Limbaugh: Ted Cruz Is "Inarguably Thoroughbred Conservative"

[bigbadjohn45]

Limbaugh: Ted Cruz Is "Inarguably Thoroughbred Conservative"

Steve Guest
Media Reporter

4:05 PM 10/26/2015

Rush Limbaugh says Ted Cruz is “inarguably thoroughbred conservative.”

Monday on his radio show, Limbaugh argued that Cruz is “positioned…ideally” and if something happens to Trump, “We’re not shut out here.”

Limbaugh praised Cruz, “We still have someone in our roster that opposes every bit of the Democrat agenda, perhaps more than anybody else in the race and that’s Cruz. I mean Cruz does not have in his record any statement like Trump does of having supported certain things the Democrats have done. Cruz is inarguably thoroughbred conservative.”

Rush Limbaugh: I think that there is a dark horse in this entire thing, and I think there is one candidate who is positioned here. Now I know that it’s getting late, Trump has had the lead for 100 days here or more. Well he’s been in the lead ever since he’s got in. And there now fewer days until Iowa that he has been in the lead. I mean he is over the hump in that regard. but there is still a long way to go, it is politics. Any number of unforeseen, unpredictable events are potentially out there. And there has been somebody trucking along here steady-eddy that has continued to be who he is and continues to lay down foundational markers for himself and that’s Ted Cruz. And I think Ted Cruz is, is positioned, I would say ideally. I mean, I’m sure, Cruz would love to be in the top two, top three here but of all the others in the race, you take Trump and Carson here and they’re at number one and number two. Carson has pulled ahead of Trump even in Iowa now in two polls. But overall Trump leads and his lead continues to expand but what if it doesn’t? What if something happens? We’re not shut out here. We still have someone in our roster that opposes every bit of the Democrat agenda, perhaps more than anybody else in the race and that’s Cruz. I mean Cruz does not have in his record any statement, like Trump does, of having supported certain things the Democrats have done. Cruz is inarguably thoroughbred conservative.

 

[bigbadjohn45]

Ted Cruz: Solid Conservative, with Millennial Appeal
October 26, 2015

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RUSH: I think that there is a dark horse in this entire thing. I think there is one candidate who is positioned here. Now, I know it's getting late. Trump has had the lead for a hundred days here or more. Well, he's been in the lead ever since he got in. And there are now fewer days to Iowa than he has been in the lead. I mean, he's over the hump in that regard. But there's still a long way to go. It's politics. Any number of unforeseen, unpredictable events are potentially out there, and there has been somebody trucking along here, steady Eddie that has continued to be who he is and continues to lay down foundational markers for himself, and that's Ted Cruz. I think Ted Cruz is positioned, I wouldn't say ideally, I mean I'm sure Cruz would love to be in the top two, top three here, but of all the others in the race, Trump and Carson here, and they're at number one and two, Carson's pulled ahead of Trump even in Iowa now, in two polls. But overall Trump leads and his lead continues to expand.

But what if it doesn't? What if something happens? We're not shut out here. We still have somebody in our roster who opposes every bit of the Democrat agenda, perhaps more than anybody else in the race, and that's Cruz. I mean, Cruz does not have in his record any statement like Trump does of having supported certain things the Democrats have done. Cruz is inarguably thoroughbred conservative. The more I read about the Millennials, by the way, and I've got some stuff about them in the Stack today, the more I read about Millennials and where they are attitudinally, politically, socially, economically, Cruz is somebody I think has a great opportunity to connect with them.

In fact, before we get to the Trump sound bites, let me find this little thing on the Millennials. "Survey: Millennials Around the World Worry Most About Economic Inequality." Now, this is typical of young people, young generations. They see injustice and unfairness and inequality out there and they want to right it, they want to correct it. When you have half of the country making -- this is unbelievable -- 51% percent of the country making under $30,000 a year, that just cannot stand. We will not have a standard economy with that kind of reality. We just won't.

The website here is USA Today, and the survey comes from the World Economic Forum, and they released it yesterday. "Millennials around the world worry most about social and economic equality, remain skeptical of government and the media, and count Tesla CEO Elon Musk as one their heroes, according to a World Economic Forum survey released Sunday. More than 1,000 young people, ages 20 to 30, from 125 countries and who are all active in the forum's Global Shapers Community."

It's a left wing bunch, the World Economic Forum, it's an establishment left-wing bunch, understand, but they still went out and they talked to these Millennials all over the world, 125 different countries. "The average age was 28. The results were released at the beginning of a three-day World Economic Forum conference in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates." It's right down the road from Dubai. "The survey showed that 65% of the Millennials said one of their top three goals in selecting a job was to make a difference in society, their city or country." Well, yeah, I mean, yeah, of course they want that. They want to right wrongs. They want to correct social injustice wherever they see it. And when Ted Cruz gets going, that's ultimately what he's all about.

He's all about everybody being the best they can be using their natural -- he's conservative top to bottom, through and through, no matter how you slice it, left, right, up, down. "They also look for an opportunity to learn, followed by career advancement. More than nine out of 10 said they would be willing to relocate to advance their career." That is the number one obstacle most people put in their own way. They're unwillingness to move. I've always said that most of the obstacles people face in life are self-imposed, and the number one obstacle is the unwillingness to move. If you live in a place, let's say you want to be a brain surgeon and you live in a place where there's not a hospital, you're gonna have to move.

If you want to get big in media and you live in Peoria, you're gonna have to move. And a lot of people don't want to move. The comfort level of being at home, friends, family, all that, it's a big obstacle. People get past that and nine out of 10 of these Millennials say they would be willing to relocate in order to advance their career, that's a big deal. Anyway, it's just a long way to go here and the Republican establishment has made it clear they are not interested in a conservative nominee. The Republican establishment has made it clear that the role of conservatives in this primary is to once again split the vote and split money.

It was the money, don't forget, it was the money that was gonna save Jeb, or, if not Jeb, the next chosen establishment candidate. And the money, the ads, are not working. The ads simply are not overcoming, and they always have, the opposition to some of these candidates. So there's sheer panic out there now.

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[nashvillegoldenflash]

BBJ, can you explain to me why so many self-professed conservatives support Trump because I just don't understand it. The same people who hated Romney love Trump. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Have Conservatives Betrayed Ted Cruz?

For the better part of his relatively young career in the United States Senate, Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been one of the most beloved and hated politicians in Washington, D.C. Few have obtained such a passionate group of followers or an equally passionate gaggle of haters. Love him or loathe him, the man knows how to get people talking.

A little more than two years ago, in September 2013, everyone—and I mean everyone—was talking about Cruz. He had just finished a 21-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor in a hopeless-but-well-intentioned attempt to defund Obamacare. Cruz was vilified by President Barack Obama’s supporters and Democrats across the nation, but Tea Party activists praised Cruz for being a hero of the modern conservative

Part Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson’s fictional character from “The Patriot”), part “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Cruz’ effort to bring attention to the faults of the incredibly destructive Obamacare boondoggle was the kind of move many conservatives only dream about.

Just one month before the marathon speech, business tycoon Donald Trump was questioning Cruz’ eligibility to be president on ABC’s “This Week” and subtly suggesting (again) Obama may not have really been born in America.

Trump’s political past makes Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee look like a rock of stability. At one time or another, Trump has supported Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, partial-birth abortion, single-payer health care, and a variety of other far-left causes.

And yet, just a handful of months prior to the start of the GOP primaries, Trump remains at the top of the Republican heap, and the distance between him and the conservative champion Cruz is staggering. According to Real Clear Politics, Trump’s average level of support is roughly 27 percent of Republicans, compared to only 8 percent for Cruz. Trump is leading in virtually every single state, and if the primaries were held today, Cruz would likely lose in every state.

Some might think Trump’s support must be coming from the moderates in the Republican Party—the same group that carried Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to victory in 2008 and 2012—but all the available data suggest Trump is doing very well amongst Republicans who identify as “conservative” or as members of the Tea Party.

After starting out with a record-breaking fundraising effort, Cruz has faded into the background for the first time in what seems like forever. In short, Cruz, along with conservative heroes such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has been abandoned by the very same conservatives who he has spent his political career defending. From zero to hero … just like that.

Any political analyst with half a brain will tell you the reason for the shift has little to do with Cruz and everything to do with wanting to send a message to the Republican establishment.

“We’re sick and tired of John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and Jeb Bush,” says basically every conservative in America.

I’m sick of them too. I’m tired of looking weak, political pandering, and giving in to far-left Democrats who will never—not in a billion years—work to promote freedom. The word “compromise” these days really is just establishment Republicans’ political jargon for “surrender.”

In an effort to send a message to Republicans conservatives hate, they have abandoned one of the few people in Congress who have consistently refused to abandon conservatives. Where I come from, that’s called “betrayal,” and it’s hard to explain.

This may very well be the least competitive group of Democrats in 50 years. The eventual Republican nominee will almost certainly face off against either an unlikable failed former secretary of state embroiled in countless scandals and lies, a grumpy old socialist from a state with virtually no political clout, a former governor of Rhode Island who seemingly switches parties every year, or two other candidates with such poor name recognition I’m not even going to waste time talking about them.

A conservative Republican not only has an exceptional chance of winning this election, it may be the best opportunity conservatives have had since Ronald Reagan to set things right. The next president will likely get to replace two Supreme Court justices, which means conservatives could very possibly control the Supreme Court and return the Constitution to its rightful place as the chief law of the land.

It’s obvious conservatives are sick of losing one political war after another with leftists, but does anyone really believe Cruz is part of the “establishment”? Does anyone really think Cruz is a liberal-in-disguise sellout? Cruz is a man who stood on the Senate floor for 21 straight hours to defend liberty, and now conservatives are abandoning him.

After spending years of accusing Republicans of betraying conservative values, conservatives are betraying conservative values by turning on one of the few people who never turned on them.

http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/have-conservatives-betrayed-ted-cruz/

 

[bigbadjohn45]

Flash, I think people are fed up with business as usual in Washington and are ready for a change. I think Trump definitely struck a resonating chord with those frustrated with the current administration's inability to address the serious crisis that is illegal immigration.

Let's keep praying that our favorite, Ted Cruz, will soon have a "breakout moment" that will propel him in the polls. It could still happen.

--BBJ

BBJ, can you explain to me why so many self-professed conservatives support Trump because I just don't understand it. The same people who hated Romney love Trump. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Have Conservatives Betrayed Ted Cruz?

For the better part of his relatively young career in the United States Senate, Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been one of the most beloved and hated politicians in Washington, D.C. Few have obtained such a passionate group of followers or an equally passionate gaggle of haters. Love him or loathe him, the man knows how to get people talking.

A little more than two years ago, in September 2013, everyone—and I mean everyone—was talking about Cruz. He had just finished a 21-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor in a hopeless-but-well-intentioned attempt to defund Obamacare. Cruz was vilified by President Barack Obama’s supporters and Democrats across the nation, but Tea Party activists praised Cruz for being a hero of the modern conservative

Part Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson’s fictional character from “The Patriot”), part “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Cruz’ effort to bring attention to the faults of the incredibly destructive Obamacare boondoggle was the kind of move many conservatives only dream about.

Just one month before the marathon speech, business tycoon Donald Trump was questioning Cruz’ eligibility to be president on ABC’s “This Week” and subtly suggesting (again) Obama may not have really been born in America.

Trump’s political past makes Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee look like a rock of stability. At one time or another, Trump has supported Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, partial-birth abortion, single-payer health care, and a variety of other far-left causes.

And yet, just a handful of months prior to the start of the GOP primaries, Trump remains at the top of the Republican heap, and the distance between him and the conservative champion Cruz is staggering. According to Real Clear Politics, Trump’s average level of support is roughly 27 percent of Republicans, compared to only 8 percent for Cruz. Trump is leading in virtually every single state, and if the primaries were held today, Cruz would likely lose in every state.

Some might think Trump’s support must be coming from the moderates in the Republican Party—the same group that carried Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to victory in 2008 and 2012—but all the available data suggest Trump is doing very well amongst Republicans who identify as “conservative” or as members of the Tea Party.

After starting out with a record-breaking fundraising effort, Cruz has faded into the background for the first time in what seems like forever. In short, Cruz, along with conservative heroes such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has been abandoned by the very same conservatives who he has spent his political career defending. From zero to hero … just like that.

Any political analyst with half a brain will tell you the reason for the shift has little to do with Cruz and everything to do with wanting to send a message to the Republican establishment.

“We’re sick and tired of John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and Jeb Bush,” says basically every conservative in America.

I’m sick of them too. I’m tired of looking weak, political pandering, and giving in to far-left Democrats who will never—not in a billion years—work to promote freedom. The word “compromise” these days really is just establishment Republicans’ political jargon for “surrender.”

In an effort to send a message to Republicans conservatives hate, they have abandoned one of the few people in Congress who have consistently refused to abandon conservatives. Where I come from, that’s called “betrayal,” and it’s hard to explain.

This may very well be the least competitive group of Democrats in 50 years. The eventual Republican nominee will almost certainly face off against either an unlikable failed former secretary of state embroiled in countless scandals and lies, a grumpy old socialist from a state with virtually no political clout, a former governor of Rhode Island who seemingly switches parties every year, or two other candidates with such poor name recognition I’m not even going to waste time talking about them.

A conservative Republican not only has an exceptional chance of winning this election, it may be the best opportunity conservatives have had since Ronald Reagan to set things right. The next president will likely get to replace two Supreme Court justices, which means conservatives could very possibly control the Supreme Court and return the Constitution to its rightful place as the chief law of the land.

It’s obvious conservatives are sick of losing one political war after another with leftists, but does anyone really believe Cruz is part of the “establishment”? Does anyone really think Cruz is a liberal-in-disguise sellout? Cruz is a man who stood on the Senate floor for 21 straight hours to defend liberty, and now conservatives are abandoning him.

After spending years of accusing Republicans of betraying conservative values, conservatives are betraying conservative values by turning on one of the few people who never turned on them.

http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/have-conservatives-betrayed-ted-cruz/