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Letter to the editor: Cruz campaign doomed by his own views
The Tulsa World ^ | March 29, 2015 | Michael E. White, Pryor, Oklahoma

Posted on 03/29/2015 1:44:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

I’m not concerned about Sen. Ted Cruz running for the presidency. His extremist views doom his chances and predestine his failure, but will provide some needed amusement and head-scratching peculiarities necessary to punctuate the merciless bore of an endless presidential campaign.

Surrounded by a massive infestation of indoctrinated followers, he preceded his announcement with a paint-drying, self-aggrandizing preamble trying to the patience of all but his most ardent acolytes. Even its earnest pomp and magnificent solemnity were threatening glazed eyes to crust over and anesthetized enthusiasm to reach for that relieve only found in liberating slumber.

Oh, I could tell, they sought to cheer more than they did, but just as in a comedy devoid of proper timing, the inspiration lacked the proper punch. And, though there were some moments of rousing applause that succeeded in delivering an awkward smile to a face not very used to such distortion; to say that Cruz appeared on cruise control would be inaccurate.

Should he wish to gain the favor of more than ultra-conservatives and the Jerry Falwell crowd, he needs to reassess his fundamental convictions and realign his approach with better common sense and realistic reasoning, or he will forever continue to paint the image of a scary clown in the minds of those empowered to determine his political destiny.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; tedcruz; texas
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To: Michael.SF.

So “he” moved from Ohio to Oklahoma in the last couple of days?


41 posted on 03/29/2015 2:56:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Holy Moly! Maybe he isn’t as evil as just plain DUMB!

Just think of all at the people who have propped him up to get him where he is. This explains a lot! I have long thought his mind is not agile - he can’t see how wrong his communist indoctrination has been and adapt to new information. So much of what he comes up with makes no sense - even though I tried to attribute some reason to it.

Actually, I’m smarter than he is and I don’t think of myself as qualified to be POTUS. Having a dumb POTUS is about as stupid as having a dumb Doctor.
Ey yi yi.


42 posted on 03/29/2015 2:58:17 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Michael.SF.; 2ndDivisionVet

SAME LETTER APPEARED MARCH 26TH IN OHIO:
Letter: Cruz too extreme to succeed Published: March 26, 2015 4:00AM Editor: I’m not concerned about Ted Cruz running for the presidency...


Michael White sure gets around, doesn’t he?

Good catch!


43 posted on 03/29/2015 3:00:46 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Vaquero
To the Left/Democrat Socialist Party, anyone to the right of John McCain (or, you pick 'em) is an "extremist".

obama is not an "extremist" because, to the Left, one can never be "too far Left".

44 posted on 03/29/2015 3:01:39 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh how priceless.

Now THIS would be a funny investigation.

How many "Michael White"s are out there?

He gets around, like a record.

45 posted on 03/29/2015 3:04:10 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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To: Zenjitsuman

OK, I’m curious. How does anyone know Cruz’s IQ, or for that matter, Obama’s??? I think of 140 as the “genius’ point because that’s what our local school district used to require of a kid to be put into its “Gifted & Talented” center schools. The test they were given topped off at 150, but I believe there are other tests that go to higher ranges for the extraordinarily gifted.

If we don’t know their grades/SAT scores, etc., how do we “know” Obama’s and Cruz’s IQs? I tend to think Cruz would be more open about his academic records, but I haven’t seen any released. Nor, come to think of it, any request for their release.

Also, I’d say IQ doesn’t necessarily mean one will excel at any given job or position. Some people are seriously just “too smart.” They don’t do well at much, other than being smart an dover-thinking everything. They need to have some common sense, too, as well as a slew of other assets not measured in IQ points.


46 posted on 03/29/2015 3:08:42 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

I remember when Sarah was campaigning for VP someone put out an analysis of the speech of the various candidates and it turned out that Sarah spoke at a higher grade level than the other candidates.

I wonder if there is a similar way to detect IQ...although seems to me that would be much more difficult to discern. Although we already know Obama has something to hide and Cruz is really smart so how far off can this be?


47 posted on 03/29/2015 3:27:41 PM PDT by Aria
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To: Zenjitsuman

Where did you come across the info that obama has an IQ of 102?


48 posted on 03/29/2015 3:46:45 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: Zenjitsuman
Obama has an IQ score of 102...

Was that before or after Choom Gang?


49 posted on 03/29/2015 3:49:21 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: erkelly

Where did you come across the info that obama has an IQ of 102?....From his school records. Or Jat Carney. Or Harry Reid. Or....somebody.


50 posted on 03/29/2015 3:49:53 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: COBOL2Java

What a dope and a poseur.


51 posted on 03/29/2015 3:53:26 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Actually, that article looks bogus - I can’t imagine Cruz saying what he is quoted as saying.

Much easier to believe zero only has 102 however.


52 posted on 03/29/2015 3:58:10 PM PDT by Aria
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Boom! Nailed it, vet.


53 posted on 03/29/2015 3:59:36 PM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: EDINVA

Not correct, edinva.

Read “The Bell Curve”

There are VERY specific “readings” as to race, supported by massive amounts of hard data.

Highly gifted and accomplished people like Condoleeza Rice, Ben Carson, Thomas Sowell, et al, are “outliers”.


54 posted on 03/29/2015 4:08:31 PM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Conversely, if Cruz’ campaign is spectalurly successful you WILL be back for your crow stew, right?
You may even eat it right there, in the Hussein house basement.


55 posted on 03/29/2015 4:37:09 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: publius911

I have seen many web posts that say BB Netanyahu has an astronomical IQ score of 180 IQ. BB went to both MIT and Harvard, was UN ambassador, Finance Minister, and 4 time PM of Israel. Maybe Obama knows BB has an IQ 78 points higher
which is several standard deviations above Obama and accounts for his hatred of being shown up by BB.

Mensa members need to have at least a 130 IQ to get into the genius society.


56 posted on 03/29/2015 4:47:26 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Zenjitsuman

I read that Ted Cruz has an I.Q. of 145. Not too shabby.


57 posted on 03/29/2015 5:15:36 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pretty interesting for a guy who lives in what was once a “Sundown Town”.

Until at least 1988 there was a sign on the side of building, near the first stop light which read “Nigger, don’t let the sun go down on you in this town.”

When I saw this sign, I never did business there again...


58 posted on 03/29/2015 5:56:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I had a picture of the notorious “Sundown” sign of Pryor but, here is an excerpt from a book about it:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2_sAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=don%E2%80%99t+let+the+sun+go+down+on+you++pryor+oklahoma&source=bl&ots=czFUgbm96r&sig=P1DMg4B5hK3vnrLiVihZdby5hNg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BKAYVZyxM9jYoASfoIGoCw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=don%E2%80%99t%20let%20the%20sun%20go%20down%20on%20you%20%20pryor%20oklahoma&f=false


59 posted on 03/29/2015 5:59:39 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

New Book Documents “Whites Only” Policies for Whole Towns
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/gjay/www/Whiteness/sundowntowns.htm


60 posted on 03/29/2015 6:05:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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