Posted on 03/28/2016 8:47:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Posters with the words “Better Dead Than Ted” and “Ted’s a Mess” flooded various parts of the University this past week as part of a campaign by Princeton Against Cruz, a newly formed student group calling for the University community’s opposition to the presidential candidacy of Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92.
Walker Davis ’17, a member of Princeton Against Cruz and a self-described Democrat, said that the seven-member group believes Cruz does not embody the values of the University, namely that of “serving the nation.” Hence, the group is taking an anti-Cruz stance, Davis added.
Davis said that, at its core, the Princeton Against Cruz campaign is meant to raise awareness about the election in the community, adding that the group does not speak for the University. He explained the purpose of posters was to “grab attention,” adding that in this day and age, putting forth a provocative message is one of the only ways to gauge conversation.
He noted that he believes not only that Cruz embraces many conservative economic policies that are damaging to the economy but also that Cruz’s platform bears many striking similarities to that of Donald Trump, including Trump’s stances on immigration and treatment of Muslim minorities.
On its website, the group further denounced Cruz’s health care platform, which calls for more money to be placed into health savings accounts, as something that “understate[s] the complexity and scope of the nation’s health care woes.” The group also disapproves of Cruz’s policy towards ISIS, claiming that the senator “speaks casually of ‘carpet bombing ISIS until the sand glows.’”
“One thing… about Cruz is that you can’t say he doesn’t believe in what he says.” Davis said, explaining that he believes that Cruz will bring an element of rigidity to his presidency.
Davis explained that in order to show opposition to Cruz, many group members have exhausted their printer queues to distribute several hundred posters with six different designs across campus. Some of them were torn down last weekend, Davis said, but he and his team will be re-posting them in due time.
“I’m finding it to be an emboldening thing. There’s discussion that’s going on, we can all relate to it and it doesn’t cost me too much other than time, so we’ll post it right back up,” Davis said.
Paul Draper ’18, president of College Republicans and the State Director of the New Jersey Millennials for Ted Cruz, described the posters as “childish and irresponsible,” as they lacked substantive critiques of Cruz.
Draper explained that Cruz has fulfilled the promises he made to his constituents, as he is willing to fight for the principles he believes in, including opposition to Obamacare and support for pro-life positions even when the higher echelons of the party don’t see eye-to-eye with him.
“When many college students have grown up in a system where so many establishment politicians haven’t fought for the principles they espoused, it’s refreshing to see a candidate like Cruz,” Draper said.
According to Draper, there is a lot of support for Cruz within the University community.
“There are a lot of Princetonians, including myself, who are great admirers of him and his policies,” he said.
Nonetheless, Draper noted that he fully supports free speech in the debate and expressed that he doesn’t endorse tearing down these posters in order to shut down conversation.
On its website, Princeton Against Cruz has a petition open for current University students to express their opposition against Cruz. Davis did not comment on the number of signatories on the petition.
The group also launched an online merchandise kiosk to sell T-shirts as a way of fundraising. One of the T-shirts features a zodiac design, which is an allusion to a left-leaning poll that surveyed the public’s conception of Cruz as the Zodiac Killer.
“It’s a childish gimmick,” Will Johnson ’18, a member of Princeton College Democrats, said, adding that Princeton Against Cruz’s campaign is “Trump-esque” and “problematic.”
“Even though I disagree with Cruz on a lot of issues, he is a serious candidate,” Johnson said, adding that students should be politically engaged in more constructive ways, such as actually getting involved in a candidate’s campaign.
“The argument against Cruz is important and the Princeton community needs to communicate that it does not support him, but the price can’t be the dumbing down of discourse to cruel rhymes and offensive imagery. We are no better than Ted if the discourse is dead,” Kennedy O’Dell ’18, another member of Princeton College Democrats, said.
Princeton Against Cruz?
Does that make them a PAC?
Maybe a SuperDuperPAC.
I doubt Ted critics here would repudiate this.
https://youtu.be/QW2B7Ky-0dk Pitiful teddy, hiding behind a women’s shirt, and never answering the question.
“Maybe a SuperDuperPAC.”
Coat of Arms is a knotted sweater on a green corduroy field?
Now that Cruz is the self described Trump slayer, and getting face time on CNN, he is going to get the same treatment Trump’s been getting all along.
Next they’ll be protesting his rallies. Welcome to the club Ted.
Ted is done anyways, he should do us all a favor and drop out
College kids these days seem to have an awful lot of spare time on their hands.
Dear Fellow Americans: Cruz Has Turned This Country Into a Tinderbox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414947/posts
Preparing the battlefield and getting the troops riled up.
The poor little snowflakes have left their safe zones and are at it again. Poor babies.
Safety school kids trying to stay relevant.
Give it a rest. We've been seeing this dreck since Iowa.
This has been a charade of a primary election. The race is such a lopsided win for Trump that it’s ludicrous to suggest otherwise. We are stuck with a non-winner trying to steal delegates from a winner that’s way out in front on so many levels and issues.
Team Cruz is efficient in weaseling out wins in a few caucus states known for their oddball and malleable vote counting methods.
Cruz won:
Virgin Islands by 30 votes
Wyoming by 480 votes
Alaska by 600 votes
Maine by 2,500.
Here’s rounded the votes in his nine winning states.
Wyoming 620 people
Virgin Isl 200 people
Alaska 8,400
Maine 8,500
Kansas 35,000
Iowa 52,000
Utah 122,00
Okie 158,000
He won eight states totaling 385,000 votes.
If it wasn’t for Texas, he’d have a pile of beans.
Ted’s lackluster Texas win, Texas 1,239,393.
Cruz’s winning votes in nine states are 1,724,000.
Cruz won 9 states with 1,724,000 votes
Trump won 21 states, and nearly all the states were won by tens or hundreds of thousands of votes. The millions that have attended his rallies have voted.
Marianas (343).... Hawaii 6K
Vermont 20K.... Nevada 35K
Kentucky 83K.... N. H. 101K
Louisiana 125K.... Arkansas 133K
Mississipi 191K.... South Car 241K
Arizona 250K.... Mass. 311K
Tenn. 333K.... Virginia 356K
AlaBama. 372K.... Missouri 382K
N. Carol 458K.... Michig. 483K
Georgia 503K.... Illinois 557K
And FLorida 1,079,741
Trump won 21 states with 6,020,000 votes. He has a total of 7,897,990 votes and 755 delegates. Thats 290 more than Ted.
Cruz’s only way to prevail now is by pure chicanery, just how he began this campaign. It is impossible now for him to have a clean delegate win.
LOL If Princeton supported a conservative I would be wary.
Serving? That's a laugh! Ivy League liberals expect to RULE, not to serve!
Safety school? One of the toughest schools to get into. Has been and still is.
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