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A closer look at Ted Cruz's campaign rollout
Fox News' Kelly File ^ | March 26, 2015 | Megyn Kelly

Posted on 03/26/2015 5:42:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

(BEGIN-VIDEO-CLIP)

MEGYN KELLY, HOST: The Guardian's declaring you are done 48 hours after you have declared. And to that you say?

SEN. TED CRUZ, R-TX: Well, look, there's nothing like the warm embrace of the mainstream media. And I have to say.

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KELLY: That was Senator Ted Cruz on the Kelly File last night. I asked him about his welcome from the mainstream media, which many have since noticed is very different from that that was given to then-senator, now-President Barack Obama when he first announced his run for the White House. Joining me now to discuss it, Marc Thiessen, Fox News contributor and former presidential speech writer for George W. Bush, and Katrina Pierson, former congressional candidate and Tea Party member who has worked for Senator Cruz. So let me start with you, Marc, that when Barack Obama announced he was running, I mean the Washington Post, they were so excited. They talked about how no matter what your political leanings are, you're likely to feel at least a twinge of excitement about him. But they didn't really feel that about...Ted Cruz

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MARC THIESSEN, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH WRITER FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: ...running up your leg–as Chris Matthews had. Look, the left wing commentators have been having a field day with Ted Cruz's announcement. But it's not just the commentators. It's the straight reporting news media. Let me read you what the New York Times said about Ted Cruz announcement. This is how they reported it. Mr. Cruz, a first-term senator, "...is seen by Republicans and Democrats alike as a divisive figure, his tenure in Washington has been marked by accusations of demagoguery." That's the news story. Here's how New York Times reported Barack Obama's announcement in 2007 on its front page -- same newspaper....

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cruz; immigration; obama; tedcruz

1 posted on 03/26/2015 5:42:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
But it's not just the commentators. It's the straight reporting news media. Let me read you what the New York Times said ...

Excuse me? The NYT is straight reporting?

2 posted on 03/26/2015 5:48:05 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
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MEGYN KELLY, HOST: The Guardian's declaring you are done 48 hours after you have declared. And to that you say?

RONALD REAGAN, (R): Well, look, there's nothing like the warm embrace of the mainstream media. And I have to say.


3 posted on 03/26/2015 5:49:47 PM PDT by Slyfox (I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Gay reporting...


4 posted on 03/26/2015 6:13:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kelly is a lib lawyer who made it big trying to suckering the bubbas that she is one of them.

Just read how the witch trashed her Ex with phony smears tells us she is another Manhattan cocktail party huckster !

5 posted on 03/26/2015 6:32:36 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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