Posted on 06/21/2015 4:29:00 PM PDT by iowamark
Q: HOW DID YOU BECOME SUCH A GOOD DEBATER?
SEN. CRUZ: AS A KID, I LIKE TO ARGUE. WE HAD TIME AROUND THE DINNER TABLE, POLITICS, ISSUES OF THE DAY, AND ALWAYS LIVELY. MY PARENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BOTH OF THEM SHAPED ME. MY FATHER STORY, HE FLED CUBA AS A TEENAGER, IMPRISONED, TORTURED, CAME TO AMERICA WITH NOTHING. THAT HAD A BIG IMPACT ON ME AT HOME. IN TERMS OF BEING ENGAGED IN THE POLITICAL WORLD. I REMEMBER SOME YEARS AGO MY WIFE AND I WERE HAVING SOME FRIENDS OF THE HOUSE AND THEY SAID WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET INTERESTED IN POLITICS? I TOLD THEM THAT I DON'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I WASN'T. I SAID I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS. MY WIFE BEGIN LAUGHING.
YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES YOUR SPOUSE WILL SEE THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT ARE BLAZINGLY OBVIOUS IN YOU THAT YOU ARE TOO OBTUSE TO SEE IT YOURSELF? I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT IS AN INCREDIBLE BLESSING TO BE THE CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE SEEKING FREEDOM. THERE WAS ALWAYS AN URGENCY TO POLITICS. IT WASN'T JUST PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. IT WAS HAVING PRINCIPLE MEN AND WOMEN IN OFFICE...
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Sadly, the debates will all be rigged — again.
pretty good interview to learn about Ted.
He finally got him on “Emerson, Lake and Powell...”
TCruz is pro H1B and pro amnesty.
he jumped the shark (long after not being eligible)
LOL...wow, you really spew the talking points. You must be a Paul supporter?
You have been discredited when you mention NBC. But, more importantly, can you back up your assertion about Cruz being pro-Amnesty?
Come on, bring it.
TROLL ALERT
I happened to catch this by accident .. and it made my day.
So glad you posted it .. now I can listen to it again.
It’s funny that CSPAN interviews in all caps.
A lot of shouting!
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