Senator Cruz tells the truth

Sen. Cruz is scaring a lot of the political “elite” ruling class these days…by speaking the truth and making certain the American people understand it.
Sen. Cruz tells the truth that both political parties in this country have failed the people. In order to gain more and more power, members of both parties have all but eliminated We-the-People from our own government. And, by leaving the running of government solely to others, We-the-People have abrogated our own checks and balances responsibilities and allowed it to happen. Via our lack of attention, we have allowed our elected officials to reach the point where they are now ruling over us…not governing. US laws are being broken daily, now, by all 3 branches of the federal government and the US Constitution was thrown out by them years ago.

 They now rule only to gain more power and wealth; both of which they have now openly and unceremoniously stolen from us. We will never get it back unless we fight for it. Each day that we fail to act and, also, kick the can down the road our rulers gain more illegal authority over us. This is how dictatorships, oligarchies and police-slave states are created. We are now well into the implementation phase of all. If we are no longer willing to stand up and support men and women with the tenacity, integrity, honor, intelligence and passion for our Constitution as does Senator Ted Cruz, then perhaps we don’t deserve to survive as a country after all.

During the 21 hour and 18 minute dissertation by Senator Cruz to the American people and to his own colleagues, he was joined by a few of his colleagues who assisted him by asking pertinent questions on the Senate floor.  These few included Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Cruz was, later, joined by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and, briefly, by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

But, as of this morning, Sen. Cruz is still being belittled, denigrated and disparaged by the now fully-out-of-the-closet Communist press, Democrats and RINOs in Congress. Democrats and Communists hate this man. That’s understood. Neither of those groups support either the truth or those who tell it. RINOs, however, despise Senator Cruz because, by telling said truth, he brings their own short-comings—if not abject corruption—into the light of day…so all can see. Those of the Sen. John McCain ilk came out of that faux conservative and anti-US Republic long ago.   However, for those who followed and supported the ever-bombastic, pro-Islam and, apparently, pro-ObamaCare Rep. Peter King (R-NY) it has come as a bit of a shock.

I have a simple question for all members of Congress (of both parties) who say Ted Cruz Can’t win: HOW WELL IS YOUR STRATEGY WORKING OUT? 

We the Ameican voters intended the 2010 election as a restraining order on the Democrats, and victorious Republicans embraced it as such.  But in reality, they can’t or won’t restrain anything.  They can’t stop funding for ObamaCare.  They can’t force the passage of real budgets.  They can’t stop the Democrats from continuing to treat the “one-time emergency” stimulus of 2009 as part of the budget baseline.  They can’t do any of that until they get control of the Senate too.

Well, I’m not buying it, because, by law the government can’t spend any money on anything unless both houses of Congress pass it, which it seems to me would give tremendous restraining power to the Republican-controlled House.

We are told by Republicans in Congress to embrace restraint and caution, because Ted Cruz’s strategy of defunding ObamaCare cannot work.  Well, like I ask before, What, exactly, has the cautious, realistic strategy of McConnell, Boehner and Cantor accomplished?  Are we getting real budgets?  Is spending being restrained?  Has ObamaCare been slowed in the slightest?  Has the Keystone XL pipeline been approved? Have the attacks on the coal industry lessened?

I can think of one thing, and one thing only, this crew has achieved, and that is that MOST of the Bush tax cuts were made permanent.  But the attacks on wealth and job creators will continue unabated, so it’s a pretty limited victory.  And a tax rate is “permanent” only until Congress changes it, so don’t believe for a second those lower tax rates will be treated as “permanent” if Democrats regain the House majority in 2014.

Overall, the Republican leadership in the House has made a choice to pursue a timid, make no waves strategy against Obama and his policies.  They could have done much more.  They could have started on Day 1 of 2011 by declaring that the endless parade of continuing resolutions was over, that spending would be returned to pre-“emergency” levels, and that the Democrats would have to make major concessions on ObamaCare and a whole host of other things if they wanted their major priorities funded.  Had they made that declaration and stuck to it, instead of being constantly terrified over what the media would say about them, we would not be in a position today where Ted Cruz and his small group of allies have to fight in the manner in which they are.

You can never get anything done if you make up your mind that you’re scared to try, and that’s how most of the Republican leadership in Washington has operated for the past three years.  Not only are they scared to try, they’re scared of anyone else trying because it will get them criticized and “damage the Republican brand” or whatever.

Their frightened approach to governing hasn’t accomplished much of anything, so they have a hell of a lot of nerve criticizing Ted Cruz for actually wanting to fight.  My advice to all Republicans in both the House and the Senate who wish to keep their job is: Grow a pair and follow the lead of Ted Cruz rather than criticizing him. 

The following Republican Senators chose not to listen to the American people and voted to fund Obamacare!
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Chiesa (R-NJ)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Graham (R-SC)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Wicker (R-MS)

Here’s a list of all the Senators who voted to fund Obamacare:

Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Barrasso (R-WY) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Chiesa (R-NJ) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN)

Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Hirono (D-HI) Hoeven (R-ND) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Johnson (R-WI) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Manchin (D-WV) Markey (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY)

Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR)