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Why Ted Cruz is the Safest Conservative Option

Posted on 02/21/2014 1:25:49 PM PST by Talisker

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1 posted on 02/21/2014 1:25:49 PM PST by Talisker
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To: Talisker
The more the talking heads turn against him the more the plebians like him.
2 posted on 02/21/2014 1:28:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to behead anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Talisker

Well said! I’ve been preaching a similar rant and I get push-back even from other Tea Partiers.

I have voted for my last RINO. I’m done. If that puts Hillary in office, then so be it.


3 posted on 02/21/2014 1:39:20 PM PST by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Huckabee was a Judas goat to make sure McCain won just as Gingrich was a Judas goat to make sure Romney won. If Romney had won the nomination in 2008, he still would have lost the election. Then the GOPe would've had to find another RINO to take a dive in 2012.

The main difference between Romney and McCain is that Romney actually wanted to win.

4 posted on 02/21/2014 1:40:56 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Indeed, the RINOS have an agenda. Cheap jobs for their employer friends, and easy jobs for themselves.


5 posted on 02/21/2014 1:41:56 PM PST by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I agree.
He's the BEST candidate.
However, (as superficial as it may seem)
can he change his DEMEANOR & INTONATION.

It's terrible!!

SUBSTANCE is great!!
Presentation is AWFUL

6 posted on 02/21/2014 1:46:43 PM PST by noah (noah)
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To: Talisker

Since more Republicans voted AGAINST Romney in the last primary fight than FOR him, I think its the RINOs who are splitting the party.


7 posted on 02/21/2014 1:47:09 PM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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BRAVO!

We don’t call it the Reagan Landslide for nothin.


8 posted on 02/21/2014 1:48:28 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Da Bilge Troll

2012 was the tipping point where the GOPe stratergery to “Wait ‘till next time!” has been run out.


9 posted on 02/21/2014 1:50:12 PM PST by Paladin2
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There are lots of GOP-E trolls here on FR, trying to convince conservatives to vote for liberal republicans. I'm not seeing it happen, myself.

/johnny

10 posted on 02/21/2014 1:56:22 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Maybe the 6 million republicans who sat home in 2012 will turn out to vote for Ted.


11 posted on 02/21/2014 1:56:54 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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Yeah, Sarah Palin has the same problem; I love what she says but not how she says it. Does Ted Cruz have that problem?

Here’s where it’s going: some libbie has already found a resemblance between Sen. Cruz and Sen. Joe McCarthy! Says the turned down outer corners of the eyes and sometimes faraway expression are eerily similar between the two.

Now since I admire Joe McCarthy that’s a plus, but for the libbies he is the Darth Vader of anticommunism & so-called `red-baiting’. Shows their desperation IMO.

President Cruz takes the oath of office in 2017!


12 posted on 02/21/2014 2:04:52 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: noah

The time for making nice is long past, Skippy.


13 posted on 02/21/2014 2:20:47 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to behead anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Talisker

I like it.


14 posted on 02/21/2014 2:22:29 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Talisker

bump


15 posted on 02/21/2014 2:26:24 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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Mitt Romney won the Republican nomination in 2012 because moderate Republican voters and corporate contributors STUCK TOGETHER behind him, while Conservative voters were splitting their primary votes among a number of Conservative candidates, from Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum.

Ted Cruz is charismatic and principled enough to unite Conservatives in 2016. In fact, the more the RINOs, the Karl Rovian fat-cat contributors, and the let’s-all-get-together accommodationists like Ann Coulter attack Ted Cruz, the more likely that principled Conservatives will unite behind him and assure that he wins the nomination 2016.

Let the RINO voters split THEIR votes in 2016 — between Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, whoever, the more the merrier.


16 posted on 02/21/2014 2:33:53 PM PST by Bluestocking
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won the Republican nomination in 2012 because moderate Republican voters and corporate contributors STUCK TOGETHER behind him

Well, that, and the GOP-E cheated, changing rules after the fact, seating the full Florida delegation, who should have been penalized half because of their early primary, etc.....

Add that to the open primaries that the GOP loves, and the liberal states having primaries first... Sure Mitt won the nomination.

/johnny

17 posted on 02/21/2014 2:42:20 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Lead, follow, and get the hell out of the way. Your milquetoast boyz never get th job done. NEVER!


18 posted on 02/21/2014 2:44:23 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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Let’s be careful we are not self-delusional. Demographics have changed since Reagan was elected. I’m sure there are more conservatives out there that didn’t vote for Romney that might have the energy to get off their duff and vote for Cruz. However, it is also true that more and more of the U. S. population are on the government dole and see Cruz as their enemy. Our numbers are shrinking. Look at the recent article on religion in America just posted a day or two ago on this site. There is a huge drop in the number of people that attend church, believe in moral absolutes and adhere to conservative principles. That’s important! What people believe morally makes a difference in everything they do - voting included. I love Cruz, have donated $ to him and will vote for him in a heart beat. I’m just concerned that If we do not make a difference in this midterm election that we might not have a chance in 2016. We are in a war and it’s getting hot. The good thing is that as it heats up we are seeing who can be trusted and who cannot. I would never have believed that Thomas Sowell would have come out against Cruz just a few months ago.


19 posted on 02/21/2014 2:55:30 PM PST by Lake Living
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LOL, nice try. Except that people on the dole are not those who are refusing to vote for RINOs. And as for that “huge drop in the number of people that attend church, believe in moral absolutes and adhere to conservative principles,” let me SEE the article. Because people who “attend church” are a FAR greater number than “people who believe in moral absolutes” and both are NOT the same as people who “adhere to conservative principles” (which include the Constitution and fiscal sanity). Quite frankly, it sounds like such an article is a lump-them-all-together and encourage-them-to-give-up Rat propaganda piece.

But even if what you say is true, what is the safest choice? There will be NO RINO president. RINO candidates run to LOSE. The idea that there will be a compromise candidate that could win, is a lie. So why should conservatives waste their votes on a sure loss? Whether president or Congressperson, the valuable conservative vote can only count if it goes towards a Tea Party candidate. Any other use of it is a vote guaranteed to lose the race. Because that’s what RINOs DO.

And yes, we do live in a VERY different time than Reagan. We live in a time SO bad that even liberals are screaming that they’ve been betrayed by the Democrats. We live in a time where the entire country has been hyper-politicized and made well aware of the great divide betwen freedom and socialism. We live in a time when American are being virtually raped at airports, while their president goes on multiple hundred-million-dollar vacations. We live in a time when healthcare has been seized by the government and virtually removed from the reach of anyone but the rich, and told the Peole their only option is to die, because they literally cannot even sign up for, let alone afford, government healthcare.

I’d say, quite frankly, that there has never, ever been a time in American history when MORE - not less -people aren’t thinking in conservative ways, longing for freedom, and in agreement with Tea Party principles.

But like I said, nice try. After all, you give money to Cruz. That’s why you’re so willing to spread FUD to encourage people away from actually voting for him, right?

LOL!


20 posted on 02/21/2014 3:15:34 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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