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Was Ted Cruz's Speech Last Night Shakespearean?
05-05-2016 | Captain Peter Blood

Posted on 05/04/2016 9:36:16 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood

Last night and then again this morning I was watching clips of Ted Cruz's speech where he announced he was leaving the Republican Campaign.

Upon reflection listening to this thing I was struck by how Cruz seemed to have lifted parts of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth's St. Crispin's Day Speech and made it about him. It was kind of funny when I thought about it.


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Anyone else pick up on the Shakespearean connotation last night? Interested in comments and observations on the Cruz concession speech.
1 posted on 05/04/2016 9:36:16 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I thought it was an attempt to both sound the way Reagan did in 1976, and avoid sounding like Nixon in 1962.

It will be interesting to hear how Kasich handles his campaign suspension speech in a few hours.


2 posted on 05/04/2016 9:39:38 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I noticed a lot of Ronald Reagan’s concession speech in 1976, but didn’t catch a Shakespeare vibe to it.


3 posted on 05/04/2016 9:39:51 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Oh, noes...first American President/Michael Douglas, now Shakespeare?


4 posted on 05/04/2016 9:40:24 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I have one question for Cruz have you stopped beating your wife ?


5 posted on 05/04/2016 9:41:13 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Even though earlier I was a Cruz supporter...I urged him to suspend after NY and am all in for a Trump victory.

I respect Cruz backing away from the abyss last night and suspending his campaign. I think it caught a lot of people by surprise.

But it was exactly what he needed to do, and he rightly admitted that it was the people whose vote made that clear.

Those GOP folks who will either not vote...or some of those indicating that they may vote for Hillary instead...IMHO, they are doing a HUGE disservice to this nation, and to their own children and grandchildren.

If Trump will do the principle points he has espoused and detailed on his website, America will turn around and be a far better place heading in a far better direction than what any Dem/DNC, or GOPe candidate would ever make happen.


6 posted on 05/04/2016 9:41:19 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Some of us have wondered if he’s on the high end of the autism spectrum, and recalling part of that speech would play into that.


7 posted on 05/04/2016 9:43:08 AM PDT by goodwithagun (March 3, 2016: The date FReepers justified the "goodness" of Planned Parenthood.)
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To: chajin

Jon Gabriel: “Kasich wants to spend more time lecturing his family.”

;)


8 posted on 05/04/2016 9:44:55 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

No. I did not catch anything Shakespearean about it all. Methinks someone wants to seem pretentious and smart in making that comment, but instead comes across as smarmy.


9 posted on 05/04/2016 9:45:11 AM PDT by Dave W
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I don’t know about that but I thought that Cruz’s speech was a class act. It was a great speech and the right thing to do.


10 posted on 05/04/2016 9:47:20 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Dave W

Listening to again this morning I just seem to get that vibe.
The Band of Brothers thing.
Maybe it was just me.


11 posted on 05/04/2016 9:49:53 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: al baby

Apparently not, considering the “fist and elbow” video from yesterday.


12 posted on 05/04/2016 9:51:22 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

It was a VERY good “suspension” speech and it certainly had a sense of nobility about it. Cruz is certainly not going to give up his fight to save the Constitution and the Republic.

I hate to see ugly comments being directed at you such as the one in post 9 above —they are totally uncalled for.


13 posted on 05/04/2016 9:51:39 AM PDT by House Atreides (TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
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To: al baby
I have one question for Cruz have you stopped beating your wife ?

Apparently not.

14 posted on 05/04/2016 9:51:47 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Jeff Head

Bump your comment.


15 posted on 05/04/2016 9:52:46 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Jeff Head

Agreed. Voted for Cruz, happy to support Trump. There’s a lot to not like, but if we don’t get the federal spending under control (like slashed 50% overnight), those issues won’t matter as we descend into utter chaos.


16 posted on 05/04/2016 9:54:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Shakespearean? Did Cruz use the words “hark”, “hear-ye”, “knave”, or “forsooth”?


17 posted on 05/04/2016 9:55:40 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: pgkdan

The missing factor was not being as gracious toward Trump as Trump was to him. But he did the right thing for the nation and deserves credit for that. Hopefully he supports a defeat of Hillary and works hard for the People in the senate for his remaining years there.


18 posted on 05/04/2016 9:57:34 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: Flick Lives

He might as well have, it was that kind of speech.


19 posted on 05/04/2016 9:57:48 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Flick Lives

Or did he say “Cor blimey!”?


20 posted on 05/04/2016 9:58:26 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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