be POTUS than the man-child now holding that seat."

Why? Because he's a lawyer who has taken cases to the Supreme Court? That's it? Seriously?

Please elaborate on Cruz' superior qualifications for POTUS or admit to a brain fart. I'm not saying he isn't a good guy (I know nothing about him) but I'm tired of smart people who are totally unaware of what goes on outside their narrow little worlds who are touted as leadership material. Palin is the flagship example of a smart person who is totally ill-equipped for a leadership role because she is uneducated on matters of importance. What are Cruz' views on the Middle East? Has he been there? Can he even find Iran on an unlabeled map (most Americans can't)? How about Health Care?

I'm not happy with Obama, but it looks like Republicans are going to hand him another term. Just remember in November... you guys are *choosing* to hand Obama another term by running candidates who pander to your special interests. Detroit is healthy, Wall Street is surging, and jobs are up for 7 quarters in a row and counting. All of that supports Obama's first term. I guess you guys are going to have to run on a platform of denying rights to women and gays, and protecting the rights of George Zimmerman to shoot an unarmed African American kid in the back as he was running away and yelling for help. Good luck with that.

Comparing strictly to Obama's resume, hell yes just being a PRACTICING lawyer makes him more qualified. Cruz actually argued before SCOTUS, Obama seems to disregard the Constitution in every new law he proposes.

Not to disparage lawyers any more than normal but being a partner in a law firm is not just a name, it is also a management role. I can't discern if he is truly a "managing partner" so I cannot speak for how much involvement he has in the ongoing success of the firm and do not know how to check to find out but I am sure an attorney on here could help me find out.

BUT given the extremely thin resume Barry had until trying to run for office and the utter lack of public data presented as to his "lawyering" upon graduation, combined with his refusal to release grades or applications from any of the post-high school places he studied whereas Cruz graduated magna cum laude from Harvard (now tell me, where in the class ranking did Barry graduate?), the legal resume alone makes him a better choice.

Then start looking at Barry's preference to vote "present" instead of taking a side or making a stand. Cruz states his position, whether you agree or not, and sticks to it.

Barry got notice for one reason and that was his speech at the convention. Yes, he was reading off a teleprompter and did great but Cruz has done more informal speechs, even if they are very similar, and can handle and respond to questions from the crowd with ease and not panic like the deer in the headlight Barry does when asked hard questions even today.

I attended a Cruz event and he stood there taking questions till they ended and didn't have some handlers screening questions to make sure they weren't uncomfortable or too difficult. Cruz handled them with ease.

Do I agree with him 100%? No of course not. Bbut the fact he is so much more truly conservative than anyone else, especially and including "Leppert the Quitter", or do-nothing Dewhurst means he gets my vote.

BTW, can't we claim that both Barry and Ted are both first generation Americans? And at least Ted was raised in the US during his formative years by a father who WANTED to come to and stay in this country and not immersed in radical Islam while in a fanatical school teaching hate America like Barry was raised. Hell, Ted's dad sacrificed to stay here while Barry's daddy left this country as soon as he could.

[Lust4xxxLife]

Originally Posted by LazurusLong

Comparing strictly to Obama's resume, hell yes just being a PRACTICING lawyer makes him more qualified.

...ummm I don't know how to break this to you, but Obama is the current elected President of this country. That is on his resume. I hate to burst your bubble, but I think that makes him more qualified than any mere practicing lawyer. Other key points on his resume are ... Detroit is thriving for the first time in years (and the CEOs credit Obama), jobs are up for 7 consecutive quarters, the stock market is way up, Osama is dead, Osama's #2 is dead, and the startup jobs act just got passed. Sounds better to me than "I'm a practicing lawyer".

Originally Posted by LazurusLong

....And at least Ted was raised in the US during his formative years by a father who WANTED to come to and stay in this country and not immersed in radical Islam while in a fanatical school teaching hate America like Barry was raised.

Are you joking? You're playing the radical Islam card for Obama. Seriously, you just lost all credibility. Totally.

Look, I'm not a big fan of Obama. I'm a conservative (not to be confused with an idiot Republican) and I think he needs to be stronger. But I'm not blind to what he's achieved and I sure as hell think he is head and shoulders above any of the GOP candidates. The only guy who I'm unsure of is Romney because he changes his positions like a flag in the wind. He did a lot of good stuff in the past but now he's denying it because it isn't 'conservative enough'? What a limp noodle. That's not someone I want as President.

[LazurusLong]

L4L. What Obama achieved?

Seriously?

Getting elected doesn't make you qualified.

IF Obama had been made the CEO of a company after just showing up and being "present" like he did when he held state office, he wouldn't last a year. The only saving grace for Obama is he doesn't face election till November but the way he keeps fucking things up means even a dumbass like baseball glove has a chance.

Obama's biggest "achievement" is spending more in his first 3 years than Bush did in 8 and his landmark Obamacare looks to be circling the drain.

For those who claim that the Federal Government can force you to buy something, how about if the next President happens to be a 2nd amendment supporter and writes an executive decision that to reduce crime, every citizen about age 18 much purchase a handgun or face a tax/penalty?

I loved when one of the Justices asked a similar question. Obama's Solicitor General was asked whether the Feds could force everyone to buy a cell phone so that since they would have health care, they would need a cell phone 24/7 to call 9-1-1 in case they took ill. Poor Solicitor General responded like a deer in the headlight.

BTW, good thing Bush built back up the intelligence agencies and forced them to talk after Clinton decimated intelligence and even worse, made sure the agencies could not share data.

The ONLY credit Barry should get is that he did not pull a Clinton and tell the SEAL Team 6 guys to take him alive so he could be prosecuted in a court of law. Bully for him for not being the liberal puke he is and letting the SEALs terminate him.

How many of the leaders of al-queda did Bush have taken out with drones? If you want to tally the number of leaders as the program was just getting geared up, that goes to Bush by a landslide.

Lost credibility? Why? For pointing out that Obama was raised by a mom in a country that for decades has spewed hatred towards the US? For pointing out that Obama attended a church for 20+ years that had as its head a person who spouted hatred for the country and specifically against whites?

[Lust4xxxLife]

Originally Posted by LazurusLong

L4L. What Obama achieved?

Seriously?

Getting elected doesn't make you qualified.

IF Obama had been made the CEO of a company after just showing up and being "present" like he did when he held state office, he wouldn't last a year. The only saving grace for Obama is he doesn't face election till November but the way he keeps fucking things up means even a dumbass like baseball glove has a chance.

Obama's biggest "achievement" is spending more in his first 3 years than Bush did in 8 and his landmark Obamacare looks to be circling the drain.

For those who claim that the Federal Government can force you to buy something, how about if the next President happens to be a 2nd amendment supporter and writes an executive decision that to reduce crime, every citizen about age 18 much purchase a handgun or face a tax/penalty?

I loved when one of the Justices asked a similar question. Obama's Solicitor General was asked whether the Feds could force everyone to buy a cell phone so that since they would have health care, they would need a cell phone 24/7 to call 9-1-1 in case they took ill. Poor Solicitor General responded like a deer in the headlight.

BTW, good thing Bush built back up the intelligence agencies and forced them to talk after Clinton decimated intelligence and even worse, made sure the agencies could not share data.

The ONLY credit Barry should get is that he did not pull a Clinton and tell the SEAL Team 6 guys to take him alive so he could be prosecuted in a court of law. Bully for him for not being the liberal puke he is and letting the SEALs terminate him.

How many of the leaders of al-queda did Bush have taken out with drones? If you want to tally the number of leaders as the program was just getting geared up, that goes to Bush by a landslide.

Lost credibility? Why? For pointing out that Obama was raised by a mom in a country that for decades has spewed hatred towards the US? For pointing out that Obama attended a church for 20+ years that had as its head a person who spouted hatred for the country and specifically against whites?

Getting enough of the 330 million American people to choose you as the President of the United States is more of a qualification than "I'm a practicing lawyer", in my opinion. If greater than 150 million people (or whatever the electoral region numbers are) vote you into office, that is a significant item on your resume. More significant than anything Ted Cruz has on his "I'm a lawyer" resume.

I notice that you made no comment on Detroit thriving, stock market surging, jobs up for 7 quarters, etc... that's because you have no counter. Weak.

I can't express how disappointed I am in the Republican appointees in the supreme court. I expect smarter judges. The government already mandates auto liability insurance to protect drivers from irresponsible people so despite the shockingly ignorant comments of the judges, this is not a new model. Obamacare protects me – a taxpayer – from having to pay for the uninsured irresponsible sick people. Why don't people get that? It's the same as auto insurance. Duh!!

[bmoore]

Careful L4L, or you might get challenged with the 3 favorite points of the RNC. National defecit, unemployment, and gas prices. You know, the things that they have to talk about to mitigate any positive points in the improving economy. Because the president has sooooo much control over gas prices, right? </sarcasm>

[TexasT]

Isn't Cruz the guy who, along with Craig James, jumped all over Tom Leppert for DARING to appear in a Gay Pride Parade in Dallas? I guess I should be impressed with a guy who wears his prejudices so openly on his sleeve. Doesn't mean I'd ever vote for him.

[Lust4xxxLife]

Originally Posted by bmoore

Careful L4L, or you might get challenged with the 3 favorite points of the RNC. National defecit, unemployment, and gas prices. You know, the things that they have to talk about to mitigate any positive points in the improving economy. Because the president has sooooo much control over gas prices, right? </sarcasm>

Yes, well the deficit is still an untamed tiger but as long as the GOP are defending unfunded tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and tax breaks for the oil companies, I argue that their mindset is a big part of the problem, not the solution, and we need to make sure they aren't elected. If their platform remains 'no tax increases' and 'tax breaks for the wealthiest', you know what that means for the middle class, right? It means "lube up and bend over".

Unemployment, on the other hand, is starting to look defensible. Seven straight quarters of job growth. More is needed, but progress to date and passing of the Jobs bill this week is a decent start considering the disaster that was handed off at the last election.

Gas prices are a clusterfuck. A true free-market conservative, which most Republicans insist they are, would tell us that we should pay open-market world prices. The problem with that is that it would double the price of gas here in the US, not reduce it. But by subsidizing the oil companies and the price of gas, we're making the deficit worse and telling our kids that we want cheap gas so they're going to have to pay for it. We're also impeding the ability of market dynamics from shifting us to alternate sources of energy. BTW, if we artificially set the price of gas below world market levels at taxpayer expense, isn't that a form of socialism?

However, having said all this, if we combine forces with Canada, get that damn pipeline built, and create a more independent North American energy strategy, that becomes a HUGE business advantage for both countries. So I guess sometimes free market is not always optimal and the government may indeed want to think about regulating the prices that the oil companies can charge here in North America. Some regulation may be warranted.

Just my two cents...

[seventonine]

Seems to me everyone one of the goobers in Federal and State govt are to blame -- all the administrations (GOP or Dems) and Congress. It's pretty easy to cast stones at one side of the isle or the other. And, frankly, I think that's what these guys want us to do. It's a brilliant divide and conquer strategy that enables them all to remain in power.

In the end,both sides acts like a bunch of babies that pick up their toys and leave the sandbox when things don't go their way. Or, they are just content to throw sand and prevent any forward progress.

Kick all the bums out and elect people that will worry more about accomplishing something rather than worrying about re-election.

I don't know where Ted Cruz falls in all of this, but if he's got the balls to make tough decisions and can work in a spirit of compromise, then maybe he's the first step in sending a message that we can't take it anymore.