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Cruz has argued on the side of conservatives 9 times before the supreme court. More times than any acting member of congress. And lost as much as he's won. When you consider that 1 side wins and 1 loses, the Cruzer has been as effective as a monkey with a crayon. Cruz has accomplished exactly nothing in his entire career, except promote himself.Typical establishment loser. Now, the Cruzer acts as if he was just watchin this stuff happen in congress, steada bein the person that coulda made a change. Except he did nothing of any effect. DT has had successes and failures. But he was *and is* the man in the arena. And he has actually made a difference, all by himself. No "congress" to blame, no O'Buckwheat, who the Cruzer *never* stopped, on any issue. Vote for somebody who's actually accomplished something in life, or vote for the Cruzer. Served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, making him the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country and the longest tenure in Texas history Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice Authored over 80 SCOTUS briefs and presented over 40 oral arguments before The Court In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. And won. Presented oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds. And won.Defended the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. And won. Defended the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States As a junior Senator and spending his first two years as a member of the minority party, Cruz helped stop a ton of of the Obama agenda. There is no denying Cruz's accomplishments. He's a brilliant lawyer. But being a great lawyer does not make you a great businessman; nor does it make you a great CEO,administrator,nor an effective leader. The two tasks are different disciplines,which is why great CEO's and businessmen hire great lawyers to advise them,and frequently make "business decisions" contrary to that same advise. By this I'm not suggesting that Cruz would not be a great president;and a great leader. But he is not a businessman in the sense that Trump is. Arguing a case before the Supreme Court does not equal building a real estate empire.They are mutually exclusive endeavors. Calvin is right. Doing what Trump has done in a volatile real estate market is no small accomplishment, (I don't care how much his father left him)and subject to peaks and valleys, economic ups and downs,failures and successes. No one gets it right 100% of the time. Only people who have no experience and appreciation for the risks in the private sector would suggest that Trump is a failure.Go to a bank sometime and try to borrow $50-$100 mill for a development.You won't get past the branch manager.Which is why reading some of the stuff on here about Trump's failed enterprises, is so amusing. All those who have done it raise their hands and weigh in.
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The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Trump is very accomplished and actually has hired the right people for various leadership positions. Look for him to use that experience to have a great team working with him.
Vote Trump to make America great again. Having worked in key leadership positions in major O&G this is spot on. Bringing on and empowering the right folks is key and a good leader/businessman knows how to do this. He knows this stuff. I agree with this 100%. Here is a slightly different take, with the same conclusion. Years ago our business school interviewed Paul Bryant just before he retired. He revealed many things that led to his success as a leader. The final question and answer has stuck with me. "Why were you so successful?" "I surrounded myself with people who were much smarter than me and had the confidence to let them do their jobs". - Paul Bryant
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Cruz has argued on the side of conservatives 9 times before the supreme court. More times than any acting member of congress. And lost as much as he's won. When you consider that 1 side wins and 1 loses, the Cruzer has been as effective as a monkey with a crayon. Cruz has accomplished exactly nothing in his entire career, except promote himself.Typical establishment loser. Now, the Cruzer acts as if he was just watchin this stuff happen in congress, steada bein the person that coulda made a change. Except he did nothing of any effect. DT has had successes and failures. But he was *and is* the man in the arena. And he has actually made a difference, all by himself. No "congress" to blame, no O'Buckwheat, who the Cruzer *never* stopped, on any issue. Vote for somebody who's actually accomplished something in life, or vote for the Cruzer. Served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, making him the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country and the longest tenure in Texas history Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice Authored over 80 SCOTUS briefs and presented over 40 oral arguments before The Court In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. And won. Presented oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds. And won.Defended the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. And won. Defended the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States As a junior Senator and spending his first two years as a member of the minority party, Cruz helped stop a ton of of the Obama agenda. There is no denying Cruz's accomplishments. He's a brilliant lawyer. But being a great lawyer does not make you a great businessman; nor does it make you a great CEO,administrator,nor an effective leader. The two tasks are different disciplines,which is why great CEO's and businessmen hire great lawyers to advise them,and frequently make "business decisions" contrary to that same advise. By this I'm not suggesting that Cruz would not be a great president;and a great leader. But he is not a businessman in the sense that Trump is. Arguing a case before the Supreme Court does not equal building a real estate empire.They are mutually exclusive endeavors. Calvin is right. Doing what Trump has done in a volatile real estate market is no small accomplishment, (I don't care how much his father left him)and subject to peaks and valleys, economic ups and downs,failures and successes. No one gets it right 100% of the time. Only people who have no experience and appreciation for the risks in the private sector would suggest that Trump is a failure.Go to a bank sometime and try to borrow $50-$100 mill for a development.You won't get past the branch manager.Which is why reading some of the stuff on here about Trump's failed enterprises, is so amusing. All those who have done it raise their hands and weigh in. He's not a failure, but he is the most liberal candidate. If these guys want that...fine, but they have to own that realty.
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Pat he seems kind of helter skelter at times doesn't he?  Talked to a buddy of mine in LI,NY yesterday. He's a UPS driver. I asked him what's the word on the street in liberal NYC on the presidential race? He laughed and said no one wants Hillary....they love Trump because he's crazy. But in a smart way. I guess you have to be from NY to understand.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Spot on. As usual, Buchanan nails it.
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Trump is very accomplished and actually has hired the right people for various leadership positions. Look for him to use that experience to have a great team working with him.
Vote Trump to make America great again. I hope he could shut out all estlablishment hacks from his inner circle but that might be impossible to do.
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This giant pile o'bullCruz deserves a rebuttal, cause we see it repeated so often, in desperation. Served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008,
making him the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas,
Nice liberal talking point, there.
the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country
What an accomplishment! course, no matter the job, there *has* to be somebldy that was the youngest, doesn't there?
and the longest tenure in Texas history
WOOT! He's the man! Notice there's no mention of anything
he actually *did* while sucking the public teat all those
years.
Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice
Authored over 80 SCOTUS briefs and presented over 40 oral arguments before The Court
Given a put-up job, like O'Buckwheat, while waitin for the
next .gov gig. BullCruz on the briefs. BullCruz on the arguments. The Cruzer himself says it was 9, losin 4. IOW, a coin flip would have had as much impact.
In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. And won.
This one is really stupid. He volunteered to write a brief for those states for free (the Cruzer was gettin paid by the TX taxpayer, of course), so they took a free brief. And that's exactly what it was worth. The Supremes never even looked at it, so far as anyone can tell.
He wasn't the lead counsel for Heller. He wasn't the associate counsel. He wasn't the assistant to the associate counsel. He wasn't even third assistant cock sucker to the assistant to the associate counsel.
He just filed a friend of the court brief to advance his *own* creds. Apparently, the Cruzer wasn't much of a friend, cause the supremes didn't even know he was there.
Presented oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Wow!
Defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds. And won.
Hard case to lose. The law was clear at that point.
Defended the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. And won.
Established law was followed by the court.
Defended the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States
There's a tough one to win!
As a junior Senator and spending his first two years as a member of the minority party, Cruz helped stop a ton of of the Obama agenda.
Didn't stop jack nor [bleep], and joined O'Buckwheat on TPP and other issues.
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luv2safari, LMAO at that reasoning. There won't be any honeymoon, and the established and entrenched in Congress will have a field day working over a "reality" show star.
Reality will set in immediately, and DT will go batschidt nuts that he can't bully his way around DC. He will be a white Obama: "I have a phone and a pen." He will go wild with executive orders.
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He is a businessman, most businesses area a gamble. If you had any common sense you would know that. My brother has a friend who is quite wealthy. Over the years he started seven businesses. Four were very successful and three went bust. My brother asked him what he did differently in the three that didn't make it. The businessman said, "Absolutely nothing."
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Trump's facemaking and arogant posturing during the most recent debate were a disgrace, not presidential behavior in the least. But wait he'll change one he's secured the nomination, yea right don't hold your breath. Along with the facemaking and posturing, he can lose the hand gesturing too. Anyone as used to getting his own way as Trump is not presidential material in the least.
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