What's the chance of Ted Cruz becoming president?

Yours is the obvious error thinking this kind of entitlement society can survive. Look at the nanny states of Europe.

If so please stop using that magenta colored font.

"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."
- Mark Twain

The US pretended that they were saving the oppressed and took the possessions of European powers

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/10/02/the-secret-to-understanding-us-foreign-policy/

The secret to understanding US foreign policy
The Anti-Empire Report
by William Blum
October 2, 2010

In one of his regular “Reflections” essays, Fidel Castro recently discussed United States hostility towards Venezuela. “What they really want is Venezuela’s oil,” wrote the Cuban leader.[1] This is a commonly-held viewpoint within the international left. The point is put forth, for example, in Oliver Stone’s recent film “South of the Border”. I must, however, take exception.

In the post-World War Two period, in Latin America alone, the US has had a similar hostile policy toward progressive governments and movements in Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, and Bolivia. What these governments and movements all had in common was that they were/are leftist; nothing to do with oil. For more than half a century Washington has been trying to block the rise of any government in Latin America that threatens to offer a viable alternative to the capitalist model. Venezuela of course fits perfectly into that scenario; oil or no oil.

This ideology was the essence of the Cold War all over the world.

The secret to understanding US foreign policy is that there is no secret. Principally, one must come to the realization that the United States strives to dominate the world. Once one understands that, much of the apparent confusion, contradiction, and ambiguity surrounding Washington’s policies fades away. To express this striving for dominance numerically, one can consider that since the end of World War Two the United States has:

Endeavored to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments, most of which were democratically-elected.
Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.
Waged war/military action, either directly or in conjunction with a proxy army, in some 30 countries.
Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.
Dropped bombs on the people of some 30 countries.
Suppressed dozens of populist/nationalist movements in every corner of the world.[2]

The United States institutional war machine has long been, and remains, on automatic pilot.

Official website of the author, historian, and U.S. foreign policy critic.
About William Blum

William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition to what the United States was doing in Vietnam.

This guy has hated America a long time.

The US has had a long history of doing exactly what the Nazis did. Just read my signature line. Does John Stockwell, does everyone who points out the truth hate the US?

Do you have a reason that the administration with the help of the biased media and the DOJ, IRS, and even the EPA have tried to silence( and have done very well) and demonize conservatives?

They must have some good ideas. And would be able to prove it if the where in adequate and open debate.

Poor conservatives. Those rotten liberals give them such a tough time.

Funny thing...as I mentioned in another thread...conservatives from coast to coast brag about their conservatism. Their politicians brag about being the "most conservative of the lot" when in a primary. Conservative here; conservative there; conservatives everywhere.

Liberals!

Hell, you gotta turn up rocks to find them. And even then they seldom use the word "liberal" to identify themselves. And when was the last time you heard a liberal politician proclaiming his/her liberalism...or claiming to be "the most liberal of the lot?"

Never...that's when.

Conservatives outnumber liberals by double digit majorities.

Yet the liberals present a danger to the conservatives they cannot handle. Constantly crying and bemoaning what the dirty liberals are doing to them.

What a joke American conservatism is!

A bunch of tail chasers.