Fiscal conservatives

I'm a huge Ted Cruz fan so I can't answer your question.

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So why isn't he the prohibitive favorite among those who want real small-government change?

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Because the non-conservative republicans in Washington view him as an extremist and they enjoy the power of big government as well.

Look at his donor list.

He ain't a small government conservative.

He got a lock on crazy though, so he'll probably go far in today's GOP.

That explains why he might not win, it doesn't explain why the average Joes that wants change, for a change, aren't all rallying behind this guy.

I really think a lot of the people who claim to resent the media picking GOP candidates won't go all in for Cruz because ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MSNBC say he's crazy. All they have to do is marginalize the very few true conservative politicians and the people who support them and most people will back down.

It's embarassing.

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Look at his donor list.

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You can point to the inherent evils of political donors when discussing every politician in Washington. Unless the candidate is independently wealthy and bankrolls his/her own candidacy there are going to be donors of questionable character associated with every politician.

Just ask Harry Reid or the Clintons.

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Why?

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Because there is nothing differentiating Cruz from hundreds of other Republican politicians. He's fundamentally a man of the red team mob. His principled federalism does not apply to social issues. His distaste for spending doesn't extend to war. In cases where his extravagant signaling ended up costing the taxpayer more, he shrugged and blamed the blue team louder.

His campaign will be a vast, Obama-esque blank slate onto which everyone can project their own interpretations of his platitudes. Who knows how he would actually govern.

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Name one GOP candidate who is a smaller govt conservative than Cruz? Go ahead try.

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Paul?

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Name one GOP candidate who is a smaller govt conservative than Cruz? Go ahead try. Paul?

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I'm a big Paul fan. So, what is the difference between Paul's donor list and Cruz's donor list since that was the critique?

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Rand Paul. Next?

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So, you don't actually know how to read. How sad. Scroll up.

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Name one GOP candidate who is a smaller govt conservative than Cruz? Go ahead try. Paul?

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You don't get it, do you?

It's not a comparison about those who are in office and campaigning. None of them are true fiscal conservatives and Cruz is no different.

If I give you 99 glasses of water with a turd in it that are each golf ball sized and I then give you a glass with a marble sized turd, is that smaller diarhhea cocktail suddenly better?

Cruz takes money from big money. Heck, I have a shite ton of more respect for Obama - who is a corporate stooge too - but he rustled the jimmies of a bunch of low income people. His donation list had a much more robust platform than the GOP did. He got elected bc he figured out a way to get into people's pockets.

Cruz doesn't want a small government bc he supports batshit social policies that cost money. He's willing to glad hand with money and offer favors in return. Rand is more likely to turn away big money. Not Cruz. Not a chance.

He's just the devil you don't know instead of the devil you do.