Posted on 03/25/2015 7:39:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last June, CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin profiled Ted Cruz for The New Yorker under the headline “The Absolutist.” Now that Cruz has made his 2016 presidential campaign official, Toobin discussed the senator/candidate at length with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross on Wednesday’s show.
Towards the end of their conversation, Toobin discussed what it was like to spend time with Cruz last year for a series of interviews. “Well, first of all, he’s just a very smart guy,” Toobin said, calling the former Supreme Court clerk a “law nerd” at heart. Toobin also called Cruz a “very polished speaker,” noting, “This is someone who is an extremely good political communicator. Now, obviously, you have to be receptive to his message which is extremely conservative.”
Toobin even defended Cruz from those — like Morning Joe’s Donny Deutsch — who have equated Cruz with someone like Sarah Palin.
“One of the things that I find frankly offensive when I hear discussions of Ted Cruz — they say, oh, he’s just Sarah Palin,” Toobin said. “You know, he could not be farther from Sarah Palin. This is someone who has a completely thought-out political philosophy. And you can agree with it or disagree with it, but it holds together.”
But the interview wasn’t all praise for the first official 2016 GOP candidate. At the same time, Toobin pointed out how “unpopular” Cruz has become in his own party, as evidenced just this week by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) suggesting he might jump off a bridge if Cruz becomes the nominee.
Earlier, Toobin criticized Cruz for suggesting the abolition of the IRS. “That strikes me as a false note in what otherwise I think is a fairly comprehensive and comprehensible worldview on the part of Cruz,” he said. “You know, when I wrote about him in The New Yorker, he was not quite in full presidential campaign mode. And if I can speak simply, he wasn’t saying dumb things like abolish the IRS.”
Listen to audio below, via NPR:
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HET MSM ? THE LEFT ? RINORATS GOPe ?
PLEASE HELP US ! WE R’E HEAR IN CONSERVATIVE LAND , SPEEK UP LOUDER WE CAN’T HEAR U !
WE HEAR TED CRUZ JUST FINE AND DANDY WHY THAT YOU !
Cruz can do what few of them can do,which is win the hearts and minds of the electorate and educate them about conservative ideas.
Many typos, sorry, if someone wants to redit, that’s fine to.
Re edited, why thank you.
HEY MSM ! THE LEFT ! RINORATS GOPe ! ??
YOU SEEM TO BE SO CONCERNED !
PLEASE HELP US ! WE R’e STUCK HEAR IN CONSERVATIVE LAND !
WE CAN’T HERE U !
WE CAN HEAR TED CRUZ WITH ONE VOICE JUST FINE AND DANDY WHY THANK YOU !
Folks make your own signs and banners , let’s get this Super Cruz Train rolling into 2016.
Actually I thought that was one of the smartest things he said.
‘Most people would love to abolish the IRS.’
Yes, I would think so.
EGGS - cept - what happens to all those jobs? - spouse was at our income tax guy/preparer just yesterday. We used to do our own taxes until some years ago when it got so stupid.
Abolish the IRS and it would probably dismantle in increments, allowing those to find other employment.
I think I ‘hear’ you all saying ‘just cut it at the quick and be done with it.’
Well I was out with some big libs last night. They’re off Walker for now, and focused on Cruz. Clearly agitated about his candidacy, they brought up- “too inexperienced”, “Top 1%” (wife working for GS), “Canadian born”, and “bashes Obamacare but gladly uses it”. I was clearly outnumbered, and tried to just give them the facts, but these idiots got their marching orders from CNN to destroy him. Considering he’s the only one with the balls who’s been trying to stop Obama, I say they have their work cut out for them.
One could only hope.
While Palin is held in good esteem by many here - and by real, thinking people other places - the comments by Toobin reflect more on the caricature of Palin promulgated by the drive-by media.
Unfortunately, in terms of public consumption, his comments were actually positive to Cruz and not injurious to Palin.
It’s just that many who pay attention know how offensive and inaccurate the caricature of Palin really is.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) suggesting he might jump off a bridge if Cruz becomes the nominee.
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Well, that in itself makes me want to vote for Cruz.
Amen to that , an excellent reason.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) suggesting he might jump off a bridge if Cruz becomes the nominee.
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It's required to make sure that the cronies and bribers get their correct tax breaks.
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