Posted on 06/11/2015 9:24:22 PM PDT by z taxman
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)96%, a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, defended his decision to vote for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)—among other deals—during a Thursday interview with the Hugh Hewitt radio program.
Hewitt started his line of questioning with coming out of a commercial. “Let’s take that opportunity, then, to go and talk about free trade—TPA, TPP, Export-Import Bank. Sen. Cruz, for clarity’s sake, can you quickly give us an overview on where you are on those three issues, as there’s quite a lot of confusion among conservative voters as to where different people are and why on each of those three issues.”
“Sure,” Cruz responded. “There is a lot of confusion and, unfortunately, a lot of misinformation you can get on the Internet that people are confused, so let’s explain what each of those three are.”
Cruz, by saying that, was essentially making the exact same claim—blaming the Internet for what he argues is “misinformation”—as House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)60%. Ryan made the claim on Fox News earlier on Thursday in response to Breitbart News reporting highlighted by the massively influential Drudge Report. Ryan, with whom Cruz pushed Obamatrade in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in late April—one that’s been used by Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)40% to try to rally support for Obamatrade—has been essentially discredited by various false statements he’s made throughout this process.
That Cruz would use the same talking points as him is interesting and probably disappointing to many conservatives. That Boehner is using Cruz to push Obamatrade is probably even more disappointing to most conservatives... ...
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I agree. Romney was a bad choice, oddly enough Romney was stronger on immigration than Cruz and his H1B1 stance.
Keep on digging that hole, pissant.
Ted Cruz is not the Savior. He is a flawed human being who is perfectly capable of being stupid.
Excellent post. Until recently I was 100% behind Cruz. However, with him wanting to increase by 500% H1B1 Visas and this empowering of Obama, he has lost me.
It is still very early. Many of the 30 running will drop out before the end of this year.
I pray that other true Conservatives will enter later in the year....
. If it’s a good thing, why keep it secret from the American people?
Bingo. Why should anything like a trade deal be a secret from the American people? It is both condescending and more likely sinister in its implications.
I made a positive Palin comment and he did not respond. Either it ain’t pissant or his puppy is in the microwave.
Sure. Thats why his strength was in hiring illegals to sere his family...twice...they are still there.
I wouldn’t feed you Red Heart.
Still using erroneous accusations to discount my truth telling?
I have been supporting Cruz since before his fillibuster.
I am heartbroken over his corporatist cronyism that has become recently apparent.
Talking about his stance, self deportation by limiting economic possibility is a helluva bolder than work visas. You agree?
We all assume Hillary will lose. If she wins and gets this power....
I agree that Romney is a piece of garbage that put his own family in danger to save a couple bucks.
THEN SUPPORT SOMEONE ELSE!! Nobody is going to get down on their hands and knees and beg you to “come back” because he doesn’t agree with you on certain issues. There are like 50 GOP candidates to choose from, look around and glom on to one of the others. Or not. Whatever.
2ndDiv does that, apparently I’m a former poster called pissant, well according to him (him?) anyway. People get uptight when you question their idols.
Yea because actually showing support for someone is bad to a romneybot. Unless it’s Romney. Then it’s a conservative value.
Yeah Romney is a joke, so is H1B1
“Just look at his posting history, he is working what he thinks is a subtle, under the radar, pro-Paul/anti-Cruz campaign, that is why he signed up 10 weeks ago.”
Bump!
And? Romnery is 100% liberal. Cruz made a bad call. Two actually. That puts him as 2% liberal. 19 points of liberalism to go for a DQ. Simple math.
Typical Senator after all.
I can't believe Cruz believes Congress would vote down a bad trade agreement. Is he that naive?
When the time comes, if the American people are in any kind of mood to elect Ted Cruz president, then Mitch and Co., who excel at sticking their ears to the ground and their fingers into the wind, can be counted upon to fall into line, their miserable political careers being at risk.
He argues the theorectical when the reality is that what Obama will GET approved will brutalize the American worker.
Worrying about the American "worker" sounds disturbingly leftard to me. I scorn that word, "worker". All who utter it need to be investigated!
Do you work? Do I work? LOL! WTF pays us?
If you produce something of value and are paid for it, then your pay is legitimate. If your pay is set by political action (government), then your pay is illegitimate. That's about the size of it!
Either you understand that free trade is a good thing or you are a moron!
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