Ted Cruz: Can't touch this

Curious Cdn

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Just like Barack Obama.

And the idea that being the child of a citizen makes you a citizen isn't in the Constitution. It's current Federal law, subject to change.

Quite the contrary. It's pretty clear from the history that the Founders meant "natural born" to mean "born in the country."

...and "Armed Militias" meant auxilliary soldiers in case of an attack on the Republic, not Billy-Bob with a revolver under his driver's seat to make up for his short Willy.

Uh no, he's not. He was born in Canada and his parents were not working here in an official capacity. That makes him a natural born Canadian.

They had a business going in Calgary. That is pretty "resident".
 

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Except when he says crap like, "I'm a Christian first and an American second." Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing if some Muslim had said they were a Muslim first and an American second.


Secondly, how can Cruz even be president? There's absolutely zero mystery as to where he was born.


Maybe there is something to that - Christian is Global, American isn't & possibly he feels that "Christian" better defines who he is. I don't find a lot wrong with that statement.

Walter - that last post you "red negged" was a question not a statement.:) :)
 

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Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who spent much of January soaring to the top of the Republican pack, was absorbing hit after hit on Friday as his rivals for the Republican nomination tried to ensure that his path to victory in the Iowa caucuses next week was a difficult one.

Perhaps the most visible and unfavorable appraisal of Mr. Cruz’s recent stumbles here and his difficulties during the debate on Thursday was captured by The Des Moines Register, the state’s largest paper, which declared in bold on its front page: “Rough Night for Cruz.”

Mr. Cruz and eight of his rivals spent Friday in their final sprint around Iowa before voters here become the first in the country to render judgment in a presidential race that has defied convention, history and neat prediction.

Most of the contenders were taking aim at Mr. Cruz, who has sought to portray himself as the genuine conservative among a group of weak-principled politicians. Mr. Cruz found his own political persona under assault as his rivals accused him of conveniently shading his own positions, saying one thing before an audience of wealthy donors and then contradicting himself on the campaign trail.

If Cruz loses Iowa, can he win anywhere outside of Texas?

The fact is that the Trump attacks on Cruz being from Canada have hurt Cruz and helped trump. It doesn’t matter to voters whether it’s true. What matters is the guy on the attack is the ‘strong’ one


While Donald Trump and Ted Cruz fight it out for primacy in Iowa, the also-rans are desperately trying to remind voters of their existence, particularly evangelical voters


Mike Huckabee has decided he might be able to knock off Ted Cruz, who has slipped in the Iowa polls, by running a new ad claiming Cruz is a phony.

The ad, which is being aired by the pro-Huckabee super PAC Pursuing America’s Greatness depicts two women chatting prior to a group Bible study about the upcoming Iowa caucuses. The women are shown discussing recent leaked comments in which Cruz privately told donors he wouldn’t prioritize fighting same-sex marriage if he was elected; they also talk about Cruz’s reportedly meager record of charitable giving. […]

"He doesn't tithe?" one woman says in the ad. "A millionaire that brags about his faith all the time?"


"Just what we need—another phony," the second woman responds.

The ad ends with the first woman concluding, "Guess we've narrowed down our list. Can't caucus for Cruz," while her friends nods solemnly in agreement.
 

Curious Cdn

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He is also a rather more well rounded human being than a lot of the jerkwater hillbillies that cling to the GOP, these days. There is a vast difference between being a man of the world and the guy from the gas station on the corner.
 

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Many Iowans are outraged over the campaign and have viewed this tactic as a privacy violation.

Cruz tries to shame Iowa voters by sending out mailers with their personal information.

Labeled in all capital letters, one side of the card reads, “ELECTION ALERT,” “VOTER VIOLATION,” “PUBLIC RECORD,” and “FURTHER ACTION NEEDED.”

On the other side, in red letters at the top, the mailer states, “VOTING VIOLATION.” The text then reads:
“You are receiving this election notice because of low expected voter turnout in your area. Your individual voting history as well as your neighbors’ are public record. Their scores are published below, and many of them will see your score as well. CAUCUS ON MONDAY TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE and please encourage your neighbors to caucus as well. A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday’s caucuses.”
Below, the letter listed the neighbors of the resident, along with their voting record, attempting to shame them in their own neighborhood.

The Cruz campaign has confirmed that these mailers were theirs.


Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening. He stated that the outreach was “very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven’t voted before to vote.”

Red State also reported, “the Cruz campaign has confirmed these mailers are theirs and did send them out.”

Cruz tries to shame Iowa voters by sending out mailers with their personal information.





39A.2 Election misconduct in the first degree.


  1. A person commits the crime of election misconduct in the first degree if the person willfully commits any of the following acts:
c. Duress. Intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, a person to do or to refrain from doing any of the following:
(1) To register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.
(2) To urge or aid a person register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.
(3) To sign a petition nominating a candidate for public office or a petition requesting an election for which a petition may be legally submitted.
(4) To exercise a right under chapters 39 through 53.


https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ElectionLaws/ElectionLaws.pdf


 

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Many Iowans are outraged over the campaign and have viewed this tactic as a privacy violation.

Cruz tries to shame Iowa voters by sending out mailers with their personal information.

Labeled in all capital letters, one side of the card reads, “ELECTION ALERT,” “VOTER VIOLATION,” “PUBLIC RECORD,” and “FURTHER ACTION NEEDED.”

On the other side, in red letters at the top, the mailer states, “VOTING VIOLATION.” The text then reads:
“You are receiving this election notice because of low expected voter turnout in your area. Your individual voting history as well as your neighbors’ are public record. Their scores are published below, and many of them will see your score as well. CAUCUS ON MONDAY TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE and please encourage your neighbors to caucus as well. A follow-up notice may be issued following Monday’s caucuses.”
Below, the letter listed the neighbors of the resident, along with their voting record, attempting to shame them in their own neighborhood.

The Cruz campaign has confirmed that these mailers were theirs.


Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening. He stated that the outreach was “very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven’t voted before to vote.”

Red State also reported, “the Cruz campaign has confirmed these mailers are theirs and did send them out.”

Cruz tries to shame Iowa voters by sending out mailers with their personal information.





39A.2 Election misconduct in the first degree.


  1. A person commits the crime of election misconduct in the first degree if the person willfully commits any of the following acts:
c. Duress. Intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, a person to do or to refrain from doing any of the following:
(1) To register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.
(2) To urge or aid a person register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.
(3) To sign a petition nominating a candidate for public office or a petition requesting an election for which a petition may be legally submitted.
(4) To exercise a right under chapters 39 through 53.


https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ElectionLaws/ElectionLaws.pdf


Look at the face on that goofball he looks like Biggy Rat. LOL
 

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And there are scholars who say otherwise.
There are scholars who say both. The better argument is that the Founders meant born here. Personally I agree with them, but I also think that notion is outdated, a relic of the time when the overwhelming majority of people never left their local area, much less their country.

...and "Armed Militias" meant auxilliary soldiers in case of an attack on the Republic, not Billy-Bob with a revolver under his driver's seat to make up for his short Willy.
You misunderstand the militia.
 

Curious Cdn

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There are scholars who say both. The better argument is that the Founders meant born here. Personally I agree with them, but I also think that notion is outdated, a relic of the time when the overwhelming majority of people never left their local area, much less their country.


You misunderstand the militia.

Maybe, you misunderstand the militia.
 

Curious Cdn

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Possibly, but it's a dead certainty you do.

You also misunderstand the Second Amendment.

I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams that enlightened Philosophs like Jefferson, Franklin intended that 330,000,000 bozos should carry repeating weapons, just in case the guy next to them is, as well. The whole thing is so bizarrely cukoo but what is not is that they wanted to provide defences for their new Republic during the years before they had a professional army.
 

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I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams that enlightened Philosophs like Jefferson, Franklin intended that 330,000,000 bozos should carry repeating weapons, just in case the guy next to them is, as well. The whole thing is so bizarrely cukoo but what is not is that they wanted to provide defences for their new Republic during the years before they had a professional army.
They didn't give a good gawd damn about anything but acquiring real estate and cash moron. Don't try and make them into anything other than what they were. Opportunists.
 

Tecumsehsbones

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I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams that enlightened Philosophs like Jefferson, Franklin intended that 330,000,000 bozos should carry repeating weapons, just in case the guy next to them is, as well. The whole thing is so bizarrely cukoo but what is not is that they wanted to provide defences for their new Republic during the years before they had a professional army.
See, that's the difference. I don't form my opinions based on what I imagine and don't imagine. I read and study.