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Ted Cruz drops the hammer on Mitt Romney
examiner.com ^ | 7/31/15 | Mark Wittington

Posted on 08/01/2015 5:18:50 AM PDT by cotton1706

When Mitt Romney, the failed presidential candidate in the 2012 presidential election, pointed a scolding finger at Ted Cruz, the journal senator from Texas and current presidential candidate thought he must have died and gone to heaven. Romney is respected as a good man who might have made a pretty decent president had he not be such a bad politician. The main rap against Romney from the conservative base was that he was too gentlemanly and too timid, especially in the third debate, to have prevailed in an election that was very winnable. The National Journal reported on Friday that Cruz, keeping that in mind, unloaded on Romney with gusto.

Hitherto, Cruz had been publicly polite to Romney, but privately disdainful. In May, he told a private meeting of the Council for National Policy what he really thought of the 2012 standard bearer.

"We have had three elections since President Obama was elected. Two of them—2010 and 2014—were national referenda on Obamacare. It was the No. 1 issue, twice. Both elections were tsunami, tidal-waves for Republicans—historic victories," Cruz said, according to an audio recording of the event obtained by National Journal.

"Now, in between the two tidal waves, the Republican Party, in its infinite wisdom, sought out and found the one human being on the face of the planet who had designed and implemented a program just like Obamacare. Literally—there are 7 billion people on Earth. You could have grabbed any other person and asked them, 'Excuse me, sir, have you designed and implemented Obamacare? No? You're a better candidate!'"

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; elections; jebbush; markwittington; massachusetts; mittromney; tedcruz; texas
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“When Obama fired back at Romney in the debate, in Cruz’s retelling, the former Massachusetts governor responded, ‘I’ll just kind of rearrange the pencil on the podium here,’ rather than engaging vigorously with the president.”
1 posted on 08/01/2015 5:18:50 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Wow...just wow. How long have we waited for candidates with the guts to take on the weasels and commies? Maybe God isn’t through with America just yet.


2 posted on 08/01/2015 5:23:31 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: cotton1706
he was too gentlemanly and too timid, especially in the third debate

He was told to take a dive, and flop he did! Just like Juan, and Bob Dull before him.

3 posted on 08/01/2015 5:25:50 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: cotton1706

“”Now, in between the two tidal waves, the Republican Party, in its infinite wisdom, sought out and found the one human being on the face of the planet who had designed and implemented a program just like Obamacare. Literally—there are 7 billion people on Earth. You could have grabbed any other person and asked them, ‘Excuse me, sir, have you designed and implemented Obamacare? No? You’re a better candidate!’”

LMAO that is a GREAT line!


4 posted on 08/01/2015 5:29:11 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: cotton1706

someone drop a house on Willard...


5 posted on 08/01/2015 5:29:29 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: cotton1706
he was too gentlemanly and too timid


6 posted on 08/01/2015 5:33:46 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: cotton1706
The main rap against Romney from the conservative base was that he was too gentlemanly and too timid

The main rap against Romney from the conservative base was that he was and is no conservative. Romneycare ended all speculation about the nature of his political viewpoint. This conservative never thought he would be in any way a good president.

7 posted on 08/01/2015 5:51:11 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: cotton1706

Ted Cruz, the... [what?] senator from Texas?


8 posted on 08/01/2015 5:52:29 AM PDT by OKSooner (Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
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To: cotton1706

Ted is polite too, but he aint Skeered.


9 posted on 08/01/2015 5:54:58 AM PDT by mylife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMR-PX4OHK0"The roar of the masses could be farts")
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To: rawcatslyentist

I don’t think he had to be told to “take a dive.” I believe that Republicans, gopes rather, simply don’t want to be president. They crave the approval and recognition of receiving the Nomination but they really don’t want the bother of being President.I think that goes back to Bush 1. Bush 2 didn’t try very hard either time and may have felt a tiny thrill when it became apparent that he would win it anyway. Gopes don’t think the voters actually choose the Nominee normally and are totally nonplussed when someone like Reagan or Trump comes along. Gopes campaign more to the DNC and the Big Money Men


10 posted on 08/01/2015 5:57:04 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: OKSooner

The Journal Senator, can’t you raid ?


11 posted on 08/01/2015 5:57:49 AM PDT by onona (If I agree with something Donald says in a forest, and no one hears, am I still a "Trumper" ?)
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To: mylife

Reagan was the essence of polite.


12 posted on 08/01/2015 6:00:13 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: arthurus

Polite and steadfast.
Just what America needs


13 posted on 08/01/2015 6:02:27 AM PDT by mylife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMR-PX4OHK0"The roar of the masses could be farts")
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Told to take a dive? By whom?

The GOPe? His campaign managers? Or....Was he given an offer he couldn't refuse by Obama?

14 posted on 08/01/2015 6:03:44 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Caipirabob
Maybe God isn’t through with America just yet.

As long as we're still breathing, there's yet time for our Nation's leaders to repent of their wicked ways, seek God's face, and rededicate the USA to Him. Each day that passes, the possibility of His relenting on His judgments of our Country grows smaller.

But...it is still TODAY...for the USA.
15 posted on 08/01/2015 6:29:05 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: cotton1706

HOORAY Ted. Hillarycare, Romneycare, Obamacare. Barry’s just the lawn jockey who rode their Trojan horse. Gruber is the stableboy with crap on his shoes.


16 posted on 08/01/2015 6:44:36 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: cotton1706

> “The main rap against Romney from the conservative base was that he was too gentlemanly and too timid, especially in the third debate, to have prevailed in an election that was very winnable.”

No. Romney was a liberal and a liar, repeating myself.


17 posted on 08/01/2015 7:11:41 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: cotton1706
Mitt Romney, the failed 2012 Republican presidential candidate, deserves to be brought down — HARD. Key word for Mr. Romney is FAILED. It was he that threw the 2012 election to Obama by being Mr. Milquetoast and refusing to engage his opponent. The 2012 presidential election was Romney's to lose and he did not disappoint the “Washington Party”. For all his supposed brilliance, Romney came off looking like a fool and a loser. He let his enemies choose the battlefield and frame the arguments. Thank God that Ted Cruz is no Romney and stands up to this pathetic loser political hack as well as Obama and the Donkeys.
18 posted on 08/01/2015 8:10:25 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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To: MasterGunner01

If a candidate cannot stand up to his opponent then how in hell is he going to stand up to ISIS?


19 posted on 08/01/2015 8:33:28 AM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: OKSooner

Ted Cruz the Junior Senator from Texas. That’s only b/c of Seniority. John Cornyn would not make a decent scab on Ted Cruz’s butt.


20 posted on 08/01/2015 9:34:50 PM PDT by Din Maker (Either Carly Fiorina or GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for VP)
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