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MSNBC’s Brzezinski Accuses Cruz of Taking U.S. ‘Down the Road to War’ with Iran Letter
The National Review's The Corner ^ | March 17, 2015 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 03/17/2015 8:31:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski gamely tried to confront Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday over a letter he and 46 other GOP senators sent to Iran over its nuclear program.

The letter, sent last week to tell Iran’s leaders to inform them that Republicans wouldn’t feel bound by an Iran deal that doesn’t pass Congress, was blasted by the White House and called treasonous by some media outlets.

Brzezinski has railed against the letter every morning since it was sent, and when Cruz appeared on her program, she immediately laid into him. She pushed him on what he thought about Iranian hard liners using the letter to scuttle the talks and asked if it was “intended to get in the way of a deal.”

“It was intended to stop a bad deal — absolutely,” Cruz replied. “The idea that hard liners are using it is utter silliness. If we actually had negotiators that were trying to defend our national security, if anything the letter would help them, because what the letter makes clear is for any deal to be binding, it has to go through Congress.”

“I’m still talk about the fact that you are saying to me that what’s happening now in terms of the hard liners using the letter to stall on these negotiations was actually a part of your intention,” Brzezinski said. “It just seems extremely destructive.”

“Let me ask you something, Mika,” Cruz said. “Is it your position that it’s inappropriate for Congress to rein in the president on foreign policy?”

“I think it’s not inappropriate for Congress to have a say and to have a voice,” she continued. ”But to interfere with a negotiation with Iran, and to actually possibly even undermine a deal in the making — basically the next step to that is to just get right down the road to war.”

“No, it’s not,” Joe Scarborough jumped in. “The choice is not between war and a bad deal . . . Why is it so hard for you to believe that there is a lot of us that think that a bad deal is worse than no deal at all?”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cruz; iran; media; tedcruz
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It was never "sent" anywhere.

The Cotton Letter Was Not Sent Anywhere, Especially Not to Iran
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1 posted on 03/17/2015 8:31:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

MIka is an overpaid twit


2 posted on 03/17/2015 8:33:18 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, well, at least we’ll be the only nuclear power in that war.


3 posted on 03/17/2015 8:33:37 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; LeoWindhorse; SoConPubbie
Mika you Ignorant Slut!


4 posted on 03/17/2015 8:34:53 PM PDT by KC_Lion (The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Brzezinski has railed against the letter every morning since it was sent, and when Cruz appeared on her program, she immediately laid into him.

No matter what the democrats have done, or are doing up to and including the treason level, no mainstream media person will ever "lay into" them. This only works one way.

5 posted on 03/17/2015 8:36:41 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, Iran getting a nuke is clearly the road to peace. (face palm)


6 posted on 03/17/2015 8:36:45 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

HAHA, saw the clip.

Mika gave Cruz a big break by dominating the entire segment as she cant sustain an argument when the opponent stands his ground.

She is just too stupid and arguments too lame.


7 posted on 03/17/2015 8:38:38 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: sickoflibs

Cruz is so much smarter than any lib that wants to take him on. I have complete confidence in his ability to take them down anytime, anywhere. Just see what Dershowitz had to say about him.


8 posted on 03/17/2015 8:45:33 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I watch Morning Joe fairly faithfully. (I don’t like the silliness and airhead format on Fox & Friends.) MJoe is pretty serious given Joe Scarborough, and also Mika is a junkie too.

Mika and Joe have been at it all but tooth and nail since Netanyahu was invited to speak to Congress. Joe is a pain but is pretty articulate when it comes to laying it on Mika. It has been excellent entertainment to enjoy the verbal brawls.

Honestly, it’s been a study of the Marxist mind, soulless and senseless, regarding Mika. I’ve come to decide she was extremely spoiled and indulged, and has a VERY high opinion of herself and her BODY, but was raised by, well,.... well, she was raised by Brezinski, who is not the brightest bulb in the field of national security.

Joe can be severe with her, but to my surprise she has not blown up yet, but remains relentless. She IS antisemetic, probably inherited, but it’s fertilized by the peer circle she cultivates (Valerie Jarrett).

It is great entertainment and the show does make news. It has to be the only thing keeping Comcast MSNBC afloat.


9 posted on 03/17/2015 8:47:51 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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RE:”Cruz is so much smarter than any lib that wants to take him on. I have complete confidence in his ability to take them down anytime, anywhere.”

He can definitely beat Mika in a debate

10 posted on 03/17/2015 8:54:24 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: RitaOK

So you’re one of those few hundred who watch the show....I wondered who those folks were.


11 posted on 03/17/2015 8:54:39 PM PDT by ImNotLying ("Islam is to humans as rabies is to dogs")
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To: sickoflibs

Mika is an SNL skit.


12 posted on 03/17/2015 8:57:17 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Mika the DC is full of crap.


13 posted on 03/17/2015 8:57:22 PM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: KC_Lion

someone ....get a dog leash


14 posted on 03/17/2015 8:59:26 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: hlmencken3

Mika you ignorant slut.


15 posted on 03/17/2015 9:02:44 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: KC_Lion; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; MountainDad; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!


CRUZ or LOSE!


16 posted on 03/17/2015 9:03:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: elcid1970

I think that exactly every time I tune by that channel.


17 posted on 03/17/2015 9:04:59 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: hlmencken3
RE:”Mika is an SNL skit.”

She gets very upset when the Republicans disrespect Obama.

She gives the ‘Mika is upset’ face on the show.

Don't get Mika upset,

18 posted on 03/17/2015 9:05:03 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: RitaOK

I’ve unplugged from radio despite being a Grant fan from the 80s. But when I listen, it’s Rush, Levin, or Batchelor.

When railing against NBC, few mention the overarching Comcast factor.


19 posted on 03/17/2015 9:05:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

20 posted on 03/17/2015 9:16:02 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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