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Ted Cruz described as ‘first top tier’ conservative since Reagan by Richard Viguerie
The Washington Times ^ | March 23, 2015 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 03/23/2015 9:14:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A seismic shift? Things will change now that Sen. Ted Cruz has entered the White House race, some say.

“Every Republican candidate for president will have to move significantly to the right, starting with Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. They’ll have to define their position on amnesty for illegal aliens, on fighting and winning the war radical Islam has declared on America, on spending, the deficit and the debt, and on repealing Obamacare - against the positions Ted Cruz will talk about and campaign on in the coming months,” predicts longtime conservative maven Richard Viguerie.

“They will all have to move right to respond to Cruz, or be left behind by a grassroots conservative electorate fed-up with Republican candidates who are merely principle-free messengers for an out of touch Washington elite,” he continues. “Cruz is the first top-tier movement conservative candidate since Reagan for three reasons that separate him immediately from the rest of the Republican pack.”(continued)

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; cruz; reagan; tedcruz
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This early announcement is sounding more and more like a brilliant masterstroke as the day goes on.
1 posted on 03/23/2015 9:14:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The tables just got turned inside out and sideways.


2 posted on 03/23/2015 9:15:48 PM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve been skeptical about Ted’s chances, though I sure love everything he has to say. Now I’m starting to see a glimmer of hope he could actually pull it off.


3 posted on 03/23/2015 9:16:42 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: TADSLOS

It will be interesting to see movement in the polls after today


4 posted on 03/23/2015 9:18:25 PM PDT by BigEdLB (We're experienceing the rule of a Roman Emperor, Barack I)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Every Republican candidate for president will have to move significantly to the right, starting with Jeb Bush and Scott Walker.


When the RINOs start masking conservative..
The laughter will be quite rich and throaty..


5 posted on 03/23/2015 9:25:09 PM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: BigEdLB; TADSLOS

I distrust most pollsters, though, don’t you?


6 posted on 03/23/2015 9:25:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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I think Ted is even going to force some Freepers to move right. He threw down the gauntlet to every spineless, unprincipled, ‘anti-purist’ in our camp.

Bold colors are finally in fashion again!


7 posted on 03/23/2015 9:26:16 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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8 posted on 03/23/2015 9:27:53 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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The tables just got turned inside out and sideways.

'Bout damn time. I've completely had my fill of RINOs and weak country club Republicans, who think that expressing (and standing by) our core American principles, is akin to swearing in church.

I've had it with "severely conservative" Repukes and with those who castigate us for not supporting those miserable DIABLOs (Democrat In All But Label Only).

If there were ever a time for the "bold colors" Reagan spoke of, this is it!

9 posted on 03/23/2015 9:32:08 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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I pray he has the fire in the belly to go all out in this run. And that he can assemble a team of people that know how to get things done and done well and not look like a bunch of amateurs we see so often.
10 posted on 03/23/2015 9:34:02 PM PDT by DB
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The “moderate” conservatives will need to run right. Cruz is already right. Given the choice, I know who I’ll go with.


11 posted on 03/23/2015 9:34:28 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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[I think Ted is even going to force some Freepers to move right.]

I don’t think I can move anymore to the right ;)


12 posted on 03/23/2015 9:35:19 PM PDT by freedom6178
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m so right wing I’ve fallen off the damn bird..
bumped my head and mad as hell..


13 posted on 03/23/2015 9:38:13 PM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: DB
Here you go ...


14 posted on 03/23/2015 9:42:00 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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Interesting idea. It would be a first.


15 posted on 03/23/2015 9:46:35 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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“I’m so right wing I’ve fallen off the damn bird..
bumped my head and mad as hell..”

Copy that. Figuratively too. Seems to be my overall state of mind these days. Mad as Hell could be the name of a third party as far as I’m concerned.


16 posted on 03/23/2015 9:47:01 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: JennysCool

That’s cool. Good job, whoever put that together.


17 posted on 03/23/2015 9:50:19 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: JennysCool

That’s pretty good. A few tweaks. .. who is DOJ and get rid of the Dept. Of Education.


18 posted on 03/23/2015 9:51:36 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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Who would you pick for DOJ?


19 posted on 03/23/2015 9:56:34 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool

I’d have to think about it for other names but Roy Moore comes to mind. How about you?


20 posted on 03/23/2015 10:03:42 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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