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Rubystars, you are raising legitimate questions. There is no doubt that we are taking a chance in betting on Cruz. But if he is miraculously elected (it will take a miracle for him to beat the establishment), and as President he is pro-Israel, pro-life, anti-amnesty, for lower taxes and less spending, pro-Second Amendment, against the "gay" agenda, and for repealing Obamacare - I think that could at least temporarily save America from self-destruction. Cruz does claim to be all of these things that I mentioned, and so if he is telling us the truth and if he doesn't betray his principles, I would consider that to be a tremendous improvement over what we have now.
Is Cruz as right-wing as JTF? Of course not. Will he do things that will disappoint us? Probably. But we're betting that he is courageous and principled enough to give us a fighting chance.
Thanks for the response Chaim. One of my biggest problems with all of these guys is that even when we've had "pro life" presidents, they have done nothing to actually end abortion or use their power to the fullest to at least try to reduce abortion rates. They may not actively pursue the abortion agenda but they have done nothing to stop the innocent babies from being torn apart. Nothing at all. These "pro life" presidents have been useless in that regard. The best we can hope for from them is that they don't nominate someone to the Supreme Court that's as crazy and left wing as Ginsburg or Sotomayor. Then even when a "pro life" Supreme Court justice gets in there, they hem and haw about "precedent" which should mean nothing when it comes to little babies being violently ripped apart and feeling pain in the process.
I am getting so weary of having to say "This candidate isn't as right wing as I'd like them to be but I support them because the other guy is a monster". We always have to settle for less than what we want. We always have to choose a less than ideal candidate, while the communist social engineers, extreme environmentalists, LGBTQ community and other assorted nuts get exactly the guy they want to run on their side to advance their agenda.
If their side wins, they get a candidate that represents their values. If our side "wins", we get someone we always have to make some kind of concessions about.
"Pro Israel" has become almost as meaningless as "Pro Life" in the sense that even Obama claims to be "Pro Israel" and considers Israel to be an "important ally in the Middle East". Republican and Democrat alike have pushed for Israeli suicide all while claiming to be pro Israel to try to get on the good side of evangelicals and American Jews.
I'm really sick of this crap.
However, in the end I know I'll end up making pro-Cruz videos and helping JTF to promote another somewhat conservative, some liberal who is not as liberal as the actual liberals, just so we die slower instead of faster. Even Reagan wasn't right wing enough in my opinion. Anyone to the left of him doesn't deserve to be president at all, and yet all the candidates have been far to the left of even him.
I'll do my part and help but that doesn't mean I'm satisfied about our choices. A small group of Yankee liberals in New Hampshire gets to decide for Texas and every other state what choices we have as president, because by the time the primaries get down here to TX the choice has already been made and most of the candidates have dropped out of the race.