Cruz is best for future of U.S.

Based on his record and qualifications, electing Ted Cruz for president is America’s greatest hope to rescue our country from those who have no respect for our Constitution and what was our free enterprise system.

I was first impressed by Cruz’s many significant victories before the U.S. Supreme Court in line with his principles, both pro bono and as Texas attorney general. I have become even more impressed by his record as a freshman U.S. Senator.

Early on on “Meet the Press,” Cruz suggested that Chuck Schumer agree to co-sponsor legislation that regardless of what happened on a debt ceiling vote that the U.S. would never risk its full faith and credit by not paying its bills and remove that issue from the table. Of course, Schumer would never agree and Cruz soon learned that the establishment parties considered such a move, by a freshman senator, rude.

Cruz joined in aiding a Ron Paul filibuster by giving him breathers to answer questions. That filibuster ended with the administration finally agreeing to giving a written answer to the question that the Constitution does not allow the use of drones to target U.S citizens on U.S. soil.

When the president’s gun control laws moved to the Senate floor, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Rand Paul sent a letter to Harry Reid that they would filibuster any legislation that undermines the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. “That letter was met with derision by the Democrats, by dismay from the Republican leadership, and by denunciation by their friends in the media” [even the Wall Street Journal]. To make a long story short, after thousands of calls from their constituents, the tide turned and every one of President Obama’s gun control proposals were voted down.

Cruz and Chuck Grassley crafted the so-called Grassley-Cruz bill that became known as the Law Enforcement Alternative—“With provisions for school safety, reporting requirements for mental illness, and prosecution of felons who try to illegally buy guns.” It would have passed, having the votes of 43 Republicans and 9 Democrats if Harry Reid and his Democrat allies had not filibustered it.

Finding their Republican colleagues were going to do absolutely nothing to stop Obamacare, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee embarked on a strategy urging that Congress should continue to fund everything except Obamacare. But Mitch McConnell and the GOP leadership team decided to “publicly, directly, and aggressively lead the fight against the House Republicans in favor of Obamacare.”

He introduced and passed into law several positive amendments to the National Defense Authorization act including teaming with Mike Lee, increasing the protection of religious liberty in the military. And on and on—this is the picture of a consistent conservative, not just a campaign conservative--and a great leader-president for the United States.

This story was originally published February 18, 2016 at 10:12 AM with the headline "Cruz is best for future of U.S.."