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Title: Ted Cruz to announce presidential bid Monday (ready for Hillary)
Source: Houston Chronicle
URL Source: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/new ... c2a96c75&cmpid=twitter-premium
Published: Mar 22, 2015
Author: Theodore Schleifer
Post Date: 2015-03-22 06:06:29 by Hondo68
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Senator will be first declared GOP candidate

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to announce Monday that he will run for president of the United States, accelerating his already rapid three-year rise from a tea party insurgent in Texas into a divisive political force in Washington.

Cruz will launch a presidential bid outright rather than form an exploratory committee, said senior advisers with direct knowledge of his plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made yet. They say he is done exploring and is now ready to become the first Republican presidential candidate.

The senator is scheduled to speak Monday at a convocation ceremony at Liberty University in Virginia, where he is expected to declare his campaign for the presidency.

Over the course of the primary campaign, Cruz will aim to raise between $40 million and $50 million, according to advisers, and dominate with the same tea party voters who supported his underdog Senate campaign in 2012. But the key to victory, Cruz advisers believe, is to be the second choice of enough voters in the party's libertarian and social conservative wings to cobble together a coalition to defeat the chosen candidate of the Republican establishment.

The firebrand Texan may have few Senate colleagues who will back his White House bid, but his appeal to his party's base who vote disproportionately in Republican primaries could make him competitive in Iowa and beyond.

Yet critics of Cruz argue that he will have trouble raising high-dollar donations from traditional contributors, will land few endorsements from the nation's political establishment and be unable to escape comparisons to President Barack Obama, who also ran for president in his first Senate term. And if he advances to a general election, Cruz trails likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton solidly in early public opinion polls.

"I don't consider him a mainstream candidate, and usually to win you've got to be inside the 45-yard lines," said Greg Valliere, a political adviser to Wall Street firms who believes that if Cruz did earn the nomination, he would not win more than a dozen states in the general election. "The enthusiasm for him will be tremendous in maybe a third of the party, but another third of the party will be strongly opposed and another third of the party will be wary."

'Mushy middle'

Senior advisers say Cruz will run as an unabashed conservative eager to mobilize like-minded voters who cannot stomach the choice of the "mushy middle" that he has ridiculed on the stump over the past two months in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

"Ted is exactly where most Republican voters are," said Mike Needham, who heads the conservative advocacy group Heritage Action for America. "Most people go to Washington and get co-opted. And Ted clearly is somebody that hasn't been."

Upon arriving in Washington, D.C., Cruz discarded the expectation of deference that accompanies a freshman senator, launching frequent one-man stands to stymie congressional Democrats and Republicans alike. After Cruz led a shutdown of the federal government in October 2013 as part of an effort to defund the Affordable Care Act, conservative activists flocked to their new hero even as Republican leaders excoriated him.

For Cruz, 44, Monday's planned announcement will culminate two years of open musing about running for president that began nearly the moment voters elected him to the Senate in 2012. A week after Election Day, as senator-elect, Cruz established a political action committee to back conservative candidates nationwide. During his first summer in Congress, he was already visiting Iowa.

And over the past seven months, the Jobs, Growth and Freedom PAC has added a coterie of nationally experienced political operatives to the 2012 team of Texas strategists who engineered the surprise dethroning of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary. Joining the team Monday will be Cruz's wife, Heidi, a managing director at Goldman Sachs in Houston, who will take leave from the firm and accompany her husband on the campaign trail.

Those staffers have relocated to an Upper Kirby modern headquarters with empty offices reserved for soon-to-arrive senior staff and an empty deep pink and heart-red playroom reserved for their young children. About two dozen staffers now pace the sleek L-shaped, wraparound-windowed office that gives the finance team a prime view of U.S. 59. The senator's personal office is windowless.

This new blood, led by campaign manager Jeff Roe, and old guard, led by 2012 chief strategist Jason Johnson, will converge to try and persuade primary voters to elect Cruz after nominating more moderate candidates in the past two presidential elections.

"He's alienated from the dominant wing of the party," said Valliere.

Cruz's senior advisers, however, see a path to victory that all but ignores that wing. To them, the Republican primaries are a series of single-elimination brackets where the four GOP leaders who best represent the party's libertarian, establishment, social conservative and tea party wings will survive as the field winnows. Cruz will vie for the support of the tea party electorate, his advisers say, but will fare well enough with social conservative and libertarian voters to assemble a powerful coalition.

"Those guys who run for the middle have name ID, but they don't truly have one bracket they crush," said one adviser.

Getting religious voters

Forty percent of the electorate may vote for the establishment candidate, the advisers predict, but Cruz will "crush" with the 25 percent of voters who come from the tea party bracket. He will then peel some second-choice support from the 10 percent who consider themselves libertarians and from the rest of the voters who identify as social conservatives.

Advisers to Cruz, the son of a pastor, believe he can make a special argument to these religious voters like the thousands of students he is expected to address at a basketball arena Monday at Liberty, a school founded by leader of the religious right Jerry Falwell. About half of the voters in the Iowa caucus this year are expected to be evangelical Christians.

That theory - and those percentages - is described by some Republican hands as overly charitable to the element of the party that Cruz represents. Henry Olsen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank, said the Cruz campaign was dramatically underestimating the voting power of the liberals, moderates and establishment Republicans in a presidential primary. Olsen argued that about 70 percent of the party will choose the candidate who aligns with the left or the center.

"They seem to like experience, they seem to like rhetorical modulation, they seem to like conservatism - but not in excess," Olsen explained. "Ted Cruz has nothing to say to the moderates."

As soon as Cruz entered the U.S. Senate, he became perhaps its most unpopular member. House Speaker John Boehner - whose chamber Cruz has on occasion helped disrupt - has not minced words. Fellow Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain called him a "wacko bird."

In September 2013, Cruz triggered a 16-day government shutdown when he pressured Congressional leadership not to fund the government unless it defunded President Barack Obama's signature health care law. For 21 hours, Cruz led a filibuster of the spending bill, reading "Green Eggs and Ham" on the Senate floor as part of an unsuccessful stand to defund Obamacare.

"He burned a lot of bridges in 2013 and '14 in the Senate," Valliere said. "Regardless of how strident the people are when they first come to Washington, they are elected to legislate."

Yet David Panton, who is the lead donor for a "super PAC" committed to raising $50 million to back a Cruz presidential bid, said that antipathy from Washington would matter little in a presidential primary not decided by denizens of the Capitol - or the "graybeards" as Cruz calls them - but by farmers in Iowa and veterans in South Carolina.

"I know of no president who won because of who endorsed them, other than voters," he said.

Cruz will also need to court the endorsements of donors, believing that he needs about $30 million to compete in the top tier. Some of Cruz's easiest money will be gathered from the donors who will host a kickoff reception for him on March 31 in Houston.

Some of those local contributors have known Cruz since his childhood. Born in Canada to a father who, as the senator so-frequently tells it, escaped despotism in Cuba with $100 sewn into his underwear, Cruz moved to Houston at age 4. He became educated by the nation's elite: winning national championships as a debater at Princeton University; working as a primary law-review editor at Harvard Law School; clerking for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

"I thought he would make a great statesman in some capacity, so was it shocking to me that he ran for the Senate? No," said Panton, who was Cruz's debate partner at Princeton and the best man at his wedding. "Is it shocking to me that he may run for president? No."

Experience questions

Cruz made his fame in Texas as solicitor general under then-Attorney General Greg Abbott. Cruz defended the installation of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas Capitol, which brought headlines and fueled his political ambition. In 2009, he briefly considered running for attorney general, but quickly abandoned his bid.

Three years later, a U.S. Senate seat opened up, with Dewhurst's name practically carved into it. Cruz, making his first run for political office, seized on the same anti-establishment fervor that had ousted Republicans perceived as too moderate in primaries two years prior. He defeated Dewhurst, who invested $25 million of his own money into the race.

In Cruz's new campaign - like in that first one - he will be confronted with questions about his experience.

This year, though, he will also need to rebuff comparisons to Obama. That has been an all-too-easy jab for Cruz's more experienced competitors to throw.

After Monday's announcement, Cruz will not immediately embark on a roll-out tour because of obligations in the Senate, senior advisers said, but he is scheduled to appear in New Hampshire on Friday and in Iowa two weeks later.

In late June, Cruz will unveil a new book: "A Time for Truth."


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A spoiler for Jeb Bush >> Hillary. He can't win, but he can screw up the primaries, the GOP nomination, and push Hillary to win.

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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

Joining the team Monday will be Cruz's wife, Heidi, a managing director at Goldman Sachs in Houston, who will take leave from the firm and accompany her husband on the campaign trail.

I'd want to hear more from Cruz on what he wants to do with the Federal Reserve and the too-big-to-fail banks like Goldman. Also, the influence of their armies of lobbyists.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-03-22   6:22:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: TooConservative (#1)

I'd want to hear more from Cruz on what he wants to do with the Federal Reserve and the too-big-to-fail banks like Goldman.

He's probably planning on further undermining and devaluing the Federal Reserve so it can more easily be acquired by the People's Bank of China.
Goldman-Sachs will collect quite a substantial comission on the transaction.

USD ($ - U.S. Dollars) will become obsolete and replaced by CNY (or CN¥ - Chinese Yuan) for all global transactions.

Willie Green  posted on  2015-03-22   7:57:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#0)

"I don't consider him a mainstream candidate, and usually to win you've got to be inside the 45-yard lines," said Greg Valliere, a political adviser to Wall Street firms who believes that if Cruz did earn the nomination, he would not win more than a dozen states in the general election.

They said the same thing about Reagan. Oops.

Stool sample politics: You have to pass it to find out whats in it.

out damned spot  posted on  2015-03-22   8:07:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: out damned spot (#3)

They said the same thing about Reagan. Oops.

Reagan - because of many positive qualities that he had - was able to overcome the Establishmedia Iron-Curtain and win the gop nomination. He is probably the last "non-ruling class" that will ever be permitted to do so - as the Ruling Class "learned" from that mistake. (Mistake from its point of view, that is)

And even there - the price for Reagan was the Bush Dynasty. We're still paying for it to this day.

No, the Ruling Class is never going to let another "Reagan" happen.

Already, the Millennials are being programmed (via whatever media they are connected to) to hate and despise Cruz. My millennial daughter - normally very apolitical - goes apoplectic at the mere mention of his name. I suspect she is typical of others of her generation.

Sorry - Ted Cruz ain't goin' anywhere.

Rufus T Firefly  posted on  2015-03-22   9:31:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: hondo68 (#0)

Forty percent of the electorate may vote for the establishment candidate, the advisers predict, but Cruz will "crush" with the 25 percent of voters who come from the tea party bracket. He will then peel some second-choice support from the 10 percent who consider themselves libertarians and from the rest of the voters who identify as social conservatives.

Ok,I know I haven't been paying very much attention to all these labels,but somebody please correct me if I have been wrong in my assumption that the Tea Party people,most Republican libertarians,and most Republican social conservatives are kissing cousins,if not from the same families?

And given that hatred isn't a strong enough word to express how I feel about the Republicrats that were dumping on him in the article and his Republicrat party enemies like John McLunatic and the other globalist fascist bastards,there is an excellent chance I may hold my nose of the "Bible Thumping supporters" and case a vote for him.

And none of the hysterical screams about "but....but....but,if you don't vote for JEB,Bubbette! will win!" don't scare me even a little bit because when it comes to public policy and the direction of the country,there ain't a damn bit of difference between JEB and Bubbette.

Besides,as I have said over and over,"If at any time in the future there is an election where one candidate is named Bush and the other candidate is named Satan,I will vote for Satan as the lesser of two evils."

I still mean every word of it.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   11:22:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: TooConservative (#1)

I'd want to hear more from Cruz on what he wants to do with the Federal Reserve and the too-big-to-fail banks like Goldman.

The answer is simple. It's "Whatever my wife says".

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   11:23:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Rufus T Firefly (#4)

No, the Ruling Class is never going to let another "Reagan" happen.

Already, the Millennials are being programmed (via whatever media they are connected to) to hate and despise Cruz. My millennial daughter - normally very apolitical - goes apoplectic at the mere mention of his name. I suspect she is typical of others of her generation.

Sadly,I agree with every word you wrote up to that point.

Sorry - Ted Cruz ain't goin' anywhere.

I even mostly agree with that,but would like to point out that getting the Republican nomination is generally the same thing as not going anywhere because we no longer have a country populated by Americans that care for what is good for the country. We are now populated by dozens (maybe hundreds?)of special interest groups that only care about what is good for THEM,and what is good for them is always related to laws giving them special rights and special access to the US Treasury.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   11:28:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Willie Green (#2)

devaluing the Federal Reserve

The Federral Reserve is clearly unconstitutional. The constitution clearly says we are to have coined money only.

But you don't give a shit about the constitution. You primarily care about stealing from people who produce and giving it to lazy people who don't make the right decisions in life.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   11:47:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Rufus T Firefly (#4)

My millennial daughter - normally very apolitical - goes apoplectic at the mere mention of his name.

It looks like your lessons to your daughter are incomplete. You have influence. Use it to teach her.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   11:48:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: sneakypete (#5)

hold my nose of the "Bible Thumping supporters" and case a vote for him.

If Ted Cruz can get the Sneakypetes of the world. Then he has a chance.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   11:51:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: A K A Stone (#10)

If Ted Cruz can get the Sneakypetes of the world.

Not sure he has my support yet. I wrote "might".

I now have a ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from Texas that may even be greater than my ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from the northeast.

Face it,the same political machine that supports the Bush Crime Family supports Cruz or he would have never gotten into state office or the US Senate.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   12:06:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: sneakypete (#11)

Face it,the same political machine that supports the Bush Crime Family supports Cruz or he would have never gotten into state office or the US Senate.

I disagree. The political machine of Bush and McCain etc are attacking Cruz.

Texas has a lot of good people in it. To say that because Bush was from Texas then Texas only has bad candidates. I disagree with that as we are all individuals.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:08:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: sneakypete (#11)

I now have a ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from Texas that may even be greater than my ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from the northeast.

But not Canadian citizens?

buckeroo  posted on  2015-03-22   12:18:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: buckeroo (#13)

Maybe he isn't a citizen of Canada either. I mean his mother was an American. Maybe he is citizenless.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:20:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: A K A Stone (#14)

Why doesn't the US citizenry determine their own candidates for POTUS? The candidates are selected for review by some back room, closed door meeting by a pile of hypocrites. Don't you see why this nation is all fucked upped?

buckeroo  posted on  2015-03-22   12:24:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: buckeroo (#15)

Why doesn't the US citizenry determine their own candidates for POTUS?

What do you mean. We have a vote.

Just because my faction or your faction doesn't win doesn't mean we don't have a voice. Even if it is a very small voice.

What would you change?

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:28:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: buckeroo (#15)

The candidates are selected for review by some back room, closed door meeting by a pile of hypocrites. Don't you see why this nation is all fucked upped?

People choosing a candidate will get together in private places to discuss who they are going to support. I don't see anything wrong with that in itself.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:29:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: A K A Stone (#16)

We have a vote.

You just agree with a pre-selection of arranged candidates. You have no actual choice. It was all performed without you whether you vote or not.

buckeroo  posted on  2015-03-22   12:31:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: buckeroo (#15)

Don't you see why this nation is all fucked upped?

I think there are many many reasons. I believe one of the primary ones is we have to a large extend lost our collective morality. A lot of people don't know right from wrong anymore. They are selfish and only look out for themselves.

In say Japan. They are one race. They are more united then us. They are in it together.

In the United States because we have many races. We aren't as cohesive. We have distrust of other people legitimate and illegitimate. A whole lot of people are not loyal to the people of the United States. They are in it to maximize the benefit to themselves.

That is how I see it. I know that doesn't explain everything.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:33:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: A K A Stone (#19) (Edited)

I believe one of the primary ones is we have to a large extend lost our collective morality.

Morality?

You mean to say, "Principles." Morality is predicated upon a bedrock of principles. Absolute Power corrupted that bedrock. It happened just after WW2.

buckeroo  posted on  2015-03-22   12:36:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: buckeroo (#18) (Edited)

You just agree with a pre-selection of arranged candidates. You have no actual choice. It was all performed without you whether you vote or not.

With millions and millions of people what do you suggest we do to repair our system?

We have a primary. Anyone can run. I know it takes money but if you are someone who has what it takes there is a path.

I know one solution. If we had a moral king. He could right everything. Or he could make it exponentially worse.

But we have a system instead of a ruler. A system that has checks and balances. The problem is now that our system has been hijacked. The checks and balances work to our detriment instead of our benefit. It is hard to get back on the right path because we are divided and don't agree with each other on what the right path is. Also it now takes a super majority to correct us from wrong decisions be they by the legislature or the courts that were made in the past.

When we rejected God we put our self on this road to hell.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:38:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: buckeroo (#20)

Morality?

You mean to say, "Principles." Morality is predicated upon a bedrock of principles.

You can have evil principles.

I'm saying we are not as moral as we were before ww2. The culture was superior to what it is today back then. They had much better morals then the people generally have today.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   12:40:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: A K A Stone (#22) (Edited)

Principles are basic, highly illuminated, guiding beacons for survival or successful outcomes in life. Morality has little to do with what I am discussing about "principles."

I will say, however, that good or existent morality or moral behaviour is based on "principles." "Principles" include the actions of "morality" but not the other from a logical construct. The two terms are not mutually inclusive, in other words.

buckeroo  posted on  2015-03-22   12:47:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: A K A Stone (#21)

" When we rejected God we put our self on this road to hell. "

And that is how we ended up with the leaders we have.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Stoner  posted on  2015-03-22   12:51:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: A K A Stone (#12)

I disagree. The political machine of Bush and McCain etc are attacking Cruz.

Only to please their base and fire some warning shots across his bow.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:25:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: buckeroo (#13)

I now have a ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from Texas that may even be greater than my ingrained hatred and distrust for all politicians from the northeast.

But not Canadian citizens?

How has Canada ever harmed us?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:26:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: buckeroo (#15)

Why doesn't the US citizenry determine their own candidates for POTUS?

You mean in a popularity contest,like picking prom Kings and Queens?

Hell,over half the people voting today shouldn't even be allowed to vote.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:28:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: A K A Stone (#19)

I think there are many many reasons. I believe one of the primary ones is we have to a large extend lost our collective morality.

The biggest one is allowing people who don't pay property and income taxes to vote.

If you didn't pay any property or income taxes last year,you shouldn't be allowed to vote this year. Not even if you just got a job last week and will soon be paying taxes. You haven't paid them yet,so STFU and go sit at the back of the bus.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:30:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: buckeroo (#20)

Morality?

You mean to say, "Principles." Morality is predicated upon a bedrock of principles.

Good catch,buck!

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:31:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: Stoner, A K A Stone (#24)

" When we rejected God we put our self on this road to hell. "

And that is how we ended up with the leaders we have.

You must think that God dude is one petty,vindictive MoFo that is seeking revenge?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   16:34:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: sneakypete, redleghunter, vicomete13 (#30)

" You must think that God dude is one petty,vindictive MoFo that is seeking revenge? "

Pete, forgive me if I am wrong, but it sounds like you are an atheist.

In ref to your question, the Bible has many examples of God meting out punishment. For example, the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, etc.

I believe that redleghunter, & vicomete13 could give you a much better and more complete authoritative answer than I. I pinged them, hopefully they will.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Stoner  posted on  2015-03-22   16:52:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: BobCeleste (#31)

PING.

Sorry Bob, I intended to include you in this, and got momentarily distracted. I look forward to your reply, along with those of redleghunter, vicomete13. Regards, Stoner

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Stoner  posted on  2015-03-22   16:56:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: sneakypete (#30)

You must think that God dude is one petty,vindictive MoFo that is seeking revenge?

Contrary. I think God told us the kind of results we would get with particluar kinds of actions.

For example God said get married. Raise a family. Train up your children etc.

If we don't heed that and instead. A teenager gets knocked up. The dad runs away. The teenager signs up for welfare. The path that leads to is different then the one God told us we were supposed to follow.

That is what I am talking about.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   17:08:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: hondo68 (#0)

Over the course of the primary campaign, Cruz will aim to raise between $40 million and $50 million, according to advisers, and dominate with the same tea party voters who supported his underdog Senate campaign in 2012. But the key to victory, Cruz advisers believe, is to be the second choice of enough voters in the party's libertarian and social conservative wings to cobble together a coalition to defeat the chosen candidate of the Republican establishment.

I wish him luck.

BobCeleste  posted on  2015-03-22   17:12:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: sneakypete (#25)

Only to please their base and fire some warning shots across his bow.

That makes no sense. You said they are the same base. Now you are saying the in order to please the base they are attacking the base.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-03-22   17:23:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: Stoner (#31)

Pete, forgive me if I am wrong, but it sounds like you are an atheist.

I'm not. I'm an agnostic,and make no claim one way or the other about the existence of a God.

In ref to your question, the Bible has many examples of God meting out punishment. For example, the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, etc.

Which,if true and not a fable used to scare people into line,proves that he IS a petty,vindictive MoFo,as well as a hypocrite.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   18:12:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: A K A Stone (#35)

Only to please their base and fire some warning shots across his bow.

That makes no sense. You said they are the same base. Now you are saying the in order to please the base they are attacking the base.

The shot across his bow is them flexing their political muscles to show how much power they have,and to impress him with how badly he needs them.

And if you think the Tea Party and libertarian right-wingers are the base of the GOP you are truly delusional.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-03-22   18:15:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: sneakypete (#36) (Edited)

proves that he IS a petty,vindictive MoFo,as well as a hypocrite.

It proves Creation has RULES.

Roman 1:25+ describes cause and effect:

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Rom 1:25-29 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised. Amen.

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. NIV

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It's a natural cycle - and we're living through it AGAIN.

Our technocratic culture worships its own creations, abominates nature in the process of lifting its technology up for worship, and nature retaliates in accord with the Laws that it is manifested by.

Sperm from female stems cells?

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Stem cells: Egg engineers

In a technical tour de force, Japanese researchers created eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Now, scientists have to determine how to use those cells safely — and ethically.

www.nature.com/news/stem-cells-egg-engineers-1.13582

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What kind of self-destructive self-worshiping INSANITY is that?

VxH  posted on  2015-03-22   18:24:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: sneakypete (#37)

And if you think the Tea Party

There is no Tea "Party" - the "party" only exists to the extent that America's foundational Ideals still exist in the hearts and minds of the American people.

Those were the ideals that motivated the revolt against the sun-parroting, state-established, inbred Eurotrash who thought they owned an American cattle herd.

VxH  posted on  2015-03-22   18:33:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: sneakypete, stoner (#30)

You must think that God dude is one petty,vindictive MoFo that is seeking revenge?

God hates sin and will not bless those who love it.

However politicians like Cruz should know that God sends the rains on both the righteous and wicked and allows the wheat to grow with the tares.

So as not to damage the wheat, God will not "put the sickle" to the tares until the time of harvest. Thus evil exists along side good. That is until God brings His Justice to all mankind.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

redleghunter  posted on  2015-03-22   18:35:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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