Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
Wuf, list three apprehensions you have about a Cruz presidency.
Man that's a tough one. I support him to the degree that I do because I agree with his policies so much that I don't have apprehensions. I don't think that it's a coincidence that the person whose political ideals seem to line up the most with my own (Thomas Sowell*) was an early Cruz endorser.

Even with something like the idea that maybe as President he would play the Washington game and overly compromise like virtually everybody else does, I just don't think he would. He knows that his strength comes from not doing that. His supporters, in near entirety, want somebody who will stand unwavering against the Washington juggernaut of ever increasing federal power. For example, we would rather see Senator Cruz filibuster 4 years straight of any SCOTUS nominees coming from Hillary Clinton than to lay down swords and confirm somebody who is just going to make things worse. The Washington wisdom is that this can't work because "voters want to see things getting done", so they think compromise has to be made. But no, Cruz supporters want a guy who will use his fullest powers to stop bad things from happening, not act like principles need to be compromised.

I'm gonna have to think about if I can come up with some solid answers to your question. I don't have an apprehension that Cruz would ultimately be a flip flopper like the rest of them, and if I did, I wouldn't support him nearly as much as I do. On policy, I like everything. His tax plan isn't the best there ever was, but I would be astounded if he could get that enacted since it would be remarkably better than any tax system the country has had in modern times.

My only real apprehension is he wouldn't be able to do what he says he will. But I don't think that answers your questions satisfactorily. It just makes me look like a fanboi who thinks Titanium Ted can do no wrong.


*It should be noted that Sowell is not totally anti-state; whereas I am. It's just that when you have a government monopoly that's not going away, my thoughts align with his more than any other famous person I know of.