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?
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.
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.
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.
"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
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
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.
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.
"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
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 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.
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 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."
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...
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2015 INTERVIEWS: Tom Jensen 919-744-6312 IF YOU HAVE BASIC METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL [email protected], OR CONSULT THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF THE PRESS RELEASE 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.”