Ted Cruz

[B-Man]

Ted’s calling to public service is inspired largely by his first-hand observation of the pursuit of freedom and opportunity in America. Ted’s mother was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian working-class family; she became the first in her family to go to college, graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s.

Ted’s father was born in Cuba, fought in the revolution, and was imprisoned and tortured. He fled to Texas in 1957, penniless and not speaking a word of English. He washed dishes for 50 cents an hour, paid his way through the University of Texas, and started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Ted’s father is a pastor in Dallas.

In the Senate, Ted serves on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the Committee on Armed Services; the Committee on the Judiciary; the Joint Economic Committee; and the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Before being elected, Ted received national acclaim as the Solicitor General of Texas, the State's chief lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court. Serving under Attorney General Greg Abbott, Ted was the nation’s youngest Solicitor General, the longest serving Solicitor General in Texas, and the first Hispanic Solicitor General of Texas.

In private practice in Houston, Ted spent five years as a partner at one of the nation’s largest law firms, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national Appellate Litigation practice. Ted has authored more than 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. During Ted’s service as Solicitor General, Texas achieved an unprecedented series of landmark national victories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Azalin]

 

On the issues, as the guy who lead the charge to default on the debt, I don't see him as making good compromises that are necessary to lead.

 

Indeed. Why put on such of show of needing to stick to the budget for a change? Or to try to sink an unpopular piece of legislation by filibuster? What the republicans need to do is learn how to compromise with the democrats. After all, the democrats always compromise with the republicans.

[GG]

 

Indeed. Why put on such of show of needing to stick to the budget for a change? Or to try to sink an unpopular piece of legislation by filibuster? What the republicans need to do is learn how to compromise with the democrats. After all, the democrats always compromise with the republicans.

And therein is the major difference between the guys who are better legislators than executives. Executives need to make definitive decisions and not points.

[Azalin]

And therein is the major difference between the guys who are better legislators than executives. Executives need to make definitive decisions and not points.

 

And thus my preference for someone like a former Governor to be President. Even then, that doesn't always work out either.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

 

And thus my preference for someone like a former Governor to be President. Even then, that doesn't always work out either.

 

See: GWB.

[Azalin]

 

See: GWB.

 

I was thinking Jimmy Carter, but you've got a point.

[B-Man]

 

I was thinking Jimmy Carter, but you've got a point.

 

 

and Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan.

 

Jeez, maybe Governors (and Senators) aren't the way to go.

 

Maybe CEO's and Surgeons ARE the way to go..................

[Azalin]

 

 

and Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan.

 

Jeez, maybe Governors (and Senators) aren't the way to go.

 

Maybe CEO's and Surgeons ARE the way to go..................

 

Personally, I'd take Reagan by a mile over the others. And Clinton, too - he was at least enough of an egotist to allow for a little pragmatism in working with Newt.

[truth on hold]

 

Personally, I'd take Reagan by a mile over the others. And Clinton, too - he was at least enough of an egotist to allow for a little pragmatism in working with Newt.

Trump is by far the most Reagan-like candidate

[Azalin]

Trump is by far the most Reagan-like candidate

 

I suppose we all have our own ways of comparing candidates with former presidents. If I was to say, I'd say that Huckabee seems the most Reaganesque to me. Trump certainly has the showmanship quality though.

[B-Man]

Ted Cruz hugs his dad as he steps on stage to speak in East Tennessee

Ted Cruz: "I spent much of the last week in Washington DC, so it's great to be back in America"

Cruz says the democratic field consists of a wild eyed socialist and Bernie Sanders.............

[Observer]

And therein is the major difference between the guys who are better legislators than executives. Executives need to make definitive decisions and not points.

 

Presidents need to be able to make deals. Obama completely flubbed the opportunity to fix social security and long term debt reduction in his now famous "move the goalpost" moment. That would have been a great moment for us as a country but he messed it up in a final moment when he decided not to bend. Cruz is in the same vein.

 

The president of the US is not a CEO. Steve Jobs could make Apple great but not the US government. An effective political leader gets what he wants, not by ramming it down the other guy's throat (the Cruz/Obama way) but by making a deal that works.

 

Indeed. Why put on such of show of needing to stick to the budget for a change? Or to try to sink an unpopular piece of legislation by filibuster? What the republicans need to do is learn how to compromise with the democrats. After all, the democrats always compromise with the republicans.

 

"They" did so why shouldn't "we" is a child's argument. We need less Obamas and Cruzes. The debt deal was almost done until Obama messed it up, and Cruz was willing to drive the economy off a cliff to make a point. Both are incapable of leadership of our two party ship.

Edited December 23, 2015 by Observer

[Azalin]

 

"They" did so why shouldn't "we" is a child's argument. We need less Obamas and Cruzes. The debt deal was almost done until Obama messed it up, and Cruz was willing to drive the economy off a cliff to make a point. Both are incapable of leadership of our two party ship.

 

Misunderstanding a simple five-sentence paragraph is a child's mistake.

 

"Non-establishment" politicians like Cruz get their political clout from large segments of their party who are sick and tired of their political leaders caving on issues in order to "get along", "become popular", or to be "liked" by the press. It's as simple as that. If you take anything I've posted, in any thread, about anybody as being an endorsement of their candidacy, then you're completely misunderstanding my words.

 

A successful president needs to be able to do a hell of a lot more than "make deals".

[B-Man]

IF THE OTHER GOP CANDIDATES ARE SMART, they’ll condemn the WaPo’s Cruz cartoon tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RACISM STRAIGHT UP: Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes depicts children of Hispanic presidential candidate as monkeys:

Commenting on Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s daughters appearing in a campaign ad on Saturday, Was

hington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes created a disgusting GIF early Tuesday evening depicting Cruz’s young daughters as toy monkeys being played with and arguing that “[t]hey are fair game.”

In attempting to explain her arguably racist GIF, Telnaes argued that because daughters Caroline and Catherine appeared in a humorous Christmas-themed ad, they have decided “to indulge in grown-up activities” and allowed their father to play them “as political props.”

 

 

Here’s the cartoon:

 

 

 

 

“Tell me, if Obama’s daughters were, hypothetically, in his most famous campaign ad, the 30 minute ad he ran on most networks on the eve of the 2008 election, would they be ‘fair game’ too?”, Ace asks, noting that at about the twenty minute mark, “You know what I see there? ‘Fair game,’ according to the Washington Post. That’s what I see there.”

 

As T. Becket Adams adds at the Washington Examiner, “In 2014, an obscure GOP Hill staffer was forced to resign from her job after a Facebook post criticizing President Obama’s daughters, Sasha and Malia, went viral on social media:”

 

 

UPDATE: “‘You slimeballs’: Why won’t Politico tell the truth about the disgusting Cruz cartoon?”

 

To ask the question is to answer it.

 

 

MORE: Post editor pulls Telnaes’ cartoon, but not before more damage was done to the Post brand and to Telnaes’ reputation.

 

 

 

And here’s Cruz’s response to the slur by Telnaes and the Post:

 

Indeed.™ Marco Rubio also condemns the Post’s racist hit on Cruz and his kids.

[B-Man]

who does this? Who sees an ad with a 5 and 7 year old girl and thinks, "Now I have my justification"?

 

 

 

 

You can go ahead and pencil in "Republicans say..." as the lede for every media story about this outrage.

I mean it's bad enough the Washington Post allowed a cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's kids as monkeys, but media covering backlash as "GOP cries foul" is truly amazing.

I'm less offended by the actual cartoon about Cruz's kids than the media's blatant, obvious attempt at another Double Standard for GOPers

This will surprise no one, but the childless woman who mocked Ted Cruz's children won a Planned Parenthood award.

[3rdnlng]

 

Presidents need to be able to make deals. Obama completely flubbed the opportunity to fix social security and long term debt reduction in his now famous "move the goalpost" moment. That would have been a great moment for us as a country but he messed it up in a final moment when he decided not to bend. Cruz is in the same vein.

 

The president of the US is not a CEO. Steve Jobs could make Apple great but not the US government. An effective political leader gets what he wants, not by ramming it down the other guy's throat (the Cruz/Obama way) but by making a deal that works.

 

"They" did so why shouldn't "we" is a child's argument. We need less Obamas and Cruzes. The debt deal was almost done until Obama messed it up, and Cruz was willing to drive Just the economy off a cliff to make a point. Both are incapable of leadership of our two party ship.

Just exactly, who do you support?

[Observer]

Just exactly, who do you support?

Not relevant to the issues being discussed but of all the candidates at the moment, I like Rubio and Christie the most. Could live with Bush.

[Nanker]

So you back the establishment candidates.

[GG]

 

The president of the US is not a CEO. Steve Jobs could make Apple great but not the US government. An effective political leader gets what he wants, not by ramming it down the other guy's throat (the Cruz/Obama way) but by making a deal that works.

 

You are confusing a CEO to a sole owner of a company. A CEO of a large company has to negotiate and get the strategy approved by the board of directors. It's not a one man show. That's why Fiorina's business background is far more suited for the Presidency than the clown reality TV star.

[Canadian Bills Fan]

 

He's Canadian

 

 

No he's not

 

 

 

 

In August 2013, after the Dallas Morning News pointed out that Cruz had dual Canadian-American citizenship,^[25] he applied to formally renounce his Canadian citizenship and ceased being a citizen of Canada on May 14, 2014.

 

 

 

CBF