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Editorial: Ted Cruz not running for president of Cuba
The Dallas Morning News ^ | May 11, 2015 | The Editors

Posted on 05/11/2015 5:43:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

You don’t have to like Sen. Ted Cruz, or even agree with him, to find offense in a recent line of questioning he endured.

More than awkwardness, Mark Halperin offered a stunning small-mindedness as he attempted to tease out Cruz’s Hispanic bona fides: What Cuban food did he like growing up? Which Cuban music does he favor today? Would he welcome fellow Sen. Bernie Sanders to the presidential race, “and I’d like you to do it, if you would, en español”?

Halperin, famed for co-authoring the book Game Change on the 2012 presidential campaign and prominent today for his analysis on MSNBC, spoke to Cruz for a Bloomberg Politics online interview series on presidential candidates. As you may have heard, Cruz, Texas’ junior senator, is running for president — of a country that should be above such inappropriate behavior from a journalist.

Cruz has been clear about his Cuban heritage, even as he has spent roughly zero time pushing himself as the “Hispanic candidate.” For the record, Cruz’s father left Cuba in 1957 to attend the University of Texas....

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Cuba; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016elections; cruz; cruz2016; elections; halperin; latinovote; tedcruz
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To: brickdds

bump


21 posted on 05/11/2015 7:20:57 PM PDT by GeronL (NEW ARRIVALS -> buy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/541331)
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To: brickdds

A fair catch.


22 posted on 05/11/2015 7:24:39 PM PDT by mylife ("The roar of the masses could be farts")
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To: mylife
Looks like some pretty tasty vittles Barky's got there.

In the menatime, these concerned citizens have a message for Mr. Obama:


23 posted on 05/11/2015 7:39:20 PM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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24 posted on 05/11/2015 7:43:42 PM PDT by mylife ("The roar of the masses could be farts")
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To: golux

OK

I’ll call him Barry the Dog-eater.


25 posted on 05/11/2015 7:45:55 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: Milton Miteybad
From the LP "Dog City"~Hey Mr President
26 posted on 05/11/2015 7:46:36 PM PDT by mylife ("The roar of the masses could be farts")
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To: golux

“.. please, please, just call Him Mr. President Obama. He deserves, and has earned our solemn respect. Seriously - I’ve had it with you people!”

Don’t let the door hit you in your Obama!


27 posted on 05/11/2015 7:51:12 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Surprisingly intelligent, unbiased editorial from the Editors at the Dallas Morning News.


28 posted on 05/11/2015 8:08:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; 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!

29 posted on 05/11/2015 8:18:47 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: golux

Here’s a tissue for your issue.


30 posted on 05/11/2015 8:24:51 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: SoConPubbie

It’s cover for later. They can point to this in a few months and say SEE! WE are FAIR!!!


31 posted on 05/11/2015 8:26:04 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: golux
"PLEASE refrain from calling Him “Obama.” ”

Really?

This man who lied to the entire country over and over again should be respected?

This scummy pro-Marxist, pro-Muzzie destroyer should be respected?

Someone who cheats, steals, and uses the power of the federal government to destroy his opponents should be respected?

Good grief, you would have loved being Jewish in 1930's Germany, or in the way of the state in the old Soviet Union.......after all, these leaders deserved respect as well.

32 posted on 05/11/2015 8:27:14 PM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; INVAR; dp0622; left that other site; GregoTX; SgtHooper; Whenifhow; Loud Mime; ...
    Daily Digest 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!


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33 posted on 05/11/2015 8:37:45 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I like that Cuban dish they call “Moors and Christians” - black beans and rice.


34 posted on 05/11/2015 9:23:32 PM PDT by Argus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

35 posted on 05/11/2015 9:42:01 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

I LOVE that photo!!!!


36 posted on 05/11/2015 9:42:35 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Me too :)


37 posted on 05/11/2015 9:42:50 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: mylife

Got that right, MY!

Cruz or Lose!!


38 posted on 05/11/2015 10:26:43 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: NorthMountain
Or...if ‘Barry the Dog-eater’ offends, my personal preference is ‘Barry Obamination’. That seems appropriate.
39 posted on 05/11/2015 10:28:40 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: MasterGunner01

Ebola?


40 posted on 05/11/2015 10:37:44 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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