Posted on 09/08/2015 3:46:52 PM PDT by VinL
Among the Republican presidential candidates, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz have stood out as the two most ardent defenders of Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who was recently jailed after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses in her jurisdiction. The two conservatives made a point to travel down to the Carter County Detention Center on Tuesday to join protesters in support of Davis, but the plans changed slightly when a judge ordered her immediate release.
And then comes the following doozy from the New York Times write-up of this afternoon’s Kim Davis Release Extravaganza (emphasis ours):
"The rally Tuesday had been scheduled before it was known whether Ms. Davis would be released. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, also a Republican presidential contender, made an appearance, but it was Mr. Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, who grabbed the political spotlight.
When Senator Cruz exited the jail a throng of journalists beckoned him toward their microphones, but an aide to Mr. Huckabee blocked the path of Mr. Cruz, who appeared incredulous."
You must be shocked, dear reader, to learn that Huckabee planned to hog the Davis-induced political spotlight all for himself. Why else would he make such a low-key statement like “I’m willing to go to jail in her place”?
Cruz ended up wading into the crowd to chat with the folks. Far more impressive in my book.
On the other hand, I guess he could've karate chopped his way to the microphone."
LOL, yes, I guess that's what a few of the concerned folks think should have happened. It's unrealistic.
I have a feeling this isn't finished, as the saying goes.
Something is definitely bugging lewis. He hisses like Dracula when the subject is Ted Cruz.
I’d like to see Cruz or Trump call Huckabee out on his true intentions.
Doesn't Cruz have any security people working for him?
That might happen. I’m glad the whole thing was caught on video.
I’ve never been a Huckabee fan, but I didn’t know he was such a sneaky operator.
That looks more like a hosepipe/Cruz supporter's wet dream than what I would want my President to look like...
This poster was done by an LA street artist name Sabu. It’s meant to be fun and I think it looks pretty cool. As for the personal insults, I don’t know why you have to resort to them?
Huckleberry’s job is only running for President the past few years.
Cruz Resume’
1. Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 - May 2008, Cruz was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the entire country, and had the longest tenure in Texas history.
2. Partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
3. Cruz has authored 80+ SCOTUS briefs and presented 40+ oral arguments before The Court
4. Cruz served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist. ...Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States
5. Described as a ‘superb’ constitutional lawyer, the man’s considerable skills and laser-like focus were on display for all last week when he took oily reptile Eric Holder by the neck and made him answer the frickin question.
6. In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz assembled a coalition of 31 states in defense of the principle that the 2nd Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms.
7. Cruz presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
In addition to his victory in Heller,
8. Cruz has successfully defended the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and the majority of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan.
9. Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.
10. Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission
11. Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.
12. Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation
13 Ted Cruz is currently junior US Senator from Texas. In order to win the 2012 Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, Cruz had to defeat Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst -heavily favored/backed by the DC old-guard GOP- in the Republican primary runoff. In the event, TEA Party favorite Cruz crushed Dewhurst, 57-43%...
he then beat Democrat Paul Sadler in the general election by a similar margin, 56-41. Cruz is also endorsed by the Tea Party Movement and the Republican Liberty Caucus.
14. AWARDS: “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Chambers USA (2009 & 2010) “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America,” National Law Journal (2008) “25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century,” Texas Lawyer (2010) “20 Young Hispanic Americans on the Rise,” Newsweek (1999) Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus, Harvard Law School
15. On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. He is now spearheading efforts in the Senate to have Obamacare repealed root-and-branch...
If you think 4 to 8 % in the polls is fun, post some more of them.
We ultimately have Ted Cruz to thank for the growing movement for states to impose their own sanctions on Iran.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3333815/posts
HA!
That’s exactly what I visualize.
“Up till now, I was praising Huckabee”
Why praise a pro-life BIG GOVT Socialist like the Huckster?
Atheist that you are, I understand why Cruz gets under your skin so easily.I'm not an atheist and Cruz is only a saint in your mind.
Judging by your tone of "Atheist that you are" you must be a holier than thou hypocrite...or a bigot.
I acknowledge that Huck was on top of this from the get-go. He set up the event. He promoted it.
He did well until he got to the offer to Kim Davis to have the authorities ‘throw me in jail instead’. Either he didn’t say it well, or it fell flat, or something. It just didn’t ring real.
Rather than do that again, for he said it just as poorly in the first meeting with the press, he would have been well-advised to put ANYONE on rather than to toss that dud out there.
Even giving air time to Cruz would have been better.
Cruz did get to meet with Kim Davis. Once Ted figured out what Huck was pulling, he probably figured a literal fight over the microphone was not good campaign optics. In fact, if someone wanted to set Ted up for an embarrassing moment, that would have been a good way to do it. Who knows? My dad always taught me, discretion is the better part of valor.
Peace,
SR
That would make them look small and petty. Huckabee is a nobody going nowhere. Both Cruz and Trump have nothing to worry about in that regards. He is no threat to either of them.
I find it pretty humorous that some people think Ted should have taken a poke at this guy and start some kind of street brawl on camera. Wouldn’t the media have had a field day with that?
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