Month: July 2016

Wow! Just Wow! W-O-W. Wow. Did you see that? Well if you didn’t let me explain.

Ted Cruz spoke at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 20^th.  The speech by Cruz was touted as the highlight of the night, overshadowing the Vice Presidential nominee’s speech.  Well, Ted Cruz delivered. Withstanding the boos and the negative feedback from the crowd, Ted set up, in his speech, what everyone watching thought would be his much anticipated endorsement of Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. Instead of delivering an endorsement for Donald Trump and feeding the crowd what they wanted to hear, Ted said “vote your conscious.” Vote your conscious. That was it, Cruz went on to mention voting “up and down” the ballot, but he never said vote Trump.

Ted Cruz stood up for true conservatism and did not endorse someone that many conservatives believe does not uphold the true principals of conservatism. I have to say that what Cruz did gave me a renewed faith that conservatives are not blind party loyalists. What Ted Cruz did was tell America that he does not believe that Donald Trump will win in November and thus can not define the real conservative.

See, Ted has argued before the Supreme Court multiple times, he is a smart man.  He is a man that still wants to be President. He is a man that knows support for Trump will equate him with all the other Republicans that seem like hypocrites when they endorse Trump. Republicans like Trump’s running mate, Pence, endorsed Cruz, not his now running mate. How hypocritical is that? Ben Carson, who Trump referred to as a child molester and who in turn jabbed back by being  “Terrible At Being A Donald Trump Surrogate”

Ted Cruz, unlike these other Republican that jumped on the bandwagon of Trump, rejected Trump’s redefinition of conservatism. Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump.  I am happy for him, and as I tweeted, Cruz converted me into a fan today.

The importance of Social Media Response in the 2016 Presidential Election.

As I have been taking in the news of the coup or attempted coup in Turkey, I immediately made it political. I began to wonder how the political debate will play out. Forgive me, the political climate made me that way. To fill people in: there has been an attempted coup in Turkey.  According to reports on CNN, representatives of President Erdogan are claiming that a faction of the Army are attempting the coup.  As I speak, the Erdogan is apparently speaking to a crowd in Istanbul. I know Turkey is a vital ally and one of our few allies in a troubled region.  I wondered what the response would be and if it would fall under the typical political party lines.  Here is what I found:

President Obama has indicated that he is with the democratic elected government. John Kerry confirm with this tweet:

Hillary Clinton also gave a similar statement via twitter:

Trump on the other hand:

And of course, those that many claim represents the Republicans wants the coup to succeed:

And . . .

See how easy and quick that was able to be turned political? Nuts! Let’s see how this plays out. I am praying for common ground.