March 26, 201511 yr Author Cruz isn't my top choice or even my second. But I find the disdain for him comical. The far left quivered for Obama and his constitutional back round in law. Cruz backround in this area dwarfs Obama's. I actually heard a liberal commentator compare him to Palin which again is comical. Cruz is a very intelligent man with serious credentials. You may not agree with him but you can't deny his resume. He won't win this election cycle more than likely but I do feel a sense of history with candidates like him labeled as rebels in the Republican party who eventual find success on the national stage. The bottom line is no one the Democrats will offer have his resume or intelligence and some on here want to dimiss him as a goof. All I can do is chuckle because next week I will see a post how unintelligent republicans are. I've never gotten people who question pols' intelligence. Heck, as one of the bigger Mrs. Palin critics on here, even I don't question her OVERALL intelligence. I just think she's a whack job without a lot of substance. However, I guarantee you she is not lacking intelligence.
March 27, 201511 yr mcpapa. What about Cruz is " way out there" ? And don't just pick some single sentence flub .. If that were the case Joe Biden would be far , far , far , light years beyond " out there" .
March 27, 201511 yr Author mcpapa. What about Cruz is " way out there" ? And don't just pick some single sentence flub .. If that were the case Joe Biden would be far , far , far , light years beyond " out there" . Didn't he once claim something about the govt shutting down golf courses and that it was a plot by liberals?
March 27, 201511 yr mcpapa. What about Cruz is " way out there" ? And don't just pick some single sentence flub .. If that were the case Joe Biden would be far , far , far , light years beyond " out there" . 538 is always worth listening to. Let?s Be Serious About Ted Cruz From The Start: He?s Too Extreme And Too Disliked To Win | FiveThirtyEight He is simply farther out there than anyone else remotely in the mix.
March 30, 201511 yr Some things of Cruz's family background - most of which are not well reported. 1. His father fought FOR Fidel Castro when he was young. He was jailed by the Batista government. When he got out he has stated he bribed Cuban officials to provide a visa to attend University of Texas on a 4 year visa. 2. His father has stated that both and Cruz's mother are naturalized Canadians. The elder Cruz has said he renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2005 when he naturalized as a US citizen. 3. His father and mother ran a technology business analyzing seismic data while in Canada - Rafael B. Cruz and Associates Ltd. In was sold in 1974. The Cruz family moved to the US after this. 4. He has lots of half brothers and sisters. Both parents were married and had children from previous marriages. 5. Hist father is out spoken and has said some controversial things - like Obama should go back to Kenya. 6. The elder Cruz is well renowned for his work in the oil exploration area and in 1973 was the Technical Chairman of the National Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Convention. Some sources: How Ted Cruz's Father Shaped His Views On Immigration : It's All Politics : NPR In an interview near his home outside Dallas, the elder Cruz says that as a teenager, he fought alongside Fidel Castro's forces to overthrow Cuba's U.S.-backed dictator, Fulgencio Batista. He was caught by Batista's forces, he says, and jailed and beaten before being released. It was 1957, and Cruz decided to get out of Cuba by applying to the University of Texas. Upon being admitted, he adds, he got a four-year student visa at the U.S. Consulate in Havana. "Then the only other thing that I needed was an exit permit from the Batista government," Cruz recalls. "A friend of the family, a lawyer friend of my father, basically bribed a Batista official to stamp my passport with an exit permit." ... "I worked in Canada for eight years," Rafael Cruz says. "And while I was in Canada, I became a Canadian citizen." The elder Cruz says he renounced his Canadian citizenship when he finally became a U.S. citizen in 2005 — 48 years after leaving Cuba. CGG (company) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Veritas Energy Services, a geophysical services company, was established in 1974 in Calgary, Canada with the purchase of Rafael B. Cruz and Associates Ltd. by David B. Robson.
April 7, 201511 yr Rand Paul announced he is running today. Just great, nothing like a clown running for President. At least this will get him out of the KY Senate Seat.
April 7, 201511 yr Rand Paul announced he is running today. JMO, but he's the only one outside of Jeb Bush (who I want nothing to do with as POTUS) that has a shot at winning the general election.
April 7, 201511 yr Author JMO' date=' but he's the only one outside of Jeb Bush (who I want nothing to do with as POTUS) that has a shot at winning the general election.[/quote'] You mean if we pretend he has a chance of winning the party nomination?
April 7, 201511 yr You mean if we pretend he has a chance of winning the party nomination? Let hope he dont.
April 7, 201511 yr You mean if we pretend he has a chance of winning the party nomination? I think he's got a much better chance than you or anyone else are giving him credit for.
April 7, 201511 yr Let hope he dont. :lol2: The fact that you dislike him so much makes me even more confident that he'd do a good job. :lol2:
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