Posted on 02/07/2016 5:02:19 PM PST by Kaslin
Is there a more perfect Americana setting than Peterborough, New Hampshire? Maybe a few, but you could count them on half a hand.
Ted Cruz delivered his message early this afternoon in that town's traditional town hall, whose interior resembles Dartmouth's Webster Hall but is smaller and, again, more perfect, stunning really in its clean aesthetics.
The event attracted media ranging from Fox's Bret Baier to Mother Jones' David Corn, who was scribbling away, clearly eager to refute every word coming from the Texas senator. 
As with Rubio earlier in the day, I had to admire the skill of Cruz's well-honed stump speech. But from what I've been hearing, Rubio has been drawing the bigger crowds. (They just changed the venue of his Super Bowl party to a sports academy because of a plethora of rsvps.) Whether that translates into votes, we will find out shortly.
In his speech, Cruz made much of his opposition to eminent domain, clearly to get at Trump. The Texas senator's position is popular in New Hampshire, but when a questioner sought to push him to an extreme on the issue, Ted backed off, noting that there were instances where eminent domain would be necessary, like the Keystone pipeline.
So in the end he didn't sound so far from Trump -- which lends credence to what I've been saying for awhile. Almost all the Republicans are quite close to each other on the issues. What we are watching is largely a battle of personalities and "experience. "
One of the most amusing moments in Cruz's speech came when he said he agreed in some ways with Bernie Sanders -- that Washington is broken.
But when something is broken, Ted quipped, what you don't need is more of it.
Touche.
Don Trump had much bigger crowds in Iowa than Ted Cruz. Someone remind me what happened there.
Ted Cruz explained it better in New Hampshire, and it’s one of his retweets on his Twitter account, probably one of the first ten tweets, or so, as of now.
Anyway Cruz KNOWS the difference between PUBLIC use and private use. Trump does NOT.
I want Ted Cruz picking judges; NOT Donald Trump.
You can tell that Ted KNOWS the 5th Amendment, but Donald has never read it (at least it sounds that way).
A functional real estate options market could assemble the right of way too. Unfortunately, eminent domain has inhibited more sophisticated forms of such a market from developing.
Ted continues to lie about eminent domain, very un-Christian. Not only that, for a fairly young man he needs to back off the breakfast buffet - quite a gut to go with that mug.
Cruz has more surprises in store, I think.
I can write a long list as to why Cruz is better than Trump. Crowds dont mean jack!
The Book of Cruz
For the Lord has sent unto us a messiah from Havana by way of Calgary yeah unto the very gates of Austin.
We only have to believe and accept Cruz into our hearts and we will be saved and Cruz will heal our nation. Yea send him unto the very gates of the heathens in Washington. He will smite the liberals and smite the GOPes and yea even the RINOs, and yea they will feel his mighty power.
He will be seated on a mighty throne in Washington and the members of Congress and yea even the priests of the Supreme Court and the hoards of bureaucrats shall bow their knee unto to him. For he is the mighty Cruz and the Deliverer and Defender of the Constitution.
For the Lord has sent us a mighty naturalized citizen from Canada unto the United States to deliver us from our wicked ways. He shall show us the true way as none other. Woe unto those with New York values. For they are an abomination unto his eyes.
For unto him and his followers the Lord has shown the true way of conservatism. All others shall be cast into the lake of fire.
Yea only believe and the mighty and true Cruz will deliver us from abomination. /s
This fairy tale brought to you by Goldman Sachs.
We now return you to our regular programing.
Go Trump!
Go Trump, indeed!
You can read about your candidate in his favorite Book of the Bible, Two Condominiums.
People come out to see Trump hurl insults, cuss and talk about how great he is. It’s called entertainment. Americans seem to have an insatiable thirst for entertainment. Might be part of why we find ourselves in the fix we’re in.
I didn’t get that for a - are ready for this - second.
Agree.
While the Trumpster was attempting in a rather poor fashion to explain his eminent domain position, I had the sense (de ja vu like) that he did not know what he was talking about, like he was a bit halting or confused.
Then I remembered—it was shades of his total ignorance on the nuc triad. The guy really is ignorant on the most pressing issues of the day—not maybe dumb, but very ignorant. I am glad he is hammering away daily as it makes it all so entertaining and a reminder that the public gets the government they always want. Keep stirring the pot Donny cause you are a hoot!
^5
Cruz supports TPP.
You mean this morning on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace? I am sure that was scheduled, as he was on the panel
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