NOW THAT would make a DEBATE for the Ages
Posted on 04/22/2015 1:33:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
PRINCETON, N.J. — By the time he was a senior at Princeton University in 1992, Ted Cruz had developed an arsenal of rhetorical skills and theatrical gestures that made him one of the most polished performers on the college debate circuit. So when he reached the quarterfinals of the national championships at M.I.T., with the title that had eluded him so far now in sight, he decided to try to knock his Harvard opponents off balance with one of his favorite tricks.
Instead of the regular practice of defending his proposed topic — the merits of mind-reading — Mr. Cruz let his adversaries choose which side to argue. But the tactic, intended to highlight his confidence, backfired. As he waited for them to decide, the two Harvard students conspicuously dithered, eating up Mr. Cruz’s allotted speaking time while they whispered and searched their pockets for a coin to flip.
The audience, now on to the stalling tactic, chuckled as a frustrated Mr. Cruz snapped: “Gentlemen! You must have decided by now.” But Mr. Cruz and his partner never recovered, and the national championship for which he had worked so hard went to someone else....
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Hilarious graphic to go with this.
aunt Esther rocked. Halleluiah
Aunt Esther was Far More Sane and Moral than Hillary
Say Amen Somebody!
I love those old bond graphics.
Another good one...
I think he has learned to never give an inch to the enemy since then.
Just what were people expecting from the NYT ..??
The NYT candidate is probably Jeb Bush; primarily because they seem to be dissing Hillary a lot. But, that may not mean anything.
Amen!!! Especially the one where she enters the house with all her old bible friends and kicks out the two young women :)
It must have really burned the NY Times to learn that Ted Cruz’s best friend is black.
Elizabeth Warren.
David Panton backs close friend Ted Cruz for US president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3276891/posts
my ffavorite AUnt Ester Line
“Fraid?... FRAID...FRAID SANFUD ...Give ALL the Money To The Church!!!
Thanks!
Yawn.... another dump by the Grey Skank of the fifth-column media. Expect soon a NYT hit piece about Ted Cruz and his grade school penmanship class.
Thank you. It’s great.
D1
“...arsenal, rhetorical, theatrical gestures, performers...”
Typical put-down words by the NYT for a conservative...
TED CRUZ - the Great Debater - 2016
https://www.tedcruz.org/
shocked that the NYT would cover anything about Ted in college - thought after the complete lack of coverage on obola, anything longer ago than 5 minutes was off limits. Especially time spent in college.
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