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Ted Cruz Could Be President—No, Seriously
Newsweek ^ | April 13, 2016 | Matthew Cooper

Posted on 04/13/2016 10:10:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It’s a well known story: When Ted Cruz went to work for the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 2000, he had a lot going for him. He was in his 20s, a Texan, and smart, boasting a Harvard Law degree and a Supreme Court clerkship. It didn’t hurt to be young Hispanic man in a campaign looking for Latino votes. But Cruz was so self-aggrandizing and irksome that he managed to annoy folks at the headquarters in Austin so much that he never won a coveted slot at the White House. When Bush took office, Cruz was relegated to the hinterlands of the Federal Trade Commission.

Since then, Cruz’s unlikability has become legendary, especially in the Senate, where he really pissed off his colleagues with a government shutdown, and even called his party’s leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, a liar. No wonder Ted Cruz was on CNN on Wednesday night as part of their family town hall series. With his telegenic wife and adorable daughters, Cruz did a lot to dispel the image of him as yucky.

Like Nixon in the 50s, Cruz in the 10s isn’t lovable but he has come very far very fast. Here he is, a first-term senator in second place for the Republican nomination, having outlasted the likes of Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. Like Obama was when he ran and won the presidency, he’s only in the fourth year of his first term....

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


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: cruz; delegates; losercruz; scruz; sleazyted; tedcruz; trump; untrustworthy
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1 posted on 04/13/2016 10:10:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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HA!!!


2 posted on 04/13/2016 10:11:20 PM PDT by paintriot
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Well, I have to admit, Amanda Carpenter sure likes when he cuts the cheese.


3 posted on 04/13/2016 10:14:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sure. Cruz could be president and I could win the lottery.
But what are the odds?

That is the question.


5 posted on 04/13/2016 10:17:28 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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1 in 4 versus 1 in a million?


6 posted on 04/13/2016 10:18:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: DesertRhino
"But Cruz was so self-aggrandizing and irksome that he managed to annoy folks..."

There are eight women Cruz didn't annoy. He just diddled with 'em.

Sunday, APRIL 3, 2016
Ted Cruz Exposed With Pants Down

http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/04/ted-cruz-exposed-with-pants-down.html

7 posted on 04/13/2016 10:22:00 PM PDT by Mr Apple (Congressman Barton speaks following Lakeview tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

cruise: not just despised by most everyone, but worse: GLOBALIST.


8 posted on 04/13/2016 10:22:24 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

YEs he could be if he weren’t such a Lyin’ Slimeball and also seriously painful to listen to!


9 posted on 04/13/2016 10:25:16 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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10 posted on 04/13/2016 10:26:40 PM PDT by Veracious Poet (RIP America 1776-2008)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders Could Be President.

Doesn’t mean that they should be.

Even tough THEY at least are indisputably Natural Born Citizens according to the Founders Intent.


11 posted on 04/13/2016 10:29:36 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is NO Obama, first black president, groundswell for a Republican, first Cuban, president.
12 posted on 04/13/2016 10:34:34 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Matthew Cooper? An original Clinton spearcatcher from the impeachment wars?

Oh, COME ON, 2nd!

13 posted on 04/13/2016 10:36:40 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Just mythoughts

So you’re disappointed that Cruz isn’t like Obama?


14 posted on 04/13/2016 10:36:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: kiryandil

Attack the messenger! Attack the messenger! Attack the messenger!


15 posted on 04/13/2016 10:37:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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So you’re disappointed that Cruz isn’t like Obama?

Cruz is the mirror image of Obama .... we the people need a couple of generations to forget the nightmare of Obama to get to all worshipful Cuban.

16 posted on 04/13/2016 10:43:35 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So could Katy Perry, doesn’t mean it will ever happen


17 posted on 04/13/2016 10:43:59 PM PDT by reaganaut (Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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To: LegendHasIt

The GOPe NEVER should have went FULL OBAMA and cosigned the (R) POTUS ticket qualification for that Cuba-Canadian-Con-Job fraud!

RAFAEL EDUARDO CRUZ HAS NEVER PASSED MUSTER!


18 posted on 04/13/2016 10:44:39 PM PDT by Veracious Poet (RIP GOPe 1854-2016)
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To: Just mythoughts

Actually, aren’t the Trump followers more like the Obama throngs when you think of it?


19 posted on 04/13/2016 10:44:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Actually, aren’t the Trump followers more like the Obama throngs when you think of it?

NOT even close. Trump has actually worked for his living, unlike these that are born and bred to feed off the government teat... Trump promotes 'we the people' government, not some PTA meeting in a closed closet where the few decide for the many.

20 posted on 04/13/2016 10:47:35 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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