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Cruz 1st Official Entry
« on: March 23, 2015, 06:27:18 AM »
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/23/sen-ted-cruz-to-announce-plans-for-presidential-bid/

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"I'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight," Cruz says as the video concludes.

Well time for it to get interesting.
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Re: Cruz 1st Official Entry
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015, 06:28:37 AM »
Well, time for the establishment hacks to start attacking him.
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Re: Cruz 1st Official Entry
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015, 06:31:33 AM »
You mean more than they already have.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2015, 09:36:03 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2015, 10:18:59 AM »
Frankly, he needs executive seasoning before I would consider him a serious contender.  But I do love the thought of him tearing into the MSM-bots and affiliated lefty scum with wild abandon.
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2015, 12:36:02 PM »
He has been on the right side of pretty much everything as far as I can tell. The Republican establishment cannot let him succeed. They will savage him worse than the D's.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/03/ted_cruzs_policy_positions.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
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Re: Cruz 1st Official Entry
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2015, 12:42:08 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on March 23, 2015, 10:18:59 AM
Frankly, he needs executive seasoning before I would consider him a serious contender.  But I do love the thought of him tearing into the MSM-bots and affiliated lefty scum with wild abandon.

 ??? .... OH! you mean like the "executive seasoning" Obama had! :facepalm:    .......   :rofl:
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2015, 02:28:02 PM »
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??? .... OH! you mean like the "executive seasoning" Obama had! :facepalm:    .......   :rofl:

Quite.
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2015, 02:44:23 PM »
Quote from: Ron on March 23, 2015, 12:36:02 PM
He has been on the right side of pretty much everything as far as I can tell. The Republican establishment cannot let him succeed. They will savage him worse than the D's.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/03/ted_cruzs_policy_positions.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

Yep. The republican establishment will NEVER allow it
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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2015, 02:47:30 PM »
A republican who I would have no shame in voting for!
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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2015, 02:56:34 PM »
Don't know much about him, other than that the Jeb Bush wing of the party seems to hate him which is always a good sign.

How is he in debates? No one can get elected unless they're reasonably attractive, have nice hair, a good speaking voice, and come across as likeable and caring in debates. Which is why Jindal will never be a serious candidate.
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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2015, 02:59:57 PM »
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How is he in debates? No one can get elected unless they're reasonably attractive, have nice hair, a good speaking voice, and come across as likeable and caring in debates. Which is why Jindal will never be a serious candidate.

Too bad that standard doesn't apply to hillary.
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2015, 03:06:26 PM »
Quote from: Balog on March 23, 2015, 02:56:34 PM
Don't know much about him, other than that the Jeb Bush wing of the party seems to hate him which is always a good sign.

How is he in debates? No one can get elected unless they're reasonably attractive, have nice hair, a good speaking voice, and come across as likeable and caring in debates. Which is why Jindal will never be a serious candidate.

Yep, The Bush family despising him is enough to give him a second look.

Cruz can generally beat any randomly selected lefty like a red-headed stepchild in a battle of wits and words.  Of course when he does so, the MSM call him "mean"--or "misogynist" if his opponent is a woman.  Should be able to find video of him verbally beating Feinstein to a pulp on youtube.  

He comes across like a prosecutor.  Not exactly nice, but good at skinning the opponent.  Reagan up through his first term could beat an opponent bloody and keep a smile on his & your face.  Cruz needs to learn to smile while doing his skinning and to have a more upbeat tone in his voice.  

Of course, he still has no executive experience to speak of.  Not sure I want to risk another glib Senator.
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2015, 03:08:38 PM »
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Too bad that standard doesn't apply to hillary.

It does, actually. That creature has less than zero chance of winning a popular election.
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2015, 03:11:11 PM »
I thought his speech was well done. However, it's still early, so I'm going to wait and see how things pan out all around.

The one "negative" thing I see is that some people see him, as related to the Republican party, as many of us see Ted Nugent as related to the NRA. He says things that need to be said, but I'm not sure if that helps, or hurts, his electability among the population in general.
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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2015, 03:11:56 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on March 23, 2015, 03:06:26 PM

Of course, he still has no executive experience to speak of.  Not sure I want to risk another glib Senator.

Bet he voted more than once and when he did it was more than just present.
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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2015, 03:16:25 PM »
Quote from: Balog on March 23, 2015, 02:56:34 PM
Don't know much about him, other than that the Jeb Bush wing of the party seems to hate him which is always a good sign.

How is he in debates? No one can get elected unless they're reasonably attractive, have nice hair, a good speaking voice, and come across as likeable and caring in debates. Which is why Jindal will never be a serious candidate.

According to NPR: 
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He was a top college debater at Princeton. Here are some of the debate accolades Cruz raked in as an undergraduate at Princeton: top speaker at both the U.S. National Debating Championship and the North American Debating Championship, speaker of the year and team of the year.
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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2015, 03:37:57 PM »
Quote from: Balog on March 23, 2015, 03:08:38 PM
It does, actually. That creature has less than zero chance of winning a popular election.

I wouldn't want to take that bet- the stakes are too high.
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« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2015, 03:54:48 PM »
Well, if nothing else, I learned a new term: "coconut" (brown on the outside white on the inside), which is apparently what latinos are calling him, because you can only be a latino president if you're a democrat.
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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2015, 04:26:02 PM »
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Well, if nothing else, I learned a new term: "coconut" (brown on the outside white on the inside), which is apparently what latinos are calling him, because you can only be a latino president if you're a democrat.

I'm using that one- my best friend is technically hispanic since his family immigrated from South America- his skin is far less pigmented than mine  :laugh:
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« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2015, 05:03:08 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on March 23, 2015, 03:06:26 PM

Of course, he still has no executive experience to speak of.  Not sure I want to risk another glib Senator.

Wasn't he the Texas AG prior to being senator?

IIRC, that's running an state wide bureaucracy, which is far more executive experience then the current Present-Voting occupant had.

Plus, Ted knows and believes and votes for the the Constitution (and history).   He makes Reagan look like a lefty.  I'm willing to bet that the he will win.  When conservatives run as conservatives, they win.  Of course the MS will be out for his head.  (Expect the story of him being busted for underage possession of beer to come screaming back along with lots of "When did you stop beating your wife?" type questions.

Anyway, Yahoo.com put this out, not getting it.*

http://news.yahoo.com/can-ted-cruz-go-from-obstructionist-in-chief-to-commander-in-chief-212751655.html




*It being how much bad stuff did you stop, because there is rarely any good stuff that passes....


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« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2015, 06:43:07 PM »
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According to NPR: 

Winning a formal academic debate isn't the same skillset as conning low information voters into pulling the lever for you.
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« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2015, 06:43:48 PM »
Quote from: brimic on March 23, 2015, 03:37:57 PM
I wouldn't want to take that bet- the stakes are too high.

Of the DNC contenders for 2016 she is by far the weakest.
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