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Minnesota's conservatives are coalescing around Cruz
The Minnesota Post ^ | December 18, 2015 | Cyndy Brucato

Posted on 12/18/2015 10:49:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The Ted Cruz campaign for president took a chance booking a venue as large as the Harriet Island Pavilion in St. Paul for a rally.

Not to worry. Thursday night, 500-plus Cruz supporters packed the place, a testament to the Texas senator's increasing strength in the Republican field of presidential candidates. They cheered, hooted, and hollered at the candidate who spits out bites of his conservative philosophy with a Texas drawl and John Wayne simplicity.

When he is president, he said, “We will have a president willing to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’”

When he is president, he said, “We will take on … the alphabet soup of federal agencies that descend like locusts,” destroying businesses....

(Excerpt) Read more at minnpost.com ...


TOPICS: Minnesota; Campaign News; Issues; Polls
KEYWORDS: americanunioncruz; cruz; cruzcfr; minnesota; nwo; tedcruz; thegreatintender
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1 posted on 12/18/2015 10:49:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“When he is president, he said, “We will have a president willing to utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’”

I believe he is willing to utter the words, but I don’t think for a moment that he has the cojones to actually do anything.


2 posted on 12/18/2015 11:05:27 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

I believe he is willing to utter the words, but I don’t think for a moment that he has the cojones to actually do anything.
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Then, IMHO, your thinking leaves a lot to be desired.


3 posted on 12/18/2015 11:23:16 PM PST by House Atreides (Cruz or lose! Do TG & Boogieman have to be asses every day?)
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To: House Atreides

“Then, IMHO, your thinking leaves a lot to be desired.”

Just as a matter of curiosity, may I ask if you are a military veteran?

I ask because I am baffled that so many fail to see that he is weak.


4 posted on 12/18/2015 11:30:54 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Just as a matter of curiosity, may I ask if you are a military veteran?

I ask because I am baffled that so many fail to see that he is weak.
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I am indeed...with 42 months of my service in Vietnam (I’m a geezer).


5 posted on 12/18/2015 11:42:17 PM PST by House Atreides (Cruz or lose! Do TG & Boogieman have to be asses every day?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Packing the place with 500-plus.”

I guess you’d call that size crowd CRUGE.


6 posted on 12/18/2015 11:45:00 PM PST by RightGuy
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To: House Atreides

Okay, well, there’s one hypothesis shot.

Got a trash bag?

If you don’t mind, may I ask one more question.

How would you feel about going into battle with Cruz on your right?

Don’t fudge, now. Give me a straight answer.


7 posted on 12/19/2015 12:00:51 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc
Ted Cruz has more Cajones in his little finger than Donald Trump would have if he lived to be a hundred
8 posted on 12/19/2015 12:56:00 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( .)
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To: dsc

Listen sport, why don’t you go troll somewhere else?


9 posted on 12/19/2015 12:59:01 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( .)
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To: dsc

What is your basis for that opinion?


10 posted on 12/19/2015 1:20:41 AM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: dsc

I don’t think you can equate bullying with strength.
Cruz has more John Wayne swagger. Man of his word.


11 posted on 12/19/2015 2:12:24 AM PST by libbylu (Trump - BICKERING LIKE A SCHOOLBOY. (I said it before Cruz did)!!!)
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To: dsc
I ask because I am baffled that so many fail to see that he is weak.

I bet there are a bunch of things that baffle you.

12 posted on 12/19/2015 4:20:32 AM PST by corkoman
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To: dsc
I believe he is willing to utter the words, but I don’t think for a moment that he has the cojones to actually do anything.

Spoken like someone who has nothing but words to add to the mix and hasn't a clue of what reality is.

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13 posted on 12/19/2015 4:56:09 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: dsc; House Atreides
I ask because I am baffled that so many fail to see that he is weak.

Maybe, just maybe, the problem is with you, and not everyone else.
14 posted on 12/19/2015 5:04:42 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The picture show how clueless Cruz is about Minnesota. Every one knows that REAL Minnesota Lumberjacks wear red and black checked flannel shirts, not sissy yellow and blue. Wink, wink.

Actually, it's the author who is clueless. Repeating your statements from the debate is not "doubling down", it's being consistent. "Doubling down" is an Obama tactic (and phrase), that generally describes taking a bad position on a situation, and making it far worse.

Cruz doesn't have a "Texas drawl", either, though I'll bet that he often wished he did. Plain spoken Texan usually says it all.....with few words.

15 posted on 12/19/2015 5:24:27 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

John Wayne simplicity...

That’s a laugh. Ted Cruz can’t use five words when making a point if 100 words will work.


16 posted on 12/19/2015 5:32:24 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Red and black checked flannel shirts? In downtown St. Paul? Maybe on butch lesbians.


17 posted on 12/19/2015 5:33:50 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: norwaypinesavage

Minnesota has conservatives ?


18 posted on 12/19/2015 5:34:04 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The real story here is this leftist thought Cruz would have only 25-30 supporters but packed the 500+ venue.


19 posted on 12/19/2015 6:13:47 AM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Minnesota has conservatives ?"

Yes, but they all go to Texas for the winter.

20 posted on 12/19/2015 6:20:50 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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