Posted on 03/10/2014 4:33:08 AM PDT by servo1969
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wowed the beltway elite and even Democrats during Saturday's annual Gridiron event, showing why the Ivy Leaguer has confounded and been vilified by many with whom he shares the same intellectual pedigree.
The annual D.C. roast is hosted by the exclusive Gridiron Club, which is composed of D.C.'s mainstream and "elite" journalists.
Cruz has degrees from Princeton and Harvard, which those in the permanent political class covet, and he can do their social rituals better than they can. Yet Cruz refuses to be co-opted by them politically, instead choosing to be a staunch conservative who represents the grassroots that sent him to Washington to fight against both political and media establishments.
Politico's Mike Allen said that Cruz, "crushed his speech – even Dems said he knocked it out of the park." In an appearance with Secretary of State John Kerry and Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist, the Florida gubernatorial candidate who wants to be loved by the permanent political class, Cruz called himself the "anti-Crist" in what could be the perfect description of Cruz's brand of politics.
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Now that's funny.
Man, that's some Reagen-ish self-effacing conservative humor.
Using humility to smack your competitors.
I like it.
“Using humility to smack your competitors.
I like it.”
Ditto here. Cruz can completely decimate the argument of an opponent without even seeming the least bit condescending. That’s the mark of brilliance.
I hope I can find a video of it, it sounds awesome
Hah, Cruz had some great one liners. It must be a real bummer to the Washington elite to have a man who normally would have been considered one of them (Princeton/Harvard), take them on bigtime and decimate them. Love it.
Cruz has as much upside as anyone I’ve seen in our party. Since Reagan , that is.
Cruz is truly the real thing.
If he were our presidential nominee I would temporarily rescind my self-imposed ban on voting and get to the voting booth.
I don’t think, though, that I need concern myself about it. The GOPe will put up their candidate and it won’t be Cruz. Neither will it be Palin, the only other candidate I would vote for.
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It’s good to see somebody with a intellectual pedigree it’s been a long time waiting.
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