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Cruz Tears into Moderators, Lights Up in Third Debate
Texas Tribune ^ | Oct. 28, 2015 | Patrick Svitek

Posted on 10/28/2015 9:35:45 PM PDT by Isara

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To: CatherineofAragon

That’s right it is an unknown.


81 posted on 10/29/2015 7:38:15 AM PDT by JayAr36 (How much more corruption will we willing to take from the Washington???????)
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To: Yaelle

-— ? She said she was really interested in Cruz for the first time. She said that up until now she had written him off as a religious guy, but now she sees he can talk economics and she is giving him serious thought -—

That’s what I’ve been telling my wife, “people only know the guy who flies around on a broomstick. Wait until people hear him.”

“How can people not know about him?”

“All they know is what they’ve heard through the media.”

I think the polls are going to get quite a shake-up after this. Rubio will rise too.

The media blackout could only hold for so long. I guess they figured it was their only hope.


82 posted on 10/29/2015 7:59:24 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Peter ODonnell

-— In the debate, Cruz said, “I may not be the guy you most want to have a beer with, but I am the guy who will get you home safely.”

Adult supervision. -—

I want to get other people’s reaction to that. I wanted to like it, but it came across to me as, “I’m not exciting but I have my good points.” I don’t think he’s boring, it’s just that he hasn’t had an opportunity to show his playful side. I’ve seen him laugh and it’s infectious. And I love the cigar-chomping college photo. I bet he’s a lot like that in private.


83 posted on 10/29/2015 8:09:58 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: mkjessup

-— In the name of God, WHY? -—

Pro forma. But it probably ticked them off even more.


84 posted on 10/29/2015 8:11:20 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Cruz will — but Rand is so desperate for attention that he won’t let anyone else participate.


85 posted on 10/29/2015 10:06:31 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: JediJones
And there is no reason a tax system should reward savers over spenders.

Nonsense. People shouldn't be taxed for the mere fact of earning a living. Income taxation is a Progressive abomination, with countless features which are destructive of Liberty.

A man's labor is his property.

With consumption taxes, those who consume the most pay the most tax, which is inherently more fair than preemptively seizing the fruits of a man's labor as the property of the state. Income taxation is proportional slavery.

So you can just keep on cheering your Collectivist taxation racket, which is a central tenet of the Communism, along with inheritance taxes, fractional reserve banking, and all other such "modern necessities" needed to support deficit spending and socialism.

The Founders knew the score on taxation.

Income taxation is anathema to American Freedom.

86 posted on 10/29/2015 10:56:26 AM PDT by sargon
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To: kelly4c

It’s a bit odd, especially reflecting that Reagan probably talked openly about God and prayer than Cruz ever has. I don’t think Cruz is any more focused on religious-based issues than Reagan was. But the left is succeeding in making each younger generation less religious than the last one, so it’s no surprise the anti-religion statement at the Luntz panel came from the youngest audience member.


87 posted on 10/29/2015 2:52:29 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Dave W

He does, but he stopped for at least a year after Obama was reelected on account of being demoralized. So this tells me that Cruz really hasn’t grabbed enough headlines since the Obamacare filibuster. Anyone who wasn’t paying attention then might not really know he is other than a Senator from Texas.


88 posted on 10/29/2015 2:54:27 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: sargon

Tithing is a central tenet from the bible, not communism. A flat income tax is identical to tithing.

I want taxes to be low and only fund necessary endeavors like the military, the courts and border security. The question is how should they be collected and from whom? There is simply no justification for why a person who earns $50,000 but only spends $10,000 should pay less tax to fund the military than a guy who earns the same but spends it all.

I can’t see Jesus walking around telling people if they save all of their money, they don’t have to pay their tithes to the church, but if they spend it all than they have to pay up. Telling people that if they don’t spend any money, they get a free ride on funding the military simply makes no sense whatsoever.


89 posted on 10/29/2015 3:05:00 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Thats a fact that seems to get lost with the Trump supporters.
From their rhetoric you would think Donald Trump invented the smackdown of the media.


90 posted on 10/30/2015 12:56:38 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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