Ted Cruz Hits a Home Run Against Bernie Sanders: 'He Fundamentally Misunderstands Robin Hood'

PJ Media ^ | 10-18-2017 | Michael van der Galien

[Michael van der Galien]

We all know that Bernie Sanders is a babbling old man. We can, of course, feel sorry for him and refrain from criticizing him, purely because, well, he simply isn't very smart. Or eloquent. Sadly, however, he does have a large and loyal following, which is why a) he has to be taken seriously nonetheless and b) it's so incredibly important to explain that and why he's full of it.

Enter Ted Cruz. On Wednesday evening, Cruz and Sanders debated each other on the GOP's tax plan. Cruz truly slammed the floor with his socialist colleague in the Senate, explaining why his favorite Robin Hood analogy is way, way, way off.

As Cruz rightfully said, Robin Hood didn't steal from entrepreneurs, but from tax collectors who used their position and power to collect "too much taxes from the working men and women, (and who were) ... taking it for the rich."

"In Bernie's analogy, it is the Democrats who are King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. And Robin Hood is saying: 'Tax collectors, stop hammering people who are struggling, who are laboring in the fields, who are working. Stop taking it to the castle to give out to your buddies'."

That last statement brought Cruz to another point: the sad fact that Democrats' friends in the health insurance industry are thrilled with ObamaCare.

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IBT Cruz 2 Minute Hate

[TXnMA]

CDS posts incoming as soon as the dwerps wake up...

[SunkenCiv]

• Bizarre misreading: @HillaryClinton thinks the lesson of Orwell's 1984 is that you should trust experts, leaders and the press
• Hillary edits sexual assault pledge after allegations against Bill resurface

[BurrOh]

Bkmrk

[mosesdapoet]

David Clarke courageous black spokesman and former Sheriff of Milwaukee county lays it out and tells it like it is
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts

[BurrOh]

Bkmrk these links thanks

[Yardstick]

This kind of stuff is why I like Cruz.

[867V309]

CDS posts incoming as soon as the dwerps wake up...

you need not be deranged to loathe cruise.

[Clutch Martin]

Aye, Theodore is a skilled debater. And his familiarity with scotus puts him at an advantaged selection for judicial appointment. Perhaps the 9th would be a strategic option.

[Yardstick]

Hah — fun to imagine him as a troublemaker on the 9th circuit. He would have them in such a tizzy.

[Maverick68]

Eh, not ashamed to say I like Ted Cruz and he absolutely owned Bernie.

[Dixie Yooper]

Something he could have used in his 2016 Convention speech, right before he endorsed the future President of the United States of America.

[jdsteel]

I would be VERY happy to see Cruz on the Supreme Court!

[jch10]

Me too.

[TXnMA]

"you need not be deranged to loathe cruise." [sic]

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HookSet!

But, you have to be to snipe at him every time his name is mentioned.

There are lots of folk I dislike; I just see their name -- and move on...

[ForYourChildren]

I was just going to post something similar.

The leftist do not understand stories as normal people do. They are either too stupid, or are doing it on purpose.

Two recent examples are now readily available:

1. Sanders ‘He Fundamentally Misunderstands Robin Hood’
2. Hillary fundamentally misunderstanding 1984

Something is wrong with their brains!

[MeanWestTexan]

Awesome!

[dfwgator]

Halt! Halt! Gentlemen, ladies, bring out your valuables please. Come along sir, come along. Come along, madam, come along. Oh, is that all you've got? Well, he's got much more than you, so you'd better have some of his... sorry... pick them up in a moment... there's about oh, what, nine down there... so you must have about... oh, he's still got lots... oh you've got what? ... you've got more than he started with... so if I give you some of those ... well now, look ... If I give you that... have you got a bit of jewelry? Yes, If I give you that one and you have some of his coins is that another box? Were you trying to hide it? Well, that's nice! Right! Now, I've got a tiara... you've got one... you've got one of the boxes... you've got one... anyone else got a tiara? Take your hat off! Oh, honestly, it's absolutely pointless trying to do this if you're going to cheat. It really is awful of you.

[SunkenCiv]

I came across this quote on Former Dodger's profile:

Theodore Dalrymple, in a recent interview:

"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to."