Posted on 11/29/2015 9:48:44 AM PST by Isara
The confidence to engage rather than avoid.
This video has been around since July. I had heard about it, but never watched it. I’m not sure how, but I stumbled upon it last night.
In the video, Ted Cruz’s rally opposing the Iran nuclear deal was interrupted by Medea Benjamin and other Code Pink protesters.
Cruz could have reacted many ways. He could have shouted down the people shouting him down. He could have insulted them. He could have had security push them away.
But instead, he engaged. That’s what was important to me. The confidence to engage rather than avoid. Standing face to face with hostile protesters was very Andrew Breitbart-like.
When you watch this video, forget who won the argument, but focus on Cruz’s willingness to debate the leader of Code Pink, someone used to grabbing the spotlight. Cruz reduced Benjamin to a sideshow rather than center stage. It’s almost as if she was not there.
For me, watching it was a Ted Cruz moment.
Ted Cruz Takes Down Code Pink Hecklers on Iran (Video)
Upsteam I said Obama will go down in history liken Caligula
A petulant manchild
Now, while we are on the topic at the risk of being zotted I back Cruz, not because Trump aint capable but because I do not trust Trump.
Trump is for Trump
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I have been for Ted Cruz right from the beginning.
Sometimes “engaging” an opponent is futile; it just puts you on the defensive. You cannot engage dedicated communists — they need to be slapped down. When engagement does not work, is Cruz tough enough to do the slap-down? Trump seems to be up to this task.
Determination and force in and of themselves are not everything a real leader needs. Some might have handled that situation a great deal less intelligently and with far less maturity
He handled the situation like a Real Leader!
GO TED!!
Thank you
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Trump has a terrible record on free market issues. The only bright spot is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, but this glimmer is countermanded by his repeated support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, and increased stimulus spending. Of particular concern is Trump's belief that the government can use eminent domain powers to seize private property in the name of private economic development. This comes as no surprise, given his support for using eminent domain to profit his own company.
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This was the best 24 minute view I have seen in weeks.
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Yes Cruz is exactly who we need to restore respectability to this badly bruised office.
No more childish bombast, nor arrogance.
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Ted owns them
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These times call for Ted Cruz!
( and for less of your ignorant hearsay trolling)
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Just watched the whole video. I am more confident that Cruz IS the man for the job. God bless him, even as He uses Trump.
Amen?
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>> “At the end of the day Cruz voted to give Obama easy approval of the Iran and TPP deals.” <<
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Keep on living by the lie!
Cruz voted successfully to keep the Iran sellout from being a legitimate ‘deal.’
The Iran sellout remains unlawful, and unconstitutional, and revocable by the stroke of his pen on January 20, 2017.
Who sent you here?
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Corker Bill:
Ted Cruz's Record of defending U.S. Sovereignty:
TPA:
Please watch this video. Ted Cruz described the situation around the votes for TPA and Corker's bills.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eE6HLbaAL0A
Immigration:
Ted Cruz: 'When It Comes to Immigration: Legal, Good; Illegal, Bad'
I, and many people, are grateful that Ted Cruz led the fight to defeat the 'Gang of 8' amnesty bill. Otherwise, they would have approved amnesty already.
Remember this fight in 2013?
Ted Cruz Crushes Amnesty Proponents: Compares 'Gang of 8' Bill to 'Obamacare' (Video)
Ted Cruz Exposes the Amnesty Bill... $5000 Penalty for Hiring Citizens Over Legalized Aliens (Video)
Trump supporters are sensing the implosion. His perceived mocking of the reporter is not helping him.
Wrong! Cruz and everyone else, except my Senator, Tom Cotton, voted for the Corker Bill.
That and his support for tpp is enough for me. Another Professional politician I will never vote for.
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Being a pig groomer, you seek to protect the pig.
Cruz prevented the pig from being presented as a Palomino.
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