Posted on 01/22/2016 1:38:03 PM PST by justlittleoleme
Senator Ted Cruz was in Iowa for the Ronald Reagan Dinner and delivered a slam dunk speech. I was going to highlight a point or two, but the whole speech is so spot-on I'll just give you the video and the entire transcript. (Note, it's a rush transcript so there may be an error or two.)
--- Cruz:
We need to unify and let me tell you, growth and freedom are principles and ideals that should unify the entire Republican caucus. They are principles and ideals, that unify the evangelical community. With the liberty movement. With the business community. Growth and freedom are principles that bring together Main Street, and the Tea Party. If you look at the last four elections, three of the four were disastrous for Republicans. We got clobbered. In all three of those, the prevailing wisdom in Washington -- if you took everything -- every Washington strategist and dump them in the ocean, you would call it a good start.
The Washington strategist said keep your head down, don't rock the boat, the economy is not going great for President Obama so keep your head down and we will win. Shock of all shocks, we got our butts cleaned. There was one election that was different in 2010. It was a positive, optimistic campaign. It was a grassroots campaign saying we stand for growth and freedom. We stand on ambiguously -- unambiguously against Obamacare. In 2010, Republicans won a tidal wave victory, taking control of the House, taking up seats in the Senate. What did all the strategists say in 2014? Let's go back to the model of 2006, 2008, 2012.
Just keep your head down and we will win races. That is not how you win races. By the way it is driven I the old -- by an old Nixonian adage -- What complete poppycock. That is based on the oh so clever idea that if your opponent is here, that you want to be just to the right so you could capture every marginal voter. The problem is if you do that, you destroy every single reason anyone has to come up and vote.
The model I turn to over and over again is the model of Ronald Reagan. Does anyone remember in 1980 Ronald Reagan if he ever stood and said, "I am almost exactly like Jimmy Carter? Except a little more conservative." No. Ronald Reagan stood up with a smile and drew a line and he said President Carter and I have a different visions of this country and our future. If you believe in freedom, in standing on your own feet, if you believe if government is not the solution, government is the problem, and stand with me and that is how we saw an epic transformation.
What would you like with your crow?
But Ted isn’t wealthy, so he’s beholden to everyone. And his wife worked at a bank, so he’s corrupt. And he didn’t submit the right paperwork, so he’s devious. And he gave away teddy bears and soccer balls, so he is pro-amnesty. And his Dad loves quoting from Genesis, so he’s creepy. And he was born in Canada, so he’s an illegal alien. And he talks funny and looks like Grandpa Munster. So there’s that.
Ted isn’t the man this time around. Indeed, we don’t need a mere man at all this time. We need a messiah, a rich legend, an opportunistic showman.
We need someone to destroy it all, to bring about anarchy, and then to rise as king.
Trump is that person. Long live messiah Trump.
Yes! It is so liberating! Now I don’t have to worry if Trump is going to peak at 47%! I know that Ted Cruz will be able to pull this off and save the Republic from being made great again!
Yeah Donald just called me and said reply to that Cruzer on FreeRepublic. Cruz supporters have no shame.
Because it is true. It has been said many times. There is NO reason to believe or trust the donnie, he says I am the greatest, bashes everyone who disagrees with him.
You don’t care about anything he has ever done or said. Yet you trust everything he says and belittle everyone he bashes.
That is blind trust with NO foundation in reality. He is progressive and acts like on complete with the best Alinsky tactics I have ever seen, better than bambi.
Ok I am wiping the coffee off my monitor. Got me god on that one. (Face Palm)
Please, watch with the “god” stuff! I’m trying to be incognito here. ;-)
I see your tagline has changed for the better. Last week it was vile.
I don’t care who you are.. that was funny.
Who is Ronald Regan. I’ve heard of a Ronald Reagan, the greatest president of all time, but not a Ronald Regan.
LOL ;)
caca wiping screen again (double face palm)
Donald Regan?
I anticipated he would be stepping down from the competition, guess I read him wrong.
Sorry, you caught me! I was trying to be funny, and I typed so fast I misspelled a word. But on second thought, Ted Cruz isn’t even a Ronald Regan! ;-)
Well.... Ted Cruz could be a Donald Regan. That is something to think about. ;-)
Doesn't he live in a van down by the river?
you guys are so funny!!!
Regan Resigns; Ex-Sen. Baker Selected as New Chief of Staff : Reagan Acts Swiftly After Tower Report
February 28, 1987|JAMES GERSTENZANG | Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, reacting swiftly to the Tower Commission’s indictment of his conduct of his Iran- contra policy, accepted the resignation Friday of White House Chief of Staff Donald T. Regan and replaced him with former Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr.
Baker, 61, the former Republican senator from Tennessee whose genial style contrasts sharply with the imperious Regan, abandoned his own potential 1988 presidential campaign to take over a White House staff that has been rocked by scandal.
“The President asked me to accept the most sensitive position in his personal entourage and to be his chief of staff, to organize the White House on his behalf,” Baker said. “I didn’t see how I could turn that down.”
(yes, I know that it's not just Cruz supporters.)
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