So Donald Trump says he won't show up to the Fox News debate in Iowa tomorrow night, which would be 28 January 2016. He says the reason he is not showing up is because of Megyn Kelly and that she's not nice to him.
Let's face facts, Trump cheated on his first wife with the second. He's on his third marriage and he seems to trade in his wives when they get a little too old for him. He is terribly fond of eminent domain, which he used to rob a widow of her home so he could build a parking lot. He says he's pro-choice but he believes Planned Parenthood should still receive tax dollars, and he said his sister would make a great Supreme Court Judge, but she struck down the partial birth abortion ban in New Jersey. And he's really fond of universal government run healthcare. What this says to me is Trump is not the conservative we think he is, and he's scared of Megyn Kelly.
If he's not scared of her, then he has a funny way of showing it. Honestly, does he think he's going to be so popular as president that he won't face detractors and enemies? What's he going to do when he goes up against Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu or Li'l Kim out of North Korea. If they call him names or challenge him is he going to stand up and walk away from the table?
This is what it boils down to for me. Trump calls people names the second they challenge him or rise in the polls. Ted Cruz used to be someone he liked, now he calls him a liar and is attacking Cruz at every turn. Cruz is refusing to respond, instead campaigning on the issues and the promise of America. Trump, on the other hand, runs down the endorsers of other campaigns, and he chose to walk away from a debate which would give him the last chance to speak to the people in all the primary states.
Ted Cruz is going to the debate. So is Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush. But not Trump, because Megyn is mean to him. Now he's demanding a pow wow with Rupert Murdoch. If I were Rupert I'd ignore Trump. I hate to tell you, but being president isn't going to be a lot of fun either. Half the nation will always be ticked off at you, and people will constantly be challenging you. You can't call them all names. You can't shut them all down.
So man up, and prove to us you're worthy of a second look, Donald Trump. Right now, you are not coming off as anyone I'd ever take a second look at.
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I have long wished for a constitutional conservative candidate. In the past we have had to make do with what we had ... but now we have a candidate who fits everything we have been searching for, Ted Cruz.
Glenn Beck compared him to George Washington, but for me I would say that Ted Cruz is his own man and has dedicated his life to the defense of the U.S. Constitution. Yes, I could go on about his many accomplishments of which there are many. But instead I wish to focus on the character of the man.
Ted Cruz has remained faithful to his wife, Heidi. He dotes on his daughters and is a strong Christian. Why is the last important to me? A war on Christianity is being waged in the world, even in America where the First Amendment guarantees, and I quote:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It began with the passing of Obamacare where Nancy Pelosi famously said, "We have to pass it to see what's in it." I read it, three times. I read it before they passed it. I read it after they passed it and then I read it one more time to refresh my memory. But with this, the U.S. Congress and Barack Obama tried to force religious organizations to violate their beliefs with forcing them to pay for contraception and abortions.
Then the U.S. Supreme Court went against millennia of tradition and biology to force the legalization of gay marriage. Instantly, gay activists sought out religious business owners and torpedoed them, forcing them to pay monumental fines and even, in some instances, shutting the businesses down.
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said that the religious climate in America needed to change and we needed to be more accepting of homosexuality. Well no, no we don't. God's laws are immutable and He states in the Bible that the practice of homosexuality is a sin. You don't like it, take it up with God. He even destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah over it.
So yes, I want a strong Christian in the Oval Office, and that is Ted Cruz. Can you blame me? Barack Obama has proven that he has indeed sided with Muslims, over and over again. But Ted Cruz's pastor said this about him:
“Ted was just like all the other kids,” Wiley remembered. “Except he had the IQ of his father – he was three stages ahead. I baptized both of his parents and had the privilege of baptizing Ted and leading him and his cousin Bibi to the Lord. I believe he is God’s man for this hour, for such a time as this. He is the most constitutional, conservative candidate in either party. The hand of God is on him, and if God’s people rise up, he will be the man.” Source
Ted Cruz also said, and he's not wrong:
“Telling the truth in Washington, D.C., is a radical act. And it earns you the enmity of career politicians in both parties. When you tell the truth about Washington—when you expose the fact that elected officials are misleading the voters who elected them—you pay a price. It’s one thing to criticize the other party. But when you admit publicly that many of those in your own party are complicit in the problem, well, that’s when the long knives come out.” ― Ted Cruz, A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
So now we have a constitutional conservative running, one we begged and begged for, and the Trump voters are turning on him hard. Even conservatives who have been fooled by Donald Trump, who says he will be an establishment president, have jumped on the bandwagon. I find that very disheartening.
Here is the story of Ted Cruz and well worth watching:
This is the man. This is the constitutional conservative we begged for. This is Ted Cruz and he is the man for our time. Ronald Reagan's policies gave us a couple of decades of prosperity. Just like Reagan, the GOP establishment hates Ted Cruz. To me, that is a huge endorsement. The GOP Establishment has helped Democrats destroy America. Now we have a constitutional conservative and I am asking you to support him.
We can't have it both ways. We asked for our congressmen and senators to fight back, Ted Cruz has done that. He's done exactly what we asked him to do. He kept his campaign promises, just as did Senator Mike Lee. We begged our elected representatives to fight back. So do not castigate Ted Cruz for doing exactly what we asked him to do, especially doing what his constituents asked him to do.
Without question I love this great nation, this grand experiment that we call America. Like Ted Cruz, we grew up listening to stories from our parents talk about what happens when freedom and liberty are completely lost. Like Ted Cruz's father who was in a Castro prison, my father was in a labor camp for eighteen months at the end of World War II. My father was four when Hitler invaded and the next six and a half years were an unmitigated hell. So like Ted Cruz, I carry that torch for a reignited America, and for this nation to be restored as a Constitutional Republic.
So yes, I ask you to look at Ted Cruz and realize he is what we have been praying for, a constitutional conservative.
Copyright 2016. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima.
Lee Applauds Release of Utah Public Lands Initiative
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday on Reps. Rob Bishop’s (R-UT) and Jason Chaffetz’s (R-UT) Public Land Initiative.
“It is truly an honor to be the Senate sponsor for the Utah Public Lands Initiative Act,” Sen. Lee said. “The process that went into producing this bill is truly laudable and the resulting policy is a good-faith compromise.”
“Not only does this bill secure valuable land for natural resource development to fund public schools; not only does it promote conservation and recreation; but it also protects those with existing interests on federal lands and will insulate the participating counties from future disruptive federal action."
I also applaud the bill by Bishop and Chaffetz. It is time western lands were returned to the power of the states. The federal government has been a terrible caretaker of the land which is why we have such prolonged fire seasons.
Return the lands to the states.
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This is almost twelve minutes but so worth watching.
My own father, who suffered horribly during WWII in Amsterdam, Holland, begged me on his deathbed to never let what happened in Europe happen here in America. I picked up that torch and have done all I can to educate people, help good candidates, and never say I am too busy to live up to my responsibilities as an American citizen.
I will fight socialism and communism wherever I find it. I will never back down. This is why I support Ted Cruz. He understands what I understand. He believes what I believe about America. And he has backed up his conservative principles with action. Watch and learn.
My father is why I created the Convention of the Statesmen. The sole purpose of this convention is to educate and come up with solutions. This is grassroots at its best.
(It was posted on Facebook, but I found it on YouTube. Not sure why it says "Leaked", because it's all over the place. But enjoy.)
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I finally saw God's Not Dead the other day. Wow, what an amazing film. The character of Josh Wheaton played by Shane Harper was an astounding portrayal of a young man coming into his own as a Christian defending God against a harsh, anti-theist professor.
I am a Latter-day Saint, otherwise known as a Mormon. I know Jesus Christ lives and that He is the Son of God. There is no doubt or question in my mind that after commending His spirit into the hands of His Father, that He rose from the dead three days later in the garden tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, his great-uncle. When Mary came to grieve, the stone was rolled away and two angels were there asked of her, "Woman, why weepest thou." They went on to tell her that Jesus had been resurrected. And then the Savior appeared to her.
Mary ran to tell the apostles and we have far more than three witnesses who testified that our Savior and Redeemer had not only paid for the sins of all of Heavenly Father's children, but He had broken the bands of death. The grave could no longer hold the children of God. Thomas was the only one who doubted, which is where we get Doubting Thomas from, but even he, when faced with the resurrected Savior, believed.
God is not dead. He was resurrected and He will return in all glory where every knee shall bow and tongue confess that He is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The promised Messiah, and the King of Kings.
As I mentioned, I am a Mormon. We know that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are all three distinct separate personages who are one in purpose, mind and heart, but not in body. The Plan of Salvation, also known as the Plan of Happiness, tells us who we are, where we came from and where we are going. We are children of the most high God, our Heavenly Father. We have a divine destiny and we have the right to choose whether to follow Jesus Christ, the Son of God, or to throw it all away. Free will is an eternal principle. The war in heaven described in Revelations was about the freedom to choose. Satan wanted to force us all to return, but Heavenly Father's plan provided the freedom to choose.
Freedom and liberty are eternal principles that man has subverted for millennia. Only in America, the grand experiment, did we recognize those gifts come from God and man should never take those away. Growth comes from choice. It comes from failing and getting back up and enduring to the end. It comes from our ability to decide what path we choose to follow. Some follow Jesus Christ. Some follow Satan, although wickedness never was happiness and it never will be.
For me, I choose to follow Jesus Christ, who does what His Father commands. Only through Jesus Christ will we find the path to our heavenly home. Only through Jesus Christ will we be forgiven and cleansed. And only because of Jesus Christ the grave no longer holds the children of God.
God is not dead. He lives.
One of my favorite songs from the film was God's Not Dead by the Newsboys:
God's not dead. This I can promise.
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