who would you like to see as the next president of the united states?

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Well, his principles don't consist of voting for whoever is nicest to his wife. It's not like he ever campaigned on the issue of civility in political discourse in any major way, and the things he has campaigned on overlap neatly with Trump's policies.

As for fleeing Texas, I think that was an advisable thing for anyone to do. Trying to survive weather that's 20 degrees below freezing, with no heat and for days on end, is just not something I'd expect a family of people to attempt.

I guess others didn't have the wherewithal to get out, and that's awful, but you can't expect the rest of us to just die alongside them in solidarity.

[–]TheJoint 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

A president should be a leader, Cruz actions showed he had no principles.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

No, his actions showed he doesn't share your principles.

[–]TheJoint 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

My principle of serving the people I represent and being a leader? Cruz is propoganda artist nothing more, with no principles but to serve himself.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How does sitting in a 12-degree house serve anyone? Cruz did his part in getting an emergency declared and getting people federal money to fix the damage. That's the role of a Senator. He's not the Director of FEMA, or a member of the Public Utility Commission, or the Governor. He's a legislator, and he generally does show up for votes and vote according to his very consistent, long-standing principles.

[–]TheJoint 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Cruz did nothing to hold the energy companies accountable for not winterizing their system which they were supposed to do for years.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If those companies didn't play by the rules, it falls to the Public Utilities Commission to assess a penalty. More likely, though, they did comply with the rules (they employ hundreds of lawyers, I'm sure) and the rules are stupid.

In fact, I know that to be the case. Electrical deregulation really is profoundly stupid. It's been around since the late 1990s, and has always played out the same way: in most years, it saves consumers a small amount of money. In a few other years, consumers face crazy, unpredictably high prices. This makes the idea unworkable.

Electrical service is a near-perfect example of a natural monopoly. Any attempt to create a free market for it will be awkward, and subject (as we have seen) to gaming.

This is difficult for conservatives to accept, but Cruz (to his credit) has started talking about the government's role in the electrical system in Texas. It's not as exciting as sticking it to some Big Evil Energy corporation would be, but I think it's what is needed.