The fascinating contrast between President Obama’s and Sen. Cruz’s Hanukkah (Chanukah) greetings

The Washington Post's The Volokh Conspiracy ^ | December 6, 2015 | Professor David Bernstein

[2ndDivisionVet]

First part:

President Obama: “Tonight, Jews in America, Israel, and around the world come together to light the first candle of the Festival of Lights. At its heart, Hanukkah is about the struggle for justice in the face of overwhelming obstacles.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.): “Today Heidi and I wish the Jewish Community a very Happy Chanukah. On this holiday, we remember the miracle that enabled a freedom-loving people – led by the heroic Maccabees – to defeat the oppressive dictator Antiochus so that they could once again freely worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For the eight days of Chanukah, the Jewish people commemorate their liberation from oppression and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. As the Talmud teaches, God delivered ‘many into the hands of the few, strong into the hands of the weak, and evildoers into the hands of the righteous.'”(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ever notice how often they compare Ted Cruz to Barack Obama? It's as if they know who will win next year already.

[Rusty0604]

Except Obamas not running.

[conservativejoy]

:):):):) Love It!

[miss marmelstein]

Not everything is about social justice, Obama. Sometimes it’s just about survival.

[cripplecreek]

Obama makes it about social justice and Ted Cruz actually knows what he’s talking about.

The story of the Maccabees and Antiochus is where the famous “Line in the sand” phrase comes from so naturally Obama would want to stay away from that one.

[americas.best.days...]

President Obama: IQ 89

Senator Cruz: IQ 154

Just my own guesstimate.

[Arthur McGowan]

Obama’s “greeting” is perfectly in line with modernist thinking. Every religious tenet and holiday is “really” about something else—some abstract idea. Easter is about how hope strengthens the human spirit, no matter what adversities may come our way. Christmas is about the beauty of childhood innocence. Blah blah blah.

To the modernist, all religions are “really” about exactly the same things—”universal values.” This is, of course, very convenient for those who want to gloss over the fact that Islam is about worshiping Satan and cutting off heads.

Note that Cruz’s message immediately brings up the miracle that is the REAL (as opposed to the “real”) point of Hannukah.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I suspect you are being overly generous on one! ;-)

[ConorMacNessa]

[cripplecreek]

Very appropriate isn’t it?

[ConorMacNessa]

Resonates strongly with me. I was surprised to see it in the Washington Compost - but the snarky comments to it did not surprise me at all.

[cripplecreek]

I just tweeted it to the white house.

[ConorMacNessa]

Outstanding!

"I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender
the members of my command while they still have the means to resist."

[Zionist Conspirator]

Go Ted!

[SunkenCiv]

Ted Cruz topics for December thus far:

• Cruz surges to the top in Iowa
• Poll: Cruz surges to first in Iowa [Monmouth poll]
• Ted Cruz: Obama Like A "Condescending Schoolmarm" Warning Against Islamophobia
• Ted Cruz: Government Wasting Time On Bulk Collection, Misses Obvious Terrorists
• Trump Holds Firm; Cruz, Rubio, Carson Vie For 2nd: Poll
• 'President Cruz' ad promises: 'If you wage jihad against us you're signing your death warrant'
• Cruz: 'Nothing President Obama said' will help destroy the Islamic State
• CRUZ: If I am elected President, I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS
• CRUZ: We Need America to Win Again
• Anthony Weiner Really Doesn't Like Ted Cruz
• On Climate Change, Ted Cruz Passes Science Test; Most Others Fail
• Marco Rubio's Juvenile Attack On Ted Cruz
• Marco Rubio, Switching Focus, Aims to Halt Ted Cruz's Momentum
• Rubio Rubio Preparing for a Cruz-Trump Collapse in the Polls
• Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?
• The All-Important Legal Insurrection TRUMP VERSUS CRUZ Poll (Poll to Freep)
• Ted Cruz's secret weapon: Heidi Cruz
• Lindsey Graham: Cruz's pro-life stance not electable
• New York Times, Rolling Stone attempt to smear Ted Cruz, fail miserably
• Cruz Wins MN GOP Straw Poll
• Des Moines Register: "Call this GOP forum 'Cruz-a-palooza'"
• Happy Chanukah (from Ted Cruz)
• The All-Important Legal Insurrection TRUMP VERSUS CRUZ Poll
• Ted Cruz Is the One Candidates Who Can Face Down Washington-And Win
• Obradovich: Call this GOP forum 'Cruz-a-palooza'
• Rand Paul's Biggest Problem: Ted Cruz
• Ted Cruz's Third Way RealPolitik Vs. The Neocons
• Cruz blasts NY newspapers for 'prayer shaming'
• Ted Cruz easily wins straw poll of Minnesota Republican activists
• Live Stream: Ted Cruz at Rising Tide Summit (Dec 5)
• Cruz vs. Rubio and Clinton
• Sen. Cruz: This Highway Bill Is Irresponsible (with Ex-Im Bank)
• In Ad, Cruz Makes Commander-in-Chief Pitch to Iowans
• Ted Cruz vows to 'utterly destroy ISIS' and 'carpet bomb' terrorists
• Cruz in Iowa ad: 'We'll kill the terrorists'
• ICYMI: McCarthy: Cruz Will Uphold Our Constitution, Protect Our Homeland (Endorsement)
• How would a President Cruz combat homegrown terrorism? (Video)
• Cruz: Congress can end abortion without the Supreme Court
• Cruz Amps Up Pro-Gun Rhetoric After California Shooting
• Ted Cruz Vows to 'Kill the Terrorists' in Ad Timed to Big Football Game
• Cruz Claim that Majority of Criminals Are Democrats Enrages Left [semi-satire]
• Ted Cruz Aims to Elbow Out Ben Carson
• Cruz Fires Back At Rubio on NSA Comments
• Ted Cruz aims to elbow out Ben Carson
• Ted Cruz Is the One Candidate Who Can Face down Washington -- And Win [NRO!!!]
• Cruz calls gun control an 'abysmal failure' at Iowa shooting range
• Serial Islamic Supremacist Enabler Lindsey Graham's Laughable Attack on Ted Cruz
• McCain: I Disagree Most With Cruz
• Trump has a HUGE lead -- and everyone but Cruz, Carson and Rubio have single-digit support
• Don't Need to Be Sensitive to Islamic Terrorists, Ted Cruz Says In Response to Gun Rally
• Cruz campaign rents Des Moines apartments
• Lindsey Graham Trashes Pro-Life Ted Cruz for Opposing Abortion of Babies Conceived in Rape
• Cruz For President Announces Second Amendment Coalition
• Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: second coming of Barry Goldwater?
• Poll: Trump 36, Cruz 16, Carson 14, Rubio 12; Update: Flawed(So Says the MSM)?
• Cruz's "Strike Force" of Texas Supporters Readies Iowa Push
• Whoa: Latest poll shows impact of media attack on Trump and Cruz
• Jeb Bush is convincing donors the polls are wrong (Plans to carpet bomb Rubio, Cruz with $75M)
• Ted Cruz's Virginia Campaign Co-Chair is Arguably More Radical Than He Is
• Cruz flips vote on ag issue critical for Iowa
• Ted Cruz Full Speech at Republican Jewish Coalition Forum (VIDEO)
• The Cruz-Rubio rivalry is a battle conservatives can be proud of
• Omnibus could send 200,000 more Muslims to U.S. (Cruz, Sessions say spending bill must be stopped)
• The media and GOPe want to make Ted Cruz this year's Mitt Romney
• Watch Ted Cruz coach his family through a campaign ad shoot
• Christie and Cruz Should Thank Trump and Carson for Recent Gains
• Rubio vs. Cruz: The Race Conservatives Have Dreamed Of
• Cruz to talk gun rights at Iowa shooting range
• Cruz steps outside GOP orthodoxy with free-market criticism of Fed
• Media Fail: Trump Surges to 20 Point Lead, Cruz Leaps Into 2nd; Jeb Sinks to 3%
• Donald Trump opens up 20-point lead over No. 2 Ted Cruz: poll
• Cruz Pledges to Ignore Unconstitutional Obergefell Decision (same-sex "marriage")
• Cruz Announces '2nd Amendment Coalition,' Says Gun Control Won't Prevent Mass Shootings
• Sen. Cruz: I Will Continue to Do Everything Necessary and Anything Possible to Repeal Obamacare
• Cruz, Sessions to Obama Administration: Release Immigration History of San Bernardino Attackers
• VIDEO: Lindsey Graham attacks Ted Cruz's pro-life stance... and babies conceived in rape
• Ted Cruz Attacks Obama over Islamic Terror: 'It's Just Nutty' to Say Islamic State Isn't Islamic
• CNN/ORC Poll: Trump alone at the top again [Trump 36% Cruz 16% Carson 14% Rubio 12%]
• The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Endorses Ted Cruz (Backhandedly)
• Cruz (and Sessions) wants immigration details of Calif. shooting suspects
• Poll: Christie Surges to Top Tier in N.H. [Trump 27%, Cruz 13%, Rubio 11%, Christie 10%]
• EXCLUSIVE -- Ted Cruz Reacts to San Bernardino: Now, More Than Ever, Americans Must Be Armed
• Ted Cruz seeks to soften image
• 'We Will Lose': Graham Delivers Scathing, Unscripted Rebuke... (Cruz and Trump)
• Ted Cruz Works His Way Through Iowa, Picking Up Trump Supporters
• Cruz Campaign Welcomes America's Renewable Future's Endorsement of Cruz Tax Plan
• Ted Cruz's Pastors Speak Out About His Faith
• Nationalism vs. Globalists in the GOP Foreign Policy Debate (Trump & Cruz vs. Rubio)
• Can Cruz close the welfare spigot enough to make illegals self-deport?
• Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions Accuse Obama Officials Of Withholding Info On Terrorists
• Ted Cruz's Surprisingly Sensible Foreign Policy
• Ted Cruz Has Marco Rubio's Number
• Crystal Sugar CEO blasts anti-GMO movement, Texas Sen. Cruz
• 'We'll Lose': Graham Delivers Scathing, Unscripted Rebuke of Cruz, GOP Field at Forum
• Is Obama Criminally Insane? (call to pressure Cruz to initiate impeachment)
• Cruz for President Announces Lowman Henry As Pennsylvania State Chair
• Cruz For President Announces New Jersey Leadership Team, County Chairs Leading Efforts in all....
• Hillary attacks Ted Cruz with 'a totally indefensible straight up lie'
• Ted Cruz has a national security problem
• Ouch: Watch Ted Cruz Perfectly Reveal Who Obama Is With Two Words
• Latest poll shows Cruz, Christie making big gains in NH
• Analysis: Cruz-Rubio Race Most Likely
• Sheldon Adelson wants to support Marco Rubio -- but his wife wants to support Ted Cruz
• Ted Cruz says he fears California shooting may be Islamic terrorism
• Cruz: Threat of 'Islamic Terrorists Murdering Americans Growing Graver'
• Ted Cruz's Pitch to Jewish Leaders: 'If You Vote For Me, Iran Will Never Have Nuclear Weapons'
• Cruz: San Bernardino slaughter 'underscores that we are at a time of war' (Video)
• Ted Cruz: Obama an 'unmitigated socialist' who won't stand up and defend U.S.
• Ted Cruz 'Concerned' Calif. Shooting a 'Manifestation of Terrorism' (Video)
• Republican Ted Cruz says California attack underscores 'We are at a time of war'
• Trump girds for battle with Cruz -- "They all have to go through me"
• Ted Cruz Drops Classy Response to San Bernadino Shooting
• Sen. Cruz Questions ICE Director Saldaña About Administration's Recurring Failure to...
• Ted Cruz cited this research...Now the researchers say he's wrong.
• ICE Director, Ted Cruz Spar Over Obama Immigration Enforcement, Amnesty
• Cruz Destroys Reporter on Violent Criminals Voting Democrat
• Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Will Have To Start Attacking Him
• Ted Cruz Scores HUGE Endorsement
• Reuters 12/1/15 Trump 36 Carson 17 Cruz 10.7 Bush 10.7 Rubio 6.7
• Cruz: I Would Hire Trump to Build Border Wall
• ICE Director, Ted Cruz Spar Over Obama Immigration Enforcement...(Deport)
• CNN Accidentally Helps Ted Cruz [VIDEO]
• As Ted Cruz rises in the polls the media begins to be afraid
• Cruz ups war of words with Rubio
• Lindsey Graham: Ted Cruz Has Done More To Help ISIS Than Any Senator Other Than Rand Paul
• Ted Cruz has Marco Rubio's Number
• Ted Cruz on Immigration: I'll Appoint Trump to Build the Wall When I'm Elected
• Ted Cruz To Convene Congressional Hearing To Examine Claims Of Global Warming Activists
• President Ted Cruz Would 'Absolutely' Appoint Donald Trump to Build Border Wall
• Ted Cruz Vows to Put "Principles Judicial Conservatives" on the Supreme Court
• To Stop Ted Cruz, The Fates of Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Now Intertwined
• New Quinnipiac National Poll: Trump [27%] Firmly in the Lead, Rubio Second with 17%, Cruz Surges to.
• Former Trump Supporter Explains to Ted Cruz Why He No Longer Supports Trump (VIDEO)
• The "anyone but Cruz" hysteria grows to a crescendo
• Yes, Self Repatriation Will Work (Cruz's Plan)
• New Quinnipiac National Poll: Trump Firmly in the Lead, Rubio Second with 17%, Cruz Third With 16%
• I Choose Ted Cruz
• Ted Cruz's Clever, Tricky Triangulation
• Poll: Trump [27%] Leads GOP Pack; Rubio [17%] , Cruz [16%] Gain Steam
• Ted Cruz listed as only climate policy 'hero' by Koch brothers-backed group
• Ted Cruz Full Interview With Hannity: Cruz Momentum
• Ted Cruz Vows to Put Hard-Core Conservatives on Supreme Court
• Ted Cruz is the sleeping giant in the Republican race
• Ted Cruz's Four Pinocchio 'the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats'
• Cruz: Obama's 'out-of-control political correctness' is hurting foreign policy (Video)
• Ted Cruz passes science test -- most others fail
• Cruz: Obama And Clinton "Have No Intention Of Even Trying" To Defeat Islamic State
• Ted Cruz Loves Condoms but Wants to Keep Others From Getting Birth Control [liberal nonsense]
• Ted Cruz Is Anti-Ethanol-Mandate, but Iowans Like Him Anyway
• Ted Cruz: Take Taxpayers Out of the Game. Fight It Out on a Fair Field! (VIDEO)
• Ted Cruz: 'There is no doubt' Planned Parenthood was 'selling baby parts'
• Hillary Clinton Blasts Ted Cruz For Revising History To Hide His Real Record
• Cruz for President Campaign Asks Radio Stations to Pull False Attack Ads Running in Iowa
• Ted Cruz on How 'Star Wars' Applies to Presidential Politics
• Iowa Ethanol Backers Take Direct Aim at Cruz
• Ted Cruz: Let's Face it, Neocons Like Marco Rubio Share Some of the Blame for Benghazi
• Ted Cruz Takes 2nd Place in USA Today's Power Rankings
• Cruz Moves to Seize the Moment in Iowa
• The Conservative Case for Ted Cruz
• Cruz for President Announces Endorsement of PolitiChicks CEO Ann-Marie Murrell
• Longtime Bergen Politician Steve Lonegan To Lead Ted Cruz's N.J. Team: Report
• Reuters Daily Tracking (Trump 29-Carson-17-Cruz 10)
• Op Ed: Why I Am Endorsing Senator Ted Cruz for President
• Radio ads hit Iowa: 'Politicians like Ted Cruz are the worst kind'
• Cruz Cruises to Second In GOP Power Ranking
• Trump sides with Rubio, not Cruz, in NSA debate
• Iowa's conservative kingmaker Steve King on why Ted Cruz is gaining momentum
• Cruz denounces boost in ethanol during Q-C stop (Quad City, IA)
• Reporter asks Ted Cruz four times: "How do you define amnesty?"
• Ted Cruz's Truth Bomb About Criminals Has Liberals ENRAGED
• Op Ed: Why I Am Endorsing Senator Ted Cruz for President 2016
• The Conservative Case For Ted Cruz
• Marco Rubio Gets Benghazi'd By Ted Cruz
• Ted Cruz soars to 2nd place in GOP Power Rankings (USA Today- You Tube Video)
• Ted Cruz: Enough condoms for all
• Cruz: 'Overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats'
• CRUZ VIDEO: "Attacking Hillary on "Condom Police"
• The Conservative Case For Ted Cruz
• Cruz rises, Carson falls [Battle for 2nd after Trump]
• Ted Cruz: "Overwhelming Majority Of Violent Criminals Are Democrats"

[SunkenCiv]

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