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Politico Column: Donald Trump Isn't the Biggest Narcissist in the GOP Field. Ted Cruz Is.
Politico ^ | 12/23/2015 | By CURT ANDERSON

Posted on 12/27/2015 8:04:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Read this earlier today. They both are.


41 posted on 12/27/2015 8:36:32 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If Cruz's problem is that he is a conservative who has no regard for senatorial decorum and fights too hard for the right things,

Yes been doing exactly that since he was elected to the US Senate.

I'm all in.

Ummm no. He'd be all in though if Cruz had given up his principles and sold out to the GOPe like Marco Rubio.

42 posted on 12/27/2015 8:39:18 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SeekAndFind

Politico. Rat propaganda. Ignore.


43 posted on 12/27/2015 8:43:00 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: SeekAndFind

They’re frightened of Ted Cruz — good!


44 posted on 12/27/2015 8:50:42 PM PST by Stepan12 (Our present appeasementof Islam is the Stockholm Syndrome on steroids.)
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To: TBP

Important point. No politician has ever won Iowa without siding with the ethanol/farmers corrupt cabal.

Cruz does not say what others desire of him.

Like any politician, he merits continuous study and monitoring—but thus far he is the best in the field.


45 posted on 12/27/2015 8:55:39 PM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S. Clemens)
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To: SeekAndFind

Reading his book right now, no, I would not call him a narcissist. He’s self-deprecating, honest (even about the trouble got into as a youth!), humble, giving, compassionate, respectful.

(And wow, the story on his dad alone is someone so admirable I just couldn’t believe it!)


46 posted on 12/27/2015 9:02:22 PM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: SeekAndFind

Is this the same “Republican strategist” that once worked for Herman Cain and stabbed him in the back?


47 posted on 12/27/2015 9:02:28 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: SeekAndFind

Professional journalism is dead. Now it is just agendas an insults.


48 posted on 12/27/2015 9:03:44 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Politico is for buh-hoes.


49 posted on 12/27/2015 9:07:43 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Is the author of this piece respected in an evangelical community?

I am stunned that Cruz is being hit from that angle.

50 posted on 12/27/2015 9:12:29 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: SeekAndFind

Curt Anderson

member of the ad team for Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2007/2008

In his career as a campaign strategist and media consultant Curt has worked directly for many of the leading Republican elected officials over the past 25 years including: President Reagan; Senators Mitch McConnell, Don Nickles, Phil Gramm, Elizabeth Dole, John Thune, and Ron Johnson; Governors Haley Barbour, Don Carcieri, Bobby Jindal, and Rick Scott.

Prior to starting OnMessage Inc. Curt held many campaign posts including - NRSC Coalition Director, NRSC Southern Regional Director, RNC Midwest Regional Director, and RNC Political Director.


51 posted on 12/27/2015 9:17:37 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; Duchess47

I actually agree with the premise of this article. One of my big red flags with Cruz is his theatrics in every speech, really over the top dramatics, and the author nails that in this article. I wouldnt exactly agree with the Cruz as a martyr theme, but Ted has a noticeable habit of running to the Senate, grabbing Mike Lee and sponsoring some bill or amendment that he knows is going nowhere, and then reminding conservatives that he’s fighting for us. In 2016, Cruz is simply the best of a group of very bad elected officials, but Trump is far and away the best leader and the wrecking ball this country needs to have a chance at fixing this country’s problems.


52 posted on 12/27/2015 9:20:38 PM PST by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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To: SeekAndFind

sounds like some people are getting scared of Ted Cruz ... which may be a good sign.


53 posted on 12/27/2015 9:29:02 PM PST by plain talk
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To: FlingWingFlyer

However, when it comes to narcissism, nobody can touch the Clintons. They define narcissism.


Have you heard of Obama?


54 posted on 12/27/2015 9:39:28 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: usafa92

My gut, unfortunately, says that you are right about Cruz—but it says similar things about Trump. They are, however, the two best last chances to turn things around, and only one of them can be picked.

I also think that, with the possible exception of Pat Buchanan, they are also the best candidates since Reagan who stood a realistic chance of winning as much as a state.


55 posted on 12/27/2015 9:45:42 PM PST by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: usafa92
I actually agree with the premise of this article

You would. Only thing is this article has no premises worth anything

56 posted on 12/27/2015 9:47:31 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: usafa92

My God. You have got to be a Ron Paul brain dead boneheaded moron.


57 posted on 12/27/2015 9:48:31 PM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deeper in trouble.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I go by the simple rule of thumb - if Politico is against someone, i am for them.


58 posted on 12/27/2015 10:02:31 PM PST by PGR88
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59 posted on 12/27/2015 10:03:07 PM PST by stormer
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To: stormer

Photoshopped Cruze photo??


60 posted on 12/27/2015 10:22:48 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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