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Ted Cruz stands alone after the King Corn summit
Hot Air ^ | March 8, 2015 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 03/08/2015 9:18:56 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
As Previously Posted
I campaigned for him. Worked the phones for him. Donated Money.
Voted for him, needless to say.
AND
I Am Not Disappointed!

After what Bonehead & Turtlehead have done, Cruz is one of the few republicans I trust these days!


41 posted on 03/08/2015 10:57:48 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Yardstick

Obama wasn’t an executive

That one sentence proves my point. Thank you. I NEVER thought you would come to my defense on this primary. But you brought it to me with a silver bow. I appreciate it so much. Now if only I can get you on the Walker side. I still have a year.....


42 posted on 03/08/2015 10:58:42 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just don’t think those things are experience that equal Governor. Sorry I just don’t.


43 posted on 03/08/2015 10:59:27 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator

Read #40.


44 posted on 03/08/2015 11:00:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Right. And even Reagan — he had been a governor but as a president was it his role as an executive or as a visionary that we appreciate him for?


45 posted on 03/08/2015 11:00:40 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am aware of Abe Lincoln who tried to destroy states rights. I don’t know why we are using the wrong politicians to compare Senator Cruz.


46 posted on 03/08/2015 11:03:46 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator

No, it proves my point, not yours. Obama has shown, once again, that an effective ideologue without executive experience can move the nation in the direction of his ideas. Isn’t that what we want to do? Isn’t that what Reagan did?


47 posted on 03/08/2015 11:04:12 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

Isn’t that what Reagan did?

Oh yes. The two term governor that got a ton done in California before become President......yes that politician who is President Walker through and through.


48 posted on 03/08/2015 11:05:16 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: napscoordinator; Yardstick
I don't think you “got” what he was saying. Mr. Obama didn't need a ton of executive experience to transform (very effectively, I might add) this country from what it was for over 200 years to what we have now. Now that may look like ineptitude or failure to you, but believe me, it's what he intended and the left likes what they see. He didn't need experience as a governor to radically alter this country and Ted Cruz won't need it to turn the ship around. Ted Cruz is, in reality, all the things the fawning press only claimed Mr. Obama was back before the election: The smartest man at Harvard Law, Editor of not just one law review, but four of them, a great debater, a once-in-a-generation mind, a catalyst for change, a philosophical giant and a charismatic speech maker. Mr. Obama needs a teleprompter to do what Ted Cruz can do extemporaneously.
49 posted on 03/08/2015 11:09:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“But this guy has demonstrated the kind of intestinal fortitude that is far too often lacking in GOP leaders, and he certainly showed those qualities once again in Iowa.”

His answers don’t change according to who he is talking to. Have we had another presidential contender like this since Reagan? Both he and Cruz give honest answers and explain why and try to show the other side the error of their ways. As Cruz said, it’s not the easiest route - but it is the only honest and trustworthy one.


50 posted on 03/08/2015 11:10:12 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: sgtyork
There’s no shortage of food.

But there is a change in the market resulting from ethanol that drives up the price of corn.

Good point.

The politician who says his goal is to reduce government meddling in free markets, is the guy I will vote for because THAT is what I want to win. I believe that the goal to reduce government tyranny is the only hope for restoring prosperity and Christian morality to America, let alone freedom.

The politician, Republican or Democrat, who remains on-board fundamentally with the concept of "necessary" government meddling "for society's good," represents what I want to lose. So my vote will either go to what I want to win, or it will stay home.

Cruz is looking better by the day.

51 posted on 03/08/2015 11:11:53 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What had Abraham Lincoln ever run before he was elected president?

Any old farmer in the 1800s could have ran for President. Different times then.

52 posted on 03/08/2015 11:12:52 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: alstewartfan

“I want someone who can argue before SCOTUS, argue eloquently with no notes, and win. We need a fighter who is quick on his feet and unapologetic. That’s Ted!”

The debates between him and Mr. Teleprompter should prove entertaining.


53 posted on 03/08/2015 11:13:02 AM PDT by Hardens Hollow (Couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow to quit paying the fascist beast.)
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To: napscoordinator

I like Walker but Walker is nothing like Reagan in the vision department. Or at least he doesn’t seem to be.


54 posted on 03/08/2015 11:13:42 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: napscoordinator

I’m not talking about whether or not you AGREE with his actions then, I’m talking about his effectiveness. Did he, or didn’t he win a civil war against a very wily foe, with much better generals and more motivated soldiers, with many allies and natural strengths. He had no “executive” experience that I’m aware of, but his towering mind allowed him to learn, grow and see his mistakes and do better the next time. He was arguably the great legal mind of his age, just as Ted Cruz is now.


55 posted on 03/08/2015 11:15:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Don’t beclown yourself.


56 posted on 03/08/2015 11:16:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted Cruz may not tell you what you want to hear but he will tell you what he really thinks. He will tell you the truth.

The truth is that corn is the least efficient way to make ethanol of any natural resource. It is way more efficient to make ethanol from sorghum, sugar beets and many many other sources. Corn should be grown for food for us and for the livestock that produces our meat. Oh wait I forgot they are doing away with meat so never mind.


57 posted on 03/08/2015 11:17:09 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Agreed. The President can repeal previous executive orders and greatly reduce the number of leftists in control of agencies by eliminating their staffing and power, and in some cases their existence.

To do this, the President needs a small number of thick-skinned people with a spine. In this respect, the biggest attraction of Walker is not his position on the issues. Walker appears to have a spine...and maybe cajones. That is something most Senators and Congressmen lack.

Ted Cruz seems unlike others in Congress because he seems to have a spine. He is disliked by the spineless mostly for that reason.


58 posted on 03/08/2015 11:19:37 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You're the one who made a stupid comparison.

Today's candidates have nothing on the Founders and the men who served in the early 1800s. Those men still had a wealth of experience and knowledge prior to getting elected to public office.

The worst thing about Obama, more than his filthy, totalitarian presidency, is how he ruined the traditional precedent of how candidates run for President. Now you got people like Carson, and Herman Cain before him, and Donald Trump making these vanity runs for President. The Presidency has been reduced to an American Idol contest, rather than the prestigious position it was previously before Obama. And Cruz is simply validating this fact.

59 posted on 03/08/2015 11:23:33 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You’re saying Ted Cruz is making a vanity run at the White House?


60 posted on 03/08/2015 11:25:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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