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Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz
Politico ^ | January 25, 2016 | Katie Glueck

Posted on 01/25/2016 1:18:38 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is endorsing Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary, Perry told POLITICO in an interview Sunday night.

Perry, who also sought the GOP nomination before dropping out in September, said he now sees the race as one that is between Cruz, a fellow Texan, and Donald Trump. Through phone calls and during a December day spent driving around his Round Top, Texas, home in his truck with Cruz, Perry said he found the senator to be a good listener who respects the Tenth Amendment, "knows what he does not know" and is more conservative than Trump.

"Of those individuals who have a chance to win the Republican primary, at this juncture, from my perspective, Ted Cruz is by far the most consistent conservative in that crowd," Perry said. "And that appears to be down to two people."

Perry, who is famously skilled at retail politics, will campaign with Cruz Tuesday across Iowa, and will join Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King to stump for Cruz again Wednesday. Perry and King will both join Cruz at a Des Moines rally Wednesday night.

The endorsement gives Cruz the blessing of the longest-serving governor in Texas history, just as the senator faces intensifying heat from other veteran politicians, including from his colleagues in Washington, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.

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


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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I feel sorry for Ted Cruz

Mo Greene endorsing him LOL!


261 posted on 01/25/2016 6:25:44 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: dynoman

Why ignore the fact that Trump colluded to steal a widow’s home? And lost.


262 posted on 01/25/2016 6:41:20 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

Drill down to the actual summation statement in the thread, at the ad site, and in Ted’s tweet;

“This is actually a pretty good ad exposing how Trump has used eminent domain to bulldoze an elderly woman’s home to create a limo parking lot for his casino:”

That statement asserts - as fact - the following;

- An elderly woman’s home was bulldozed.
- Trump used eminent domain to bulldoze the woman’s home.
- a limo parking lot was built where the home was.

All three in factual reality are not true. They are lies.

Do you not have a problem with using lies to make a point? If there is a need to lie to make a point all credibility disappears in a flash of short circuited logic.

Isn’t that a problem?? Especially for a pricipled conservative like Ted? If not why not??


263 posted on 01/25/2016 6:59:07 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Perry is Texan.

So is Cruz.

It isn't gonna help Cruz in Texas, and people remember Perry as the guy who couldn't remember which three departments he was going to cut, and had to be prompted by another candidate.

There have to be at least three standard deviations' difference in IQ between Perry and Cruz...don't see how it helps.

264 posted on 01/25/2016 7:26:11 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dynoman
Cruz didn't say any of them. He said his ad. Which is 100% true. He's not responsible for the media getting it wrong. The media gets a lot wrong. Just ask Ted… or Trump. For that matter, Trump is not responsible for your points not being true. He certainly tried to make them true. In collusion with his Atlantic City friends. Just as Ted said. Trump's failures don't make Ted's ad about Trump's collusion and intent wrong. Now stop lying about Ted's tenses and try find a defense for attempted bulldozing. Because that's Ted's charge. And Trump's guilty. And his only defense, no matter how much it reeks, is that it was 'legal.' Too bad Kelo was argued before Ted became Solicitor General of TX. He'd probably have sent an amicus brief. It might have helped prevent the Supreme anti-Constitutional 'legality.' But President Ted would try to get it reversed. President Trump would keep it.
265 posted on 01/25/2016 7:44:19 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Wow, an amazing endorsement.

He'll now get a one percent poll bounce.

In Texas.

266 posted on 01/25/2016 7:45:45 PM PST by Lakeshark
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To: JohnBovenmyer

The foundation stone statement in Ted’s tweet is a lie. There is no rational, coherent, or logical way around that fact.

Are you really ok with using a lie in a tweet like that??


267 posted on 01/25/2016 7:46:54 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

Brilliant principled people don’t use lies to make a point.


268 posted on 01/25/2016 7:48:47 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: grey_whiskers

I had to chuckle this morning when Perry was on FOX about his endorsement for Cruz.

He said something like “Ted knows a lot about everything”.

I said “Yeah, as opposed to you who knows nothing about anything”.


269 posted on 01/25/2016 7:52:52 PM PST by dforest
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To: odawg

The question was about foreign-born presidents. It would be a good trick question on a test. The first nine presidents were born in British colonies, which is why they worded the eligibility requirements as they did.

There’s always Pres. Arthur who had two towns claim him, one in Canada and one in Vermont and no birth certificate to verify which.


270 posted on 01/25/2016 8:17:39 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Hmmm. A highly successful 4-term Governor of one of the country’s most populace states......

Not sure that’ll be able to compare to the endorsement of a cognitively-challenged half-term breeder of misfits from a state with a population that would make it the 6th largest city in Texas.

But hopefully it’ll help a bit.

Hank


271 posted on 01/25/2016 8:38:23 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball (Trust Fund Donnie Trump thinks "Nuclear Triad" is a death metal trio.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Hmmm. A highly successful 4-term Governor of one of the country’s most populace states......

Not sure that’ll be able to compare to the endorsement of a cognitively-challenged half-term breeder of misfits from a state with a population that would make it the 6th largest city in Texas.

But hopefully it’ll help a bit.

Hank


272 posted on 01/25/2016 8:38:24 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball (Trust Fund Donnie Trump thinks "Nuclear Triad" is a death metal trio.)
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To: Boardwalk

Dim may be part of the problem, too.


273 posted on 01/25/2016 9:05:42 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: dynoman

It’s not my lie. It’s not Ted’s lie. But Donald tried to make it his bulldozer. Denying that would be a lie. But you’re not denying it, you’re just ignoring it. And hoping everyone else does the same. Compared to what Trump did to that poor widow through his collusion, the media’s misquote means nothing and is irrelevant. All Trump can do is spin and dodge the truth and hope his media friends will cover for him. But if he ends up going against Hillary he’ll find his media honeymoon over. McCain was the media’s favorite Republican until he was nominated. Then the media was full against him. Trump’s long and colorful past offers more targets than the rest of the GOP field combined. His negatives are already higher than anyone, but Jeb. Once they get their pigeon nominated they’ll hit Trump so hard his hair will lay straight. Which is about the only way they can hope to get Hillary nominated. If Hillary fails and Bernie gets their recommendation he couldn’t ask for a better gift than Trump as the perfect model for his caricature of the rich. If they run against Cruz they’ll have to discuss actual issues logically. They’ll lose in a landslide.


274 posted on 01/25/2016 10:00:53 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

Ted tweeted a lie. Why?

Are you really OK with Ted tweeting a lie??


275 posted on 01/25/2016 10:55:09 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Enlightened1

The Bushes have always looked their noses at “hayseed” Perry (and quite a few others too).


276 posted on 01/26/2016 3:46:32 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

What you may be missing is that the American people are capable of analyzing celebrities ad nauseum but not discussing “issues”.


277 posted on 01/26/2016 3:48:14 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: dforest

Two Texans who won’t come aboard are fellow Senator Cornyn and former Lt. Governor Dewhurst: probably die-hard Bushites still.


278 posted on 01/26/2016 3:50:03 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Was Haskell a stronger-than-usual Democrat county then?


279 posted on 01/26/2016 3:52:16 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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