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Ron Paul also endorsed Cruz for U.S. Senate.
Yes, we know, and since then he has come out against Cruz on foreign policy.
Ron Paul also endorsed Cruz for U.S. Senate.
He probably already knew Cruz was hawkish. Paul supported Goldwater before and Reagan. Reagan was already a hawk before he flip-flopped. Cruz is still pretty good based on his voting record. He isn't a libertarian but he's still one of us IMO.Yes, we know, and since then he has come out against Cruz on foreign policy.
Well, he's getting worse every month on his voting. I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bath water, but I know his connections. And I see him leaving the Paul/Lee group.He probably already knew Cruz was hawkish. Paul supported Goldwater before and Reagan. Reagan was already a hawk before he flip-flopped. Cruz is still pretty good based on his voting record. He isn't a libertarian but he's still one of us IMO.
Well, he's getting worse every month on his voting. I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bath water, but I know his connections. And I see him leaving the Paul/Lee group.
He probably already knew Cruz was hawkish. Paul supported Goldwater before and Reagan. Reagan was already a hawk before he flip-flopped. Cruz is still pretty good based on his voting record. He isn't a libertarian but he's still one of us IMO.
In November 2014, Cruz attended a gathering of prominent Jewish American donors in New York City in an apparent attempt to court their support for a potential presidential run. Hosted by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the event brought together many several longstanding "pro-Israel" hawks, including Alan Dershowitz, Christians United for Israel chairman John Hagee, Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-MN), and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, among many others. "This administration has been the most antagonistic toward Israel in memory," Cruz proclaimed to his hosts. "Standing for Israel is a deep passion of mine. But it's also a manifestation of a basic principle that if I say I'm with you I'm really with you."[18]
At the ZOA dinner, Cruz said: "A real president … would stand up and say on the world stage: Under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran will either stop, or we will stop them."
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Cruz's resumes includes serving as a clerk for former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Rehnquist, a domestic policy adviser to the 2000 George W. Bush campaign, an associate deputy attorney general under John Ashcroft, and as a director of policy planning at the Federal Trade Commission.
She had already worked in Washington for former U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo.
Was a member.
Another family member of U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz– his wife, Heidi — is drawing media attention inside the Beltway. The online, Washington, D.C., news outlet Politico blogged Thursday that Ted Cruz in recent campaign appearances has called the establishment foreign-policy group, the Council on Foreign Relations, a “pit of vipers” and a “pernicious nest of snakes,” even though it says his wife until June was an active member of the council.
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She let a five-year membership lapse, Politico reported.
SOURCE:
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2011/10/politico-cruz-scores-group-his.html/
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Ted Cruz: The Council on Foreign Relations is a "Pit of Vipers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAHy_UrqH4
Here's a couple more points to add to your OP.
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/cruz_ted
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http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews....-the-tune-of-1-million-he-wont-get-back.html/
Wiki on Ashcroft:
"After the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, Ashcroft was a key administration supporter of passage of the USA Patriot Act."
Another unsavory connection and Ted Cruz actually worked for Ashcroft while Ashcroft was busy pissing on the Bill of Rights.