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Ted Cruz’s Missed Opportunity

By Erik Zimerman On March 2, 2016 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Avvisi

Unfortunately, I have not been able to write much commentary on the GOP race recently, though there was plenty of material I wished to discuss. But here we are Super Tuesday, and it has been interesting to say the least. I will try to very briefly recap some of the thoughts I either had or conveyed on social media. It was clear to me from the start of this over-packed primary season, that Ted Cruz was the man that most correctly understood conservative values, capitalism, and the geopolitical challenges facing America. He also had that Hispanic name which, we have been force-fed since 2012 is necessary for a Republican to win the White House today. But unlike Rubio, none of flip-flopping and leftist positions on certain issues. I commented on these things more fully back in an article early on at the outset of the Trump campaign. In that article, it was correctly and quickly perceived that the raw never that Trump had hit had to do with immigration mostly, and with a suffocating culture of political correctness and “whininess” in the second. And though Trump is far from a true conservative ideologue, this things are powerful enough that he [...]

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Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain put Chris Mathews in his place

By Erik Zimerman On August 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Avvisi

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Despite every effort, Newt can no longer be Ignored in today’s Southern Primaries

By Erik Zimerman On March 13, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Avvisi

Yahoo News finally caved and posted this article on their home page. When to the very last minute, data indicated that Newt holds a lead in both critical southern states today, they had no chance but to post inforation stating so (as to not appear completely blnidsided if the results come to fruition). But a quick perusal, of the last couple of week’s headlines would lead anyone to believe Newt was not even running anymore. The reporting sounded like Alabama and Mississippi were clearly being contested by Romney and Satorum only, while there was in fact a third trailing cadidate… Ron Paul. Newt Gingrich was hardly mentioned, despite the (albeit scarce) polling data showing he was a front runner in both Southern States. It is more irrefutable evidence of the desperation the mainstream media has in derailing New’ts campaign. They can handle an all too socially conservative (easy to scare off voters) Santorum who in fact is well to the economic left of any real mainstream conservative candidate (very pro-union, and a sort of Pat Buchanan Republican), and they can definitely handle a Mitt Romney, who for all his talk of being an “outsider” could teach a high level course on being a rehearsed, polling data driven, adviser-led [...]

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The New Hampshire Debate (and Rankings)

By Erik Zimerman On June 14, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Against the Wind

Newt is still awesome! He was almost ignored by the annoying moderator (was he anderson cooper’s boyfriend?) who should have been shot for saying “all right, all right” after the candidate had said more than 2 words, but every time he spoke, he was incredibly calm, intellectually deep and accurate and full of the confidence of principle. When Romney had made a quite presidential and seemingly flawless response, where he tried to make Herman Cain look bad for saying he would not hire a Muslim in his administration, Newt came in with an uppercut, with bold non PC-ness and one upped him where it seemed impossible. Again, substance over symbolism and political posturing; he told of a terrorist suspect in court, who when asked by the Judge why he broke the US rules when he himself had signed that he would abide by them when obtaining his entry visa, said “you are my enemy, I lied”. This type of geopolitical realism is so sorely missed with this fumbling administration who constantly betrays friends, and rewards enemies (by virtue of fear). Ron Paul, as usual, was pretty awesome, he really is a champion of freedom, he lives in another [...]

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Ted Cruz’s Missed Opportunity

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