Posted on 11/29/2015 9:48:44 AM PST by Isara
The confidence to engage rather than avoid.
This video has been around since July. I had heard about it, but never watched it. I’m not sure how, but I stumbled upon it last night.
In the video, Ted Cruz’s rally opposing the Iran nuclear deal was interrupted by Medea Benjamin and other Code Pink protesters.
Cruz could have reacted many ways. He could have shouted down the people shouting him down. He could have insulted them. He could have had security push them away.
But instead, he engaged. That’s what was important to me. The confidence to engage rather than avoid. Standing face to face with hostile protesters was very Andrew Breitbart-like.
When you watch this video, forget who won the argument, but focus on Cruz’s willingness to debate the leader of Code Pink, someone used to grabbing the spotlight. Cruz reduced Benjamin to a sideshow rather than center stage. It’s almost as if she was not there.
For me, watching it was a Ted Cruz moment.
Ted Cruz Takes Down Code Pink Hecklers on Iran (Video)
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>> “we need immediate action and someone who can turn the tables around on the GOPe, media and illegal invasion now.” <<
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Yes, a perfect description of Ted Cruz.
Please cease peddling Charlatans and real estate shysters.
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Please take your Bath House politics to an appropriate forum
This ain’t it.
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FYI, TPP is not up for vote yet.
You are the one spreading B$ and you know it. His vote was one of the oldest tricks in the DC Scumbag playbook. Vote to bring the bill to the floor where it can't be stopped, then vote against it. I hope you are not really deceived by that kind of trickery, if you are it truly is too bad.
Yeah, those are the big loudmouths claiming the moral high ground. People mention them and their bully tactics all over the internet.
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Why do you reduce yourself to repeating this ignorant hearsay lie?
Now we have a new Troll classification to deal with: "Hearsay Troll."
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Gotta LOVE that man.. TED CRUZ for President..
Go TED GO!!
You have been the tu@d in the punch bowl on Trump threads for weeks, how does it feel to be floating in your own bowl?
Distinguished Whacko Bird
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>> “Trump seems to be up to this task.” <<
The only task Trump is up to is bringing himself down to the heckler’s moral and intellectual level.
He demolishes himself in public, while Cruz demolishes not just the heckler, but also the totality of his ignorant premise.
Bully worship is for school yards, not executive offices.
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I think he does it because it isn't a lie. Only a duffs bus his convoluted story. I only voted for it to stop it, knowing full well once it made it to the floor for a vote it was unstoppable. The sad thing is he could have voted against it and made a stand and the bill would have still passed. Why didn't he?
Ted Cruz is the grown-up candidate.
Only a duffs bus his...=Only a Dufus buys his...
Ain’t technology grand.
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Willful ignorance abounds in your posts.
Cruz is a very professional leader.
Your hero is a Barnum & Baily real estate shyster, who has shamelessly absconded with the life savings of thousands of investors.
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Indeed
King of Breakfast
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I won’t repeat your effluent.
Thanks for showing all of us what you’re made of.
Yes, you are a Hoot!
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>> “Why didn’t he?” <<
For the cognitively challenged:
The bill is what is going to save us from the unlawful and unconstitutional ‘deal’ when he takes office.
Hoot on!
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Grace and poise in a high-stress situation are not easy to pull off, neither is thinking on one’s feet. Cruz is able to manage all three and to do it seemingly easily. In a crisis situation I have no doubt Ted Cruz is an amazingly effective leader.
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