Ted Cruz losing but chooses Carla Fiornia as Running Mate

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Perhaps Ted Cruz hopes that picking a running mate may invigorate his lagging campaign.Ted Cruz is the first of the presidential candidates to pick a running mate which is ironic since is lagging behind Donald Trump. Carly Fiorina is a former Republican contender for the presidential nominee  and a former chief executive of  Hewlett-Packard.

My wife is prettier than your wife na na na na na

The war over whose wife is prettier than whose wife has become more important than the ISIS bombing in Belgium. It all started when a commercial aired with a photo of Donald Trump's wife Melanie posing nude on the cover of a magazine. Now racy and semi nude photos of  Melania are all over the internet so it shouldn't have been a shock to Donald Trump to see one of them in an ad.

Donald Trump accuses Ted Cruz and threatens his wife that he will reveal stuff about her. Heidi, Ted Cruz's wife responds as did her husband. But this was not the end, Trump posted an unflattering photo of Heidi alongside a photo of Melanie with the caption “A picture is worth a thousand words,” 

Ted Cruz responded "Donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave Heidi the hell alone," 

What is shocking about all this is that there are people - lots of people who feel that Donald Trump is Presidential material. All those people, women in particular,  who are backing   Trump for the presidential nomination, take warning. He will call you fat, pig, ugly if you are not looking like a supermodel. I am actually sorry for poor Melanie since she has passed the age where Trump may want to trade her in for a newer model.

The world is in crisis and all the two presidential wannabes can do is fight over their wives. 

Ten Interesting facts about Ted Cruz's Citizenship

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We have all heard that Ted was born in Canada but do you actually know the details. Here are some interesting facts.

1) Ted Cruz's full name is Rafael Edward Cruz

2) Ted Cruz was born in Calgary Alberta Canada December 22, 1970

3)  His father,  Rafael Bienvenido Cruz,  was born in Cuba and was granted political asylum in the United States after his student visa expired.

4) His mother was born in the USA of Irish and Italian decent

5)  Dad Rafael Cruz became a citizen of Canada in 1973

6)  Dad Rafael Cruz became a naturalized US citizen in 2005

7) Ted Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014

8) Several   lawsuits and challenges to Ted Cruz citizenship and eligibility were unsuccessful

9) In February 016, the Illinois Board of elections declared Ted Cruz to be a natural born US citizen by virtue of his birth in Canada to a mother who was a US citizen at the time.

10) In March 2016 the NY Supreme court dismiss a challenge to Ted Cruz  citizenship on the grounds that it was filed too late.

 The challenges to Ted Cruz's citizenship are not over by any means. According to the  Lawyer of one of the challengers, it is a 229 year old issue that can only be resolved by the Supreme Court.

Ted Cruz - Can a Canadian born become President of the United States?

When Ted Cruz first  announced on Twitter that he will be running for the Republican nomination for President, the question on everybody's mind was, could he?  The Tea Party is, or was,  a strong supporter of the far right candidate who has taken a strong stance against the Obama health care policy. Cruz, like Trump, will build a wall and deport all undocumented Mexicans. Luckily there was no wall between Canada and the US when he crossed over.  The question is, will his birth country come back to haunt him in the election. The 44 year old Canadian born only renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014 - a strategic move?

If we recall, conservatives, led by Donald trump,  went to all lengths to try to prove that Obama was born outside of the USA. They failed of course but there is no doubt about where Ted Cruz was born. However, very little attention is paid to Cruz's country of birth. In fact it is practically ignored by the media, the Republicans and the Democrats. Cruz is running second to Trump in the race for the Republican nomination. Will the country of his birth  help or hurt him?. Has it already hurt him? Does one  have to be born in the USA to become president?

The problem with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio

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There are two problems with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio which has made it possible for a candidate like Donald Trump to possible snag the Republican nomination. The Republican party is in an unenviable position; they hate the candidate who will be representing the Republican party and the don't much like the alternatives - Ted and Marco. So what's a voter to do?  Supporting the alternative candidates does not seem to be working so far. Why? Well I believe Ted and Marco are more of a problem than Trump and here is why.

1) Both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio spent the first critical moments of the campaign fighting Barack Obama instead of Trump. In all their debates and meetings they insulted and  derided not only the sitting president of the United States but America as well. If you don't know any better you would probably think that under Obama the USA has become a third world country. The problem with this is that Obama is not running for president - Trump is. So it would seem that, unless they believed Trump could make a great president, they would have concentrated their efforts on stopping him long ago.

Image Ted Cruz credit donkeyhotey

2) The other problem is likeability. You hear it all the time - talk about how hated Cruz is by the establishment and the "Ted Cruz is Crazy" talk that has flooded the internet. You have seen how little confidence in his abilities, Marco Rubio instills in he Republican voting public.
So who to vote for; one of the two candidates who border on the "boring" at times or one who offends every class of people in the Unites States and the world, a billionaire, an entertainer, and one with reported questionable business practices.  You see the dilemma? I gues many Republicans are praying for a "savior" today.

You're Fired! Donald Trump gets his due

The press adores him. Donald Trump adores himself. We have heard endless chatter about his greatness, his strong poll numbers and the fact that he is a "winner" But in the much touted Iowa primary, Donald the winner became Donald the loser. He was "fired" so to speak. I actually hoped that Donald would win this one but he didn't. Instead it was Ted Cruz - the Canadian. Beaten by a Canadian! Oh Donald, you just have to make this right.