Thursday, November 19, 2015

Hours after Obama taunts GOP with 'widows' remark, female suicide bomber explodes in Paris

Can one man be so wrong? YES HE CAN!
Breitbart: Once again, reality has intruded on President Obama’s divisive, his anti-science talking points. Just hours after the president used the term “widows and orphans” to taunt the GOP over their opposition to flooding America with Syrian refugees ISIS has promised to seed with terrorists, a female suicide bomber in Paris blew herself up as police closed in.

While overseas, no less, and as Democrat senators Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Chris Coons, all signaled a desire to pause the Syrian refuges process, Obama again proved that the only people he sees as America’s real enemies are members of the Republican Party:
“Apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America,” Obama said of the GOP. “At first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates. Now they are scared of three year old orphans. That doesn’t seem so tough to me.”
Just a few hours later in Paris:
A female terrorist wearing a suicide vest has blown herself up and another jihadi was killed by a grenade during a six-hour siege on a flat where police believe the Paris massacres mastermind and six other ISIS terrorists were hiding.
ISIS is Obama’s legacy. Paris is Obama’s legacy.

Obama lost a won war in Iraq by abandoning that hard-won country, and ISIS fill the vacuum.

Obama pretended to be using “intelligent patience” as ISIS established and extended its caliphate state into Syria, which included the control and command and training centers that were likely behind the Paris operation.

And now Obama believes that screeching emotional blackmail in the form of suicidal political correctness is his real job.

The DC Media obviously got the White House talking points today, orders that demanded Republicans be accused of “playing into the hands of ISIS’ with their caution over these Syrian refugees.

Such good dogs.
In such a sickening way, it's becoming apparent that the post-American President Barack Obama is doing everything he possibly can to welcome this chaos onto our shores, into our immediate backyard. After all, we've had it too good for too long in the eyes of the unAmerican.
Posted by an ebb and flow at 10:47 AM

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Americans OPPOSE Obama's Syrian Muslim refugee resettlement, ask why not MidEast Christians?

"Since when is it un-American to prevent people from coming into our country to protect us from terrorism?" ~ ML
Since the age of Obama.

While Obama partakes of his usual mockery whenever he's in the minority of American thinking, he wouldn't dare consider our ideals or the world around him for the nation's sake. Instead, Mr. Transparency refuses to give governors information on Syrian refugees, while we're continually warned about the orchestrated Muslim migrant streams across Europe, most recently with 8 suspected ISIS members detained in Turkey posing as 'refugees', and rapidly pursuing the infiltration of our porous borders. Just today, 5 Syrian men were caught in Honduras trying to enter the U.S. with stolen passports, we found out that al Qaeda terrorists who killed American soldiers were allowed into the U.S. through Obama's toughest ever refugee program, and now we've discovered that nearly 70 individuals (men & women) have been arrested in the U.S. over ISIS plots in the last 18 months, some of which are 'refugees'...
DailyMail: US authorities have charged at least 66 men and women with ISIS-related terror plots on American soil – including a handful of refugees, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

The terror group has set its sights on Washington, D.C. as it vows to further infiltrate the West and ramp up its blood-soaked offensive.

President Obama insists that ‘slamming the door’ on Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS would be a betrayal of American values.

But 34 governors are refusing to take in any more, in case jihadi fighters slip into their states and repeat the carnage of Paris.

Analysis by Daily Mail Online reveals that a handful of foiled plots have already involved immigrants accused of harboring sympathy for ISIS.
Related links: At Least 15 US ‘Citizen Terrorists’ Are Also Legal Immigrants
EXCLUSIVE — REPORT: 8 SYRIANS CAUGHT AT TEXAS BORDER IN LAREDO

In the midst of the enemy's orchestration, alongside our so-called President's own concerted effort to once again pursue his agenda of fundamentally transforming the nation (through dereliction of duty no less), the American citizenry has had ENOUGH!
Bloomberg: Most Americans want the U.S. to stop letting in Syrian refugees amid fears of terrorist infiltrations after the Paris attacks, siding with Republican presidential candidates, governors and lawmakers who want to freeze the Obama administration’s resettlement program.

The findings are part of a Bloomberg Politics National Poll released Wednesday that also shows the nation divided on whether to send U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State, an idea President Barack Obama opposes, and whether the U.S. government is doing enough to protect the homeland from a comparable attack.

Fifty-three percent of U.S. adults in the survey, conducted in the days immediately following the attacks, say the nation should not continue a program to resettle up to 10,000 Syrian refugees. Just 28 percent would keep the program with the screening process as it now exists, while 11 percent said they would favor a limited program to accept only Syrian Christians while excluding Muslims, a proposal Obama has dismissed as “shameful” and un-American.

More broadly, terrorism and the Islamic State group surged to the top of Americans’ concerns immediately following the deadly attacks, even as Republicans and Democrats remain divided over how best to address threats. The percentage of those rating terrorism or the Islamic State as top concerns has nearly doubled since the poll last was taken in September. At the same time, those who think the U.S. is on the right track, fell to 23 percent, the lowest rating in more than three years. Obama’s disapproval rating rose to 51 percent, up four percentage points since September.
The Bloomberg piece makes mention of a percentage of the population wondering why Obama is so concerned with taking in Muslim refugees, but scoffs at the mention of rescuing persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Levin made the point on Monday that while Muslims throughout the region have many options of escape, Middle Eastern Christians simple “have nowhere else to go”...



Cruz had also emphasized a similar sentiment over the weekend, and really began to hone in on the Obama regime's disconnected policies:
“There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror. If there were a group of radical Christians pledging to murder anyone who had a different religious view than they, we would have a different national security situation. ... But it is precisely the Obama administration’s unwillingness to recognize that or ask those questions that makes them so unable to fight this enemy, because they pretend as if there is no religious aspect to this.”
And for that, alongside the opposition to resettling tens of thousands of unvetted Muslim refugees, Obama savage Americans as 'shameful' and 'unAmerican', when reality reveals the Joker as the true fool. Aside from federal law requiring religion to specifically be taken into account when acquiring asylum, the shame is in his belief that America is inherently racist and xenophobic simply because we want the citizenry safeguarded against outside enemies, yet he still foolishly pursues further divisions in the balkanization of the country through forcefully infusing foreign, unassimilated entities into the populace, as if that wouldn't promulgate perceived tensions anywhere else in the world? And to top it off, all of Obama's trashing of America is being done on his current world tour! Well, Sen. Cruz had had enough of his overseas rhetoric by Wednesday...



Don't hold your breath on Obama actually taking Cruz's challenge. Even as Cruz works to bring a bill to the floor that would mandate resettling Syrian refugees in major Muslim countries throughout the Middle East instead of bringing them here (while petitioning for MidEast Christians' safety), Obama is already scaring House RINOs with threats to veto their weaker bill that would supposedly intensify refugee screenings.

But this does beg to take a deeper look into why Obama takes every opportunity to castigate our Judeo-Christian roots, while simultaneously acting as a special-pleader for Islam. The simple answer requires looking no further than his background: son of a liberal mother and an anti-colonialist, marxist-leaning, muslim-turned-atheist father, with the influence of a communist grandfather and mentors of the same vain that took him all the way through college and into community organizing and politics. Now who's unAmerican? His sympathies lie outside of American principles.

It makes sense that a nation founded on Judeo-Christian principles would prioritize protection of their persecuted brethren, but that's not what this post-American president wants, because this has very little to do with compassion and everything to do with reshaping America, while utterly ignoring the consequences of a false religion.

But, hey, no worries, Obama's gonna keep us safe by bringing the unassimilated, unvetted, uncomplimentary masses to our shores...and just in time for the latest ISIS video threatening NYC And Times Square to roll around. How the hell did we go so wrong with leadership choices, America?

Related link: Obama savages Republican calls to give priority to Christian refugees from Syria
TED CRUZ BILL WOULD BAR SYRIAN REFUGEES
Obama Threatens To Veto Republican Bill Designed To Improve Security Screening Of Refugees

ADDENDUM: On Wednesday’s Mark Levin show...
Our own FBI Director, James Comey, said last month that the government can’t vet all Syrian refugees for terror ties, yet President Obama says there is a very extensive screening process. It should be common sense – if we can’t vet people they can’t come here. The Syrian refugees are not the problem; ISIS infiltrating the Syrian refugees is the problem. This is a different situation than accepting Jews in the 1930’s, Vietnamese and other groups who have fled to the U.S. None of them were coming from areas threatening attacks on the U.S. We need a commander and chief who will stand up to the violence of ISIS and not create a situation that will compromise national security. Later, Ted Cruz calls in to discuss his plans to block the Syrian refugees and Obama’s cheap shots towards him.





Related link: FBI Director Admits US Can’t Vet All Syrian Refugees For Terror Ties [VIDEO]
There Are Serious, Unbigoted Reasons to Be Wary of a Flood of Syrian Refugees
Posted by an ebb and flow at 11:03 PM

Monday, November 16, 2015

Growing list of states refuse to take Syrian refugees in aftermath of Paris attacks (UPDATE)

And the common sense list is only growing larger, despite and in spite of the Obama regime's desire to corrode our culture and thrust us into further peril...
DailyBeast: More than a dozen U.S. states’ governors have announced they will refuse to take in Syrian refugees following Friday evening’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Sunday he planned to refuse the relocation. “I will not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people,” the governor said in a statement.

Earlier Sunday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he would suspend the acceptance of new refugees until the Department of Homeland Security “completes a full review of security clearances and procedures.”

On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote that his state will not participate in refugee relocation and urged that the president halt the U.S. program of accepting Syrian refugees. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson tweeted that he will also refuse to take refugees into his state. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Kentucky Gov.-elect Matt Bevin, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley also joined the chorus.

And as The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff reported, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan became the first Democratic governor to say no to refugees.
Related link: Governors of 23 U.S. states say no to admitting Syrian refugees after attacks in Paris

Perhaps when more states understand just how easy it is for an ISIS terrorist to become a Syrian ‘refugee’ then maybe those numbers will continue to increase...
PoliticalInsider: The big debate over the supposed Syrian “refugees” centers exactly around whether they really are fleeing conflict or if they’re using the opportunity to overwhelm Europe by abusing their generous welfare programs, or even worse.

Well one reporter just proved that among the immigrants there lingers a terrifying an awful threat to the West.

from The Daily Mail:
ISIS fighters and economic migrants are able to buy Syrian identity documents that allow them to hide among refugees travelling to Europe with frightening ease, an investigation by MailOnline can reveal. Our reporter was able to buy a Syrian passport, identity card and driving licence from a fraudster in a Turkish border town this week.

The genuine documents were stolen from Syria when they were blank. The forger added our reporter’s picture and gave him the identity of a Syrian man from Aleppo killed last year.

The documents, on sale for around $2,000, would help an asylum claim in Europe.

The forger who sold us the papers, said that they are being used by ISIS fanatics to travel undetected across borders into Europe hidden among tens of thousands of genuine refugees fleeing the terror and destruction.

Once in Europe they can set up sleeper cells or live freely under a new identity without facing the consequences of their brutal past actions.

As the forger chillingly put it: ‘ISIS fighters are among the people going to Europe in this way. They are going to wait for the right time to become a fighter for ISIS again.’
So how long will it be before one of these terrorist ISIS cells gets tired of suckling off the European welfare teat and then activates to attack and slaughter the compassionate Europeans who let them in?

I have a feeling that things are going to get very dark in Europe – if there’s a terrorist attack, the Europeans have a history of overreacting, and then there’s gonna be hell to pay.

Now, how do you feel about bringing in Syrian refugees here?
Exactly! I'd say the #ParisAttacks proved the point in more unfortunate ways than one.

The safety of our citizenry must come first (of course, coinciding with the preservation of our liberty). Moves like what our imperial president is attempting (with 'refugees' oceans away to illegal aliens south of the border, and wherever else found abroad) work to erase our uniquely American identity along with our borders, and inevitably endanger both liberty and safety.

Related links: Fifth of Syrians say ISIS are the GOOD GUYS amid fears Europe is wide open to terrorists
HILLARY, SANDERS, O’MALLEY: AFTER PARIS ATTACK U.S. SHOULD STILL TAKE REFUGEES
Mark Levin: In the wake of Paris attacks...

UPDATE: Now, 32 states REJECT Obama’s Syrian Islamic refugees!
PoliticalInsider: Every day, more and more states are lining up to OPPOSE President Barack Obama’s dangerous plan to import tens of thousands of Islamic refugees from Syria.

These Syrian refugees are undocumented, and there’s no way to separate those who truly need help from those affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS). Clearly, the attacks in Paris, France have been a wakeup call… as now 32 states are rejecting Obama’s plan!

Here is the new map. Is your state on the map?

If you're state's not on the map, let your governor here about it!
Posted by an ebb and flow at 6:31 PM

Levin's reaction to Paris terror attacks, 'it could happen here'

Levin laid down the law Friday night...
On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, France was under a terror attack. Over 120 people have been slaughtered and couldn’t protect themselves. What’s going on in France can go on over here because our borders are wide open. We need to know who’s coming into America to keep us safe and we need a President who isn’t soft on immigration and national security. That’s why we must nominate a conservative for President.
"If we had a federal government that was doing more than destroying this country, it would take a leadership role, the president would take a leadership role. He'd call in every governor of every state, Republican or Democrat, and he would tell them, 'we are going to coordinate; we want to coordinate with your towns and with your cities; we are going to secure our borders and secure the interior of the country.' No, I don't mean a police state; I mean enforce our immigration laws FOR ONCE! Enough politics. Enough. Enough with the Democrats just trying to get votes as they destroy our country. Enough with the Republicans pandering, they're concerned about the demographics just to get the votes. Enough with these ethnic front groups. Enough excuses. How many more innocent people are gonna be slaughtered because of terrorism? 9/11 should have been the final straw, but apparently it's not!"

Related links: MARK LEVIN REACTS TO PARIS ATTACK: SEAL OUR BORDERS, ‘THANK GOD FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT’
#ParisAttacks: The horrors, the responses, the prayers for action (UPDATES)

ADDENDUM: More from Levin the following Monday...
On Monday’s Mark Levin show: When it comes to fighting a successful war, the modern Democratic party is incapable of fighting one. The Democrat party is so committed to its left wing agenda that it can’t defend the country. Though there are differences among Republicans, every single Republican would stand up to fight ISIS. President Obama and the Democrats are not identifying the enemy, not concerned about Islamists crossing the border, and did not wake up after the Paris attacks. Even the socialists in France get that action needs to be taken against ISIS. Also, even some in the liberal press seem to be getting it as they ask Obama the tough questions on ISIS at a press conference in Turkey. Reporters put the President on the spot and Obama just dismisses the issue and makes it look like no big deal. We need a leader that talks about American values and takes any threat against the American people seriously. Later, Republican candidates should take Democrats to task on their inability to stand up for America. Americans do not need 4 more years of national suicide and unwillingness to combat these terrorists.


Related links: UAE takes 5 Yemeni prisoners freed by U.S. from Guantanamo
WOW! Obama Lectures Europeans to Accept More Migrants After Paris ISIS Massacre (VIDEO)
Reporter to Obama: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?'
Tragic list of the lost: Photos of the victims from the deadly Paris attacks emerge as friends and relatives are forced to wait for news of their missing loved ones
What They're Saying About Obama's Defensive ISIS Press Conference
HILLARY, SANDERS, O’MALLEY: AFTER PARIS ATTACK U.S. SHOULD STILL TAKE REFUGEES
Posted by an ebb and flow at 4:28 PM

Friday, November 13, 2015

#ParisAttacks: The horrors, the responses, the prayers for action (UPDATES)

DISCLAIMER: I'm going ol' school aggregator-style on much of this one in order to get it out in a timely manner...

I've been following these headlines throughout the evening (from a few of the more reliable sites for this kind of minute-by-minute), as I'm sure many have...

Via WeaselZippers:
Breaking: Paris Under Attack: Explosions, Shootings, Several People Killed…Update: At Least 30 Dead, Reports 60-100 Hostages Taken At Concert Hall…Update: American Rock Band Was Playing At Concert Hall…UPDATE: Another Attack At Shopping Mall, 60 Now Reported Dead From Prior Attacks…UPDATE: France Declares State Of Emergency, Closes Its Borders….UPDATE: Gunmen Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar!” At Concert Hall…Update: Police Storming The Concert Hall Now, Attackers Reportedly Include Syrians…UPDATE: Siege Now Over, 158 Dead From All The Attacks, American Band is Safe…Update:World Trade Center Lights Up In Support Of Paris…

Via TheRightScoop:
PARIS UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK!! Multiple explosions; 140 DEAD; Yelled ‘Allah Akbar!!’
#Paris attack eyewitness: Terrorists looking for people to take hostage, police shootout outside theater
‘THE KILLING IS CONTINUING’ – Interview with eyewitness to #Paris theater TERRORIST ATTACK who escaped
‘It feels like a NEVER ENDING HORROR MOVIE’ – Eyewitness at Cafe shooting in #Paris terror attack
HORRIFYING: Video captures Paris terror victims fleeing gunshots [graphic]

Via HotAir:
Breaking: Multiple deaths in Paris amid reports of shootings, explosion; Update: Six gunmen? Update: France closes borders; Update: “I am from ISIS”; Update: Reports of 100 dead in concert hall, 158 total; Update: Gunmen still at large?



Related links: Terror Attack In Paris– Sky News: At least 158 confirmed dead
Paris attacks: At least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French officials say
Terrorists slaughter at least 118 in Paris music hall, 40 others in separate attacks

As of this writing, possibly over 150 innocent civilians have been MURDERED throughout Paris by these ruthless barbarians.

And with both sources, I noticed similar, bothersome responses from our guy...
Obama: I Don’t Want To Speculate With Attacks Ongoing Who Might Be Behind It…
Obama statement on Paris: ‘I DON’T WANT TO SPECULATE ON WHO DID THIS’
And one of our mediaites states the obvious...
Extremely Bad Timing: Jake Tapper Asks “Is ISIS Contained As Obama Said?”
Uh, ya think?!
Of course, that was simply a tongue-in-cheek response to this from earlier today...
Obama: No, ISIS isn’t gaining strength … now

Related link: Video: Obama statement on Paris attacks

For just a moment, why not allow for a far superior, and dare I say adequately American Presidential, response:

CRUZ: AMERICA MUST STAND WITH OUR ALLIES AGAINST THE SCOURGE OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM





Ted Cruz Calls Paris Attacks An 'Unmistakable Escalation' By ISIS

 As of this hour, not a single relevant message from Dear Leader. He's likely already asleep.

Also, this is good thinking from Ted...
Ted Cruz CALLS FOR END to Syrian refugee resettlement to America after #Paris TERROR ATTACK
Ted Cruz Calls For End To Syrian Refugee Resettlement After #ParisAttacks

Related links: Sharpening Attacks on Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz Urges New Immigration Limits
CRUZ PLAN TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: SECURE THE BORDER, RESTORE THE RULE OF LAW, AND PROTECT AMERICANS

 Btw, remember this?
FLASHBACK: January 12, 2015: 
The Hill: Cruz: Obama's Paris absence 'dangerous'
Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘Our President Should Have Been There’

But more than that march, the flood of muslim illegals w/extremists in tow combined with strict anti-gun laws for the citizenry alone make for an extremely dangerous powder keg of senseless carnage.

Prayers for the French people...and for the governments of the world to come to their senses about these very clear and present dangers.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast created man in thine own image; Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil, and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice among men and nations, to the glory of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, guide, we beseech thee, the Nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
UPDATES: The French confirm an “act of war” by ISIS against France...

...and a Syrian passport was found on the body of one of the suicide bombers! Umm, as Twitchy quite accurately put it, "Prudence would seem to dictate that allowing thousands of individuals into any country without vetting is a very bad idea." Take note nations of the world, uhum, AMERICA!

So, looks like Cruz was right on target, and continues to be, while our current Oval Office occupant purposefully strays...
TRS: Ted Cruz gave Obama a slapdown on Fox News when he said that the West could not defeat “radical Islamic terrorism” if Obama can’t even utter the words “radical Islamic terrorism.”



Cruz has called for all resettlement of Syrian refugees to end after the attacks in Paris.
AGREED! And if you need any further convincing, perhaps this map will assist you...


Via Doug Ross

Related links: Ted Cruz on Paris attack: ‘Barack Obama does not wish to defend this country’ – Video
CRUZ: OBAMA ‘DOES NOT WISH TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY,’ REFUGEE PLAN ‘NOTHING LESS THAN LUNACY’

And within the weekend, France has made good on its promise to strike “mercilessly” at ISIS...
Samaa: French warplanes pounded the Islamic State (IS) group’s de facto Syrian capital Raqa on Sunday, destroying a command post and a training camp, the defence ministry said.

In its first air strike against IS since the string of deadly Paris attacks claimed by the jihadist group, 12 warplanes, including 10 fighter bombers, dropped 20 bombs on the targets.

“The first target destroyed was used by Daesh (another Arabic acronym for IS) as a command post, jihadist recruitment centre and arms and munitions depot. The second held a terrorist training camp,” a ministry statement said.

The planes left from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates and was conducted in coordination with American forces, the ministry said.

French President Francois Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State group for the gun and suicide attacks that left at least 129 dead in Paris on Friday, calling them an “act of war”.
Concurrently, these revelations have come to light...
West WARNED of suicide bomb threat a DAY BEFORE Paris attacks!! MULTIPLE intelligence failures admitted
Iraqi Foreign Minister Warned US, France, Iran of Imminent Attack
...while the Obama White House says that we had no intel 'to contradict' ISIS's role in the Paris attacks, oh, and also there's supposedly "no credible threat" to the U.S. Who believes who is lying here? All signs point to the words and actions of one:
GP: UNREAL! Obama tells Europe to take in more Syrian migrants... Two of the Paris ISIS killers came into Europe as refugees from Syria in August and October.


And while Obama refers to the Paris ISIS massacre as a 'setback', he had no problem releasing more GITMO terrorists!
GP: On Friday Islamist killers linked to ISIS slaughtered 132 people in Paris and injured another 352 civilians.
It was the worst military attack in Paris in decades.


Seven Islamists were killed in the bloody attacks.

In response to the attack Barack Obama released five more Gitmo detainees to the UAE. He replenished their stock.
Reuters: Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates
In February, one week after the Paris Charlie Hebdo attacks, Barack Obama also released five Gitmo detainees.
As Obama attempts to sticks to his unloaded guns by not sending troops to the Middle East, while Hollande challenges him to 'join our forces', ISIS vows to attack Washington next, as well as saying EVERY nation involved in Syrian airstrikes will 'suffer France's fate'. And as the CIA director warns 'this is not a one-off', we could really use a genuine American leader that we're not getting with our unfortunate current incarnation. One who isn't afraid to name our enemy:

Posted by an ebb and flow at 10:38 PM

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Cruz dispels myth of 'compassionate' illegality, addresses Rubio's 'change of heart'

The response that continues to garner Cruz some of the most positive feedback from the Citizenry well after the last GOP debate was his honest assessment of illegal immigration and this phony sense of so-called 'compassion' for societal disruption and flagrant lawbreaking...
TRS: Ted Cruz struck the perfect tone on immigration and why liberals are wrong to say that we need to be more “compassionate” and open up our borders to whoever wants to waltz in.



He’s exactly right, and it really burns me up every time liberals claim that Americans aren’t compassionate enough. Americans have allowed our laws to be broken because our leaders have told us it’s compassionate and it’s just made a problem much worse for American citizens.

And I love his line about giving away someone’s job as “compassion.” Brilliant.
Sorry, this isn't another liberal entitlement. ENOUGH! This is about America's sovereignty. Better yet, if we want to discuss compassion, what of the American and his child's dream?! The citizen cannot be neglected and reduced to second class, while raising the illegal to undeserving heights, and still expect to maintain a functioning civil society. We are a nation of Citizens and Law!

To another point...though Rubio scored significant points in the debate on tougher talk alongside Cruz, managing to virtually escape answering for his record on this particular topic (arguably 'the' weakness for the Florida senator), voters must nonetheless consider the inherent differences on this matter between the two. And Laura Ingraham dug into this today...
TRS: Ted Cruz was on with Laura Ingraham today where she asked him to respond to Marco Rubio’s comments where he was explaining what he had learned from the American people after being part of the gang of eight in pushing comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate a couple of years ago. Rubio suggested that what he’s learned is they can’t pass comprehensive immigration bills, but rather that they have to prove to the American people that the border is secure and working and that illegal immigration numbers are way down before they will sign off on mre immigration reforms.

But Ted Cruz said this isn’t rocket science, that it was just as clear back then what the American people were saying as it is now and that he has an issue with people who do one thing and then say something completely different. He says that’s a cause for a good amount of skepticism.

Cruz also points out that while Rubio says he’s big on border enforcement now, he voted against every enforcement amendment that was offered in the Senate judiciary committee with his gang of eight Republican colleagues as well as the Democrats.



As Cruz points out, this isn’t something from 10 or 15 years ago. This was just 2 years ago in the Senate when Rubio stood with the gang of eight and voted for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

I remember at the time I never thought Rubio would actually go through with a vote for the bill, believing that he was only fighting for immigration reform to prepare himself for a run for president and that at the end of the day he’d do the right thing.

But then he voted for it and that was something I just couldn’t support.

That’s why Rubio is not in my top tier of candidates because I just don’t know if he is trustworthy on this issue any longer.

Ted Cruz, on the other hand, is as good as they get on this issue and that’s why he is my top candidate for president.
It comes to no surprise that these two intelligent, articulate gentlemen are being sized up as the emerging frontrunners (mentioned in the previous post), and as TheHill made clear, 'Cruz would emerge as the standard-bearer of the GOP’s conservative wing, while Rubio would be the establishment-friendly figure.' So shouldn't that make it even clearer, understanding where we've been for far too long now, as to which candidate best reflects the direction we must move towards? Texans are taking note; it's time for the rest to.

Related links: When Ted Cruz Made This Remark, the Dials on Focus Group Soared: ‘Watch How High the Lines Climb’
Cruz Hits Rubio For Supporting Obama/Schumer Amnesty Bill
Getting Desperate, Rubio Staffers Lie About Ted Cruz’s Views on Amnesty
Cruz Fought Amnesty, Rubio Fought Conservatives
TANCREDO: MARCO RUBIO CARRIES THE ESTABLISHMENT FLAG ON IMMIGRATION
Posted by an ebb and flow at 3:23 PM

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Strategy, clarity, direction, foresight...Cruz wins the night

What a nice change...a salient debate of FoxBusiness. And even before the GOP's fourth debate, Ted Cruz was on the rise...
TheHill: Ted Cruz’s plan to win the Republican presidential nomination is coming together.

The Texas senator has been edging up in the polls and has a chance to drive home his advantage Tuesday night, when the fourth televised GOP debate takes place in Milwaukee.

GOP insiders say that the Tea Party ­favorite also has one of the most impressive political operations in the field. And the consensus is growing that he and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) could end up as finalists in the battle for the nomination.

In that scenario — which is dependent on the current leaders, businessman Donald Trump and retried neurosurgeon Ben Carson, fading — Cruz would emerge as the standard-bearer of the GOP’s conservative wing, while Rubio would be the establishment-friendly figure.

If it comes to that, Cruz supporters like their chances, given the insurgent mood rippling through the party’s base.
Yep! And last night, he further displayed how everything is coming together with his articulate, principled credentials in what might have amounted to the most time given to the statesman at any debate thus far:



Ted tipped off supporters through text/email messages as to what his intentions were to bring to this debate, and boy did he summarily satisfy!

 Whether it's correcting the record on his reform policies, while soberly assessing how the Washington Cartel's view of amnesty and economics don't abide by the rule of law...



...to finding the principled middle ground between defending families and the nation without further indebting future generations...



...in laying out the presumed Democratic frontrunner's policy failure after policy failure, alongside the current occupant's...



...and speaking of failure, unequivocally answering the call for no more bailouts! No entity is too big to fail, there is the FDIC, Mr. Kasich, and enough with the straw man arguments, folks aren't buying it anymore!



In summary, bold colors, no pale pastels (and a great message for Veterans Day too!)...



And the winner of the night goes to, you guessed it!
Rich Lowry of NRO: Ted Cruz had a terrific night. He had a stand-out answer on immigration and wages, and made his own fortune by getting into an argument with John Kasich on bank bailouts, enunciating the anti-bailout position forcefully and repeatedly. He was pointed, eloquent, and, of course, very conservative.
Many are beginning to take note of this extraordinary patriot. How is the Texas senator the most likely GOP nominee? Because he's the most anti-Establishment candidate, making him the defining conservative of the bunch...
Lifezette: While Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to dominate the polls and a gaggle of Establishment candidates battle one another, the favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination just might be Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, journalist Mark Halperin said Tuesday.

On the day of the fourth Republican debate Tuesday, Halperin said on “The Laura Ingraham Show” that Cruz might be best situated to, as Ingraham put it, “marry the passion to the substance.”

Halperin, co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics, said Cruz is set up nicely for the Iowa caucuses and would have favorable terrain in the early voting Southern states. In addition, he said, the Cruz campaign has a highly sophisticated effort to master the rules and intricacies of capturing delegates.

“If you total up the assets and problems and look at the calendar, you look at the fundraising, you look at message, I could make a case today that Cruz might be the most likely nominee,” Halperin said. “And people are underestimating him and continue to underestimate him. I think the Establishment might be less happy with Ted Cruz as the nominee than even Trump.”
#CRUZ2016!

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ADDENDUM: Other praise heaped on Sen. Cruz...
“Cruz really won tonight. He had just a stellar performance. Every word was memorable. Every line was precisely delivered. His defense of his tax plan was solid.” ~ Erick Erickson

“I thought Ted Cruz was very strong. I thought he had substantive answers that were well delivered…I thought he was just impressive.” ~ Bill Kristol

“Ted Cruz, fabulous night. He followed up on a great night in the previous debate. He had more time than he had in other debates. I think you got to see the knowledge and substance and passion. I would say by far Ted Cruz probably had the best night of everybody.” ~ Sean Hannity

“TedCruz just hit 94 by saying all the rules that apply to America will apply to Congress.” ~ Frank Luntz

“TedCruz scores big (hits 98) with ‘I’m tired of being told I’m anti-immigrant. It’s offensive.’ Actually outscores Trump on immigration.” ~ Frank Luntz

“I think it goes Cruz, Rubio, Fiorina.” ~ Bret Baier

“Cruz is showing why so many insiders think he’ll eventually be in the final two or three when the field winnows” ~ Chuck Todd

“I think that is the best moment Ted Cruz had in the debate last night was talking about immigration in the way he did.” – John McCormack

“[Cruz] had a very good night.” ~ Jonah Goldberg

“Ted Cruz proved that he didn’t need to assault the media to turn in an impressive performance… it was the strong answer to the bailout question that put him over the top in my view. The contrast was obvious… none of [the other candidates] gave a clear answer on what they would do differently in the same situation. Then Cruz absolutely dominated it.” ~ Ben Domenech
Related link: Why Ted Cruz Is the Right Guy at the Right Time
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