Cruz for Prez

Ted Cruz scares the pee-dinky out of the mainstream media, and perhaps more importantly the GOP. It's fashionable these days for self-serving GOPers to voice their admiration for Ronald Reagan, but the reality in 1980 was very different: they HATED him. He was very conservative, brashly outspoken and highly intelligent. Try though they might -- and they did, both on the Left and the Right -- they couldn't dig up any dirt on him. Because there was none.

The more the lefties and "moderate" Republicans scream about how unelectable is Cruz, the more they give away their game: they're shouting the Big Lie at the top of their lungs. The reality is that he's very electable, because he appeals to the average, taxpaying, middle-class American in a way no "insider" ever can. His early announcement that he wants to abolish the IRS was the sort of smart debating tactic for which he is famous. Cruz has now put all of his future opponents, both Democrat and Republican, in the unenviable position of defending the IRS -- probably the least popular organization in American history. Very clever.

I don't think Ted Cruz is perfect. He is, in the end, a politician. By definition, it means that he has a fundamental flaw in his character. But he has consistently stuck to his campaign promises and shown he isn't afraid to go toe-to-toe with the Donks, as well as self-serving traitors like Mitch McConnell within his own party. That shows personal integrity; speaking as Marine, that single trait is worth more to me than any other quality or qualification he may possess.

Plus he sends the leftoids into tail-chasing, mouth-frothing fits. Bonus.

You can donate to his campaign here if you wish. I did.