Posted on 02/26/2015 12:56:36 PM PST by SoConPubbie
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gave an impassioned stump speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, presenting himself as the true Reagan-like conservative to look at in 2016.
“How do we bring back the miracle that is America?” he asked a mobbed ballroom at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. “We reassemble the Reagan coalition.” In 1980 Ronald Reagan appealed to the traditional GOP base, labor and Democrats to win and serve two terms.
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“How do we differentiate? . . .In a campaign, every candidate say I’m the most conservative candidate that ever lived.”
Quoting Scripture - “You shall know them by their fruit.” - Cruz said, “Demand action, not talk.” He listed a litany of issues that he has been identified with - Obamacare, the nation’s debt, President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, support for gun ownership, Israel and Iran -- and after each one said people need to ask the same thing: “When have you stood up and fought?”
“Talk is cheap,”said Cruz. “If you’re really a conservative, you will have been in the trenches, you will be bearing the scars.”
And alluding to his frequent run-ins with Senate GOP leadership, he said, “If you had a candidate who stood against Democrats, that’s great. When have you been willing to stand against Republicans?”
“I am convinced 2016 is going to be an election very much like 1980,” he said.
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Cruz made clear that he is the last Republican in the Senate that will be accommodating.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Marriage is an issue for the states!!
Word Association with Sen Ted Cruz....
William Jefferson Clinton -> Youth Outreach!
LOLOLOL!!
That was a great response - IT FITS!!!
Something I've wondered for awhile...when someone says something and adds, "and you know it too..."
Are you a mind reader? What ability do you have to know what another poster thinks?
A lot of us have been around long enough, and listened to Rush often enough, that we can see the signs like they were written in bold block letters.
Who knew?
There’s a lot you could learn Grasshopper!
People are always revealing a lot more about themselves on FR than they may realize.
Okay. Lets have a miracle. I hope Cruz is nominated. There, real honesty! NO Trumpy.
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