Posted on 10/29/2013 9:05:40 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican whose father compared President Barack Obama to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, says the president has "absolutely been abusing his power."
In an interview with Fusion, a new network formed in a joint venture between ABC News and Univision, Cruz said he was "very concerned about . . . the explosion of power in the federal government."
"We've got the NSA seizing our cellphone records, our emails, and we have seen this president expand presidential power in a way that is contrary to the Constitution," Cruz said.
Host Jorge Ramos recounted the comparison Cruz’s father, Rafael — who emigrated from Cuba during the revolution — made between Obama and Castro. Then he asked Cruz whether he agreed, and whether he thought Obama was a dictator.
"Look, obviously there are enormous differences between President Obama and Fidel Castro," Cruz responded.
"But his point was, he was focusing on a statement President Obama made at the State of the Union where he said if Congress doesn't act to enact his agenda that he will do it anyway on his own," Cruz said.
"I think he has absolutely been abusing his power, and when you have a president who says, regardless of whether Congress acts, I'm going to force my agenda on the American people, that's wrong, that's not consistent with our constitutional protections."
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“If conservatives would have voted for Romney, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Insurance costs would be going down, gas prices would be going down, entitlements would be going down, taxes would be going down, spying would be down and there would be no amnesty coming.”
Oh, and we’d all be getting a pony too!
Go Cruz!!! wow and he is saying this to a spanish language station. Viva Cruz!!1
You are correct.
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Oh, and we’d all be getting a pony too!
Are you saying Romney would have been as bad as Obama? If so, show me how and where.
Cruz can’t wimp out. He needs to come out and call Obama a Communist/Muslim sympathizer, etc. and explain it to the dumb asses.
Re-read my post including the quoted text and the point should be quite clear.
It’s quite clear you are being selective.
You haven’t answered my question: Would Romney be as bad as Obama? If so, give me examples.
Please read more or just don’t vote!
I care....and I do!
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So by your estimation, it is the conservatives’ fault that Obama has abused his power.
Why doesn’t Cruz take this before the Supreme Court?
By my estimation, it is the conservatives’ fault that Obama has power.
So the fact that many conservatives did exactly what they told the GOP they would do makes them part of the political enemy’s camp?
Please define the phrases “minimum standards” and “core beliefs”.
Whether Romney would be as bad as Obama has nothing to do with my comment.
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Romney would have only slowed down the train wreck.
It looks like I’ll never get an answer from you. You must hate Romney as much as Obama.
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