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Rep. Peter King Threatens to Jump Off a Bridge if Cruz Gets GOP Nomination
Mediaite ^
| March 18, 201, 5
| Matt Wilstein
Posted on 03/23/2015 4:15:33 PM PDT by don-o
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room Monday afternoon and when Wolf Blitzer asked him to explain his statement that compared Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to a “carnival barker,” the Republican congressman opted not to walk back his comments but instead take about a dozen steps forward.
“We need intelligent debate in the country. Ted Cruz may be an intelligent person, but he doesn’t carry out an intelligent debate,” King said. “He oversimplifies, he exaggerates and he basically led the Republican Party over the cliff in the fall of 2013. He has shown no qualifications, no legislation being passed, doesn’t provide leadership and he has no real experience. So, to me, he is just a guy with a big mouth and no results.”
But would King support Cruz if he ended up becoming the Republican Party nominee for 2016?
“I hope that day never comes,” King told Blitzer. “I will jump off that bridge when we come to iy"
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabbingrino; complainingrino; exemptrinoinheat; jump; loserrino; nwo; peterking; rino; rinoking; whiningrino
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To: don-o
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:22:57 PM PDT
by
Cubs Fan
(anarchotyranny-“we refuse to control real criminals (anarchy) so we control the innocent (tyranny)")
To: don-o
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:00 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: don-o
I’ll bet you Jeb Bush promised this windbag a choice cabinet position if he would go out there and flail away at Cruz.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:05 PM PDT
by
dowcaet
To: don-o
"Darn FReepers told me not to let the door hit me on the way down."
24
posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:11 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
To: don-o
Pete, let me push you off the bridge.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:19 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
To: don-o
26
posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:24 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Alberta's Child
Well I would but live too far away. :)
27
posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:28 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Evolution: no science, no truth, no nothing. Full of faith, faith in the "god" of chance.)
To: don-o
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:23:44 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Liberal logic: 18 1/2 minutes of blank tape is a big deal but 30,000 missing emails is not.)
To: don-o
Might I recommend the Mackinac Bridge?
To: Bryanw92
This is EXACTLY what works in the modern, poorly-educated, short attention span people that make up the electorate in America today. Romney was a boring detail guy who just couldn’t fight the Progressive rhetoric. If we are going to win, we need an oversimplifier and exaggerator, a person who can fight over-the-top rhetoric with over-the-top rhetoric.
Actually, it gets better than that. Cruz is excellent at tailoring his talk to the people listening, so he's able to simplify his message when talking to a large crowd, yet give the technical details when it's in a courtroom. He is great at connecting with his audience, AND delivering his message.
To: don-o
In Mississippi, we called such opportunities “twofers!”
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:24:35 PM PDT
by
jennings2004
("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
To: don-o
Huh? I thought Cruz was like a master at debate...
They are all having a fit!
I wish I could say this was funny, but really it is a very sad state of affairs for our country.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:24:45 PM PDT
by
EBH
(And the angel poured out his cup...)
To: don-o
Cruz..”“ oversimplifies,.... exaggerates “...and so Im jumping off a bridge if hes elected..
wow..... turnabout is Fair Play...Dewd!
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:24:51 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: don-o
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:25:28 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:25:50 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
To: arasina
Hell, let’s start selling them.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:26:05 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: don-o
Who the heck jokes about that? That’s so messed up. He better keep his word, or someone might push him off instead.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:26:45 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(Proud Millennial for Cruz!)
To: gundog
The money can go to Cruz’s campaign. ;)
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:27:38 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
(Proud Millennial for Cruz!)
To: don-o
Shut the **** up and jump already, and take the damn GOPE with you, and all your democrat buddies, and FOX news too.
Find the highest damn bridge you can, and make sure it’s a bridge over really hard boulders, and then FLY!
YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED.
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:28:05 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless)
To: all the best
That might be his contribution to ‘an intelligent debate’?
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posted on
03/23/2015 4:28:42 PM PDT
by
abclily
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