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Cruz challenges Trump's 'make America great again' slogan
Washington Examiner ^ | 2/19/2016 | Ryan Lovelace

Posted on 02/19/2016 6:49:43 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday challenged the premise of Donald Trump's promise to "make America great again," and asked if Trump knows how America ever became great in his closing pitch to South Carolinians.

Speaking in Myrtle Beach, Cruz launched into an extended diatribe about what he perceived as Trump's lackluster position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He followed it up with a list of Cruz's campaign promises and a stinging rebuke of Trump's singular message.

"We will see the economy explode, small businesses grow, young people coming out of school with three, four, five job opportunities. Wages going up. You know what? We're going to be winning so much we'll get tired of winning," Cruz said, mimicking Trump's message. "It's easy to say let's Make America Great Again, you can even print that on a baseball cap. The question to ask is, do you understand what made America great in the first place?"

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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"It's easy to say let's Make America Great Again, you can even print that on a baseball cap. The question to ask is, do you understand what made America great in the first place?"

Brilliant! That perfectly summarized the trouble with Trump.

1 posted on 02/19/2016 6:49:43 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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To: UnwashedPeasant
Following is a list of accomplishments by Ted Cruz that has made America great

*

2 posted on 02/19/2016 6:51:32 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (The Democrats Must Lose In November)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

America wasn’t made great by electing a few dozen Canadians as POTUS.


4 posted on 02/19/2016 6:53:57 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: The Iceman Cometh

And, he’s ready with the next campaign dirty tricks to back up every word.


5 posted on 02/19/2016 6:54:51 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prosecution 2016)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Make Americak great again, eh.


6 posted on 02/19/2016 6:55:49 PM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Abbeville Conservative
And Traitor Teddy who held ram thru Tpa-TPP which destroys the constitution he spins away about.
My wife is still ticked she got suckered into giving money to his senate campaign.
7 posted on 02/19/2016 6:56:33 PM PST by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
He is not eligible and neither is Rubio, talk about making America great, walking all over what the Founding Fathers wanted. This is past disgusting, and I will not reply to your stooooopid comebacks tired of hearing them.
8 posted on 02/19/2016 6:56:47 PM PST by easternsky
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Yeah, when I think about what made America great in the first place, the first thing I think of is a Canadian making an impassioned speech about Israel.

I fully support Israel, but Ted is making no sense here. It seems like flailing to me.


9 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:51 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: bgill

America wasn’t made great by any Senator, Representative, or President.

When those get out of the way, it is the entrepreneurs that made America great.

Politicians never created jobs or a booming economy.

Yeah, Trump knows how better than any one running.


10 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:58 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Trump put out his plans very well including a tax structure that makes Cruz’s VAT tax look like the crap it is. All I see there is a cloak room crowd, a Cruz sound bite and one of the BS polls. Truly another ‘water to whine’ moment from the irreligious, religious one.


11 posted on 02/19/2016 6:59:12 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Trump never does anything that does not at first make him look good.


12 posted on 02/19/2016 6:59:13 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
WORTH REPEATING:

"It's easy to say let's Make America Great Again, you can even print that on a baseball cap. The question to ask is, do you understand what made America great in the first place?"

Brilliant! That perfectly summarized the trouble with Trump.

13 posted on 02/19/2016 6:59:15 PM PST by annieokie
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Blarf!

Basically Rafael thinks we don’t have a failure of leadership, we have a failure of too few revivals.

Maybe he should be working his Papa instead of for the citizens of his adopted United States.


14 posted on 02/19/2016 6:59:59 PM PST by CharleysPride
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Lies of omission;

“Also known as a continuing misrepresentation, a lie by omission occurs when an important fact is left out in order to foster a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions.”

So ironic that the title of his book is “A Time For Truth”. Highly disappointed I bought it, and believed it. I wonder if he will give me a refund?

Here’s an example of Ted’s lies of omission, seven lies and misrepresentations in under three minutes. That is walking the talk “the most principled conservative in the race”???

Lie 1 - Pro-abortion and supporting partial birth abortion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=197

Lie 2 - Trump is calling for the same socialized medicine as Sanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=216

Lie 3 - pushed partial birth abortion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=239

Lie 4 - Even as a candidate Donald says we need to have full on socialized medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=298

Lie 5 - at the debates he said we ought to have socialized medicine like Canada and Scotland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=302

Lie 6 - If you as a republican don’t support socialized medicine you are heartless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=312

Lie 7 - If you want to see Bernie sanders style of socialized medicine Trump is your guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RHgqFQ85uZs#t=335


15 posted on 02/19/2016 7:00:26 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Did Cruz say what ‘made America great in the first place’?


16 posted on 02/19/2016 7:00:41 PM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

“Following is a list of accomplishments by Ted Cruz that has made America great: *”

I am still waiting for him and Rubio to get rid of ObamaCare as they promised. We gave them everything they claimed they needed in the last election, yet, nothing.


17 posted on 02/19/2016 7:00:42 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Is there even one real life story of Cruz helping someone other than for money and political advancement?

Trump has helped tons of people - even Cruz shill Hannity says three are lots of secret stories around Ny of Trumps good deeds.

Trump is a better man than Cruz. And a better leader. This slimy crap that Cruz is peddling will soon be in a clearance bin.


18 posted on 02/19/2016 7:01:15 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Now look at Donald Trump’s slogan: “Make America Great Again”. Alexis de Tocqueville said: “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” Donald Trump knows that in a country overrun with Philistines one can not campaign on “Make America Good Again”. However, if you look at what he says he will do, how offended he is by people lying about him, how offended he is with dirty tricks, how he hates the corruption in American government, etc. you know that he is trying to do is make America good again. So Donald Trump is bringing people out of the shadows, so to speak, and giving them hope that things can be better. This puts them out in the world where the Holy Spirit can bring believers into contact with those who are to be saved. So that is the spiritual aspect of the Trump campaign.


19 posted on 02/19/2016 7:01:50 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: UnwashedPeasant
Brilliant! That perfectly summarized the trouble with Trump.

Yup. The Trump campaign reminds me of Tony Robbins, the guy who was only successful at making success videos.

20 posted on 02/19/2016 7:02:53 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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