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http://www.tedcruz.org/
Up for support. If you don't have $5 to donate sign up to tell your neighbors.
that isn't a secure site I don't believe
And the "Clown Show" kicks into high gear! First "The Donald" and now Mr. Cruz.

With Cruz jumping in first the bar will be set quit high on the "I am a more conservative KooK than you are" This form of pandering to the lowest common denominator will force the GOP nomination process for 2016 to surpass the joke we all saw in 2012 and fast.

Until the GOP can dial back the "Clown Show" the Republican brand will not be much to worry about on the national stage. When does Santorum show up?
The prospect of getting your first job is pretty scary, ain't it?
It only takes Canadian Dollars.
Try your EBT card.
Originally Posted by ltppowell
The prospect of getting your first job is pretty scary, ain't it?



This is Ted's 1st job?? I thought he was a smuggler in a previous life?

I understand you need to attack the messenger but just once address the message. All you guys know exactly what I am talking about when I toss out the "Clown Show" jab. Hell some others on the fire have begun to use the same term.

The need to pander to the base to show up on the fundraising radar is what drives this "Show". The GOP nominating process has become a side show and all of this goes back to the Republican national office holding back the "Varsity" in 2008 because the economy was in such bad shape. I believe the movers and shakers in the GOP felt the DEMs would own the 2008 economy and the GOP would sweep in in 2012 to rescue the country. We all know how well that worked out. That is what brought the "Clown Show" to town and now the GOP is stuck with the "Crazy Train".


If 2016 plays out (and I am sure it will) anything like the 2012 primary process it will be a walk through for the DEMS, regardless who they put up.


Now address the message if you have the stones.
Originally Posted by northwestalaska

Now address the message if you have the stones.


Okay. I don't know when Santorum will show up. Are you retarded?
I guess that you support the side show the GOP gave you in 2008 and 2012?

It must be tough to live in de·ni·al!


Carry on!
Now address the message if you have the stones.
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
I guess that you support the side show the GOP gave you in 2008 and 2012?

It must be tough to live in de·ni·al!


Carry on!

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After the f***ing throttlings your party has suffered at the hands of idiots such as yourself, I can't believe you have the nerve to even show your face here. You're easily 4 of the 5 most stupid retards to ever infect this place.

What a pathetic waste of life. Keep up your good work though and keep those dem crushings at the forefront. You personify all that damns the dem party to the party of idiots welcomed here.
de·ni·al.
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
de·ni·al.



^^^^^^^^^^^^STUPID
Every democrat in this country should be charged with treason


Originally Posted by watch4bear
Every democrat in this country should be charged with treason




Every person that voted for BO should be
Originally Posted by watch4bear
that isn't a secure site I don't believe


Sure is https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/
I see the little padlock now. thanks



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Originally Posted by watch4bear
that isn't a secure site I don't believe


The payment interface is secure. That's step three - you'd know that if you donated $5
It is an encrypted site, my mistake.
Pass the plate for that Canadian Congress Critter that aspires to be president..

OH that's right, I forgot, he let his Canadian citizenship go once he decided he wanted to be President.
The Koch brothers got it covered boys..But if it makes the tingle going up your leg last longer, go for it.
You do know that his US citizenship has been clearly and bipartisan-ly established without any further debate, right?

His mother is clearly a US citizen. Debate is over.
Yeah, but he eats messican food!! I like Ted...
Cruz certainly gets the campfire liberals flustered. Glad to see it, and hoping to see 8 years of them blubbering their gibberish while Cruz restores the constitution.
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"This is to certify that the person named above has formally renounced Canadian citizenshp and pursuant to the Citizenship Act will cease to be a citizen on" May 14, 2014



Rafael Edward Cruz Renunciation letter
700LH
If what you are claiming then there be thousands in the same boat. When oil was first discovered there were Americans up there in the thousands also much exploration had American crews to start with. I know I grew up there and worked with them.
Cheers NC
Originally Posted by northcountry
700LH
If what you are claiming then there be thousands in the same boat. When oil was first discovered there were Americans up there in the thousands also much exploration had American crews to start with. I know I grew up there and worked with them.
Cheers NC


Not claiming anything, just pointing to the fact that Rafael (Ted) Cruz remained a Canadian Citizen until May 2014, less than a year ago.
Originally Posted by isaac
You do know that Obama's US citizenship has been clearly and bipartisan-ly established without any further debate, right?

His mother is clearly a US citizen. Debate is over.


Fixed it for ya!
Too bad he couldn't fix anything for you or the dem party of stupid. Much like your school teachers up through the 6th grade when you dropped out.
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Originally Posted by isaac
You do know that Obama's US citizenship has been clearly and bipartisan-ly established without any further debate, right?

His mother is clearly a US citizen. Debate is over.


Fixed it for ya!


You live in Portland.. Come on Dogg
Originally Posted by watch4bear
Every democrat in this country should be charged with treason





Gee. I wonder what he would have done as president in 1938? Remember those "pesky" Americans and Jews were around then....
He's dead in the water in the internet age.

Tedcruz.xxx doesn't even belong to Ted Cruz and instead owned by democrat supporters. Good luck for someone who googles ted cruz, it's going to go a lot to the wrong site. (removed which domain it was, the one listed in the OP is owned by Ted Cruz).

You would think in 2015 people would know how the internet works and plan ahead before they announce.
Originally Posted by 700LH
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"This is to certify that the person named above has formally renounced Canadian citizenshp and pursuant to the Citizenship Act will cease to be a citizen on" May 14, 2014



Rafael Edward Cruz Renunciation letter


Yeah, but he didn't renounce his American Citizenship, which he has had since birth...being a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN to an American citizen visiting another country. You guys usually bitch that Texans aren't northern enough for you. What's up with that?
I still think we should all throw $5 in a pot and pick the day that Ted Cruz sticks a yarmulke on his noggin and humps at the wailing wall.
Pot? Did you say pot?
april 8th is my prediction
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
I guess that you support the side show the GOP gave you in 2008 and 2012?

It must be tough to live in de·ni·al!


Carry on!




ahhh the hypocrite rises from the ashes! but instead of a phoenix, he's more turkey.


"clown show" are you talking about the most transparent gov't evah? are you talking about using the IRS as a tool to battle political opponents? are you talking about you can keep your plan and your doctor?

yep there's a clown show alright and thanks to pukes and puzzies like you it's taking place on Pennsylvania Ave.

Originally Posted by Bristoe
I still think we should all throw $5 in a pot and pick the day that Ted Cruz sticks a yarmulke on his noggin and humps at the wailing wall.


Originally Posted by Bristoe
I still think we should all throw $5 in a pot and pick the day that Ted Cruz sticks a yarmulke on his noggin and humps at the wailing wall.


Maybe I should find a Kentucky Klan meeting so I would know WTF you're talking about. Ours stopped gathering in the early 60's.
oh and btw for you guys considering donating to Cruz, you can't get a much more stellar recommendation than for northwestalaska to rail against him.

if you believe in the Constitution, hard work and self reliance, then Walt/nwa is pretty well a polar opposite of what you believe in.

if he denigrates a candidate you can pretty well bet that candidate stands for something good.
Wouldn't know where to find a Klan meeting if I wanted to,...but if you don't know WTF I'm talking about, it's because you don't want to.

The only other explanation is that you're a fuggin' idiot.

So you call it.

Do you not want to know,...or are you a fuggin' idiot?
I reckon I'll take idiot if you're gonna do the 'slainin'.
Well,....quit being an idiot.

Here's "WTF I'm talking about".

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...sidential+candidates+at+the+wailing+wall
He's a good Shabbos Goy that knows where his wife's paycheck comes from...as well as his political future.

So? He had to choose between Arabs and Jews, unlike your boy Obama who is everything to everybody.
They're all there except Hitler and Ron Paul. Whats up with that?
2007 redux.
You got Watch4bear on your side.

That alone should tell you all you need to know.

He and his kind pretty much epitomizes the "idiot vote" in America.
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He and his kind pretty much epitomizes the "idiot vote" in America.



I'm not a drunk or a pothead laugh
Cruz:

-Live within your means.

-Don't bankrupt our kids and grandkids.

-Follow the Constitution.

Sounds pretty damned good to me!
I mean,..absolutely serious, guy,...all bullshit aside,..

Once you find yourself in line with Watch4bear,...it's time to seek medical attention.

If you're under 50, it means that you're a fuggin' idiot,...if you're older than that, it indicates the onset of dementia.
Originally Posted by ltppowell
So? He had to choose between Arabs and Jews, unlike your boy Obama who is everything to everybody.


Hey Einstein, he was speaking to a group of Christians.

The main point is that Cruz knows he has to kiss Kosher ass to get elected and does so with glee.

It won't matter anyway, he looks like a friggen lizard and the voting public simply won't tolerate that.
Of course,..it *could* mean that you're a fuggin' idiot in the first stages of dementia.

Fuggin' idiots aren't immune from dementia,....but most people don't notice.

They just assume that he's continuing along with his idiocy.
seig heil and pass the pipe grin
That's one good thing about bein' a fuggin' idiot.

Once dementia takes ahold,....nobody notices until you piss in the refridgerator,...
Originally Posted by Ghostinthemachine
Originally Posted by ltppowell
So? He had to choose between Arabs and Jews, unlike your boy Obama who is everything to everybody.


Hey Einstein, he was speaking to a group of Christians.



Arab "Christians" that hate Israel. Do have any idea what happened there, or just found it on Democratic Underground?
In that respect, Watch4bear has it over on all of us.

Nobody will pay any attention to his idiocy until they catch him fuggin' a jar of Miracle Whip,....then it'll be off to the nuthouse with him.
Originally Posted by ltppowell
Originally Posted by Ghostinthemachine
Originally Posted by ltppowell
So? He had to choose between Arabs and Jews, unlike your boy Obama who is everything to everybody.


Hey Einstein, he was speaking to a group of Christians.



Arab "Christians" that hate Israel. Do have any idea what happened there, or just found it on Democratic Underground?


Yeah I do know exactly what happened there. I'm pretty sure you're a product of the Jewish main stream media.

Congrats.
,..One of family members will come running into the living room where they're all watching TV,...holler out, "Watch4bear is fuggin' the mayonnaise!"

They'll say, "awww chit,...I was afraid of that. I was hopin' he was just an idiot,...but it appears that he's around the bend".
Do you burn incense to keep the pot smell under control? grin





Where'd ya go? I have some mayonnaise for your sandwich grin
I donated $ to him today. To me, it is between him and Walker. Most likely, Cruz.
Most likely, Walker.
I'm okay with Walker too, but hey, they call me Mr.Gullible.
Rand will now likely announce within the next week. We'll see how it plays out.
Stupidity is rampant on this website as the libtard posters prove.
Originally Posted by isaac
Rand will now likely announce within the next week. We'll see how it plays out.


A smart guy told me years ago to "just pick your guy and go with it". You know who mine is.
I saw this quote on another forum and it fits...
'Only in America could a Ivy League educated Canadian Hispanic, reinvent himself as a anti-immigration education-hating White Conservative from Texas.... and have half the population believe it."
Still undecided here. As of right this moment, I'm giving the edge to Walker. Fresh face, tenacious, a proven fighter and the one most likely able to overcome the front runners in the long haul.

I really believe Walker's star is going to rise very quickly over the next 6 months.
I'm going for Walker & Cruz

so they can lock up 1600 for 16 years...
Nothing wrong with Walker, but you don't sell a chicken for two bucks if you ask a buck fifty to start with.
Originally Posted by RWE
I'm going for Walker & Cruz

so they can lock up 1600 for 16 years...


That would be sweet, and an easy landslide. Of course, that is the last thing that both coasts Wall Street want.
Originally Posted by UPhiker
I saw this quote on another forum and it fits...
'Only in America could a Ivy League educated Canadian Hispanic, reinvent himself as a anti-immigration education-hating White Conservative from Texas.... and have half the population believe it."


Carl Levin I knew it was you..
Originally Posted by akrange
Originally Posted by UPhiker
I saw this quote on another forum and it fits...
'Only in America could a Ivy League educated Canadian Hispanic, reinvent himself as a anti-immigration education-hating White Conservative from Texas.... and have half the population believe it."


Carl Levin I knew it was you..
Them's fighting words! He needed to fade into oblivion 20 years ago, and take his stupid combover and perched glasses with him...
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I signed up there.

Hope it helps. It's about time we can get behind someone that has the country's best interest at heart.
Ted Cruz is a 44 year old Ronald Reagan. Gracious, sharp, brave, sober, convicted, with fire in his belly. I will crawl across broken glass to vote for this man.

If Ted Cruz actually gains the white house we will see morning in America again. It will be a carbon copy of the Reagan years.

Originally Posted by isaac
Still undecided here. As of right this moment, I'm giving the edge to Walker. Fresh face, tenacious, a proven fighter and the one most likely able to overcome the front runners in the long haul.

I really believe Walker's star is going to rise very quickly over the next 6 months.


Walker will look good, even to the establishment, after Cruz vets their Wall Street squishes.
Originally Posted by ltppowell
The prospect of getting your first job is pretty scary, ain't it?


It's not the fact that he'll have to work. It's that he will lose his federal welfare check that scares this POS !

?How do you say, liberal loser?
I say NWAlaska. What a freakin' jerk!
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
de·ni·al.


brain dead
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
And the "Clown Show" kicks into high gear! First "The Donald" and now Mr. Cruz.

With Cruz jumping in first the bar will be set quit high on the "I am a more conservative KooK than you are" This form of pandering to the lowest common denominator will force the GOP nomination process for 2016 to surpass the joke we all saw in 2012 and fast.

Until the GOP can dial back the "Clown Show" the Republican brand will not be much to worry about on the national stage.



Shut up. smirk
Originally Posted by 700LH
Pass the plate for that Canadian Congress Critter that aspires to be president..

OH that's right, I forgot, he let his Canadian citizenship go once he decided he wanted to be President.


You are aware axxetard that Ted's mother is a natural born citizen of the United States. That Citizenship passed to Ted automatically.
Ohhh and GFY
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Originally Posted by isaac
You do know that Obama's US citizenship has been clearly and bipartisan-ly established without any further debate, right?

His mother is clearly a US citizen. Debate is over.


Fixed it for ya!

swing and a miss, but even your stoopid ass knew that, missy.
Originally Posted by RWE
I'm going for Bush and Walker

so they can lock up 1600 for 16 years...


Fixt

I know you love Jeb
Originally Posted by Robert_White
Ted Cruz is a 44 year old Ronald Reagan. Gracious, sharp, brave, sober, convicted, with fire in his belly. I will crawl across broken glass to vote for this man.

If Ted Cruz actually gains the white house we will see morning in America again. It will be a carbon copy of the Reagan years.



That means Cruz can run for office in 22 years as a term in the senate and as TX Governor

BMT
Originally Posted by Penobscot_99
Originally Posted by 700LH
Pass the plate for that Canadian Congress Critter that aspires to be president..

OH that's right, I forgot, he let his Canadian citizenship go once he decided he wanted to be President.


You are aware axxetard that Ted's mother is a natural born citizen of the United States. That Citizenship passed to Ted automatically.
Ohhh and GFY




“Whoopi Wants to See Cruz’s Birth Certificate”
Originally Posted by mog75
Cruz certainly gets the campfire liberals flustered. Glad to see it, and hoping to see 8 years of them Gobble their Slobber while Cruz restores the constitution.


Succinctly put! +++
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^ I'm a campaign worker now!
Cool! I just got a call from the RNC wanting a contribution. It sounded like the guy swallowed his tongue when I said all my money was going to Cruz and then the next most conservative candidate if he fell out.
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It sounded like the guy swallowed his tongue when I said all my money was going to Cruz and then the next most conservative candidate if he fell out.


I have been telling them this kind of stuff for a while now. They have almost quit calling me. I still get stuff in the mail that goes directly in the trash. miles
I should have noted that I sent Cruz a donation right after he announced. miles
Whats not to like about this guy? If he's a kook color me kooky
If people listen and vote the issues and what's right instead of listening to the main stream media and the Status quo of Washington,he's very electable

Did someone ask for the "Crazy Train"?


Here she comes!

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Ted Cruz's First Campaign Stop Hosted By Conspiracy Buff Who Wants Obama Arrested



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Kimball is a former chairman of the New Hampshire GOP, but he resigned in 2011 just as the party’s executive committee was poised to remove him some six months into his term.

On March 17, Kimball posted, “Urgent Urgent Urgent The US has gone to defcon 3 (yellow) and there has apparently been some air battles between our Air Force and Russia off the coast of Alaska. Just happened a short time ago. Check out this video then go to the defcon message board for further information (google it). Spread the word.”



How far to the Right can Cruz go? All the way baby!
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Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Did someone ask for the "Crazy Train"?
Here she comes!

You should seek help.
Don't try to convince that imbecile nwa to realize what 25% of the educated folks in the dem party are beginning to realize. Idiots like him in the dem party are what will continue to give the GOP the ability to achieve lanslides such as they did this past midterm election.
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Did someone ask for the "Crazy Train"?
Here she comes!

You should seek help.



Pleeeeeseeee nominate Cruz and toss in Palin as well. Now that is the ticket.

I am going out on a limb and suggest Cruz will come in no higher than 3rd in the 1st primary.
Originally Posted by isaac
Don't try to convince that imbecile nwa to realize what 25% of the educated folks in the dem party are beginning to realize. Idiots like him in the dem party are what will continue to give the GOP the ability to achieve lanslides such as they did this past midterm election.


+1
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
Did someone ask for the "Crazy Train"?
Here she comes!

You should seek help.



Pleeeeeseeee nominate Cruz and toss in Palin as well. Now that is the ticket.

I am going out on a limb and suggest Cruz will come in no higher than 3rd in the 1st primary.

How will you endorse?


Jackass. smile


I'm afraid this last dimwit has pulled the country so far left, that it would take a miracle to end up with a true conservative in the WH.

Today's voting public is both blind and deaf. Even when standing in the midst of mountains of Obama's economic, social and foreign policy wreckage, they continue to consume the pablum offered up by the MSM and frankly just don't seem to give a sh*t.

I applaud Cruz for not being ashamed of his conservative views and support many of his positions. Unfortunately, I have come to the realization that there are too few of us and the number of egg laying NWA's out there would make a flea blush with envy.

It will take a collapse to get this country on the right path again.

JM


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...and the number of egg laying NWA's out there ...


Parasites.
The criminal illegal wetback vote is going
to be solid Dem and hard to beat.
Originally Posted by ironbender

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...and the number of egg laying NWA's out there ...


Parasites.
Yup.
We tried two RINO's in a row and it didn't work out so well. I would rather swing for the fences with a Cruz, Walker or Paul.

What bothers me even more is that even if a things worked out well and somebody like Cruz made it to the Whitehouse, How much is he going to get done with Boehner and McConnell dragging their feet on game changing legislation. I wish there was a way we could influence the leadership positions.
Originally Posted by noKnees
We tried two RINO's in a row and it didn't work out so well. I would rather swing for the fences with a Cruz, Walker or Paul.

What bothers me even more is that even if a things worked out well and somebody like Cruz made it to the Whitehouse, How much is he going to get done with Boehner and McConnell dragging their feet on game changing legislation. I wish there was a way we could influence the leadership positions.
Put more conservatives in the House and Senate and they can vote out Boehner and McConnell from their "leadership" role. Then replace those two with someone better.
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I'm afraid this last dimwit has pulled the country so far left, that it would take a miracle to end up with a true conservative in the WH.



There is no such think as a "True Conservative". Urban myth, something from folk lore but there are plenty who pretend to be conservatives every 4 years!

Republican=fiscal irresponsibility/excessive spending. i.e....GWB and RR
Originally Posted by northwestalaska
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I'm afraid this last dimwit has pulled the country so far left, that it would take a miracle to end up with a true conservative in the WH.



There is no such think as a "True Conservative". Urban myth, something from folk lore but there are plenty who pretend to be conservatives every 4 years!

Democrat=fiscal irresponsibility/excessive spending. i.e.... OBAMA!
Fixed.
^ Cruz... Vote smart and vote right never mind the simple minds that refuse to see the light
I enjoy reading Charles Krauthammer commentaries and his does a great job of pointing out the obvious. He is purely partisan which is fine and one of the reasons I enjoy his writings. This week he came out with his picks with odds of winning for the GOP field in 2016. You just have to love his view of our up coming election!

Handicapping the 2016 Field

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/416059/handicapping-2016-field-charles-krauthammer


What is great is Tea Bagger favorite Ted Cruz is in the bottom of his tier 2 candidates with 15-1 odds of winning.

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5. Ted Cruz. Grand, florid campaign launch with matching rhetoric. Straightforward base-oriented campaign. Has developed a solid following. Could break out, especially in debate. 15-1.




Based on his odds you guys are going to have to get comfortable with having another Bush and that is best you can expect!


Great story guys!

Originally Posted by northwestalaska
What is great is Tea Bagger favorite Ted Cruz is in the bottom of his tier 2 candidates with 15-1 odds of winning.

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5. Ted Cruz. Grand, florid campaign launch with matching rhetoric. Straightforward base-oriented campaign. Has developed a solid following. Could break out, especially in debate. 15-1.




Based on his odds you guys are going to have to get comfortable with having another Bush and that is best you can expect!


Great story guys!



Cool! They had him 50-1 a year ago, and those were the same odds that he had against Dewherst...when he won in a landslide.
Originally Posted by poboy
The criminal illegal wetback vote is going
to be solid Dem and hard to beat.



But won't Cruz appeal to The criminal illegal wetback vote, you know...he is one.

I guess he would be The criminal illegal wetback/Freezeback vote. Is that better?
NWPortland lives in a City Shelter .. Using Taxpayer Internet and has a O Phone..
Like it, or not, here's where he stands.

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Repeal Obamacare — at any cost

Pretty much all conservatives oppose Obamacare , and would like to see it repealed. Yet Cruz has distinguished himself with his hardline tactics to try to force Obamacare's repeal — tactics that famously led to a 16-day shutdown of the federal government in 2013. Last month, Cruz called once again for repealing "every blasted word of Obamacare." To replace it, he wants to "expand Health Savings Accounts, allow individuals to purchase insurance across state lines, and make health care more personal, portable, and affordable."

Don't capitulate on the fight against amnesty

On immigration, Cruz strongly opposes granting legal status to unauthorized immigrants currently in the US, which he calls "amnesty." Instead, he's said, "We need to secure the borders, we need to stop illegal immigration, and we need to improve and streamline legal immigration." Cruz has also been a leading critic of President Obama's executive actions to defer deportations of unauthorized immigrants. "I have fought against executive amnesty at every stage using every tool that is available," he's said. Earlier this year, he criticized his party's congressional leaders for planning "to capitulate on the fight against amnesty."

Make school choice a civil rights issue

On education, Cruz supports "embracing school choice as the civil rights issue of the next generation." He's a strong supporter of vouchers, signing on to a bill that would let Title I funds "follow low-income students to any public or private school of their choice." Cruz has also been a harsh critic of the Common Core  standards and has called for their "repeal" (though there is no federal law requiring it).

Science doesn't support climate "alarmists"

Cruz doesn't believe climate change is a problem. "Many of the alarmists on global warming, they've got a problem because the science doesn't back them up," he said recently (and inaccurately ). He has proposed stripping the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases, expanding fossil fuel production, and preventing fracking  "from being handcuffed by the federal government."

Flatter and simpler taxes

Cruz's recipe for tax reform is a common one on the right — make taxes flatter but definitely don't raise them. "Imagine a simple flat tax that lets every American fill out his or her taxes on a postcard," he said in his announcement speech. Earlier this year, he called for "fundamental tax reform making our tax code simpler, flatter, fairer." He's signed Grover Norquist's pledge opposing tax increases. And so far, he's shown no desire to side with the "reformocons" who want to increase the child tax credit, like Marco Rubio and Mike Lee.

Abolish the IRS

Where Cruz goes further than most other Republicans, however, is with his support of abolishing the IRS altogether — a position he's held since the scandal over the agency's treatment of conservative groups  broke in mid-2013. "We need to padlock and shut down the building," Cruz has said. A spokesperson elaborated that "there would be a small department that would enforce the tax code, but the IRS as we know it would be gone."

Audit the Fed

Cruz's support of auditing the Federal Reserve  also goes further than his party's establishment. Cruz suggests this would lead to increased transparency — but also that he's unhappy with the Fed's current monetary policy. "Americans are seeing near-zero interest rates on their savings accounts while median incomes are falling, and millions of people are facing higher gas prices, food prices, electricity prices, health insurance prices," Cruz has written. "The Federal Reserve needs to open its books — Americans deserve a sound and stable dollar."

Stop "bankrupting our country" with federal spending

Cruz supports cutting federal spending, and has backed a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. "We need to stop bankrupting our country," he said last year. "What we're doing to our kids and grandkids is morally wrong." He supports keeping the spending cuts in the sequester (with the exception of some "disproportionate cuts" to the military), and opposed a December 2013 bipartisan budget deal rolling back some of the sequester's cuts. "You're going to be hard pressed to come up with a cost-cutting program that I'm not going to support," Cruz said recently.

Reduce spending by changing Medicare and Social Security

"You cannot bring the budget into control without taking on entitlement reform," Cruz said recently. When interviewer Sean Hannity asked if he'd support means testing and raising the age of eligibility for those programs, Cruz said he would (for future generations, not current seniors).

End the Export-Import Bank

Recently, the GOP has been split by some reformist conservatives who want to oppose "crony capitalism" — the idea that the government and business working together hurts competition. Cruz supports the anti-cronyists' marquee initiative  of abolishing the Export-Import Bank , and has called the bank a "corrupt crony-capitalist fiasco."

No net neutrality

Cruz opposes network neutrality , and has called it the "biggest regulatory threat to the internet," saying that it leads to "fewer choices, fewer opportunities, and higher prices for consumers." Last year, he drafted a bill that would eliminate the FCC's authority to write rules on net neutrality.

Free trade is great

On trade, Cruz said in January, "I am a full-throated advocate of free trade. Free trade benefits America, produces jobs, produces economic growth and it is good for our country." On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Cruz's office told the Huffington Post that he generally supports trade deals but will wait for the final text of the TPP before officially backing it.

Reform mandatory sentencing

Cruz joins criminal justice reformers in his support of reducing mandatory minimum sentences. "Right now, today, far too many young men, in particular African-American young men, find their lives drawn in with the criminal justice system, find themselves subject to sentences of many decades for relatively minor nonviolent drug infractions," he said recently.

Let states determine pot laws

Cruz doesn't support marijuana legalization , but says states should be allowed to try it. "If the citizens of Colorado decide they want to go down that road [of legal marijuana], that's their prerogative," he said in February. "I personally don't agree with it, but that's their right."

Require ID for voter registration

Cruz wants to ensure that states can require proof of citizenship for voter registration. In mid-2013, he filed an amendment to the Senate's immigration bill that would guarantee states could do this.

Allow unlimited campaign donations

On money in politics, Cruz is one of the rare politicians to openly call for eliminating campaign contribution limits. Everyone "has a right to speak out in politics as effectively as possible," he said recently.

Limit congressional terms

Cruz has also called for term limits for members of Congress, which could only be established through a constitutional amendment. He's backed a proposal to limit senators to two six-year terms, and Congressmen to three two-year terms.

Abortion is a grave injustice

On abortion , Cruz supports pro-life causes. He has called the date of the Roe v. Wade decision a "dark anniversary," and argued that "any just society" should protect the right to life "from conception to natural death." Cruz supports banning late-term abortions, and opposes using taxpayer funds for abortion. He said last year that allowing "abortion facilities to continue operating under substandard conditions" is the "real war on women."

States should decide on same-sex marriage

Cruz opposes same-sex marriage , and says the issue should be left up to the states, not the federal government or the Supreme Court. "I support traditional marriage, and we should reject attempts by the Obama administration to force same-sex marriage on all 50 states," he's said. Cruz has also said that court rulings requiring same-sex marriage in various states are "tragic," "indefensible," and "judicial activism at its worst."

Defends gun rights for law-abiding people

Cruz strongly defends gun rights. He's argued that gun regulations should "target violent criminals," and not "the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens." The NRA has given him sterling ratings. In Texas, Cruz has joked, "We define gun control real simple — that’s hitting what you aim at."

Between McCain and Paul on foreign policy

The GOP is currently debating how interventionist its foreign policies should be — and Cruz is seeking out a middle ground. Cruz has said that on a spectrum between Rand Paul's non-interventionism and John McCain's hawkishness, he'd fall in between them, since he shares "the views of Reagan." Overall, he said he tends to support tough rhetoric toward America's enemies but restraint in the use of ground troops abroad.

Was against striking the Syrian regime

In the fall of 2013, Cruz opposed Obama's plan for military strikes against Syria in retaliation for the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons. At the time, Cruz wrote that Assad's actions were "not a direct threat to national security," that the Syrian rebels were not necessarily better than Assad, and that "escalation" could lead the US to be drawn into the civil war.

Wants to ramp up the war against ISIS

However, Cruz has since taken a harder line against ISIS . "The mission should be defeating ISIS before they succeed in carrying out more horrific acts of terror, before they succeed in murdering Americans," Cruz said in February. He said that arming ISIS's opponents and stepping up air strikes should be pursued first, but that US ground troop should also be considered, if necessary to "accomplish the mission."

Obama is too lenient on Iran and too tough on Israel

Cruz views Iran's nuclear ambitions in apocalyptic terms, saying, "When you have religious zealots who glorify death and suicide, ordinary deterrence is not effective." He's said that "a real president" would say, "Under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran will either stop, or we will stop them." He's called on the next US president to "repudiate" any deal the Obama administration reaches with Iran, and said that in its pursuit of an agreement, the administration wasn't "standing with, unshakably, with our friend and ally, the nation of Israel."

Reform the NSA

Cruz has been critical of the NSA's collection of Americans' data. "Instead of a government that seizes your e-mails and your cellphones, imagine a federal government that protected the privacy rights of every American," he said in his announcement speech. Last year, he backed a bill that would reform the agency in various ways, including stopping bulk collection of metadata and appointing a public advocate to oppose the government in FISA courts.
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Cruz Surges Following Candidacy Announcement
Raleigh, N.C. – PPP's newest Republican national poll finds that Ted Cruz has the big
momentum following the official announcement of his candidacy last week. His support
has increased from 5% to 16% in just over a month, enough to make him one of three
candidates in the top tier of GOP contenders, along with Scott Walker and Jeb Bush.
Walker continues to lead the field with 20%, although that's down from his 25% standing
a month ago. Bush continues to poll at 17%, followed by Cruz at 16%, Ben Carson and
Rand Paul at 10%, Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee at 6%, Chris Christie at 4%, and
Rick Perry at 3%.
Cruz has really caught fire with voters identifying themselves as 'very conservative' since
his announcement. After polling at only 11% with them a month ago, he now leads the
GOP field with 33% to 25% for Walker and 12% for Carson with no one else in double
digits. Last month Walker led with that group and almost all of the decline in his overall
support over the last month has come within it as those folks have moved toward Cruz.
Cruz's name recognition with Republican voters has increased from 61% to 82% since his
announcement.
Two candidates are clearly losing ground. The biggest is Ben Carson, who's dropped
from 18% to his new 10% standing. There's a lot of overlap between the voters who like
Carson and the voters who like Cruz and where previously they'd been naming Carson as
their first choice the momentum for Cruz lately seems to have really cut into Carson's
support. The other potential candidate who seems to be losing some steam is Mike
Huckabee. A month ago he was at 10%, but now his standing has declined to 6%.
“This contest is starting to bear some resemblance to the 2012 Republican nomination
fight,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “A couple of months ago
Ben Carson was the hot thing in the field, now Ted Cruz is and Carson’s support is
drying up. It’s very reminiscent of the boom and bust we saw with various candidates
four years ago. And Jeb Bush remaining steady as others rise and fall is also similar to
how things went for Mitt Romney went that cycle.”




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What is great is Tea Bagger favorite Ted Cruz is in the bottom of his tier 2 candidates with 15-1 odds of winning.


Only queers and far left Democrats use the term Tea Bagger. miles
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Did someone ask for the "Crazy Train"?
Here she comes!

You should seek help.



Pleeeeeseeee nominate Cruz and toss in Palin as well. Now that is the ticket.

I am going out on a limb and suggest Cruz will come in no higher than 3rd in the 1st primary.



What a Deal! Brave Walt takes a chance and moves way out on his limb!

In the latest RCP average, Cruz has already moved from 4.6 up to 8.4 and a third place tie with Paul and Huckabee.

Bush and Walker are tied at 16-17 points. Stuck in a rut.

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