Thursday, February 25, 2016

Vote - Trump or Cruz

Running a business is not the same as running a country.  Many sound business principles can be effectively applied to running a country, but governance  is a political activity with many interdependent nuances.  Trump has been successful as a businessman, but has not had one iota of  experience in the political arena of governance in a democratic republic.  You have to have a set of principles by which to govern.  You have to be able to express these principle in a meaningful and understandable way.  You can't just go around shouting one-liner platitudes with no substance and constantly calling your opposition stupid liars.  It works a few times but like the little boy that cried wolf one time too many the people soon come to ignore you.

Trump's biggest trump card is his battle against "the establishment" thus he is different.  Many people are against "the establishment" thus Trump resonates with them.  Obama was against the status quo which equates to "the establishment", and promised to "fundamentally transform" the government.  Many people bought into that and look what we got.  Ted Cruz is anti-establishment, but he opposes it from within the bounds of the political arena.  He has proven himself by opposing "the establishment" on their own battle grounds.  Cruz has a moral compass and set of principles grounded in the Constitution.  He has defended the Constitution several times before the Supreme Court and won each time.  He has served as senator from Texas and taken on the insider powers that be.

Cruz is of known quality.  Trump is unknown.  We don't know what for sure we're getting with Trump except shouted platitudes and promises to make great deals.  I suggest Cruz is the better candidate and certainly would appoint Supreme Court Justices founded in the principles of the Constitution.

Vote Ted Cruz.