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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Eupher on February 01, 2016, 11:10:01 AM
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I've seen postings here on CC that Cruz supporters live in their own echo chamber.
Maybe so. Maybe it's because Cruz has a better message.
Anyway, these are my personal musings on Ted Cruz, with a couple of references to Barack Obama. Why? Well, the standard argument is that both these politicians had planned their candidacy for the president long before they took their respective oaths of office as U.S. Senators.
Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, took his oath in January 2013. He announced his candidacy on March 25, 2015. Looking at calendar days, that's roughly 811 days as a Senator before he announced.
Within 8 days of announcing his candidacy, Cruz raised $4 million. Ninety-five percent of those contributions came in denominations of $100 or less.
Barry, the junior senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy slightly earlier in his time slot. He took his oath of office as Senator on January 3, 2005 and formally announced on February 10, 2007, which is roughly 736 days.
Barry and his fund-raising, which eschewed public funding generally and embraced the internet, spent not quite $11 per vote. His organization broke all kinds of records for fundraising.
Cruz's detractors claim that he (Cruz) is an asshole and that he has no friends in the Senate. They claim that because of Cruz's audacity in filibustering (some, like Juan McLame, jeeringly called his filibuster "extended oratory") measures taken to extend the debt limit once again and enable the federal government to continue to siphon money away from the American people.
Barry never filibustered anything. Instead, he recruited a team of established, high-level advisers devoted to broad themes that exceeded the usual requirements of an incoming first-term senator. (Wikipedia article - US Senate career of Barack Obama.) Even as a first-term senator, he was too lazy to do his own research and had to hire a bunch of sycophants to do his dirty work.
Cruz has been accused by his detractors as being an egotist and narcissistic. He's also been accused of experimenting with alcohol as a college student and may have even gotten drunk.
Not much is known about Barry's record as a college student, except for the fact that many of his classmates didn't know who he was -- even when he was elected president of the Harvard Law Review.
Cruz has been consistent in his rejection of illegal immigration, abortion, and other hot-button social and political issues. Barry's views on gay marriage "evolved."
So while there are some similarities <cough> between these two professional politicians, there are some fundamental differences:
- Cruz works hard. Barry avoids it.
- Cruz is consistent. Barry owns Gitmo.
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Fundamental differences 'cont'd:
Cruz tells the Truth. Barry is a liar.
Cruz has bee endorsed by Gun Owners of America and given a A+ rating by the NRA along with the Carter-Knight Freedom Fund Award. Cruz led 31 states before U.S. Supreme Court in Heller v. DC. Barry attacks our 2nd amendment rights at every chance given.
Cruz fought for U.S. sovereignty against the U.N. in the Medellin v. TX case and won! Barry has plans for a U.N. hub in the U.S.
Cruz stood up on the floor of the U.S. Senate and declared Mitch McConnell a liar and made it known that the problems conservatives are facing is due to lack of conservative leadership as leadership sides with the left time and time again. Barry side steps Congress and cuts back room deals.
Cruz voted and rallied to stop the Iran nuke deal. Barry side stepped Congress and cut a deal with Iran.
Cruz has always voted against amnesty ... Barry issued an executive order for amnesty.
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I seem to be one of those rare cases who likes both Cruz and Trump. When one or the other gets the nomination I'll be voting for them. Plus, while Trump is a gamble, it still beats the certainty of what a Hillary administration will bring.
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I seem to be one of those rare cases who likes both Cruz and Trump. When one or the other gets the nomination I'll be voting for them. Plus, while Trump is a gamble, it still beats the certainty of what a Hillary administration will bring.
What I like about Trump:
- He's ballsy, even reckless in his comments. In a world pussified to the extreme where men are declared "Woman of the Year" and it's racist to reject a half-black man's policies because they're decidedly anti-Constitution, it's refreshing to hear a man say, "**** it and **** your bullshit excuse for being a politician."
- He's not beholden to any PAC, any SuperPAC, any political party, or to any entity because he can buy the presidency -- and is doing his level best to do just that.
What I don't like about Trump:
- He doesn't know what he's talking about. He just doesn't know what the issues are and how to address them.
- He's a raging, narcissistic, egotistical asshole.
Now I don't have to like a candidate to vote for him/her. It's not about "like" for me -- it's about "who's going to get the job done and return this country to some semblance of constitutional compliance?"
What I like about Cruz:
- He's a raging, narcissistic, egotistical asshole (so sayeth his brethren in the U.S. Senate). Since that so-called "august body" is full of RINOs, Proglodytes, and Marxists who seek to feather their own nest first, I'm not at all uncomfortable with Cruz being an asshole -- in fact, I welcome it.
- He's done his homework.
- He's consistent in thought, word and deed.
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What I like about Trump:
- He's ballsy, even reckless in his comments. In a world pussified to the extreme where men are declared "Woman of the Year" and it's racist to reject a half-black man's policies because they're decidedly anti-Constitution, it's refreshing to hear a man say, "**** it and **** your bullshit excuse for being a politician."
- He's not beholden to any PAC, any SuperPAC, any political party, or to any entity because he can buy the presidency -- and is doing his level best to do just that.
What I don't like about Trump:
- He doesn't know what he's talking about. He just doesn't know what the issues are and how to address them.
- He's a raging, narcissistic, egotistical asshole.
Now I don't have to like a candidate to vote for him/her. It's not about "like" for me -- it's about "who's going to get the job done and return this country to some semblance of constitutional compliance?"
What I like about Cruz:
- He's a raging, narcissistic, egotistical asshole (so sayeth his brethren in the U.S. Senate). Since that so-called "august body" is full of RINOs, Proglodytes, and Marxists who seek to feather their own nest first, I'm not at all uncomfortable with Cruz being an asshole -- in fact, I welcome it.
- He's done his homework.
- He's consistent in thought, word and deed.
Looks like the people of Iowa agreed with your assessment of both candidates.