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THE AMERICAN THINKER OBSERVES:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/08/ted_cruz_shows_presidential_qualities_while_grilling_pork_and_lesbian_activist.html

Ellen Page claimed that a florist who refused to serve a homosexual wedding was bigoted, but Cruz turned her attention to the Middle East, and asked her why liberals were “completely silent” about the execution of gays, and why Obama is turning over 100 billion dollars to Iran when they are hanging homosexuals. When Page claimed that Christians in Jamaica were discriminating against homosexuals, Cruz turned to her and essentially said, “Are you really equating a florist refusing to work a gay wedding with the execution of homosexuals by ISIS?” He added that it was not morally equivalent, and that “murder is murder is murder.”

When Cruz was later asked about his conversation about “discrimination,” Cruz corrected the questioner, saying the conversation was about religious liberty. He said that just as a Muslim imam could not be forced to marry a Christian couple in a Christian ceremony, Christian florists or bakers should not be required to participate in homosexual weddings that are against their religious beliefs.

This was a stunning performance, even more so considering that it was a surprise attack. Cruz was calm and cool and collected. He quickly turned the attack back on the attacker, making her look like a hypocrite for not caring about homosexuals executed in the Middle East. He turned a discussion about “discrimination” into one of religious liberty.

This is the kind of candidate we need: someone who is not just a conservative, but an articulate conservative, who can turn the tables on attackers and challenge assumptions of questions.

The great think about Cruz is he is not dismissive, unlike Trump, he does not disparage the other person with demeaning words like “stupid”. He delves into the argument head-on with logic and shows how really “stupid” the other person’s argument is.