Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Now there is a choice for you, but Cruz has risen to the number two spot in the national polls so we must face this possibility.
After considerable thought on how to differentiate between these two candidates, I've decided to pick Trump. Why? Well Trump is a liar so all the bombast he is spewing may not be how he would actually govern. He is probably saying all these things to appeal to the Republican base, but Cruz seems to mean what he says, at least most of the time. After all he was willing to do things like shut down the government* over the ACA (AKA Obamacare) in a futile attempt that wasted a lot of money. Cruz doesn't seem to have any compassion for heath care for the poor.** He seems to favor unrestricted access to guns by everyone in the U.S. which would include the mentally unstable and even terrorists. He attended a meeting where the chairman gave an impassioned rant about how the bible says gays should be killed (though not now because they should be given a chance to repent.).*** Cruz gave no criticism of the pastor who did this. In general, Cruz seems to mean what he says so I find him scary. Where he stands on the issues a can be seen at: http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/Senate/Texas/Ted_Cruz/Views/ (somewhat dated)and http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Ted_Cruz.htm.****
* In doing this, we found out just how important people feel the national parks and monuments are, a pleasant surprise for me.
** Cruz favors a market based system, but actually ACA is supposed to be a market based system with competition among insurance companies. He does not say in eliminating the ACA how poor people would be covered in health care.
*** http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/11/06/23118593/christian-pastor-calls-for-execution-of-gays-at-event-attended-by-ted-cruz
**** One of my favorite original sayings is, "Politicians are skilled at the art of getting the votes of the people they plan to fleece."
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