Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
As you all most likely know by now, I am supporting Ted Cruz for President. Today, while waiting for my turkey to finish roasting, I was reading this op-ed that popped up on my Internet news feed, and thought I'd share it. No, I'm not particularly familiar with the site or the author, but I still agree with the points.
Top 10 Reasons to Vote for Ted Cruz
10. He really knows economics--not the ideologically driven pablum dished out at universities, but the real battlefield of entrenched monopolies against entrepreneurial upstarts. Anyone can propose tax cuts. It takes real know-how to cut through the regulatory kudzu that is strangling America enterprise.
9. He really knows foreign policy. He is a hardline defender of American interests, but wants to keep American politics out of the export business. He's not beholden to the bunglers of the Bush administration, unlike the hapless Marco Rubio. (And don't even get me started on Rubio and immigration. We'll get to that.)
8. He really knows the political system. As Texas solicitor general, he argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and won five of them. How many other lawyers in the United States have gone to the Supreme Court nine times on points of Constitutional law? If you want a president who knows the mechanism of American governance from the inside, there's no-one else who comes close to Cruz. (And without being one of the "good ol' Beltway Boys.)
7. He's an outsider, and America needs an outsider. The public thinks that Washington is corrupt, and it IS corrupt. The banks are corrupt, the defense industries (with their $1.5 trillion budget for a new fighter plane that won't fly) are corrupt, the tech companies (run by patent trolls rather than engineers) are corrupt, the public utilities are corrupt. The American people want a new broom. But it helps to put it in the hands of someone who knows his way around the broom closet. (Posted this one entirely, because I think this is an important point for many of us. I want an outsider, but I don't want an amateur.)
6. Trump and Carson aren't serious candidates. Neither of these two would have gotten this far in any other election, and have only managed it this time because of conservatives' weariness with Washington "business as usual" and the GOP establishment and its tepid candidates.
5. Cruz is in but not of the system. The distinguished conservative scholar Robert P. George mentored him at Princeton and the flamboyant (but effective) liberal Alan Dershowitz taught him at Harvard Law School. Cruz came through the elite university mill with his principles intact, and a keen understanding of the liberal mentality.
4. He's got real grit--call it fire in the belly, but Cruz wants to be president and wants us to want him to be president. Determination is a lot more important than charm, where Cruz won't win first prize. When it comes down to it, Americans don't want a charming president, but a smart, tough and decent one. (Personally, I find his sincerity/backbone combination quite charming.)
3. He knows how to run a real campaign as opposed to a flash-in-the-pan media event. Cruz has boots on the ground, an organization of people who believe in him and raise money at twice the rate of Rubio--with an averge $66 donation.
2. He's a true believer in the United States of America. His love for his country and belief in its prospects are impassioned and unfeigned. He's ambitious, but his ambition stems from a desire to serve, where he believes that he is uniquely qualified to serve. (Call me silly, but I think the President of the United States should actually love the United States, and be openly proud to do so.)
And the top reason to vote for Ted Cruz is:
He can beat Hillary Clinton. Not just beat her, but beat her by a landslide. Mrs. Clinton isn't that smart. She looks sort of smart when the media toss her softballs, but in a series of one-to-one, nowhere-to-hide presidential debates, Cruz would shred her. Cruz was the top college debater in the country. He knows how to assemble facts, stay on message, anticipate his opponent's moves and neutralize them. He's a quarter-century younger than Mrs. Clinton, smarter, sharper, and better prepared. He's also clean as a whistle in personal life and finances, while the Clintons could reasonably be understood to constitute a criminal enterprise. (I also quoted this entirely, because I think it bears saying. Repeatedly.)
I think Ted Cruz is the leader we need: smart, serious, thoughtful, methodical, decent, and patriotic.
Top 10 Reasons to Vote for Ted Cruz
10. He really knows economics--not the ideologically driven pablum dished out at universities, but the real battlefield of entrenched monopolies against entrepreneurial upstarts. Anyone can propose tax cuts. It takes real know-how to cut through the regulatory kudzu that is strangling America enterprise.
9. He really knows foreign policy. He is a hardline defender of American interests, but wants to keep American politics out of the export business. He's not beholden to the bunglers of the Bush administration, unlike the hapless Marco Rubio. (And don't even get me started on Rubio and immigration. We'll get to that.)
8. He really knows the political system. As Texas solicitor general, he argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and won five of them. How many other lawyers in the United States have gone to the Supreme Court nine times on points of Constitutional law? If you want a president who knows the mechanism of American governance from the inside, there's no-one else who comes close to Cruz. (And without being one of the "good ol' Beltway Boys.)
7. He's an outsider, and America needs an outsider. The public thinks that Washington is corrupt, and it IS corrupt. The banks are corrupt, the defense industries (with their $1.5 trillion budget for a new fighter plane that won't fly) are corrupt, the tech companies (run by patent trolls rather than engineers) are corrupt, the public utilities are corrupt. The American people want a new broom. But it helps to put it in the hands of someone who knows his way around the broom closet. (Posted this one entirely, because I think this is an important point for many of us. I want an outsider, but I don't want an amateur.)
6. Trump and Carson aren't serious candidates. Neither of these two would have gotten this far in any other election, and have only managed it this time because of conservatives' weariness with Washington "business as usual" and the GOP establishment and its tepid candidates.
5. Cruz is in but not of the system. The distinguished conservative scholar Robert P. George mentored him at Princeton and the flamboyant (but effective) liberal Alan Dershowitz taught him at Harvard Law School. Cruz came through the elite university mill with his principles intact, and a keen understanding of the liberal mentality.
4. He's got real grit--call it fire in the belly, but Cruz wants to be president and wants us to want him to be president. Determination is a lot more important than charm, where Cruz won't win first prize. When it comes down to it, Americans don't want a charming president, but a smart, tough and decent one. (Personally, I find his sincerity/backbone combination quite charming.)
3. He knows how to run a real campaign as opposed to a flash-in-the-pan media event. Cruz has boots on the ground, an organization of people who believe in him and raise money at twice the rate of Rubio--with an averge $66 donation.
2. He's a true believer in the United States of America. His love for his country and belief in its prospects are impassioned and unfeigned. He's ambitious, but his ambition stems from a desire to serve, where he believes that he is uniquely qualified to serve. (Call me silly, but I think the President of the United States should actually love the United States, and be openly proud to do so.)
And the top reason to vote for Ted Cruz is:
He can beat Hillary Clinton. Not just beat her, but beat her by a landslide. Mrs. Clinton isn't that smart. She looks sort of smart when the media toss her softballs, but in a series of one-to-one, nowhere-to-hide presidential debates, Cruz would shred her. Cruz was the top college debater in the country. He knows how to assemble facts, stay on message, anticipate his opponent's moves and neutralize them. He's a quarter-century younger than Mrs. Clinton, smarter, sharper, and better prepared. He's also clean as a whistle in personal life and finances, while the Clintons could reasonably be understood to constitute a criminal enterprise. (I also quoted this entirely, because I think it bears saying. Repeatedly.)
I think Ted Cruz is the leader we need: smart, serious, thoughtful, methodical, decent, and patriotic.
