Posted on 09/20/2018 12:20:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Two politicians not known for brevity will face off at 6 p.m on statewide television.
When Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, Beto O’Rourke, face off in their first debate Friday, watch as two long-winded politicians struggle for brevity. This past weekend, a reporter asked Cruz a simple question about Hurricane Harvey. His answer lasted 3 minutes, 57 seconds—which is forever on television. O’Rourke recently used 3 minutes, 38 seconds to give his defense of National Football League players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence against blacks. The abridged version of the candidates of verbosity will be the time limits set by the debate moderators. Expect the overtime buzzer to be sounding.
Cruz will have a bit of an advantage, because CNN hosted him in a series of debates with independent Bernie Sanders in 2017. And watch as Cruz tries to stamp O’Rourke as a Sanders-style liberal out of touch with mainstream Texans. A preview of what that might look like:
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Although some of his issues are similar to Sanders’s—such as a desire for universal health care—O’Rourke has tried to run above partisanship and attacks on Cruz, making the case that the election is about values, all the while firing up his Democratic base by opposing issues pushed by President Trump. O’Rourke has said he would vote to impeach Trump if it came up in the House while he is serving, but he has reserved judgment on what he would do if the case came to him in the Senate....
(Excerpt) Read more at texasmonthly.com ...
“Cruz will have a bit of an advantage, because CNN hosted him in a series of debates with independent Bernie Sanders in 2017.”
Cruz demolished the field in his senate primary debates.
How many minutes long was Beta’s answer to a black man’s question about illegal immigration (in short O’Dork said that illegal immigrants pick the cotton that slaves used to).
Cruz will slice and dice Beto.
Beto ascending.
Nobody can beat Cruz in a debate. 1st round KO here.
Cruz is a killer debater. Common sense and logic always wins the day.
Cruz will kick Beto’s butt!
I’ll pass. Already know my vote will be against Beto.
Beto: The white Hispanic Obama.
Very few people will be watching this debate. They will be getting ready to go to their nearby high school football game.
Don’t they have machines to pick the cotton now?
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Crush him now before he Frankensteins.
Look for Cruz mopping the floor with the Irish kid...
O'Rourke is right. It is about values and Cruz had better make sure that Texans understand CLEARLY that Buto has NO Texas (or even American) values.
It's time to quit pussyfooting around about the Socialist's agenda. We need to make sure all Americans KNOW what kind of a world they are going to be existing in....should the Dems win....instead of letting the stupid people believe it just means they get free stuff.
Won’t everyone be watching Trump’s rally in Springfield, Missouri, at the same time?
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