Posted on 02/27/2015 2:11:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz channels his inner televangelist.
If the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting is a sort of “American Idol” for would-be GOP presidential candidates, the contenders aren’t learning from the mistakes of previous losers.
After the 2012 elections – when Republicans lost the White House to an incumbent under fire for the still-struggling economy – some sensible people in the party (South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of them) uttered an important truth: The Republicans, to be successful, can’t just be against things. They have to be for something, have to present a positive and innovative vision for America.
We’re not seeing a lot of that at the CPAC conference. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (who indeed wowed the crowd) said he’s ready to deal with the Islamic State group because of his experience dealing with public sector unions in the Badger State. Now, it’s not nice – or politically smart – to compare public workers with brutal, murderous terrorists. And it looks pretty naive, as well, since it makes Walker look like he doesn’t understand the difference between workers who vehemently are trying to protect their workplace rights with people who are willing to torture and kill people in the most barbarous of ways. And of course, he surely did not mean to compare the two groups. But why could he not have presented the previous conflict in a more positive (to conservatives) way? Why could he not say, “We face some tough choices and some powerful opposition, but I’m not afraid to wade into that, as I was not afraid to do so in my home state?” Why amp it up?
Then we have Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz is a smart man, very well-educated and has an appeal to certain segments of the party. But his speech....
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
Ted Cruz’s CPAC Televangelism
by Olivia Nuzzi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3262124/posts
I guess the shoe fit, didn't it?
The Constitution is largely about saying
But to win you have to have a message that YES we can.
Screw 'em.
The surest way to tell how CPAC is doing is to find out what the left is say about it .. and then, you can believe the total opposite.
Since they’re all saying the conference is not good .. that should tell you that it’s REALLY GOOD .. These lefties just don’t have a clue that when they downplay our events .. it really means that the event is really good .. GOT IT ..!!
Somebody is supposed to be the adults.
Unfortunately, now, while Dems act like spoiled children....the GOPe acts like the spineless parents who want their kids and their kid's friends to like them.
“They have to be for something, have to present a positive and innovative vision for America.”
Yes and like it or hate it you know who did that today? Donald Trump.
Susan Milligan is a well established lefty, so her advice should be carefully listened to and then utterly disregarded.
The bottom line is that the Democrats are terrified of retribution because of their horrible ideas and programs forced on the public. So they absolutely want no, zero criticism by the Republicans.
Trump is an interesting guy, and I enjoy listening to him (for a while).
“The Republicans, to be successful, can’t just be against things. They have to be for something”
Au contraire, Susan. The problem IS that Republicans are too prone to be FOR something—they’re for advancing the Democrat agenda, just a little slower than the Dims.
They need to be AGAINST that.
Conservatives, by contrast, are FOR: smaller government, more freedom, lower taxes, personal responsibility, less crime, safer neighborhoods, less privacy invasion and spying on citizens by government, secure borders, enforcement of our immigration laws, more employment for American citizens, voting integrity, etc., etc.
The Dims (and quite a few Republicans) are AGAINST those things.
You just have to believe in what you and FOR and AGAINST and articulate it to have a winning conservative campaign, Susan.
But its OK to abuse the public at large by implying their racism and intolerance, and taxing the bejeezus out of them while telling them illegals are necessary because they’re too lazy to do menial work.
Sorry I could force myself to read beyond: some sensible people in the party (South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of them), as I knew I would disagree with whatever she had to say.
Good answer.
Having been threatened with bodily harm by a pair of union goons, who I am quite certain would have broken both of my arms if I had not obeyed their orders, I'd consider this far less of a stretch than this liberal shill considers it. I also wonder why being for individual freedom, the rule of law, constitutional government, lower taxes, and honesty in government isn't being for something.
“some sensible people in the party (South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of them) uttered an important truth: The Republicans, to be successful, can’t just be against things. They have to be for something, have to present a positive and innovative vision for America.”
Lindsey Graham is regularly praised by the MSM while Walker, Cruz and everyone else is constantly attacked.
Act 10 Protesters Who Compared Walker to Hitler Now Upset Walker Compared Them to ISIS
All the journalists sat in the way back tapping away on their laptops while Cruz was talking. I’d look back at them every once in a while, just to see if what they looked like. Pretty humorless crowd. I don’t know if they were actually paying attention while he was speaking.
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