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CRUZ or LOSE!Posted on 04/06/2015 5:18:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Here's "Blessing," Sen. Ted Cruz's first campaign video as an official candidate for the GOP presidential nomination:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
And here's Sen. Rand Paul's first entry into the same category. Paul will announce his run for the White House tomorrow:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
The differences go far beyond the formats imposed by a 30-second TV spot and a longer online video—and they're indicative, I assume, of different emphases by the candidate. Where Cruz, who announced his bid at Liberty University, the world's largest religious college, is clearly driving hard toward evangelicals, Paul is stressing a larger, more-inclusive vision of the GOP. He talks about being "a different kind of Republican" and the need for specific things such as a balanced budget. The rhetoric about finding a "road back" to prosperity and respect abroad seems misbegotten: You don't have to go full Don Draper to know the best roads lead forward, not backwards. But overall, this is a strong market being laid down by an insurgent candidate whose main selling point is that he's not your typical big-government GOP hawk cum social con.
Ted Cruz's YouTube page here.
Rand Paul's YouTube page here.
For all true freedom loving conservatives, in my opinion. He is sooo great!!
NO PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!
“Paul is stressing a larger, more-inclusive vision of the GOP - that includes leftists and other moonbats.”
Big day for what ?
What announcement ?
Nick Gillespi speaks for me in the same manner Carl Rove speaks for Republicans. Senator Cruz pointed out that our rights come from our Creator. That phrase is in our founding Document.
His passion for these Founding documents is why I support him. And why the Republican establishment, the media and democrats fear him so.
Huckleberry is not attacked like this. And he is a preacher, not a Senator. But Huckleberry neither knows nor cares about the Constitution. Therefore he is no threat.
CRUZ or LOSE!You cannot even begin to compare Rand Paul and Ted Cruz... they are in a different camp all together...
Rand Paul is strange ... in my opinion!
Yes, I saw part of that Creepy Crawly interview.
Now the template is going to be is to shape who should be the Republican that Republicans should pick OTHER THAN Ted Cruz, and ignoring him totally goes into overdrive.
It’s really, THE TRUE CONSERVATIVE vs THE SQUSHIE COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE ( compromising all conservative principles ).
ditto!! I agree.. not even for VP!
Cruz. I do want a “different kind” of Republican and it is Ted Cruz.
we need to all double our donations to CRUZ tomorrow when Paul announces his run for Pres!!
Apparently the day Rand Paul is supposed to announce his candidacy for getting Jeb Bush the nomination by trying to split the rest of the primary voters.
Sounds like a plan ... :)
we need to all double our donations to CRUZ tomorrow when Paul announces his run for Pres!!
Libertarians are always too stoned to show up and vote.
I like the way you think.
That’s most certainly NOT going to be a great and good day indeed..... Hell no
Hopefully this time will be different, but statistically, FR has been consistently not just wrong, but way wrong. Personally I'd like to see Rand Paul at some level in the next administration. I actually think Cruz has a much better chance than some of the past years' favorites though.
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