It has been some time since a conservative candidate for President has come along that has had both the breadth of experience and the depth of character to be considered a “complete conservative.”
Not since the days of Ronald Reagan have we had a “head and
shoulders above the rest” kind of candidate to support for the most powerful
job in the world.
In the past several elections, conservatives (both fiscal
and social) have had only semi-complete candidates from which to choose. George W. Bush came the closest, but even he
fell short of Reagan’s stature in a number of areas.
After Bush, conservatives looked at a number of
possibilities: Mike Huckabee, Rick
Santorum, Herman Cain, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and the Pauls – just to name a few.
But, each one of these potential Presidents fell short in
one area or another in presenting a complete package of leadership necessary to
be another Reagan.
Huckabee, a former Governor and ordained minister, had some
executive experience and solid values.
But, he lacked foreign policy experience and flirted with a few liberal
policies during his tenure as Governor of Arkansas. He was rejected this most recent campaign
season due to his muddy involvement with Common Core – that left-wing federal
take-over of education that doesn’t work.
Both Cain and Carson brought “outsider” status to their
respective races. They were successful
in their careers and demonstrated some leadership abilities. But, they both were sorely lacking in foreign
policy knowledge, let alone experience.
Cain knew little about the Balkans and Carson confused a
Palestinian terrorist organization – Hamas – with a Middle Eastern food dish –
hummus.
In addition, they both committed “amateur” mistakes in their
campaigns that led to their failures.
Cain failed to stop the Obama/Axelrod smear accusation brought on by a “paid-off”
woman who lived in Alexrod’s building.
Carson blundered in Iowa by sending signals that he was not
going to continue campaigning after the Primary. He then continued to whine about his outcome
after his self-inflicted wound.
Rubio, at one time viewed as a growing star in the conservative
universe, severely damaged his political future by compromising and going along
with far-left Democrats in attempting to promote amnesty for illegal aliens in
America.
Santorum damaged his political career by a crushing
re-election bid loss for the Senate in 2006.
A two-term Senator should not get blown out the way Santorum was, but
such is what happens when a “political entitlement” mentality sets in.
Both Pauls are conservative enough, but they are also
isolationists when it comes to the rest of the world. When Ron Paul thought that Iran should get a
nuke if they wanted one in a 2012 debate, he forever lost the bulk of
conservative support he might have had.
Rand has made some similar statements that have hurt him with the
voters.
Nope. None of these
former “also-rans” was the whole package conservatives crave and America needs.
But, that is no longer the case this election. We do have one candidate who truly embodies
all that it means to be a conservative, American patriot.
That man is Ted Cruz.
This is why he has been attacked by both parties with more
furor than any other candidate in modern history. And yet, his composure and focus have
remained intact as he marches steadily toward the nomination.
But for those who may have forgotten, or may not know, here
are some of Cruz’s bona fides to assume the mantle of Reagan and be a great
American President.
Cruz has fought his whole entire life for the American
people and the U.S. Constitution. No
other candidate has such a pedigree. No
other candidate is as much an expert on America’s foundational documents.
Cruz has the good kind of government experience needed to
right America’s listing “ship of state.”
He has proven his beliefs and values, not just espoused
them. He has fought for American
freedoms in federal courts and the U.S. Senate.
It was Cruz who defended the 2nd Amendment before
the Supreme Court in the Heller case – a fundamental victory for private gun
ownership in America.
Cruz fought and won 1st Amendment victories in
the courts as well. Texas maintains its
10 Commandments monument on the Capitol grounds because of Cruz.
Cruz defied the Bush Administration in a fight over national
sovereignty before the Supreme Court to demand that U.S. law is sovereign over
the wishes of the U.N. He won that
battle for all of us.
Cruz, as Texas’ Solicitor General, has had state-level
government experience and understands and supports the 10th
Amendment’s limitation on federal power.
Cruz, as a sitting U.S. Senator, also understands the roles
and responsibilities of the federal government.
And, he has not been shy about protecting Americans’ rights to the
dismay of the Senate “dinosaurs” who care more about their pensions and
legacies than they do the American people.
He has consistently opposed the Obama radical agenda; even
when his fellow “Republicans” have crumbled like melting glaciers before the
glaring media spotlights.
Cruz has stood up for our military and veterans; not with
phony rallies and unfulfilled promises of donations, but with real actions.
When Obama’s Iranian-born advisor – Valerie Jarrett - ordered
veterans’ memorials closed to punish America for supporting Cruz’s stand to
shut the government down in order to stop Obamacare, Cruz was one of the
members of Congress out on the National Mall removing barricades so WWII vets
on “Honor Flights” would have access to what is rightfully theirs.
Cruz has proposed a rational economic plan to reverse
decades of government waste, fraud, and abuse.
His simple flat tax and the abolition of the abusive,
political IRS are both conservative dreams.
His call for the end to federal education meddling and the
cancellation of Common Core are music to the ears of all parents wanting their
children to succeed in whatever school choice they prefer.
Cruz is a champion of the unborn and has called for the immediate
defunding of Planned Parenthood – the national leading slaughterer of babies in
the womb. He has also called for the
investigation into Planned Parenthood’s dead baby organ trafficking scheme.
As a graduate of a private Christian secondary school, Cruz
warmly supports school choice – much to the chagrin of the Democrat Party’s
fund-raising arm – the teachers’ unions.
Cruz has called the drafting of women into combat and the
use of girls’ bathrooms by the “gender-confused” as “crazy.”
His time working for the Federal Trade Commission makes him
an expert on job creation, international trade, and reduction of onerous
government regulation of businesses to increase both jobs and wages.
His personal life is sane and normal; sleaze lies by
political opponents with no morality of their own aside.
His educational pedigree is unchallenged – having distinguished
himself in the nation’s best universities.
The list could go on and on.
But, the bottom line is this – America has only one choice to make for
President if we want to fix the messes created by the smarmy Clintons, the compromised
RINOs, and Obama’s radical socialists.
That choice is Ted Cruz for President!
History alone will make the comparisons to Reagan, but if
Cruz has a chance to lead this great nation, we may all be witnesses to
history.
Ted Cruz is the ONLY Complete Conservative – and the only
choice for those who want their children and grandchildren to have a future of
freedom, opportunity, and peace.
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