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.
Ted may be agree at lawyer but he lives in a silo insulating him from the real world of business and economics. He would make a great AG.
I didn't see it til around 5:00, but you are right, it would have been recorded earlier. I just glanced at it in passing........
Peterborough is moonbat central. They always vote Democrat in the general.
Noticed that myself, Ted’s a chunky monkey.
This was so funny. Need more of SNL on Pastor Cruz.
Yeah, when I watched it this morning he was on there. I always record Fox New Sunday from the regular Fox channel at 8:00 my time and than watch it after Fox and Friends on my DVR at 9:00am
I guess the Bible he carries doesn't have the word gluttony in it.. or bear false witness either.
Cruz knows that the proper use of eminent domain is not seizing private property to build a parking lot for a Casino.
A Casino is not equivalent to a railroad, a road, a bridge, a pipeline, etc.
I saw Trump's SNL skits and chuckled. I can't imagine Teddy would submit his integrity to somebody poking fun at him...
But when something is broken, Ted quipped, what you don't need is more of it.
Touche.
Ted has a great sense of humor. At one of his rallies this week he imitated Mark Levin harassing Sean Hannity, "What are you doing? You have to endorse the only constitutionalist in the race!" You can catch it in the first 10 minutes of his 2/5 podcast.
That right there is funny.
What's worse is that he doesn't know, or really doesn't care, that he's ignorant. As long as he can bluster through with hand-waving and non-sequiters, he's happy. Just win baby.
Which commandment is that one: “Thous shalt not speak ill of eminent domain”?
Could it be the 11th Commandment?
Or, maybe it is part of ‘One Corinthian’.
I saw a video of donnie hitting a drive on a golf course and he had a butt the White House Sasquach(sp?) would be proud of. It covers well with the custom made suits.
The news media said just last week the candidates almost all gain weight on the trail.
I agree that Donald Trump “really is ignorant on the most pressing issues of the day.”
But I also believe that he spins the truth in order to justify his own beliefs or actions.
For instance, with eminent domain, he ignores that the Fifth Amendment says PRIVATE property can ONLY be used for PUBLIC use, which would not be for his casino. He wants to justify that he tried to take away an elderly women’s property to build a parking lot next to his casino.
LOL....nice take.
Trump is like 70 yrs old duder.
Doesn’t matter, he still has an ass on him like a hundred dollar mule.
So what next are you trumpanzees gonna complain about? Cruz wears blue jeans or western boots?
Eminent domain, as the courts have found, is legal for 'public interest' in redevelopment for upscale neighborhoods as well as tax purposes. To pretend otherwise shows great ignorance or shows how far Cruz fans will go to hide their globalist candidate running on the piety platform.
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