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Submitted by Michael S (United States), May 5, 2016 at 19:27

Hello, Mike

You said, "When Mr. Cruz asked his supporters about the "network executives, who were really liberal Democrats", there is no question in my mind that he was using code words for Jews.", and Daniel responded as though you had said "When Mr. Cruz asked his supporters about the "liberal Democrats". While I don't think anything can be considered "nuts" (to quote Daniel) anymore, in a campaign that purports to be a contest between Lucifer Incarnate and the Fascists, there is some merit for Daniel's saying that "Liberal Democrats" should not be equated with "Jews" (perhaps 70% of which are Liberal Democrats, probably more than any other ethnic group). The two are not one and the same, but Daniel and everyone must admit that they're darned close. Even so, you didn't say "Liberal Democrats", burt "NETWORK EXECUTIVES, who were "really liberal Democrats".

So much for your being "nuts", which I don't think you are, and for the dance around how many network executives are Jews, how many Jews are Liberal Democrats and how many Liberal Democrats are network executives, etc. The bottom issue here, is whether or not Ted Cruz has an anti-Semitic streak here. He criticized "New York values" earlier in the campaign; and some have noted that New York contains the highest percentage of Jews of any US city (and yes, they have had a great influence in shaping "New York values". In all honesty, I think the critics have gone overboard there: Donald Trump is from New York, after all, a place that just seems weird to Texans and to anyone else (like me) who hasn't lived in New York.

Concerning me, since I just put myself into this semantic fray, I am not Jewish, nor am I Texan, nor am I from New York (I hail from Milwaukee, formerly called "Bush Town" by New Yorkers and others -- not because of The Bush family, which nobody had even heard of in those days, but because we were considered an outpost in America's outback). My verdict is that (1) You are not nuts, (2) Daniel has been far too free with his epithets lately, and needs to calm down, and (3) Ted Cruz is probably not an antiSemite -- for what it matters anymore, seeing that he has now dropped out of the race.

I have no idea, what direction the Presidential race will take during the next six months. I'm glad nobody has gotten assasinated, and I've read no reports of people going postal (berserk) and shooting one another because of the campaign. I expect that in the next few weeks, the cameras will swing over to the Clinton-Sanders donnybrook; so we Republicans have an opportunity to go fishing and think things over before OUR candidate, Mr. Trump, begins his full-fledged attack against the remnants of the horrible Democrat regime that has plagued this country for seven years. In a few weeks, we will have Presidential, Vice-Presidential, Congressional, Gubernatorial, etc. candidates; and a clearly-stated national platform. I hope that in his ire, Daniel hasn't forgotten that this party is more than just a Presidential contest.

Concerning the Presidential contest, there are issues to consider that transcend the personalities of the candidates. For instance, a Supreme Court Justice needs to be appointed and confirmed. Will he be one who seeks to carry out the intentions of our founding fathers, as Justice Scalia was? Or will he be a free-lancer who legislates from the bench? With a Democrat President, we are almost certain to get the latter. Do we want that?

How about the Mega-Trade Deals that Obama has been pushing? Clinton is completely wobbly on them; but Trump insists that they need to be re-negotiated. Some of you might like the idea of a handful of globalist corporations over-riding our national sovereignty for their own benefit, in matters such as energy policy, wages, labor laws and environmental issues. That is what Obama & Co have presented us with, as the fruit of years of ultra-secret negotiations. I personally do not want these things. Mr. Trump has said he plans to re-negotiate the terms; and though none of us can predict the outcome of those negotiations, they will cannot possibly be worse than what has been signed.

And how about Israel? Obama's relationship with Netanyahu has been toxic. I cannot imagine Donald Trump insulting the Israeli PM more than Obama has -- and for that matter, than George W. Bush did. Remember that it was Bush, who had the Israeli PM enter the Annapolis conference through the servants' entrance, while the Arabs came through the front door; and it was Bush who forced PM Sharon to hunt for digs of his own in Waco while Bush entertained a Saudi prince on his ranch. It is Netanyahu, this time around, who snubbed Trump in order to "not get involved" in the US election; but The Donald was more than willing to visit Israel -- before the election, and not after first giving away the store in Cairo the way Obama did. Will Benghazi Email Clinton, wife of Invite-Arafat-Nine-Times-To-The-White-House Clinton strike off a better relationship with Israel?

For heavens' sake, gentlemen ... THINK!

Shalom shalom. God bless and keep you all.

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