Re: Ted Cruz A Texas
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:57 am
Yeah, wasn't Romney Mr. Electable?
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You'll probably claim he was making excuses, but he said that he wasn't even aware he had Canadian citizenship until it was pointed out to him. He was born in Canada are received citizenship by birth. If his parents never discussed the subject with him, how would he know about it? They moved back to Houston when he was four, so I doubt they would have discussed citizenship with him that early. Once they moved back home, why would the subject come up?parabelum wrote:I think Ted is a decent guy. He has no chance in general election however. Just my opinion.
Too many drones floating in the electorate these days.
By the way, fact that he retained his Canadian citizenship until just recently really irks me, as I renounced mine the second I was eligible for US citizenship.
For those who'd say "it doesn't bother me...", would you feel the same if he kept Iraqi or UAE citizenship while serving as your Texas Senator?
Anyways...all on the republican side are better then commie and the criminal.
I agree with this. He had dual citizenship. Now, if he was only a citizen of Canada, Bosnia or some other country and came here as a teenager or after, then just recently denounced his Canadian citizenship to become an American Citizen, I would be more concerned about this. Then again, he wouldn't have gotten this far in the race if that was the case.baldeagle wrote:You'll probably claim he was making excuses, but he said that he wasn't even aware he had Canadian citizenship until it was pointed out to him. He was born in Canada are received citizenship by birth. If his parents never discussed the subject with him, how would he know about it? They moved back to Houston when he was four, so I doubt they would have discussed citizenship with him that early. Once they moved back home, why would the subject come up?parabelum wrote:I think Ted is a decent guy. He has no chance in general election however. Just my opinion.
Too many drones floating in the electorate these days.
By the way, fact that he retained his Canadian citizenship until just recently really irks me, as I renounced mine the second I was eligible for US citizenship.
For those who'd say "it doesn't bother me...", would you feel the same if he kept Iraqi or UAE citizenship while serving as your Texas Senator?
Anyways...all on the republican side are better then commie and the criminal.
It's entirely plausible to me that he's telling the truth.
I've heard a lot of people say that, but the facts don't back it up.parabelum wrote:Mitt is busy bashing Trump these days. Sarah actually endorsed Trump, so, DT was good enough for her.dale blanker wrote: Mitt or Sarah, where are you when we need you?
I've said before and I'll say it again; ANY person on the elephant side is better then commie or the criminal.
In the general election, DT has the highest chances of winning, incidentally.
The Wall wrote:Funny I didn't mention any of the other candidates in my original post. Didn't want this to be a pissing contest. Oh well. Too late. lol
baldeagle wrote:I've heard a lot of people say that, but the facts don't back it up.parabelum wrote:Mitt is busy bashing Trump these days. Sarah actually endorsed Trump, so, DT was good enough for her.dale blanker wrote: Mitt or Sarah, where are you when we need you?
I've said before and I'll say it again; ANY person on the elephant side is better then commie or the criminal.
In the general election, DT has the highest chances of winning, incidentally.
Five Thirty Eight is one of the best sites I've ever found for discussing statistical analysis. They show that Trump has almost zero chance of winning.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/why- ... one-chart/
To give you an idea of his chances, he is more hated, nationally, than Al Sharpton. Think Sharpton could ever get elected?
Gallup says he has the highest unfavorability rating of any Presidential candidate ever.
https://www.conservativereview.com/comm ... r-recorded
Trump will not win the general. 28% of REPUBLICANS say they will never vote for him. To give you an idea how bad it is, a poll of people regardless of party affiliation found that Trump was by far the least liked candidate in the general election. Taking into account Republicans, Independents and Democrats, Trump scored a MINUS 70. Cruz, by comparison, scores a PLUS 11 and Carson scores a PLUS 26. Rubio has a PLUS 22.
Trump supporters keep saying that he will win in a landslide, but there is no evidence that is true and TONS of evidence that the opposite is true. They have gotten the false impression of Trump's electability because of his polls and wins. The fact is he loses to both Rubio and Cruz in head to head competition. IOW, he can't even win the GOP nomination in a one on one competition. If he can't do that, he's not going to beat Hillary.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll- ... le/2578095
If you really want to win in November and keep Hillary out of the White House, I would think long and hard about supporting Trump. He will lose.
Why would you believe a work Trump says? Have you researched him, or just listened to his sound bites. Both Rubio and Cruz beat Clinton by 9 points in the latest polls. Trump wins by only 3 points. Trump will energize every Democrat like you have never seen.parabelum wrote:Yes, Trump used eminent domain for his business. And you know who else did? That's right, Bush family.mojo84 wrote:One of the problems with Trump and his positions is the fact he didn't take his current positions until he started contemplating a run for president about five years ago and realized his best chance would be on the republican ticket. He is a campaign conservative republican.
Why do people not realize he is just another RINO? Until recently he was pro abortion, wanted limits on what guns citizens could own, for the individual mandate, espoused government paid health insurance, thinks he can tax and tariff businesses back to the U.S., use imminent domain for private profit and supported progressive democrats in helping them win elected office.
I think spring Trump is just another case of one cutting their noise of to spite their face as he is capitalizing on conservatives' justified anger.
Here is just one example of Trump changing his position to fit his agenda.
Check out @tedcruz's Tweet: https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/7030 ... 76577?s=09
I didn't say you'll get 100% with DT. I said 60%.
But again, 60% of something we value is better then 100% of Marxism, which is what you'll get if you don't vote for Trump, as Cruz or Rubio are not winning the GE.
I'll take this topic on again after next Tuesday, where I'll either concede that I'm wrong with respect to their electability, or echo Trump's victory.
I think you know that I'm very skeptical and cynical person Charles. It is not something that I'm proud of, but that's who I am.Charles L. Cotton wrote:Why would you believe a work Trump says? Have you researched him, or just listened to his sound bites. Both Rubio and Cruz beat Clinton by 9 points in the latest polls. Trump wins by only 3 points. Trump will energize every Democrat like you have never seen.parabelum wrote:Yes, Trump used eminent domain for his business. And you know who else did? That's right, Bush family.mojo84 wrote:One of the problems with Trump and his positions is the fact he didn't take his current positions until he started contemplating a run for president about five years ago and realized his best chance would be on the republican ticket. He is a campaign conservative republican.
Why do people not realize he is just another RINO? Until recently he was pro abortion, wanted limits on what guns citizens could own, for the individual mandate, espoused government paid health insurance, thinks he can tax and tariff businesses back to the U.S., use imminent domain for private profit and supported progressive democrats in helping them win elected office.
I think spring Trump is just another case of one cutting their noise of to spite their face as he is capitalizing on conservatives' justified anger.
Here is just one example of Trump changing his position to fit his agenda.
Check out @tedcruz's Tweet: https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/7030 ... 76577?s=09
I didn't say you'll get 100% with DT. I said 60%.
But again, 60% of something we value is better then 100% of Marxism, which is what you'll get if you don't vote for Trump, as Cruz or Rubio are not winning the GE.
I'll take this topic on again after next Tuesday, where I'll either concede that I'm wrong with respect to their electability, or echo Trump's victory.
Chas.
Would you mind providing some of those? Because I'm not aware of any specificity on any issue Trump has raised except build a wall that Mexico pays for without explaining HOW he'll get Mexico to pay for it. I haven't heard him say anything about 2A except he's better than everyone else on 2A (which is his standard line for everything) and it wasn't that long ago that he supported an "assault weapons" ban.parabelum wrote:
I think you know that I'm very skeptical and cynical person Charles. It is not something that I'm proud of, but that's who I am.
I trust nobody and nothing except for my Lord and the scripture.
I don't listen to sound bytes only, although there are sound bytes of Trump at NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, Trump at the border, Trump taking on Immigration issues with very specific solutions, Trump on 2A issues with great specificity, Trump on backing our Veterans and LE, Trump outlining specific details on destroying ISIS etc. etc.
Where do you get this information? It's my understanding that Trump never donated to veteran groups until his stunt in Iowa, and only three veteran groups have received any funds at all ($100,000 each) from the $6 million he supposedly raised.parabelum wrote:Now, I challenge anyone to look at the Millions this man gave to Veteran groups, Churches, special needs children and their families, the fortune he spent in the 70's rebuilding dilapidated parts of NYC that were overrun by gangs and crime and he turned those neighborhoods into affordable units for middle class Americans, cleaning the streets. This was before it was fashionable to build in NYC.