7th Republican Debate - Cruz effectively says: Elect Democrat

FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE 7th REPUBLICAN DEBATE:

WALLACE: Senator Cruz, now you get a chance to respond.

CRUZ: Chris, I would note that that the last four questions have been, "Rand, please attack Ted. Marco, please attack Ted. Chris, please attack Ted. Jeb, please attack Ted..."

Let me just say this...

WALLACE: ... It is a debate, sir.

CRUZ: ... Well, no, no. A debate actually is a policy issue, but I will say this. Gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question I may have to leave the stage. [A knod to Donald Trump, which, in context, justified his not wasting time being there.  It is a debate, and thus should cover real issues -- even if that is not the nature of Republican policies and methods.]

Chris, the most important determination any voter is going to make in this election is who's best prepared to be Commander in Chief. Who has the experience, who has the knowledge, who has the judgement, who has the clarity, and vision and strength of resolve to keep this country safe. That is what this debate is all about, and I would suggest let's stay focused on those issues -- rather than just attacks directed at each other.

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Who can be Commander-in-Chief?

Is it someone who vows to murder people half way around the world?  Or someone who has the experience negotiating with those people on behalf of the United States?  That last sounds like it's possible Cruz might have, subliminally, been endorsing Hillary Clinton.  We know he wasn't, but the facts are clear, Hillary is the only person, the only candidate, who has experience speaking to, and the only person that is personally known to, the foreign leaders who are the ones America needs to know to keep itself safe.  

Trump has also negotiated with them, but not in terms of national security -- something which occasionally means foregoing profit and the ability to proclaim "I WON".   There are times when disengagement -- like the act of NOT taking part in a debate, or looking weak as your people are airlifted from the roof of the American Embassy (as happened in Vietnam) -- is actually a demonstration of strength.  The idea is to know when NOT to fight.  But that also requires that you allow the other to "save face" -- you cannot bully and insult your way to safety.

Cruz knows he is ineligible to be POTUS; he knows, if nominated, he would be sued and he would lose that lawsuit.  Granted, SCOTUS would probably delay the hearing on the matter until after the popular vote -- if the Cruz Ticket lost, the matter would be moot and there would be no basis for a hearing; only if Cruz won would the issue need to be argued and definitively resolved.  The resolution would negate some  Naturalization Laws and some immigration rights laws; it would also open the Government to lawsuits based upon prior denials of "Due Process" as befitting "Natural-Born Citizens" with an alien national parent and born in a location where they are, at birth, foreign nationals.

On Monday, the Iowa Caucus will determine if Cruz moves forward and the nation passes the first marker toward a possible Constitutional Crisis.  If the voters of Iowa care about America, they will reject Cruz -- thus creating a massive news cycle with various pundits attempting to explain how the "Polls" could be so very very wrong.  But, the bottom line?  Iowa would establish that America considers the Constitution important, and no a plaything for the BIRTHER types to use when they wish to lie about  a POTUS whose race they hate, and ignore when their candidate meets all the criteria they put forward as representing an illegitimate POTUS or candidate for that office.

But all that BIRTHER dishonesty stuff was discussed in 2014, in "The Tea Party: America Upended"