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What to Look For in Friday’s First Debate Between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke
Texas Monthly ^ | September 20, 2018 | R.G. Ratcliffe

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 ...


TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Issues; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; beto; betoorourke; cruz; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2018; election2020; farleft; impeachment; masterbeto; mediawingofthednc; orourke; partisanmediashills; pinto; presstitutes; smearmachine; socialist; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 09/20/2018 12:20:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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“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.


2 posted on 09/20/2018 12:23:17 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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).


3 posted on 09/20/2018 12:23:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Are they holding the debate at one of these?


4 posted on 09/20/2018 12:24:04 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz will slice and dice Beto.


5 posted on 09/20/2018 12:24:35 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Beto ascending.


6 posted on 09/20/2018 12:25:34 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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Nobody can beat Cruz in a debate. 1st round KO here.


7 posted on 09/20/2018 12:25:58 PM PDT by vespa300
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Cruz is a killer debater. Common sense and logic always wins the day.


8 posted on 09/20/2018 12:26:08 PM PDT by albie
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz will kick Beto’s butt!


9 posted on 09/20/2018 12:26:22 PM PDT by Halls (I'm from Texas, Grace Addict, and Pro Woman, pro child, pro life!)
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10 posted on 09/20/2018 12:27:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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I’ll pass. Already know my vote will be against Beto.


11 posted on 09/20/2018 12:28:17 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Ted Grant

Beto: The white Hispanic Obama.


12 posted on 09/20/2018 12:28:57 PM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: Halls

Very few people will be watching this debate. They will be getting ready to go to their nearby high school football game.


13 posted on 09/20/2018 12:29:56 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: a fool in paradise

Don’t they have machines to pick the cotton now?


14 posted on 09/20/2018 12:30:32 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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15 posted on 09/20/2018 12:30:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: nutmeg

bookmark


16 posted on 09/20/2018 12:31:14 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Texas resident

Crush him now before he Frankensteins.


17 posted on 09/20/2018 12:37:17 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Look for Cruz mopping the floor with the Irish kid...


18 posted on 09/20/2018 12:39:04 PM PDT by karnage
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O’Rourke has tried to run above partisanship and attacks on Cruz, making the case that the election is about values

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.

19 posted on 09/20/2018 12:39:16 PM PDT by TXSearcher (Interesting times we live in...........)
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Won’t everyone be watching Trump’s rally in Springfield, Missouri, at the same time?


20 posted on 09/20/2018 12:39:22 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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