[Tax-chick]

In one telling moment in Washington, N.H., a young mother of four challenged Cruz about whether he would provide paid family leave.

This is a "telling moment," because it reminds us that many voters view the President as National Daddy, rather than as one figure in a system designed to allow individuals, families, and communities to help themselves. I first noticed this when Bill Clinton was elected: a front-page newpaper comment from an older, minority woman said, "I'm so happy! I know he'll take care of me!"

I wonder if the young mother has a husband, if her four children have a father in the home.

[RC one]

I was going to say because he’s a natural born Canadian citizen, not a natural born American citizen.

[RightGuy]

Objectively viewing Ted’s public speaking, there are some things viscerally disconcerting about his persona and delivery:

1. He constantly looks facially pained, as if he just ate a lemon. While it is his ‘earnest and concerned’ look, it is practiced and very distracting.

2. His voice is annoyingly tight, in the manner of Bush 41, speaking from the back of his throat. It is not at all sonorous or pleasing to the ear.

3. His arm movements are stiff and robotic, which is off-putting and odd.

This will not appeal to the general public; no normal person speaks or acts like that.

He has low EQ. Time for a makeover.

[cripplecreek]

I have no use for anger as a policy which is why I like Cruz and it was one of the hallmarks of Reaganism. Anger is certainly warranted but it should never be a sole driving force. Besides, fist pounders tend toward progressivism both left and right.

None of our best presidents have ever been fist pounders despite occasional flashes of emotion. Better a flash of emotion than a standard baseline of it.

[ETL]

“Donald Trump says Ted Cruz is a “nasty guy.””

That’s like Obama saying President Reagan was a communist.

[ETL]

"Donald Trump says Ted Cruz is a "nasty guy.""

Meanwhile...

TRUMP: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'

Business Insider ^ | December 17, 2015 | By Maxwell Tani

Republican US presidential front-runner Donald Trump is apparently "honored" that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the real-estate magnate a "flamboyant" and "very talented" man.

"It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," Trump said in a statement, according to Politico.

He continued: "I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect."

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...

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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."
--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015

[TexasCajun]

I read where Ted thinks Glenn Beck will help him as they campaign together Saturday in Iowa.

Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump.

I'm feeling nauseous.

[libbylu]

Ted has character and true conservative principles. DT has neither.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Instead, I was struck by the still-undecided voters I met who had rejected Trump, using words like “antics” and “volatile” to describe him -—

He who lives by the antics dies by the antics.

Meanwhile, I’m hoping that Carson drops out soon.

[DoughtyOne]

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