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The true value of Ted Cruz

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Senate VoteDo I like Ted Cruz?

Actually, yes I do.  Cruz speaks his mind, and he most certainly is not representative of the Establishment GOP — which I strongly dislike.  My days of voting for another Bush, a Romney, a McCain, another Old Staid GOP’er are gone.

So yes, I would vote for Ted Cruz.

That said, is he electable?

If somehow he, like Barack Hussein Obama before him, emerged from the Senate to the presidency, I would not quail.  Cruz makes way more sense, possesses actual ideas and says what he thinks and means.

That said, is he electable?

Perhaps yes, perhaps no.

However, the largest contribution Ted Cruz may make to the Conservative side of the presidential elections is keeping the other runners honest.  He will call “bullshit” on others who are running when they do not espouse true Conservative ideals, which is precisely what other runners need.

And if nothing else, that may be the true value of Ted Cruz.

BZ

 

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Boehner caves on Obama’s amnesty

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GOP InvertebrateNo more “plain and simple” than that.

From the WashingtonPost.com:

House passes bill to fully fund Homeland Security

by Sean Sullivan

The House passed a bill Tuesday afternoon to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year, sending it to President Obama for his expected signature. The measure will not target Obama’s executive actions on immigration, giving Democrats what they have long demanded and potentially enraging conservatives bent on fighting the president on immigration.

The vote was 257-167, with some Republicans joining all Democrats who voted to pass the bill, which had already cleared the Senate.

Gosh, what did Boehner say once the GOP had the House and the Senate?  Something similar to “we won’t let amnesty pass”?  Or words to that effect?

Boehner caved.  The GOP caved.

My, the GOP winning both the House and Senate, that was truly a wonderful thing, was it not?  How the GOP would now swoop in and right wrongs?

I wrote quite some years ago about the GOP, and I repeat: “the best predictor of future behavior is past performance, or the lack thereof.”

BZ

 

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Moderation

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ModerationTruism.

We didn’t create this country behind “moderates.”  We created this country behind people who veritably placed their very intimate lives on the line and took a stance for Conservatism and freedom.  Those persons who believed in minimal government, independence, self-determination, religious freedom, unfettered thought and speech, and the ability to defend same.  (Leftists run this way: 1. What isn’t prohibited, 2. Will be mandated.)

And we won’t save this country behind moderation.  Moderation to me is the equivalent to defeatism, to capitulation, at this stage in our history.  Time and again Liberalism has yielded the downfall of our cities and, by dint of that, the expansion of government in order to backstop failed Leftist policies.  For Leftists, it’s a win-win.

For people who may desire to stand on their own two feet, it’s lose-lose.

With one major exception:

The US Government, over many generations now, has taught people how not to stand on their own two feet.  The US Government has taught people to become dependent on it, which in turn mandates larger and larger government, more spending, higher taxes.

Moderation is the ability of the GOP to look the Demorats right in the eye, squint, and say “yes, you’re correct; looks like I’ll have to come over to your way of thinking.”

Moderation is for losers.

Just look at the GOP.

BZ

 

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