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Ted Cruz called a basketball hoop a ‘basketball ring’ while recreating scene from Hoosiers
https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/725122186797797376 ^ | 8:39 PM - 26 Apr 2016 | USA Today.com For The Win ✔ ‎@ForTheWin

Posted on 04/26/2016 7:43:05 PM PDT by Trumpinator

Ted Cruz called a basketball hoop a ‘basketball ring’ while recreating scene from Hoosiers https://t.co/r49zSp3sgK pic.twitter.com/APYXent9Xf— For The Win (@ForTheWin) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin Did he successfully throw the puck through it?— wormbolt (@wormbolt) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin @RealGlenMacnow No wonder Bobby Knight endorsing Trump.— Robert DeSandre (@carigi12) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin @ShaneWatch Weirdest man who ever lived.— Kris Pigna (@KrisPigna) April 27, 2016



TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: basketballring; basketballrings; bobbyknight; cruz; cruzring; indiana; indianaprimary; trump
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To: Yorlik803
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41 posted on 04/26/2016 8:31:40 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Trumpinator

He was roundly mocked by cavuto not for calling a ring but for saying the rings were 10 feet off the ground in New York as well.
No one has a clue what that means.
Serious bozo.


42 posted on 04/26/2016 8:33:47 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Trumpinator

There should be a test to be President. Every candidate should have to stand on stage, and throw a baseball. If they throw like a girl, they’re out. Immediately. I think Cruz would fail that test.


43 posted on 04/26/2016 8:43:25 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: DouglasKC

boxing hoop.

Rings are for boxing and they are square. But then boxers never did major in geometry. LOL.


44 posted on 04/26/2016 8:44:04 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Sybeck1

Didn’t Ted ask for a couple guys to sweep the lane with little pushbrooms as he drove for the ring?

That will impress my fellow Hoosiers.


45 posted on 04/26/2016 8:46:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Yorlik803
like when Trump praised the 711 cops and firemen. yeah, people make mistakes, even your god Trump.

You do know that Trump didn't make a mistake, don't you ?

NYC Fire District Releases Statement About Donald Trump… Media Stunned

46 posted on 04/26/2016 8:59:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: skr

But Trump didn’t make a mistake. See post #46


47 posted on 04/26/2016 9:01:10 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Trumpinator
Then eliminaTed talked smoothly about the good-sized bouncing rubbery spheroid being hurled skillfully toward that metal ring, but missing it completely, and, instead, crashing through the netting material made of fabric, then falling harmlessly to the cold, hard, floor, and resulting in a home run or a touchdown by the hockeyball player, as declared by the designated field umpire.


48 posted on 04/26/2016 9:12:12 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ( "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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To: wild74

Oh it must have been one of those 7/11 incidents no that is the trumpster
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The 711 is a fire station in NYC that responded heroically in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack. New Yorkers got it and knew exactly what Trump was talking about.


49 posted on 04/26/2016 9:14:51 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Trumpinator

Sometimes a word is just a mistake or the result of misspeaking, other times it reveals a lot about a guy. “Ring” falls into the latter category.
It is emblematic of Cruz. This is from his book:

“In his book A Time For Truth, he writes, “I refused to play sports as a child. That of course, made me even worse. That mix-excelling in the classroom, being too competitive and cocky about academics and being lousy at sports-was, needless to say, not a recipe for popularity.”


50 posted on 04/26/2016 9:19:51 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Trumpinator

So what? I never liked or played boogie-ball and could care less about a hoop/ring, so why would anyone else?


51 posted on 04/26/2016 9:25:21 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69
So what? I never liked or played boogie-ball and could care less about a hoop/ring, so why would anyone else?

Apparently, loser Cruz thought Indiana would care since he was trying to use the reference to garner votes.

52 posted on 04/26/2016 9:43:23 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

It was inspired by Two Corinthians.


53 posted on 04/26/2016 9:48:11 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Abort Hillary - again)
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To: WENDLE

Maybe Ted can get a job driving a Zamboni around the hockey ring in Edmonton.


54 posted on 04/26/2016 9:52:34 PM PDT by glock rocks (TTTT !)
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To: reg45
Texas isn’t a big basketball state, their sport is football.

True to some extent, but the Dallas Mavs and San Antone Spurs prevented Lebron's Miami Heat from having a winning record in the NBA Finals.

So even with Texas's football emphasis, it kicks ass in other sports, too.

55 posted on 04/26/2016 9:55:01 PM PDT by Vision Thing (painfully mathematically eliminaTED)
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To: OrangeHoof

LOL!


56 posted on 04/26/2016 9:57:58 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Yorlik803

The Trump 711 thing has been explained. You really need to keep up.

My God is Jesus. Trump will be my president.


57 posted on 04/26/2016 10:27:28 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Trumpinator

I think lyin, cheatin, colludin, Ted was already heading for defeat in Indiana, but this basketball “ring” thing in the Hoosier state of all places was a MAJOR faux pas. Other places wouldn’t care, but THERE? OMG, this guy is such a phony and God will not be mocked. God also has a sense of humor. I don’t think Ted is laughing tonight. What a douche.


58 posted on 04/26/2016 10:46:09 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: faucetman

It is the Cruz phoniness that comes across - not teh slip of the tongue. This is something the old fashioned politicians are just not able to wrap their heads around - Trump is who he is. Cruz has that politician persona that is practiced and compared to Trump it comes off as phony.


59 posted on 04/26/2016 10:50:37 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator
http://www.cabocanada.net/main/docs/Official_Basketball_Rules_2014.pdf Art. 3 Equipment The following equipment will be required:  Backstop units, consisting of: ▬ Backboards ▬ Baskets comprising (pressure release) **RINGS** and nets ▬ Backboard support structures including padding  Basketballs  Game clock  Scoreboard  Shot clock  Stopwatch or suitable (visible) device (not the game clock) for timing time-outs  2 separate, distinctly different and loud signals, one of each for the ▬ shot clock operator, ▬ scorer/timer.  Scoresheet  Player foul markers  Team foul markers  Alternating possession arrow  Playing floor  Playing court  Adequate lighting For a more detailed description of basketball equipment, see the Appendix on Basketball Equipment.
60 posted on 04/26/2016 10:55:37 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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