Is Ted Cruz Exempt from the Giffords Standard?

National Review ^ | June 22, 2015 11:11 AM | CHARLES C. W. COOKE

[SoConPubbie]

As somebody who doesn

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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[KC_Lion]

Yes! Next Question.

Lets not forget the Tizzy the left worked themselves into with Sarah Palin's district targeting map, (that originally came from Bob Beckel if I am not mistaken)

Pick a Target, Freeze it, personalize it, Polarize it.

The Issue is never the issue, The Issue is the Revolution.

[cripplecreek]

The fact that democrats felt that surveyors marks on a map caused a shooting tells me that democrats are deliberately hoping photos like this cause a shooting.

[TomServo]

bttt!

[Slings and Arrows]

> The Issue is never the issue, The Issue is the Revolution.

You beat me this time. ;^)

[Jane Long]

Right you are, FRiend.

[BenLurkin]

Bingo!

[Thank You Rush]

I don’t think we need to be that understanding. The left never would let something like that go and they know we would so it will continue to happen over and over. I think it’s beyond time we started playing by the same rules. It’s offensive so let’s starting speaking our mind loud and clear about such things.

[al_c]

Of course! He’s right wing, she’s left. Meanwhile …

[SoConPubbie]

Pick a Target, Freeze it, personalize it, Polarize it.

I think that Ted Cruz is going to use their games against them.

He is not going to back down.

[Political Junkie Too]

The so-called "Giffords Standard" was an Obama campaign prop and photo op that lasted only as long as until the next criticism of Obama.

They even sold t-shirts at the Tucson memorial speech.

-PJ

[Smittie]

As a trained photographer and as one who worked as a photojournalist in college, I find this photograph very offensive. I would not use an image like this regardless of who was in the photograph. At best, this is poor training on the photographer’s part. They had to have other photos to choose from, choosing this one just indicates they were trying to pull an inside joke that is way too obvious to everyone.

[txrefugee]

Supposedly, the AP released three versions of this offensive photograph. This was no accident.

[CyberAnt]

You would be correct .. “this was no accident”.

However, as I have already stated .. what this photograph does for me is .. it tells me the candidate I support and will vote for is really the target = his popularity is why they did it to him. The AP thinks this will sour us on this candidate .. and for me it’s doing just the opposite.

THEIR STUPID SCHEME DIDN’T WORK .. AND IT NEVER WILL.

[Smittie]

Can you imagine the outrage there’d be, if it had been any of the Demonrats in the pic instead of Cruz?

[MeshugeMikey]

TED has more guts than the entire democrat party combined, and a clear vision and conscience to go with them!!

The Left having no sense of humor just cant touch Ted....nor our LAMPOONING of the character of their Gurus