Discussion for article #246860
What? He built his career pursuing and prosecuting Darrel Issa?
Who knew?
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Since this whole shitshow seems to never hit the bottom, someone should start hitting Cruzâs hand too and see how deep they can go down.
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He is simply pathological. He canât help himself.
About 10 years ago, there was a lawyer in Oregon who was disciplined by the Bar because he represented himself as a âdoctorâ, then cited his Juris Doctor degree in his own defense.
Practicing law is simply not law enforcement, any more than lawyers are âdoctors.â
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A Ten Commandments monument erected on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol did not violate the Establishment Clause, because the monument, when considered in context, conveyed a historic and social meaning rather than an intrusive religious endorsement.
Cruz had bought up a religious freedom issue, while also stating that as solicitor general that he has defended successfully defended âreligious libertyâ, better than any of the remaining candidates.
thatâs naturally a lie.
I suppose if you were the secretary at the sheriffs office, you could say you were in âlaw enforcementâ. But I doubt many of those secretaries would describe their job that way.
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Hey! I was a manicurist to a justice court official for SIX AND THREE-QUARTERS years, near enough, and was thus in law enforcement for that entire time! It isnât nice to diss other peopleâs experiences. Please leave gentle Sen. Cruz alone. Also, note that he always evidences good nail care. Thatâs enough for him to garner my vote!
He ainât no Deputy Dawg!
By âlaw enforcementâ I think he means his experience enforcing the Law of the Ten Commandments. He never said he was good at it, especially the âshalt not lieâ and âshalt not impersonate a weaselâ ones.
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Heâs obviously not a Law & Order fan, any of whom could tell you that in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
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⌠as usual with raphael JR., his own alternate universe always collides inconveniently with the real oneâŚ
⌠scientists call it The âMoist Fartâ Theory"âŚ
Maybe he meant he spent much of his life as a lawmaker, but even that wouldnât be true since heâs got nothing to show for his time in the Senate. And as a freshman lawmaker not actually making laws had the cojones to scold my Senator Feinstein about assault weapons.
@Cheonast
Years ago I was interviewed on a TV show for about 15 minutes, and since then Iâve always thought of myself as Oprah but without the following.
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I know itâs fun to mock the Cruzer, but he has a kind of point. The problem is the ambiguity in the term âlaw enforcement.â Years ago, my wife was asked, on a jury questionnaire, if she had any relative working in law enforcement. I told her to answer âyes,â because I was a regulatory lawyer whose job was to enforce civil statutes on behalf of the government. But the (state) judge told her, in no uncertain terms, that I was not in law enforcement and that she had answered incorrectly. From a purely definitional standpoint, he was wrong. I did enforce laws. But he had come from the criminal bar and had become used to the phrase âlaw enforcementâ to mean sworn peace officersâthe âLEOsâ. And, that is a common understanding within the police and criminal prosecution communityâeven outside it.
So the Cruzer is not entirely in error here. (Yeah, heâs unpleasantly wrong and misguided about way too many things and no one should ever think of voting for him.) For that reason, I think the criticism here is somewhat misplaced. Beyond that, his role in civil enforcement is pretty puny, so his credibility can be attacked on that basis alone. Heâs inflating his experience. Go get him for that!
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Cruz pretends he was a cowboy sheriff. Just like Ronald Reagan thought he served in the ETO in WW2 and liberated concentration camps. (never left LA/made films).
Lies roll off his tongue as smoothly as syrup rolls off a pancake. He is simply incredible, yet not so different from the other candidates from the party of ânoâ.