That election you are talking about is one I got to do a lot of checking into because I was scoring 8th grade math kids from New Jersey. You could hear mom and dad talking when those kids would make all kinds of remarks that had nothing to do with the election other than they were such outstanding Democrats at their houses. I always thought that the Clintons may have been involved in Ross running since old Bill probably couldn't have won that one without him pulling that trick. I sure as hell didn't vote for old ears, though, even though I didn't like Dole either. We have to vote for the least of two evils almost every time.

Are you saying anyone who disagrees with you is part of the problem? I like the fact that Bernie feels if the banks are to big to fail, they are to big to exist and need to be broken up. Some of his other policies are to far out there.

Change must take place in this country. The same ole same ole is what has landed us in this mess. If you read my post, you should have read the part where I stated ole Bernie is part of the Washington crooks. We do not have a viable candidate, we just have the same ole bought and paid for group of liars.

My problem with all the people running for President is quite simple. They are all part of the Washington cartel. To me that means none of them can be trusted. They are all owned. I can not comment on Cruz but I will say if you are serving in Washington you are more than likely a crook.

What is needed is some new blood. Someone not already owned by either side's elite. Hillary is a joke to me as are most of the Republicans. The only candidate I see as viable is Bernie Sanders and he is also part of the Washington crooks. They have all lied to the American people. They have all sold us out. None of them have the best interest of the American people at heart. They have their own best interest at heart. Anything to keep the money and power is fine with this group of individuals.

We have new blood in the race now with Carson, The Donald, and Carly Fiorina; You might laugh but I personally think they all bring something important to the table. They scare the Hell out of the "Establishment" We need to give them our support now before the establishment sticks their head in the bucket of obscurity. This group will make the other candidates talk about things they do not want to talk about and if the people get behind them early like ID said we did for Reagan then half the battle will be won. The other half will be against the Queen Hillary and we can only hope she will slip and fall again. I wish her no harm but perhaps she could stay in a coma until Jan. 2017

Ted Cruz unleashed: 'Washington cartel' conspires against Americans

By Garth Kant On 06/24/2015
WASHINGTON – In a major and fiery speech on what is wrong with Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas blasted leaders of both parties as corrupted by crony capitalism.

“Washington conspires against the American people on a daily basis”, charged the senator, saying it operated just like OPEC and every other cartel.

“Freedom is very scary to politicians in Washington because they’re all about power and control,” maintained the senator during an address at the Heritage Foundation, just down the block from his Senate office.

“Big government benefits big business and small government benefits small businesses and the little guy,” said Cruz, while adding one would never hear that on the evening news because of all the powerful interests bent on maintaining the status quo.

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That’s why, he maintained, Washington lawmakerss had installed a system of centralized planning he likened to the Soviet Union, where “politicians picked the winners and losers” in the business world, “And the losers are the American people.”

“It’s the same as taxation without representation,” continued Cruz, because “our representatives aren’t representing us, they represent giant corporations and lobbyists.”

And he didn’t spare Republicans from blame. In fact, he especially blamed his own party’s brass, wondering, “Why is it our leaders always side with Democrats and big business and throw overboard the conservatives who elected them?”

“When the most vulnerable are hurting, Washington jumps into action, but Washington is looking for solutions for Washington,” not ordinary Americans, claimed Cruz.

The political class will hurt Americans in order to help big business, he bluntly stated.

He pointed to the 2008 bailout as an example, helping a few big banks, large corporations and unions survive at the expense of hundreds of thousands of small business jobs and the closing of hundreds of regional banks.

“Sadly, the American worker is never deemed too big to fail,” he lamented.

He also warned, “It’s important to realize those were not unintended consequences” and that the bailout was designed by Washington to favor the big guy over the little guy.

Cruz wisecracked, when Washington politicians claim to help the little guy “either they are lying or they are really bad at what they do.”

When asked, how could voters be sure Cruz, who is running for president, is not part of the problem, he responded that there was nothing he could say that would be convincing.

The proof was in his actions not his words, he stated.

“There’s some Republicans who say gosh, if someone’s been vilified, we can’t nominate them for anything because they’re all beaten up and bloodied,” Cruz said. “That’s the lie of the Washington cartel. That means the only people we ever nominate are people who never take on the Washington cartel. And you know what, if you’ve never taken on the Washington cartel you’re not going to magically start once you take office.”

Cruz said standing up to Washington on the behalf of the people has not made him many friends in his own party. He cited the example of opposing GOP leadership’s plan to let the Democrats raise the debt ceiling, yet again, without putting up a fight.

“Nothing else has generated more hatred, animosity and vitriol at me.”

Cruz described how, behind the scenes, his Senate colleagues “screamed and yelled at me.”

He said they hollered at him, “Why are you trying to throw us under the bus?”

“It’s not me, its leadership,” that put you under the bus, he said he replied, telling his colleagues he was just asking them to “do what they had told voters they would do.”

“Speaking truth is deemed the rudest and most unacceptable act of all” in Washington, said Cruz.

“In times like this, speaking the truth is a radical act,” he added.

But, the Texan said he was optimistic, because the Obama era reminds him so much of the Carter era, and that was followed by the Reagan revolution.

And that revolution came from the people because “Washington hated Reagan.”

So, how did he stymie crony capitalism?

“He changed the rules.”

Reagan didn’t rally Washington, he rallied the people.

“That’s how to break the cartel, change the rules,” offered Cruz.

“Nothing focuses the minds of elected politicians like the prospect they may lose and have to get an honest job.”

Washington “despised” Reagan said the senator, until they saw the power of the people he brought with them, “and they didn’t want to mess with that.”

The senator’s bottom line to fixing Washington?

“Making the price greater for doing the wrong thing than doing the right thing.”