SEN. TED CRUZ; MAKING TEXANS, CONSERVATIVES, AND HISPANICS PROUD.....

He is making his presence in the Senate known; he has been assigned to the Judiciary, Commerce, and Armed Services committees................read his Op Ed piece in today's WAPO.

What the GOP should stand for: Opportunity

Free-market policies expand opportunity, produce prosperity and improve lives, especially for those working to climb the economic ladder.

I know this is not a theory. My dad fled torture and oppression in Cuba to come, penniless, to Texas. He washed dishes for 50 cents an hour to pay his way through college and then started a small business.


Roughly one in every 10 Hispanic households, or 2.3 million Hispanics, own small businesses.

For centuries, entre*pre*neur*ship has been the path to the American dream.

On the flip side, widespread economic redistribution places enormous burdens on small businesses, kills jobs and rarely helps the recipients of government largess.

Dependency is corrosive. Ask any abuela if she wants her grandchildren dependent on government. Dependency saps spirit and diminishes self-respect.

Americans want to stand on their own feet, and Republicans need to champion policies that enable us to do so: ownership, choice and individual responsibility.

Opportunity conservatism is a powerful frame to explain conservative policies that work. It covers the gamut of issues. Republicans shouldn’t just assail excessive financial and environmental regulations; we should explain how those regulations kill jobs and restrict Americans’ ability to buy their first home.

Don’t just say no to new taxes — fundamentally reform the tax code so that every American can file his taxes on a postcard. Eliminate the corporate welfare and complexity that enrich only accountants and lawyers.

Don’t just criticize union bosses; explain how closed shops confiscate wages and make it harder for low-skilled workers to get jobs.

Don’t talk generically about education; advocate school choice to empower parents and expand opportunity for children struggling to get ahead.

Don’t just dwell on the long-term solvency of Social Security; promote personal accounts to allow low-income Americans to accumulate wealth and pass it on to future generations.

Republicans ought to view, and explain, every policy through the lens of economic mobility. Conservative policies help those struggling to climb the economic ladder, and liberal policies hurt them. If Republicans want to win, we need to champion opportunity.

He opposed the Senate fiscal cliff bill........watch him go up against Wolf Blitzer...

http://www.therightscoop.com/wolf-bl...use-obama-won/

Sounds great to me. I wish we could get someone elected president who held those positions. I'm not sure the majority of Americans will ever support another conservative presidential candidate.

We've got too many people addicted to government handouts. For the welfare parasites, voting against a Democrat is biting the hand that feeds them. As the economy continues to decline in the next four years, and more and more people become dependant on government handouts, it will become even more difficult to elect a president who actually believes in limited government.

The Democrat party has become a drug dealer; the drug they sell is welfare and business is booming.

The Democrat party has become a drug dealer; the drug they sell is welfare and business is booming. Originally Posted by joe bloe

I would like to be the first to thank Chicken Little for his expert analysis!

"Go up against Blitzer"? Now that is damn funny . . . he got his lunch taken away from him!

I would like to be the first to thank Chicken Little for his expert analysis! Originally Posted by bigtex

You're welcome, Ostrich Man.

Hey, joeblowme, nice self-portrait. Are you waiting for IFFY, COsFb, JDCornyhole, IBSyndrome or one of your other Teawipe "bros" to slip by and give you a semen enema?

C'mon, RaggedyAndy. Is that the best you got? I mean, seriously. You're degenerating into the "poop" and "homo" crowd.

wasnt he just sworn in, like yesterday?

He's a fool.

Unlike Obama; Cruz is doing what he said (pledged) he would do............

Cruz Sworn In As Texas’ First Hispanic US Senator, Will Introduce Bill To Repeal ‘Obamacare’

Unlike Obama; Cruz is doing what he said (pledged) he would do............

Cruz Sworn In As Texas’ First Hispanic US Senator, Will Introduce Bill To Repeal ‘Obamacare’

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

Exactly the point I made in my other posts about Ted Cruz. He's going to be a bomb-thrower who will get exactly nothing accomplished. Flag bearer for extremist positions that will do nothing for Texas..... but he'll stir up the whacks like Whirly. I miss Kay Bailey already.

And, by the way Whirly....he has pretty much zero Hispanic support in Texas. Or nationwide. The title to your post is absurd and untrue and, I presume represents some silly attempt by you to address the much-publicized issue of how the lack of hispanic support for Republicans doesn't bode well for the GOP's future. Like just about everything else you post, it lacks a foundation in reality and pretty much exists only in your brainwashed imagination. Saying it does not make it so.

Considering Obamacare is such a bad program I hope there are more bomb throwers in Congress not less. We have too many people that will roll over just to get along. We need more that will say NO.

If our politicians delivered on their campgain promises; America would be a better place.

Obama lied to get elected....Cruz didn't. Obama is a corrupt immoral politician, so far Cruz is the honest one of the bunch.

If our politicians delivered on their campgain promises; America would be a better place.

Obama lied to get elected....Cruz didn't. Obama is a corrupt immoral politician, so far Cruz is the honest one of the bunch. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

what? did Cruz promise to run his mouth ?