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Everyone is underestimating Ted Cruz
Vox ^ | February 8, 2016 | Timothy B. Lee

Posted on 02/08/2016 12:23:15 PM PST by GodGunsGuts

Ted Cruz won last week's Iowa caucuses, exceeding expectations and capturing an impressive 27 percent of the vote. Donald Trump took second place, while Marco Rubio took third.

What happened next?...

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To: Lakeshark

The media and the Democrats can destroy Trump with 30 years of interviews and quotes. They can turn him into a joke and a clown in no time flat.

They can’t attack Cruz on his public persona and history as a public figure. They have to face him on the issues. And that’s where Cruz’ conservative arguments will win the day with the public just as Reagan’s and Gingrich’s did.


61 posted on 02/08/2016 12:52:06 PM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: altura

>>Deeds? Trump has no deeds. He’s a novelty.

>>He had money and he made money. Some studies showed that if he had done nothing, he would be exactly as rich as he is now.

I’m throwing the BS flag on that ridiculous claim. Please share these studies.


62 posted on 02/08/2016 12:52:18 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Bryanw92

Maybe, but I think Trump communicates in the only way he is able to.


63 posted on 02/08/2016 12:52:26 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: Bryanw92

I can’t, but JimRob posted such a study one time and I read it.


64 posted on 02/08/2016 12:53:08 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: JoSixChip

How many people lost their shirts in Trump’s casinos? I didn’t realize running casinos was now considered a humanitarian endeavor.


65 posted on 02/08/2016 12:54:43 PM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: JediJones

The Clinton’s are excellent at collecting dirty and using it. They have blackmailed and bribed over the years with great success. I don’t know about poor old Bernie but ...

Anyway, there is an absolute treasure trove of trash in The Donald’s past.

And don’t think the democrats aren’t making a great big pile of it.


66 posted on 02/08/2016 12:55:15 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: JediJones

>>The media and the Democrats can destroy Trump with 30 years of interviews and quotes.

The media and Democrats don’t vote Republican. They do sway some donors. Trump isn’t trying to get the hard-core Democrat vote, the media vote, or the crony capitalist donor money. These are the things that can destroy a regular GOP candidate when their past gets chopped up into sound bites.

They can only destroy him if Republicans stay home and allow Hillary to win because they prefer her and that means that those voters are controlled by the media.


67 posted on 02/08/2016 12:56:26 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Bryanw92

Studies say Trump speaks at the 4th grade level. All I ask is for 3 or 4 grades higher than that.


68 posted on 02/08/2016 12:56:28 PM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: altura

>>Maybe, but I think Trump communicates in the only way he is able to.

He’s a businessman. He deals with businessmen, bureaucrats, and banks all the time. A 3rd grade vocabulary is all you need with that crowd.

I think Trump possesses a bigger vocabulary than you think.


69 posted on 02/08/2016 12:58:02 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Isn’t it funny that the one thing the Trumpers and GOP elites have in common is hatred and fear of Cruz?


70 posted on 02/08/2016 12:58:17 PM PST by JJ_Folderol (Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Bryanw92

Oh, I’m not sure you’re right.

A lot of Republican voters are conservative and quite a few are even religious.

I don’t think the kind of salacious past the Donald has would be very attractive to the average decent voter.

I’m sure that tapes exist of his cozy little chats with Howard Stern wherein they discussed their sexual conquests.


71 posted on 02/08/2016 12:59:37 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: altura

>>I can’t, but JimRob posted such a study one time and I read it.

LOL. Well, of course. /s


72 posted on 02/08/2016 12:59:50 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: JJ_Folderol

I’ll give you two cents for that opinion. It’s pretty dang good.


73 posted on 02/08/2016 1:00:15 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: JJ_Folderol
Cruz continues to just Cruz along.....in Manchester...packed the VFW....


74 posted on 02/08/2016 1:01:11 PM PST by caww
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To: JoSixChip

On what issue? Cruz came out in favor of the border wall years ago. Trump probably got the idea from watching Cruz discuss it on “the shows.”

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394240/posts


75 posted on 02/08/2016 1:01:26 PM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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To: JediJones

The true bellweather is SC. So hopefully after Feb 19th and Trump takes that state we can convince you to take a break. :-)


76 posted on 02/08/2016 1:01:40 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dead

I’m still laughing my ass off.. tears streaming down my face...


77 posted on 02/08/2016 1:01:48 PM PST by txhurl (I'm NO LONGER with the Nasty Canadian '16 (well, unless he wins ;))(and he did))
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To: Bryanw92

Of course you don’t believe it. It portrays The Donald has a man who wasn’t a total genius at making money.

But, oddly enough, I would not have posted that it it were not something I’d read and Jim agreed with.


78 posted on 02/08/2016 1:02:18 PM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: JoSixChip
Trump has provided a good life to at least tens of millions of families by providing good jobs and careers.

Yeah, and Trump can do the most push-ups of anybody in the world and his plane flies faster than light.

You are certifiable. Trump employs about 23,000 people, which is very nice, but is magnitudes short of your ridiculous "at least tens of millions of families" claim.

79 posted on 02/08/2016 1:02:31 PM PST by dead (Please clap.)
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To: altura

The Trump/Stern interviews are on YouTube. Getting the Howard Stern clips will be the easiest part of the Trump oppo research.


80 posted on 02/08/2016 1:03:17 PM PST by JediJones (Marco Rubio: When the Establishment Says Jump, He Asks How High?)
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