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A Cruz candidacy would be a “back to the future” re-run of 2012’s Romney’s failure
Coach is Right ^ | 12/17/15 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on 12/17/2015 8:37:38 AM PST by Oldpuppymax

Ted Cruz does not own the media. He has some very good ideas and can articulate them very well, but to get his message out as a presidential candidate, he would have to pay for virtually every minute of his coverage.

This is true because the only possible way the media can get Hillary Clinton elected is to give Cruz the same treatment they gave Mitt Romney in 2012; and they will.

All the excitement about finally taking back the White House fades away with a candidate that can’t defeat “the treatment” the media always gives Republican candidates. Cruz can’t.

When Romney talked about how 47% of voters would never vote for him: the media savaged him and never gave him a chance to explain what he meant. They used it to inflame the “offended” to increase their turnout.

Recall Romney’s “Women Book,” an honest attempt to give women a fair chance to be hired. Romney was savaged over it and never given a fair chance to explain it. The media didn’t have to and didn’t want to; so they ignored his explanation. They owned Romney; he got only the coverage they deigned to give him. They will do the...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2016election; donaldtrump; mediabias; obama
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1 posted on 12/17/2015 8:37:39 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax

Evangelicals turned away in large numbers from Romney, not so for Ted Cruz... Better look again and re write this article.


2 posted on 12/17/2015 8:38:35 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Oldpuppymax

We need to nominate him and find out.


3 posted on 12/17/2015 8:41:16 AM PST by Calpublican (A.G. Lynch: The intent of this statement is to incite violence against radical Islam)
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To: Oldpuppymax

What we have here is a Trump presidency.

4 posted on 12/17/2015 8:41:38 AM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Cruz doesn’t have to worry. He won’t be the nominee.


5 posted on 12/17/2015 8:41:59 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: rovenstinez

Yup. I’m even less likely to vote for Trump than I was for Romney.


6 posted on 12/17/2015 8:43:37 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Really? Romney ran as hard as he could NOT to win, I don't think anyone could say the same for Cruz.
7 posted on 12/17/2015 8:43:59 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Oldpuppymax
...he would have to pay for virtually every minute of his coverage.

They would take his money and give him packpage coverage.

The media IS the rat party. The DNC is the political wing of the Media.

Any candidate that does not know how to do the ju jitsu with the media will ultimately be buried.

8 posted on 12/17/2015 8:44:55 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Calpublican
We need to nominate him and find out.

Yup!

9 posted on 12/17/2015 8:45:17 AM PST by Stepan12 (Our present appeasementof Islam is the Stockholm Syndrome on steroids.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

This is what I warn the Cruz supporters about.

The media was easily able to ignore Cruz for weeks and months.

He does not have the ability to control the narrative. He is at their mercy, and they will treat him like they did Bob Dole. There arent enough conservative blogs out there to counteract the massive media machine that will cover, and cover for, Hillary 24/7.

And unless Cruz can raise 2 billion and just buy tons of advertising (which he likely wont), then he will have to end up taking matching funds (dont think the media wont have a field day with the irony of that), and he will be restricted from then until Nov.

The only person that has shown an ability to skunk these people CONSISTENTLY is Trump.


10 posted on 12/17/2015 8:48:14 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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Ted didn’t write Romney-care.

Ted won’t have to fight anti-Mormonism.

Ted is a true Conservative.

The “establishment” has been telling conservatives to take it or leave it for decades.

Its OUR turn now!


11 posted on 12/17/2015 8:52:00 AM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Uhh sure sure. Romney didn't lose because he tried to be Obama lite and liberal on every last issue. How could I have forgotten.

Pass the bread, the baloney just went by.

12 posted on 12/17/2015 8:52:25 AM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: VanDeKoik

50% of the electorate doesn’t even know who Cruz is....... he will get close to ZERO black vote, and very little women vote..... my wife says he has “Fiorina Face” and “little man syndrome”


13 posted on 12/17/2015 8:53:44 AM PST by changeitback440
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To: rovenstinez

An even bigger factor is the media has far less credibility than they had four years ago. Cruz isn’t afraid to call them out on it; Mittens was.


14 posted on 12/17/2015 8:53:55 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: cripplecreek

Same here.


15 posted on 12/17/2015 8:54:17 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Mastador1
Really? Romney ran as hard as he could NOT to win, I don't think anyone could say the same for Cruz.

Cruz would never take a fall in a debate with Hillary. Romney just dropped his gloves and took a dive. Just like on "Diggstown".

16 posted on 12/17/2015 8:54:57 AM PST by DungeonMaster (2John11 = shun democrats.)
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To: changeitback440

Anyone voting based on the ‘look’ of a candidate should not be voting the first place...


17 posted on 12/17/2015 8:55:10 AM PST by halo66
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To: cripplecreek

Hillary appreciates your support. Got your bumper sticker yet?


18 posted on 12/17/2015 8:56:47 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: halo66

but they do......


19 posted on 12/17/2015 8:57:07 AM PST by changeitback440
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To: G Larry

Cruz can’t win. The “mad as hell” voters would stay at home if Trump is denied the nomination.


20 posted on 12/17/2015 8:57:28 AM PST by grania
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