Staffer Told Ted Cruz He Thought a Reporter Was Nice. The GOP Candidate Responded With Harsh Advice

The Blaze ^ | Jul. 2, 2015 6:15pm | Erica Ritz

[SoConPubbie]

After a young staffer told Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz how “nice” a member of the media is, Cruz said he actually stopped the young man with a harsh reminder about the intentions of most reporters.

“I actually stopped him and I said, ‘You know what? No, she’s not [nice]. She wants to destroy you. Nothing would make her happier than to take your life and filet you on the front pages. And don’t think for a minute that because she smiles and is friendly to you, that it’s anything else,’” Cruz said, sharing the story on The Glenn Beck Program.

“Isn’t that pretty cynical?” Beck asked with a laugh. “I mean, I agree with you 100 percent, but it’s a little cynical!”

Cruz responded that the mainstream media is full partisans who have “picked a team,” and “when the sheep are walking among coyotes, it pays to be cynical.”

“You see Republicans when they’re interviewed by left-wing reporters, and they get afraid,” Cruz said. “They want them to like them. They are not going to like us! They hate us.”

Cruz said he finds it amusing that, even though his father was imprisoned in Cuba for supporting Castro, sometimes the mainstream media tries to say other candidates are “more Hispanic” than he is, “because there’s nothing that makes you Hispanic like embracing the left-wing amnesty agenda.”

“And look, that’s fine, the media is who they are,” Cruz concluded. “What we need to do when we deal with the media is speak the truth, but do it with a smile. Margaret Thatcher said, ‘First you win the argument, then you win the vote.’ The last several elections, we haven’t won the argument. We haven’t even made the argument.”

[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

[SoConPubbie]

    Ted Cruz Ping!

    If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
    Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

    CRUZ or LOSE!

[hosepipe]

The last several elections, we haven’t won the argument. We haven’t even made the argument.”
-Ted Cruz... --------------------------------------------------------

That MUST STOP...

[Moonman62]

sometimes the mainstream media tries to say other candidates are “more Hispanic” than he is, “because there’s nothing that makes you Hispanic like embracing the left-wing amnesty agenda.”

...

I think Ted Cruz its great, but it’s actually the Big Government and Big Business amnesty agenda.

[SoConPubbie]

This, THIS was an AWESOME interview.

Where is that Ted Cruz, MAN-OF-STEEL Image when you need it?

[sgtyork]

He gets it. They are the enemy.

[Moonman62]

Margaret Thatcher said, ‘First you win the argument, then you win the vote.’ The last several elections, we haven’t won the argument. We haven’t even made the argument.”

...

Exactly right, and that’s probably because the GOP Establishment wants what the Democrats want.

[ConorMacNessa]

A man who sees things as they are and says exactly what he means. I could vote for this man without reservation - something I have not done - at least, in a Presidential Election - in many a year.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[SoConPubbie]

I think Ted Cruz its great, but it’s actually the Big Government and Big Business amnesty agenda.

Don't you think he knows that?

Chamber President to Ted Cruz: 'Sit Down and Shut Up'

[Moonman62]

This, THIS was an AWESOME interview.

...

I saw some of him with Couric and some CNN ditz. He completely controlled both of them. How long has it been since we’ve seen that?

[Gene Eric]

Yuppers... The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.

[Hostage]

Now it’s clear why Ted shreds all the leftist media who interview him. He gets on the offensive with a smile and doesn’t let up because he knows what their goal is which is to destroy him.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Realistic is not cynical.

[tumblindice]

The left are pheasant.
Trump is the beater, we’re the blockers.
Ted Cruz is the shooter.

[editor-surveyor]

.
Its the “Chamber of Commerce” amnesty agenda.
.

[bramps]

The last several elections, we haven’t won the argument. We haven’t even made the argument.”
-Ted Cruz..
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

It was just worth repeating.

[21twelve]

I am sure that Cruz with his sheep and coyote reference was with Matthew 10:16 in mind:

“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

[editor-surveyor]

.
Its the “Ad Council” amnesty agenda.
.

[SoConPubbie]

I am sure that Cruz with his sheep and coyote reference was with Matthew 10:16 in mind:

Yup!

I thought that as well.

[editor-surveyor]

.
Its the “League of Woman Voters” amnesty agenda.
.