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How Ted Cruz Would Have Handled That Heckler from Black Lives Matter Differently Than Donald Trump
American Spectator ^ | 11.23.15 | Aaron Goldstein

Posted on 11/23/2015 9:49:42 AM PST by Isara

A handful of Donald Trump's supporters played right into the hands of Black Lives Matter when they roughed up one of their members who was heckling Trump at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama over the weekend. From the podium, Trump shouted to the heckler "get the hell out of here" and told security to "throw him out."

...Trump added fuel to the fire during an appearance on FOX News when he said, "Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing." Trump also claimed the heckler, who has been identified as Mercutio Southall, was "looking for trouble."....

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So what if Southall had turned up at a Cruz rally and began heckling? I can't see Cruz telling security to throw him out. Instead, Cruz would have invited Southall on stage and challenged him to a debate right then and there. Cruz would give Southall an opportunity to speak his peace and then Cruz would take his arguments apart. He would have taken a piece out of Black Lives Matter without so much as an angry word.

The bottom line is that Cruz would have taken the high road. Of course, such a thing would never happen with Trump. He knows no high roads, only the gutter. Since he cannot debate ideas, he insults people. Trump is the Don Rickles of American politics only without the humor.

Of course, Trump's supporters will defend him to the bitter end. But if one has to write about Republican presidential candidates and Black Lives Matter, I sure as hell would rather write about how Ted Cruz debated a member of Black Lives Matter than write about how a few of Donald Trump's supporters beat up a member of Black Lives Matter with Trump egging them on.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alabama; birmingham; blacklivesmatter; cds; cruz; elections; heckler; tcruz; tds; tedcruz; trump
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To: CatherineofAragon

By the way, I didn’t say that Cruz wasn’t attractive.


161 posted on 11/23/2015 4:53:33 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Are you suggesting that Cruz in is shape? He isn’t.


162 posted on 11/23/2015 4:54:25 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
"By the way, I didn’t say that Cruz wasn’t attractive."

I think "not terribly attractive from a physical perspective" qualifies.

I've always found Trump to be repulsive. Matter of taste, I guess.

163 posted on 11/23/2015 4:56:29 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: dforest

When you swarm Cruz threads and shovel it out, you’d best be prepared to take it.


164 posted on 11/23/2015 4:57:44 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: JoSixChip

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OK, you are corrupt and dishonest.

Obama is on the way out, so invoking his name is chaff.

The incoming president, most likely Cruz, will benefit from the powers granted, not Obama.

Perhaps you have not noticed that Sessions is behind Cruz.

Rave on, I know you just can’t stop.
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165 posted on 11/23/2015 4:59:30 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: CatherineofAragon

As you will.


166 posted on 11/23/2015 5:00:42 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Isara

Mercutio, I bite my thumb at you, sir!


167 posted on 11/23/2015 5:01:53 PM PST by Rastus
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To: CatherineofAragon; trisham

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Ladies, you can’t be serious.

Physical features are controlling your judgment?
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168 posted on 11/23/2015 5:02:25 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Not mine. There are those who consider it a factor, however. If I thought that looks mattered I wouldn’t have supported Fred Thompson and Ted Cruz.

What about you, buttercup?


169 posted on 11/23/2015 5:05:32 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: editor-surveyor
The incoming president, most likely Cruz, will benefit from the powers granted, not Obama.

obumber has already benifieted from it and in January he will get TPP with the full backing of Congress. Are you so sure that cruz will be elected POTUS that you would bet Iran getting a nuke or America suffering the loss of sovereignty TPP will impose. Because what you are saying is that cruz did make that bet. What if hillery wins? You wouldn't find that grossly negligent?

Perhaps you have not noticed that Sessions is behind Cruz.

I guess I haven't, when did Sessions endorse cruz?
170 posted on 11/23/2015 5:08:52 PM PST by JoSixChip
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To: CatherineofAragon

ooh, I am skeert.


171 posted on 11/23/2015 5:11:28 PM PST by dforest
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To: JoSixChip

He didn’t, but what difference do facts make?


172 posted on 11/23/2015 5:12:20 PM PST by dforest
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To: JoSixChip

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You must be on some drug.

The crap you post is nonsense, and nonsequitur.

And Hitlery can’t win unless Trump gets his feelings hurt and goes Turd Party to siphon off votes. (that was what Bill asked him to do)
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173 posted on 11/23/2015 5:13:39 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: JoSixChip

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Keep on posting drunk or drugged, or whatever you’re doing.

Your posts make no sense whatsoever.
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174 posted on 11/23/2015 5:15:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: CatherineofAragon

“I’ve always found Trump to be repulsive. Matter of taste, I guess. “

Matter of choice.

I want someone with thick skin and nationalistic fervor, who is competent and can tell the truth and push our country back from the cliff. Harder than Zero has tried to push us over.

Appearance/demeanor doesn’t even come in the top 100.priorities.


175 posted on 11/23/2015 5:20:09 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: editor-surveyor

Yeah...right that’s what we need a litigation arm in the white house. Take your Geritol and get to bed before you go into atril fib


176 posted on 11/23/2015 5:21:28 PM PST by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: editor-surveyor

ES, of course physical features don’t influence my choice of a candidate.

But I’m tired of the cheap insults about Cruz’s looks, his clothing, his manhood, and various other shallow crap.

My point is this: if you’re a Trump supporter, maybe looks is not a road you want to go down.

There’s no reason those types of insults should be given a pass.


177 posted on 11/23/2015 5:21:41 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
"I want someone with thick skin and nationalistic fervor, who is competent and can tell the truth and push our country back from the cliff. Harder than Zero has tried to push us over."

I want a Constitutional conservative, not a reality show star.

"Appearance/demeanor doesn’t even come in the top 100.priorities."

For me, neither. But if Trump fans want to go there, they'll be met with same.

178 posted on 11/23/2015 5:24:35 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: editor-surveyor
Keep on posting drunk or drugged, or whatever you're doing. Your posts make no sense whatsoever.

Really? I thought it was pretty clear. Let me know what you don't understand and I will explain it to you. But I suspect it is not really a comprehension issue on your end.
179 posted on 11/23/2015 5:27:17 PM PST by JoSixChip
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To: editor-surveyor
And Hitlery can't win unless Trump gets his feelings hurt and goes Turd Party to siphon off votes. (that was what Bill asked him to do)

Ya, that makes surface sense. Here I though I was arguing with an adult.
180 posted on 11/23/2015 5:29:45 PM PST by JoSixChip
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