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Why Cruz Decided To Take On Trump
politico.com ^ | January 13

Posted on 01/13/2016 11:39:17 PM PST by Helicondelta

For months, Ted Cruz has laughed off Donald Trump's barbs, berated reporters who mentioned him and gone to near-comic lengths to publicly express enthusiasm for the real estate mogul's rival candidacy.

Cruz isn't laughing anymore.

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1 posted on 01/13/2016 11:39:17 PM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

He is just counter-punching!


2 posted on 01/13/2016 11:47:43 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Helicondelta

The beauty of all of this is that the majority of Cruz’s attacks are utterly ineffective. The “he’s getting the birther thing from Hillary!’ only benefits Trump’s point: “The Democrats will sue you!” The “values” attack and his holier than thou air, even throwing around “God bless yous” after pontificating about the eeevils of New York, is off putting. Is there a point where Cruz’s Evangelical pandering will turn off Evangelicals? I don’t know.

Then there are Cruz’s backers who, obviously, have all received marching orders lately to spam the interwebs with their hate. Erick Erickson, Mark Levin et al all come off as whiny, hysterical pricks. Their attacks have a better chance to raise Trump’s numbers and nuke themselves among all that audience.


3 posted on 01/13/2016 11:51:34 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: DaveyB

Which will just get him flat on his back in a knockout, after Trump hits back!


4 posted on 01/13/2016 11:51:44 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Helicondelta

He shouldn’t have poked the bear.

Bad move.


5 posted on 01/13/2016 11:53:34 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
The NEW YORK VALUES "hit" was STUPID and VERY OFFENSIVE to New York conservatives and others in N.Y. who are now Trump supporters! And New Yorkers now live in many other states, so it won't help Cruz any with them either!

And Ted imagines that he'll somehow get Trump supporters, should Trump implode ( which is NOT going to happen! ) after saying this? ROTFLMSOPIMP

6 posted on 01/13/2016 11:56:09 PM PST by nopardons
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To: dragnet2

Trump wouldn’t get what Cruz is doing anymore than most of Trumps supporters......nothing to do with poking the bear......

This is going to be fun to watch. Trump hasn’t a clue what’s coming.


7 posted on 01/13/2016 11:58:09 PM PST by caww
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To: caww
This is going to be fun to watch

You bet, I'm really enjoying watching all the right enemies becoming unhinged.

But keep telling yourself Trump has no clue. Very slick strategy.

Btw, are you not the one who compared Trump to Hitler in a post which the moderators had to remove?

Looking sharp caww.

8 posted on 01/14/2016 12:04:33 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Helicondelta

Well seriously, first he’s criticized for being too nice, now he’s criticized for fighting back. It is probably the birther issue, nonsense that it is, it does appeal to the ill-informed, and Trump has to know this. Funny thing is, all I have to do to get one of these ill-informed folks in my circle of friends to reconsider Cruz is tell them about Kelo. Trump is so bad for America it isn’t funny, but here on FR, where we’re supposed to know better, it is heresy to say so. A truly upside-down world in which we live.

Peace,

SR


9 posted on 01/14/2016 12:04:43 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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Robertson now Officially a "Commander" Caucusing for Cruz!...! Video is coming out now....


10 posted on 01/14/2016 12:04:52 AM PST by caww
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To: caww
This is going to be fun to watch. Trump hasn’t a clue what’s coming.

I've always marvelled at the faith of Cruz supporters (most of whom have histories of being consistently wrong and delusional, such as yourself and your early "Russia isn't invading Ukraine!" and "Ukrainians are Nazis!" stuff), as there is nothing that actually supports the idea that Ted Cruz is some kind of mega punch out artists. If the attacks we have seen are all Cruz has going for him, his numbers are going to keep plummeting.

11 posted on 01/14/2016 12:07:56 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Helicondelta

Ted Cruz was born AFTER the Apollo moon landing. Those of you that watched the Apollo moon landing in July 1969, Ted Cruz wasn’t born for another 1 1/2 years. Do we really need a inexperienced kid in the White House?


12 posted on 01/14/2016 12:09:20 AM PST by r_barton
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Do we really need another vain, braggart, narcissistic, amateur, this one who has never been elected to anything in the White House? No. Send him back to hobnobbing with his cronies Bill and Hillary.


13 posted on 01/14/2016 12:17:50 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: dragnet2

You probably think everyone should just accept the claptrap that comes out of Trumps mouth, even when he’s been willing to do many 180 degree shifts and won’t say more than a couple of general things about what he’s going to do.


14 posted on 01/14/2016 12:19:03 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Oh look! another endorsement....

"ADAM LAXALT Nevada Attorney General says he's endorsing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, will Caucus for Cruz......


15 posted on 01/14/2016 12:21:09 AM PST by caww
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To: Springfield Reformer

The birther issue isn’t going away. Cruz is not eligible and that is according to the constitution. Read it, try to understand it, and your apology will be accepted.


16 posted on 01/14/2016 12:24:30 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: r_barton

Good point. The answer is absolutely not. He’s not eligible anyway.


17 posted on 01/14/2016 12:26:20 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Helicondelta

DT is extremely low info. This should be a piece of cake.
Glad to read Ted’s super PACs are armed and ready. They must be itching to go.


18 posted on 01/14/2016 12:28:52 AM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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To: elhombrelibre
It's Official! Phil Robertson Wants THIS Candidate in the WHITE HOUSE!... Cruz has won the endorsement of one of conservative America's best-loved reality stars – Duck Commander Phil Robertson.

Cruz reportedly had dinner with the Robertson family on Sunday and joined Robertson duck hunting on Monday.

The Commander stated...."My qualifications for president of the United States are rather narrow:... Is he or she godly, does he or she love us,... can he or she do the job,... and finally, would they kill a duck and put him in a pot and make him a good duck gumbo?..".... he said in a video posted Wednesday.

"I've looked at the candidates. Ted Cruz is my man. He fits the bill," Robertson said. "He's godly, he loves us, he's the man for the job and he will go duck hunting ... because today we're going."

"Ted Cruz is my man, I'm voting for him."


19 posted on 01/14/2016 12:29:08 AM PST by caww
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To: elhombrelibre

Do we really need another vain, braggart, narcissistic, amateur, this one who has never been elected to anything in the White House? No. Send him back to hobnobbing with his cronies Bill and Hillary.
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“Never been elected to anything” is the greatest news of all.
Saving our country is not going to be done by electing a typical political fraud. Cruz is not eligible anyway. He knows it, but thought he could sneak through like Obama did.


20 posted on 01/14/2016 12:30:25 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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