Little-Acorn
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Bill Clinton's former Labor Secretary wrote a column in which he described the reasons why Ted Cruz would make a good President. Of course, Reich meant these things in a BAD way, but that doesn't change the facts. He gave four reasons for his beliefs about Cruz, and every one of them is a good reason to vote for Cruz.
My comments in italics below.
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Robert Reich (4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than...)
4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump.
1. Cruz is more fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, believes the 2nd amendment guarantees everyone a right to guns. He doesn’t believe in a constitutional divide between church and state, favors the death penalty, rejects immigration reform, demands the repeal of Obamacare, and takes a strict “originalist” view of the meaning of the Constitution.
[TRANSLATION: Trump might make some liberal decisions every now and then, but we can't count on Cruz doing that. -LA]
2. Cruz is a true believer. Trump has no firm principles except making money, getting attention, and gaining power. But Cruz has spent much of his life embracing radical right economic and political views.
[TRANSLATION: Nobody's sure if Trump is a conservative, but there are no doubts about Cruz's conservatism. He's been solidly conservative all his life. How can we possibly get around him if he's elected? -LA]
3. Cruz is more disciplined and strategic. Trump is all over the place, often winging it, saying whatever pops into his mind. Cruz hews to a clear script and a carefully crafted strategy. He plays the long game (as he’s shown in Iowa).
[TRANSLATION: While we might be able to catch Trump and wring some liberal decisions out of him, that looks very unlikely for Cruz. Cruz spends a lot of time planning long campaigns to achieve consergvative programs, and I doubt we can ever divert him from that course. -LA]
4. Cruz is a loner who’s willing to destroy government institutions to get his way. Trump has spent his career using the federal government and making friends with big shots. Not Cruz. He has repeatedly led Republicans toward fiscal cliffs. In the Fall of 2013, his opposition to Obamacare led in a significant way to the shutdown of the federal government.
[TRANSLATION: Cruz has no qualms about destroying the liberal institutions we have put in place for decades, and we probably can't scare him with threat of making people think he is doing bad things. He opposes Obamacare solidly, and won't yield to our threats of shutting down the government if he continues. -LA]
Both men would be disasters for America, but Ted Cruz would be the larger disaster.
[TRANSLATION: If Cruz is elected, he is the most likely of all candidates to put solidly conservative programs in place, and eliminate any need for us liberals. That would be a disaster, at least for us liberals. -LA]
My comments in italics below.
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Robert Reich (4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than...)
4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump.
1. Cruz is more fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, believes the 2nd amendment guarantees everyone a right to guns. He doesn’t believe in a constitutional divide between church and state, favors the death penalty, rejects immigration reform, demands the repeal of Obamacare, and takes a strict “originalist” view of the meaning of the Constitution.
[TRANSLATION: Trump might make some liberal decisions every now and then, but we can't count on Cruz doing that. -LA]
2. Cruz is a true believer. Trump has no firm principles except making money, getting attention, and gaining power. But Cruz has spent much of his life embracing radical right economic and political views.
[TRANSLATION: Nobody's sure if Trump is a conservative, but there are no doubts about Cruz's conservatism. He's been solidly conservative all his life. How can we possibly get around him if he's elected? -LA]
3. Cruz is more disciplined and strategic. Trump is all over the place, often winging it, saying whatever pops into his mind. Cruz hews to a clear script and a carefully crafted strategy. He plays the long game (as he’s shown in Iowa).
[TRANSLATION: While we might be able to catch Trump and wring some liberal decisions out of him, that looks very unlikely for Cruz. Cruz spends a lot of time planning long campaigns to achieve consergvative programs, and I doubt we can ever divert him from that course. -LA]
4. Cruz is a loner who’s willing to destroy government institutions to get his way. Trump has spent his career using the federal government and making friends with big shots. Not Cruz. He has repeatedly led Republicans toward fiscal cliffs. In the Fall of 2013, his opposition to Obamacare led in a significant way to the shutdown of the federal government.
[TRANSLATION: Cruz has no qualms about destroying the liberal institutions we have put in place for decades, and we probably can't scare him with threat of making people think he is doing bad things. He opposes Obamacare solidly, and won't yield to our threats of shutting down the government if he continues. -LA]
Both men would be disasters for America, but Ted Cruz would be the larger disaster.
[TRANSLATION: If Cruz is elected, he is the most likely of all candidates to put solidly conservative programs in place, and eliminate any need for us liberals. That would be a disaster, at least for us liberals. -LA]
