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Why voters chose Cruz over Dewhurst (2012)
The Dallas Morning News ^
| 01 August 2012
| Mark Davis
Posted on 01/31/2016 6:32:38 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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After Ted Cruz beat the Republican Establishment Dewhurst he went on to defeat the Democrat Sadler to get his senate seat.
Go Ted Cruz!! Vote Ted Cruz!!
The "consistent" conservative.
To: justlittleoleme
Dewhurst lost because he was a state-level version of McConnell/Boehner. A deal-making drunk who saw his role as holding back the people from control of their government. He was more allied with the TX ‘Rats than with the bulk of his own party.
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posted on
01/31/2016 6:36:43 AM PST
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
To: justlittleoleme
Dewhurst loves the mud. He could not even wait until the race to start before he started making stuff up and throwing it everywhere.
Plus, he is Rick Perry’s BFF.
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posted on
01/31/2016 6:46:03 AM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
To: justlittleoleme
Some conservatives by 2010 had begun to figure out KBH, but whether it would have been enough to unseat her in 2012, had she run, will never be known.
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posted on
01/31/2016 6:47:21 AM PST
by
Theodore R.
(Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
To: hadaclueonce
Wonder if Dewhurst, presumably a Jebbie backer, is irritated that Perry endorsed Cruz, not that it matters.
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posted on
01/31/2016 6:48:37 AM PST
by
Theodore R.
(Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
To: justlittleoleme
There's another reason Cruz won over Dewhurst in 2012, Cruz didn't have that fruitcake Glenn Beck down there in Texas undercutting everything Cruz was trying to accomplish.
Unfortunately, not so this time around in Iowa:
Even Ted doesn't look too happy in that picture.
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posted on
01/31/2016 7:05:43 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(The Cruz campaign sez "VOTE FOR TED or be PUBLICLY SHAMED!" (omg, can you believe it?))
To: justlittleoleme
They left out the part where Ted put in all of his life savings and didn’t take a penny from those filthy New York bankers.
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posted on
01/31/2016 7:06:58 AM PST
by
patq
To: justlittleoleme
Dewhurst slung mud from the beginning. He was Trump before Trump.
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posted on
01/31/2016 7:23:19 AM PST
by
Oklahoma
To: justlittleoleme
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posted on
01/31/2016 7:28:06 AM PST
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittancez)
To: justlittleoleme
I voted for Cruz because David Dewhurst while sitting in the Lt. Governors seat here in Texas helped block many conservative bills. Unless it was election time, he treated folks with contempt if they conveyed any sort of conservatism. Kay Bailey Hutchison was moderate at best. Go along to get along republican up in the senate. Dewhurst would have picked up her mantle.
Then.....Along came Ted. Constitutional Conservative that has kept every promise he made while running for the senate to the citizens of Texas.
After Ronald Reagan, Ted Cruz was the best vote I've ever cast.
To: Paine in the Neck
Dewhurst lost because he was a state-level version of McConnell/Boehner. A deal-making drunk who saw his role as holding back the people from control of their government. He was more allied with the TX âRats than with the bulk of his own party. *Bingo*! I love Ted Cruz and it pains me to see so many piling on. If Cruz isn't the nominee and Trump goes on to win the presidency, I hope Trump will grow up and solicit Ted's advice on picks for the Supreme Court since he knows all of the true constitutional conservatives and would give their backgrounds the necessary scrutiny.
Cruz would also be a great Attorney General and at least we know our TX governor, Gregg Abbott, would appoint a true conservative to fill the Senate vacancy. I just don't know if Trump is unforgiving enough to put our country's best interest ahead of his ego to recognize Cruz as a true asset.
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posted on
01/31/2016 8:06:08 AM PST
by
demkicker
(My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
To: tennmountainman
Dewhurst is no Trump.True. Dewhurst has been a Republican for longer, and with more to show for it...
To: Theodore R.
When Perry endorsed Dewhurst, it p*ssed of a huge number of voters. I decided then and there that I could not support Perry for POTUS. Guess he’s finally seen the light!
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posted on
01/31/2016 8:09:35 AM PST
by
demkicker
(My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
To: Charles H. (The_r0nin); tennmountainman
Yes, Dewhurst has the fact that he’s a drunken RINO pimp to show for it.
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posted on
01/31/2016 8:12:29 AM PST
by
demkicker
(My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
To: justlittleoleme
It should be obvious to everyone that Cruz won that primary narrowly because he hid the fact that he was still a Canadian citizen.
And, he'll be accused of fraud for it in his next Senate run...costing him the office.
He can stick to his story that he didn't know, but there's not 10 Texans that will believe him.
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posted on
01/31/2016 8:57:02 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
To: Theodore R.
Some conservatives by 2010 had begun to figure out KBH, but whether it would have been enough to unseat her in 2012, had she run, will never be known.Perhaps voters were on to KBH's touchback amnesty amendment.
Touchback Fraud
To: justlittleoleme
Cruz won because Sarah Palin came to Texas endorsed him and campaigned for him.
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posted on
01/31/2016 9:10:35 AM PST
by
jpsb
(Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
To: jpsb
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posted on
01/31/2016 9:15:14 AM PST
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: demkicker
“I hope Trump will grow up and solicit Ted’s advice.”
When Trump wins why bother seeking out Ted’s advice on any matter when Trump could save time and just go to Glenn Beck, or better yet, go directly to Ted’s billionaire money man and a friend of Trump, Mr.Super Pak himself, Robert Mercer.
At minimum Trump should be given a portal to that most effective and very secret database that has all are names in it. By the way, it’s called, “Cambridge Analytica”.
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posted on
01/31/2016 9:38:13 AM PST
by
UncleSam
(Why must someone else always make the final decisions?)
To: Mariner
Not true.
I voted for Cruz in 2012 primary, and I knew he was born in Canada.
I doubt I was the only one who knew that.
It is public record.
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posted on
01/31/2016 10:17:58 AM PST
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
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