Posted on 04/04/2015 8:00:10 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Senator Ted Cruz returned to South Carolina today as a GOP presidential hopeful.
It's his first time back in the upstate since announcing his candidacy last week.
Cruz is the first person to officially announce a run for president.
In front of a packed crowd at the Beacon drive-in in Spartanburg, Cruz said he wants to reignite the "promise of America."
“There has been no country in the history of the world that has enabled so many millions of people to come from nothing and achieve anything," Cruz said.
“I thought he did a tremendous job. I was really impressed. He hit the major points and I think the people here were impressed the parking lot was full,” SC Senator Lee Bright said.
After announcing his presidential bid, Cruz has been on the road courting the "courageous conservative" voters in the early states.
“The only answer will come from the men and women gathered here today," Cruz said.
“He's a constitutionalist instead of an executive order type of person. I just like what he stands for," Cruz supporter Randall Tate said.
The Texas senator also told the audience that the nation's economy can be improved with a flat tax and doing away with the education program known as common core.
"We're going to make 2016 a national referendum on repealing Obamacare and abolishing the IRS,” Cruz said.
“I think he's addressed most everything that we're worried about," Cruz supporter Cheryl Cuthrell said.
Cruz believes the biggest problem facing our country right now is securing a future for our youth.
"Majority of Americans believe that our children will have a worst life then we did... 65 percent... and that has never been true in the history of America until right now,” Cruz said.
"I think he could really change like the future for my generation," 16-year-old McCayla Partain said.
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The Cruz Revolution on the Horizon.
That place could introduce the tripple stacked $ 5:00 Super Cruz Cheese Burger.
I’m sick of the term, “firebrand.” Just what the heck does that mean anyway? Is it supposed to be derogatory?
“How can Te dCruz appeal to younger voters?”
His policies assure they have a brighter future.
By ridding them of the burden of Oabamacare, abolishing the IRS and replacing it with a flat tax, securing our borders to protect jobs, promoting a balanced budget amendment to reduce the debt they inherit, ridding us from regulatory agencies that are killing growth in our economy__ these are all things that young and old can support. They need to be a part of the Revolution to retake our country. Their futures are at stake.
As a lifelong resident of the Palmetto State, I am dismayed that the eating place which seems to be the best known in SC is that one. I tried to eat there once and did not finish the burger, my wife and I took one bite each, then took a second one to make sure it really was that bad, looked at each other, threw the rest in the trash and went somewhere else to eat. I honestly don’t know why it exists. I know people who live in Spartanburg who would have to be on the edge of starvation to consider eating there if it were free.
There is a lot of great food in this state, why do we have to be known for a huge greasy spoon operation?
And their specialty is the double chili cheese with fries....
Would match them any day with Keller's Drive-Inn on Northwest Hwy in Dallas. The chili cheeseburger to dream on. And featuring a classic collection of hardcore drive-in molls for waitresses.
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