I know, controversial, right? Well, I think that based on Alex Jones' accusation that Ted Cruz is an Republican-Establishment Spy is pretty much the nuttiest thing I've heard yet. God forbid there be some nth degree of separation that associates Ted Cruz with the Bush family (who are evil incarnate...and I'm not yet convinced that is true, but I'm willing to look at any evidence anyone has) because Ted, THEREFORE, must be an operative, a spy, or something worse, an establishment whore.
Would someone bash me over the head with a cast iron frying pan, please?! I'm sure that I've missed something crucial in my efforts to simply BE a conservative. Alex says, "I don't screw anybody over..." HA! When you spout the kind of accusations the day of a primary election against one particular candidate, you are screwing them over, Alex (said with my best disdain-ridden voice, perhaps with a little spit on the X) Fortunately, I think that Alex has a small reach; though he will assure you he has many big-time requests for his show (which he distributes as a public service...for free; news organizations are encouraged to use the blank spaces in his show for advertising). OK, I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that if this were quality content, he would ask people to pay.
And what is up with the Schlafly/Sessions/Coulter folks? Oh, I suppose they look at the Trump campaign as political Nirvana where free trade means fair trade. Well, great. So, we're going to go back to the heady days of Smoot-Hawley. For those of you who remember your 9th grade Civics class, Smoot-Hawley is the economic proof that when you pick winners and losers in the trade arena, you usually end up being the loser. "But," the proponents argue,"Tariffs don't have to be like Smoot-Hawley, we can use formulas to determine 'fair' trade, i.e., if a foreign country pays its folks .25cents/hr, it gets docked."
OK, but when have you EVER known a politician to stop at one sensible rule. They never do. So, I now have to trust a candidate who's claim to fame is saying "You're Fired!" on a reality TV show to propose nuanced trade policy? OK, he wrote a book (one of my favorites), but that doesn't mean that I think that Trump is the right guy to tread carefully in the Fair Trade arena. Do you? I guess that's my question. It's a matter of Trust.
And Conservatives, yet again, have been tested post-Reagan and they have failed. It's the Conservative, Dummies! Vote for the Conservative! He's not hard to spot since he's the only one in the field; well, except for Carson, but I'm thinking at this point that Carson needs to vacate his run for President. Pick your issue: Immigration, Trade, Economy, Cruz has done nothing but be Conservative. He's not a shill for the establishment, he's not a Catholic-hating Evangelist, and he fought against the Gang of Eight, Ann Coulter, in case you're reading this (I hear she reads my Blog religiously).
What he IS, is a Conservative, Harvard SCL graduate who has won every case he has fought for in the Supreme Court (nine by last count). He's a Dad, husband, and Senator from the great state of Texas, and he deserves Conservative support. As for Alex Jones, who is that guy? And what planet does he come from?
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