[Vision2020] Ted Cruz launches 2016 presidential run

Mon Mar 23 14:07:58 PDT 2015

I'm sure this would be a lot more fun for you if there was anyone currently
on this list who ever made a birther argument but as near is I can tell
there isn't. BHO's mom was a US citizen so he is too. JM's folks were
citizens and so is he. TC's mom was born in Delaware so he's a member of
the club right up till the supreme court rules otherwise.

Short discussion, no?

g

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Jus' what I expected from Mr. Dredge . . . mindless rhetoric . . . no
> thought-out, open-for-discussion response . . . something that would open
> the proverbial floor to debate among those of us with connected brain cells.
>
> Does ANYBODY on this list care to discuss Ted Cruz' citizenship and how it
> impacts his candidacy for President of the United States . . . or is it as
> simple as I Initially suggested?
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2015, at 7:59 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> <Where are the "birthers" at?>
>
> It looks like you're already doing a good job of following their lead.
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> Where are the "birthers" at?
>
> Ted Cruz was born . . . in Canada . . . in a Canadian hospital . . . to a
> US-born mother and a Cuban father.
>
> What is your definition of "natural born citizen"?
>
> Courtesy of today's (March 23, 2015) Spokesman-Review.
>
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> Ted Cruz launches 2016 presidential run
>
> WASHINGTON – Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has become the first major
> candidate for president, kicking off what’s expected to be a rush over the
> next few weeks of more than a dozen White House hopefuls into the
> 2016 campaign.
>
> “I am running for president and I hope to earn your support,” the tea
> party favorite said in a Twitter message posted just after midnight today.
>
> Cruz will formally launch his bid during a speech this morning at Liberty
> University in Lynchburg, Virginia, choosing to begin his campaign at the
> Christian college founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell rather than his home
> state of Texas or the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s a
> fitting setting for Cruz, a 44-year-old tea party darling whose entry into
> the 2016 campaign drew cheers Sunday among fellow conservatives.
>
> Amy Kremer, the former head of the Tea Party Express, said that the
> Republican pool of candidates “will take a quantum leap forward” with
> Cruz’s announcement, adding that it “will excite the base in a way we
> haven’t seen in years.”
>
> Elected for the first time just three years ago, when he defeated an
> establishment figure in Texas politics with decades of experience in
> office, Cruz has hinted openly for more than a year that he wants to move
> down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Senate into the White House.
>
> In an online video promoted on his Twitter account, Cruz offered a preview
> of his campaign’s message.
>
> “It’s a time for truth, a time to rise to the challenge, just as Americans
> have always done. I believe in America and her people, and I believe we can
> stand up and restore our promise,” Cruz said as images of farm fields, city
> skylines and American landmarks and symbols played in the background. “It’s
> going to take a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make
> America great again, and I’m ready to stand with you to lead the fight.”
>
> While Cruz is the first Republican to declare his candidacy, he is all but
> certain to be followed by several big names in the GOP, including former
> Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and two Senate
> colleagues, Kentucky’s Rand Paul and Florida’s Marco Rubio.
>
> The Houston Chronicle first reported details about Cruz’s campaign launch.
> His move puts him into pole position among those whose strategy to win the
> nomination counts on courting the party’s most conservative voters, who
> hold an outsized influence in the Republican nominating process.
>
> “Cruz is going to make it tough for all of the candidates who are fighting
> to emerge as the champion of the anti-establishment wing of the party,”
> said GOP strategist Kevin Madden. “That is starting to look like quite a
> scrum where lots of candidates will be throwing some sharp elbows.”
>
> Following his election to the Senate in 2012, the former Texas solicitor
> general quickly established himself as an uncompromising conservative
> willing to take on Democrats and Republicans alike. He won praise from tea
> party activists in 2013 for leading the GOP’s push to partially shut the
> federal government during an unsuccessful bid to block money for President
> Barack Obama’s health care law.
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>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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