Senator Ted Cruz, Completely eligible for POTUS!
Let's CRUZ!
Posted on 09/02/2013 8:48:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was met with enthusiastic cheers from an "adoring" audience during his address at a conservative summit on Saturday, the friendliest of any of the potential 2016 presidential hopefuls to speak at the Defending the Dream summit.
The event, hosted by Americans for Prosperity, drew a handful of other conservative stars and would-be presidential contenders: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R ) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R ) all spoke.
But according to The Washington Post, none received so warm a welcome as Cruz. He was met with chants of "Run, Ted, run!" after giving a speech focused largely on the imperative of defunding ObamaCare, a cause which he and a handful of other conservatives in the Senate have championed in recent weeks.
Cruz slammed fellow Republicans who have criticized the push as potentially politically harmful and pledged not to back down from a threat to shut down the government if the law is not defunded.
“Right now, the people who are fighting the hardest against our effort to defund Obamacare are sadly Republican,” he said. “Over and over again, they say, ‘We can’t win this fight.’ Well, you know — you lose 100 percent of the fights that you surrender at the outset.”
Cruz has fast emerged as a darling of the conservative movement, taking a place somewhat lost by Rubio after the Florida senator took the lead on immigration reform, drawing him criticism from conservatives and leading to a drop in many national polls of the 2016 GOP presidential landscape.
Indeed, Rubio's reception at the same summit on Friday was decidedly less enthusiastic. Though he received cheers for parts of his speech, he was also heckled over immigration reform with shouts of "No amnesty!" from the crowd.
In contrast, Cruz took the stage to a sustained standing ovation and exited to calls for him to run for president.
the reason I ask is that it would be suggested to work on the state level in your own state ... before “going National” with your movement.
See, right now the birther-biz is 0 for 50. Which is batting average of .000. That is why it is unwelcome on the larger stage.
Z O T...and good riddance! The guy was getting on my last nerve! :)
He’s dead, Johnny.
I guess you misunderstood, I’m not a birther at all. Cruz is great, if he runs, he’s eligible.
/johnny
Go ahead, make the promise Johnny, you're so principled and all that, so go ahead. Since you seem to be a coward I guess you won't.
If I'm wrong, I'll leave, if I'm right, you're shown to be an unprincipled slanderous liar (or a geriatric with no memory), and you should leave by your own so called principles.
Put up with that promise or shut up.
I don't have the power of the zot. Obviously.
You made the assertion. It's up to you to prove it.
/johnny
If I'm wrong, I'll leave, if I'm right, you're shown to be an unprincipled slanderous liar (or a geriatric with no memory), and you should leave by your own so called principles.
Put up with that promise or shut up.
Plonk.
Good riddance to bad rubbish! I was REALLY tired of his rants!
Yeah, sorry. I saw your “I’m aware of the zot” post a little farther down on the page.
Stubborn, pedantic, “my way or the highway” [unladylike word]s deserve every zot they get.
And may the remaining residue of birther slime meet a similar fate. The sooner the better. Aint nobody got time for that.
Well, well, well. Can't say that I'm surprised at that zot. That one was the type who loved to argue for argument's sake. Contrary as all get out.
Ted Cruz makes me proud to be an American. That is rare these days. I would support him 100% should he decide to run. There is no one even mentioned that would be a better choice. Run Ted Run!
From your keyboard to God’s Ears. [smiles]
God has a screen now. He keeps up with the modern technology ya know :-)
Hey, Windy. Nice to see you, Sir.
Yes, the tactic of repeating one’s argument over and over while ignoring all facts to the contrary is very Alinsky.
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