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Trump: Cruz ‘never faced a debater like me’
The Hill ^ | April 23, 2016 | Jessie Hellmann

Posted on 04/24/2016 5:56:56 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer

"I beat him in every single debate. Every single debate, I beat Ted Cruz. He was supposed to be a good debater," Trump said at a rally in Bridgeport, Conn.

"He never had a debater like me where I interrupt him every four minutes. … I don't think he actually is a good debater."

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1237er; canadian; cruz; cruzie; cruztroll; debate; ineligible; luzer; trump; youcruzyoulose
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To: kinsman redeemer

Methinks dt is a bit delusional on this one.


141 posted on 04/24/2016 10:23:25 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: TomasUSMC
From the article:

Earlier this week, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said the committee would discuss holding more debates.

142 posted on 04/25/2016 4:01:46 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: cornfedcowboy; usafa92; fireman15; HarleyLady27; V K Lee
Trump will not debate Cruz because his "art of the deal" experience has taught him: you don't win by setting up an "I won, you lost" scenario.  After all, you may need that opponent's support some day.

Cruz is a good orator and he has excellent memory over facts, but he's not strong on the human compassion side.

Cruz's debating style is a bit risky too.  His strategy is to build up a fascade of knowing-all-the-facts and plays loose with the truth.  He knows that in the vast majority of cases, no one will question the details of facts.

But that approach backfired on Cruz in the CBS debate.  When Cruz doubled down on the details of a certain historical fact, the moderator Dickerson recited to him the actual facts.  And the lump in Cruz's throat was visible.

But the point of debating is not to show your mastery of the facts at all, but to appeal to the heart of the jury or judge or voter.

If you carpet bomb your opponent, the jury is likely to turn against you because you piled on and treated the opponent unfairly.  You also sow the seeds of revenge and retribution.

A good debater would never make a sweeping generalization about "New York values".  Trump capitalized big on that Cruz mistake -- not by directly attacking Cruz, but by pointing to acts of personal heroism and valor during 9/11 that stirred the hearts and pity of voters.


143 posted on 04/25/2016 4:57:11 AM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: gg188

Wow! Had not seen the JR screed...I thought he was a Cruz supporter?

His editorial “opus” lends new meaning to the term FreeRepublic...

I thought in this free Republic of ours, we embrace 1st amendment rights, not the totalitarian desires of “Marxist Obama”?

Alas, it has been poorly camouflaged for some time that FR had morphed into TrumpBananaRepublic...now this tyranny is clear for all to see...

Thank you for the post...Go Cruz 2016!


144 posted on 04/25/2016 5:07:24 AM PDT by HoosierWordsmith
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To: Sacajaweau
That's not the way it works.

You can prep for *weeks* and a question will still come out of left field.

Been there done that.

145 posted on 04/25/2016 5:13:54 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

You’ve been before the USSC?


146 posted on 04/25/2016 5:23:57 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: poconopundit
After all, you may need that opponent's support some day.

I don't think he needs to worry about that where Cruz is concerned.

147 posted on 04/25/2016 5:31:21 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Sacajaweau
Nope. Plenty of arguments before state SCs and Fed CCs though. Same drill, though stakes arguably lower (but not for your client).

You have no way to prepare for every possible question, some justices take delight in tossing curve balls. You'll occasionally win a case on a curve ball, so it's important to be able to think on your feet.

148 posted on 04/25/2016 5:31:45 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: HoosierWordsmith

That was then.

This is now.

Now and Then there are changes.


149 posted on 04/25/2016 5:49:12 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: Popman
I'm sure Trump knows this: In an actual debate format you can't interrupt your opponent every four minutes...

LOL!

Rich, a Cruzer complaining about Trump 'playing by the rules'.

150 posted on 04/25/2016 5:58:46 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
Rich, a Cruzer complaining about Trump 'playing by the rules'.

Reading comprehension not a strong skill...?

Where was my complaint...?

Is there something wrong with playing by the rules...?

151 posted on 04/25/2016 6:09:55 AM PDT by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: poconopundit

The level of exuberance for a TV and real estate personality knows no bounds. Truly amazing. You really think Trump is a good debater? Really? The sad part is that you have put a good deal of thought in to this. Hook line and sinker.


153 posted on 04/25/2016 7:45:03 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: cornfedcowboy

Even Ted Cruz admitted that Trump was shreading other GOP canidates on the debate floor which is why he didn’t attack Trump. He wanted Trump reduce the field, something he was incapable of doing.


154 posted on 04/25/2016 7:52:17 AM PDT by RedWulf ((Trump supporter))
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To: cornfedcowboy
The difference is my concept of "debating" is winning, not just rhetoric and legal beagle stuff.

In a courtroom, I'd rather have Trump defending me than Cruz. Trump understands human nature and the buttons to push on my behalf.

155 posted on 04/25/2016 8:24:05 AM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: poconopundit
In a courtroom, I'd rather have Trump defending me than Cruz.

Then I'd gladly be on the prosecuting side. Gladly. In this case, I'd go for the maximum sentence.

These kinds of perpetrators need to be off the street.

156 posted on 04/25/2016 9:37:48 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: RedWulf
"Talk on a 4th grade level and you will pick up for more voters if you talk at a college level."

There are a limited number of voters that respond only to baby talk.

157 posted on 04/25/2016 10:07:02 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: poconopundit
In a courtroom, I'd rather have Trump defending me than Cruz. Trump understands human nature and the buttons to push on my behalf.

Trump spending all his time tell the jury about how great he is, how rich he is, and how wonderful his business is would probably not get me off of whatever crime I was charged with so I'd go with Cruz. Someone who knows what he's doing.

158 posted on 04/25/2016 10:11:04 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Balding_Eagle
Rich, a Cruzer complaining about Trump 'playing by the rules'.

As funny as a Trumpster suggesting Trump might actually know what the rules are?

159 posted on 04/25/2016 10:13:03 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg; kinsman redeemer

OK, I guess we’ve beat this subject to death. Cruz is a skilled debater, and Trump is clearly a skillful communicator. They represent completely different styles.


160 posted on 04/25/2016 12:53:14 PM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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