We do not have "sins" in need of "purging" by the supernatural. This is not the place to proselytize for religion.

That's even scarier.

The country was founded on the Enlightenment, with its emphasis on reason and individualism that overthrew the previous dominance of the Church for centuries. The "Christian principles" of otherworldly mysticism, asceticism, duty and submission were the philosophy of the Dark ages.

It was not possible for a philosophy of primitive mysticism to lead to a country establishing the right to the pursuit of one's own happiness here on earth with spectacular improvements in science and human progress under capitalism, all in in a relatively brief period, and it is not possible to defend that now from an intellectual outlook of primitive mysticism. The cultural dominance of Christianity kept the western world in squalor and misery with essentially no progress for over a millennium.

what a crock of sh*&

Another reason to put very strict limits on campaign spending, say $1 million for POTUS candidates, $500k for senate, $250k for house-rep.
Either the tv networks will expose their game and lower costs, or candidates will not enrich the biased bastards with funds from honest people.
More likely government would force their media toys to give free time to candidates, but that would likely be equal time, and even that is better than the current idiotic system. Open the door to lots of candidates, and loose the dogs of war.

Thanks, Zen. Maybe it was just another vote against this point system ;^)

As a DemRep, he is campaigning against almost everything America stands for, and there will be more than 2 candidates. If you vote, vote against evil, not for it.

We know that there are aspects to him that are good, as previously discussed. That is what he is undermining by turning his campaign into a religious fest, which is destructive. We need someone who will articulate rational values and principles for a free society and what he intends to do about it, not a fervent reversion to mysticism.

It does, but it's limited to what he voted on. Other actions show a more dangerous side. Presidents do a lot more than echo past votes.

I think he is willing to put his convictions into action, as illustrated in his lonely battle in the filibuster against a massive budget increase. His religious fervor has led him to put that side of him into his campaign opening. It appears that he does have integrity, but with some very bad values and principles mixed with the good.

I described what is meant.

The Puritan settlement had a collectivist, religious authoritarian mindset that was pre-Enlightenment.

From his past record he does seem to strongly support constitutional government, at least as it was so supposed to function historically. Atlas Shrugged had at least a sense of life appeal to him, but I can't say from what I know of him that he understands or supports rational individualism and the absolute rights of the individual as the moral basis.

He launched is campaign as a fervent religious crusade despite what else he knows and could have done. That is destructive.

I don't think he's pandering or trying to make a lot of money in politics. All indications are that he means it. That is the problem.

He isn't being "hung":for anything, and he isn't just "talking about God". He has chosen to launch a presidential campaign with a focus on dramatic religious fervor.

This thread has nothing to do with Obama. It is about Cruz's own decision to substitute religious fervor for the kind of campaign that is desperately needed.

Ditto.

LetsShrug is correct. This country may have been founded on Christian principles during the era of the Pilgrams (1620-1670) but those were not the same ones applied during the days of constructing the Constitution. The Constitution was NOT written by Christians. How do I know this? I believe, (don't quite remember the exact number) 98% of the founding fathers were MASONS. Masons are not Christians! They are Gnostic. Ever see the "G" in the middle of their square & compass? Yeah, that's what the G stands for and not God.

I could go on, but would rather not hijack the post.

I don't trust anyone who's married to any bank. Why anyone else would is beyond comprehension, given the relationship between wall st. and crapitol hill.

You really need to do your research and find more out about the corrosive cancer called Council on Foreign Relations and how our gov't has been completely compromised by them. Gov't officials don't answer to you or me. They answer to their masters: heads of CFR and the lobbyists.

It appears you still have faith in the gov't. But until you remove the private cabal of banksters ~ federal reserve (have you read The Creature From Jekyll Island yet?) at a minimum, NOTHING will change. Getting rid of CFR will be a bit tough.

Have you ever wondered why foreign policy between presidents that have a "D" or "R" in front of them never really changed over the decades?

Have you ever analyzed the speeches given by presidential candidates by those who won the presidency & then compared them to what actually occurred, especially in regards to foreign policy? Who controls that? If you think the president does, you need to do research and find the truth. Coming after me won't solve your issue. But if it makes you feel better...

The bottom line is Cruz is a stooge. He's a talking head for the CFR line. He's compromised because he's married to the bank. THEY all talk a great game. But that's all they can do. And talk is cheap.

Yea.

You're so nice, well pretty nice.

And jeezy too.

I'll share. (isn't it nice of me to share what I stole?)