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C-SPAN: Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz
C-SPAN ^ | 6/18/2015

Posted on 06/21/2015 4:29:00 PM PDT by iowamark

Q: HOW DID YOU BECOME SUCH A GOOD DEBATER?

SEN. CRUZ: AS A KID, I LIKE TO ARGUE. WE HAD TIME AROUND THE DINNER TABLE, POLITICS, ISSUES OF THE DAY, AND ALWAYS LIVELY. MY PARENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BOTH OF THEM SHAPED ME. MY FATHER STORY, HE FLED CUBA AS A TEENAGER, IMPRISONED, TORTURED, CAME TO AMERICA WITH NOTHING. THAT HAD A BIG IMPACT ON ME AT HOME. IN TERMS OF BEING ENGAGED IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO MY WIFE AND I WERE HAVING SOME FRIENDS OF THE HOUSE AND THEY SAID WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTERESTED IN POLITICS? I TOLD THEM THAT I DON'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WASN'T. I SAID I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS. MY WIFE BEGIN LAUGHING.

YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES YOUR SPOUSE WILL SEE THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT ARE BLAZINGLY OBVIOUS IN YOU THAT YOU ARE TOO OBTUSE TO SEE IT YOURSELF? I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BLESSING TO BE THE CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE SEEKING FREEDOM. THERE WAS ALWAYS AN URGENCY TO POLITICS. IT WASN'T JUST PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT WAS HAVING PRINCIPLE MEN AND WOMEN IN OFFICE...

(Excerpt) Read more at c-span.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; tedcruz; texas
Repeating on CSPAN 9:39PM ET tonight.
1 posted on 06/21/2015 4:29:00 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

Sadly, the debates will all be rigged — again.


2 posted on 06/21/2015 4:31:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: iowamark; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; aposiopetic; ...
    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

3 posted on 06/21/2015 4:52:46 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: BenLurkin

pretty good interview to learn about Ted.

He finally got him on “Emerson, Lake and Powell...”


4 posted on 06/21/2015 6:29:11 PM PDT by maxsand
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To: iowamark

TCruz is pro H1B and pro amnesty.

he jumped the shark (long after not being eligible)


5 posted on 06/21/2015 6:56:51 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

LOL...wow, you really spew the talking points. You must be a Paul supporter?

You have been discredited when you mention NBC. But, more importantly, can you back up your assertion about Cruz being pro-Amnesty?

Come on, bring it.


6 posted on 06/21/2015 7:28:28 PM PDT by TNMOUTH
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To: sten

TROLL ALERT


7 posted on 06/21/2015 10:38:17 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I happened to catch this by accident .. and it made my day.

So glad you posted it .. now I can listen to it again.


8 posted on 06/22/2015 9:08:41 AM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: iowamark

It’s funny that CSPAN interviews in all caps.


9 posted on 06/22/2015 9:22:58 AM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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To: TNMOUTH
Paulbots, they always try to hijack a Ted Cruz thread instead of creating one in support of their candidate.
10 posted on 06/22/2015 9:29:27 AM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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To: right way right

A lot of shouting!


11 posted on 06/22/2015 11:44:55 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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