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Ted Cruz, In the Line of Fire
Thought Crimes ^ | 03-30-15 | Chris Shugart

Posted on 03/31/2015 5:33:55 PM PDT by The_Harlequin

I occasionally like to cite the old saying, “If you’re not getting flak, you’re not over the target.” Applicable in so many situations, it can now be applied to Ted Cruz’s recent announcement that he’s running for president. At this early stage of the game, I’m not so interested in his platform, or his political record. But watching the criticism from the Democrats alongside the skepticism and tepid reception from the Republican establishment is the sort of thing that always gets my attention.

You can always tell how much of a threat your opponents consider you to be by the amount of hysteria they generate. And the bigger the threat, the more irrational their criticism. When Cruz mentioned that he was going to apply for Obamacare, in face of the fact that he’s pledged to repeal it, the news sent critics into a raving spin. What blatant hypocrisy, they said.

Yet nobody has yet noticed that Cruz also wants to eliminate the IRS, even though he must certainly be submitting his tax forms every year. Apparently you’re obligated to defy and ignore any law that you want to change. What if Cruz wants to raise the national speed limit to 65 mph? Does that mean he has to drive over the maximum speed limit to maintain his credibility?

Here was my thought: I like a candidate with a sense of humor. As a regular consumer of Obamacare, Ted Cruz can be our boots-on-the-ground correspondent reporting to us on how well his state-mandated health plan is meeting his needs, and how much it’s costing him.

And there lies the true source of all the hysteria. If Cruz follows through, he’ll likely be reporting to us whether we wants to or not. News outlets and their pundits are already locked in to the Cruz/Obamacare gambit, and it’s too late for them to back off now. They’re going to have to finish what they started. And they may be opening a can of worms—something they neither intended nor foreseen.

Imagine getting a play-by-play report on the actual mechanics of Obamacare in action. Sure the media will try to spin the whole mess into a Democrat happy meal, but their melodramatic histrionics could be just as telling as anything Ted Cruz reveals. But however this plays out, I approve of any politician who can irritate their detractors with this much ease.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; campaign; election2016; obamacare; president; tedcruz; texas
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To: napscoordinator

I know it’s tough, in your teen girl crush on Walker, and the meaningless polls the last eight weeks, you thought you were home free. Damn must be hard to see those polls flip in 48 hours. I feel for ya....

BUT people are laughing at you again.......happens a lot.

Brag? Really? Has he ever said it in a speech? Did he emphasize it? Or just have it mentioned by staff in a long list of accomplishments?

But go ahead and be a Walker teen crush girl, and dis other candidates. That will make people laugh at you even more.


21 posted on 04/01/2015 5:21:18 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: napscoordinator

I know it’s tough, in your teen girl crush on Walker, and the meaningless polls the last eight weeks, you thought you were home free. Damn must be hard to see those polls flip in 48 hours. I feel for ya....

BUT people are laughing at you again.......happens a lot.

Brag? Really? Has he ever said it in a speech? Did he emphasize it? Or just have it mentioned by staff in a long list of accomplishments?

But go ahead and be a Walker teen crush girl, and dis other candidates. That will make people laugh at you even more.


22 posted on 04/01/2015 5:21:58 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: napscoordinator

I know it’s tough, in your teen girl crush on Walker, and the meaningless polls the last eight weeks, you thought you were home free. Damn must be hard to see those polls flip in 48 hours. I feel for ya....

BUT people are laughing at you again.......happens a lot.

Brag? Really? Has he ever said it in a speech? Did he emphasize it? Or just have it mentioned by staff in a long list of accomplishments?

But go ahead and be a Walker teen crush girl, and dis other candidates. That will make people laugh at you even more.


23 posted on 04/01/2015 5:22:37 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: txrefugee

nappie girl is a walker fan bot - so while almost all Cruz supporters have tremendous respect for Walker and will support him if he wins the nomination, the little teen girl crushers are deep in the kool aid of only their man.

Puppy love is powerful you know.


24 posted on 04/01/2015 5:24:38 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: napscoordinator

“That is very Democratic Party....Is he running for that party? Since when do we brag about that type of thing? Have we gone that left that we have to brag about our birth into a nationality?”

True. He would still be just as qualified to be president if he were white. Race should be irrelevant.

On the other hand, I’d rather see him pander for Hispanic votes this way than by promoting amnesty.

And it has to piss the liberals off that they can’t call him racist for being against amnesty.


25 posted on 04/01/2015 6:18:52 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Thanks for a great post. I am sharing


26 posted on 04/01/2015 7:12:35 AM PDT by katiedidit1
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To: C. Edmund Wright

I know it’s tough, in your teen girl crush on Walker,

And that my friend is why you can not debate. You suck at it. You have zero substance in your posts and are a waste of time and breath. I discuss Walkers accomplishments only....more then you do with your half candidate.


27 posted on 04/01/2015 10:39:19 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator
...more then you do with your half candidate.

I don't waste my pearls before swine - I've written so many posts so far over economically ignorant gubbermint employee head head - that I'm done with that now.

But you make my point for me. You criticize other candidates, and almost no Cruz supporters have said anything negative about Walker. Most have Walker as their second choice. Most talk about issues. You only talk about CANDIDATES because issues are over your head and you are a fan girl. That IS a debate point, because you've been this way for 5 years now.

28 posted on 04/01/2015 10:42:29 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

That IS a debate point, because you’ve been this way for 5 years now.

Oh good. Now you will leave me alone? I have prayed to God daily for this to happen and now it seems my prayers may finally be answered. Thank you God!


29 posted on 04/01/2015 10:56:43 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator

I cannot leave shear ignorance and shallow thinking alone....sorry. I just can’t.

I’m like Monk.....it’s a gift....and a curse......


30 posted on 04/01/2015 11:02:38 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

LMAO.


31 posted on 04/01/2015 11:04:39 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: TADSLOS

Since you obviously understood the reference, my wife and kids tell me I have the compassion of House on House, the people skills of Gibbs on NCIS, and OCD on politics like Monk......

But they adore me anyway.....:) (and the monk this really IS gift, and CURSE.


32 posted on 04/01/2015 11:07:53 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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