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Business Legend Jack Welch: 'The CRAZIEST Thing in This Election is People Calling Ted Cruz a Liar'
PoliStick ^ | February 27, 2016 | Matthew K. Burke

Posted on 02/29/2016 2:39:31 PM PST by SoConPubbie

In perhaps the craziest election season in decades, if not ever, singling out one item as the kookiest is virtually impossible.

However, Former GE CEO Jack Welch, widely considered one of the most successful businessmen in history, said that Donald Trump and Marco Rubio calling constitutional conservative Ted Cruz a “liar” without being able to back it up is the “craziest” thing of this election cycle.

Appearing on FOX News with host Neil Cavuto, Jack Welch said:

“The craziest thing in this election has been the idea of people calling Ted Cruz a liar. I’ve watched this guy for the last 18 months. The one thing this man is is straight and truthful. Truth and trust go with this guy. I wrote a book about Truth and Trust — this guy personifies it.”

Let’s take ethanol. He goes into Iowa with a six-term governor and tells them we’re through with subsidies.  Right straight in the eye — no one else gets there. They all come around to it — Rubio always comes around to Ted’s positions eventually.”

Jack Welch wasn’t shocked that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a failed RINO presidential candidate who led the Garden State to a record nine credit downgrades under his leadership, endorsed Trump saying that Christie is a “political animal” who is “interviewing for a job” in a presumed Trump administration since he will soon be looking for work.

“He needs a government check and he loves the political scene,” Welch said of Christie. “Once a political animal, always a political animal.”

Jack Welch summarized his support for Ted Cruz by applauding the Texas Senator for being the first to call out the corruption in Washington, D.C., in both parties, where politicians and crony lobbyists join together to benefit from big government at the expense of taxpayers. Cruz coined the term “Washington Cartel” to accurately describe this unholy alliance.

“Ted Cruz is the first one to call this crowd a cartel — to call them for what they were — and that’s why I supported him,” Welch told Cavuto.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; dividedloyalty; dualcitizenship; liarcruz; secondcoming; tedcruz; theocracy
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To: glasseye

In addition, CRUZ and RUBIO ARE NOT eligible. THAT is my position and will remain so. I studied the Constitution before either of them were born. The Constitution has not changed. They are NOT natural born citizens!


61 posted on 02/29/2016 3:24:05 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: SoConPubbie

Yes,

Trump’s whole campaign is a lie:
In Campaign: says he for buiding a wall
Before campaign: Critisied Romney for being to tough on immigration, hired illeagals to build Trump tower.

In Campaign: Against Iraq war
Before Campaign: For Iraq war

In Campaign: Against Obamacare but still praised socialized systems of Canada and Sweden.
Before Campaign: For Socialized health-care systems

List can go on and on, I don’t think there is one policy issue Trump has campaigned on where his pre-campaign views matched his rhetoric.

Yet a lot of people are falling for it, so I got to give him credit, it worked for Obama, looks like it will work for Trump also.


62 posted on 02/29/2016 3:27:38 PM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: SPRINK
I wish Ted would have had Welch on the campaign trail rather than that idiot Glen Beck...

Absolutely.

63 posted on 02/29/2016 3:30:57 PM PST by Washi (Don't blame me. I voted for the conservative.)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’m not philosophically opposed to the idea of electing a non-politician proven leader as president and I’d vote for Jack Welch in a heartbeat. In terms of actual business acumen, intelligence, and success Trump doesn’t amount to a pimple on the man’s a$$.


64 posted on 02/29/2016 3:31:26 PM PST by katana (Just my opinion)
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To: Washi

“The psychology behind mob mentality and cult of personality is amazing, isn’t it.”

Yes. Amazing to see people defend Cruz after he went gutter in IA with Jeff Roe, and then defend all the subsequent lies, half truths, and deliberate and blatant misrepresentations.

I think Trump was actually stunned by how dirty it is.


65 posted on 02/29/2016 3:34:08 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: SoConPubbie
1)People don't like him that much. A lot of it is "lookism." Hillary Clinton may be Nixon reborn, but Ted's appearance and mannerisms put some in mind of Nixon (or LBJ or Joe McCarthy).

2) If you present yourself as "trust and truth personified," every little thing you say that might not be completely true or fair will muddy your reputation. It's the expectations game.

66 posted on 02/29/2016 3:35:23 PM PST by x
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To: Jewbacca

From a Canadian perspective Trump is wrong on the efficiency of a single payer system. It looks good in theory but once put into practice, it is an utter waste and the bureaucracies that are instituted to maintain the machine are abhorrent. Keep in mind that in Canada, healthcare is the purview of the province and not the federal gov’t. Provinces receive transfer payments from the federal government and the provinces are responsible for the budgeting and cost. Since there is no competitive marketplace to control or reduce costs, healthcare is in effect they are always out of control and thus rationing occurs. So no Universal healthcare is not the panacea that Trump thinks it is. Bref. A national healthcare system will only create a federalized bureaucracy that will only be be-holdened to itself and unionized and be inevitably an arm of the democratic party. New York Values Baby!!


67 posted on 02/29/2016 3:37:56 PM PST by bubman
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To: glasseye
I am disgusted by some here on FR defaming Cruz with half stories & innuendo.

I'm not even a fan of Cruz, but the criticism of him is way over the top. It seems like a whole lot of Leftist "sleeper posters" who signed up for FR years ago have now woken up and started posting criticisms of Cruz that sound like they come straight from DU.

68 posted on 02/29/2016 3:40:42 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: grey_whiskers
Yes, I did a google search, and it appears this Jack Welch was a big proponent of shipping our jobs and industries to the 3rd world.

"Several years ago Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, captured the new reality when he talked of ideally having "every plant you own on a barge". The economic logic was that factories should float between countries to take advantage of lowest costs, be they due to under-valued exchange rates, low taxes, subsidies, or a surfeit of cheap labor. Globalization has made Welch's barge a reality. However, in doing so it has made capital mobility rather than country comparative advantage the engine of trade. And with that change, "free trade" increasingly trades jobs and promotes downward wage equalization.

http://www.thomaspalley.com/?p=87
69 posted on 02/29/2016 3:44:09 PM PST by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: glasseye

The Trumpers have taken over, and worse yet, appear unhinged. The more I see of Trump, the less I trust him, but at the same time, it surely does look like he’ll sew up the nomination tomorrow. That said, I’ll certainly vote for him if he’s the nominee, but under a Trump administration, we should be expecting

a) no wall
b) unlimited H-1b visas
c) single-payer

All he’s doing is closing a deal with the base at the moment. Once he’s in the general, he’ll be closing a deal with the low-information voters.

And if in office, he’ll be dealing with anyone to get what he wants, and his instincts are liberal.


70 posted on 02/29/2016 3:46:00 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: RaceBannon

I watched the video. It’s mostly a rehash of previous discussions.

1. Trump will defund PP because of abortion. And is no longer pro-choice. He’s been vary vocal on protecting Christians in this country and abroad.

2. Trump initially was for Syrian refugees before learning that they were mostly young males. Then he changed his position.

3. His campaign has been consistently conservative on borders, religious freedom, immigration, trade and 2nd Amendment.

4. Trump is campaigning against Obama care from day one. He wants medical savings accounts and interstate competition for health plans. He thinks everyone needs some kind of coverage. Medicare and Medicaid have been with us since 1965.

If he’s lying about his positions since day 1 of his campaign then I’m no worse off than if I voted for a “principled conservative” GOPer.


71 posted on 02/29/2016 3:47:41 PM PST by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: JediJones

That’s my point. Medicare/Medicaid are already part of universal health care.


72 posted on 02/29/2016 3:49:11 PM PST by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Cruz went from hero to zero the moment trump decided he was a threat. Now trump the clinton donor determines who is a good Conservative


73 posted on 02/29/2016 3:50:18 PM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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To: In_Iowa_not_from
I was right there ahead of him.

Another Look at Outsourcing (Vanity) (from 2005).

(Vanity) A Falling Tide Grounds All Boats (from 2006).

74 posted on 02/29/2016 3:50:47 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: In_Iowa_not_from

It appears “free trade,” bad trade deals, government forced unionization, socialism, and outsourcing coupled with nearly unlimited immigrant invasions and without deregulation and deep government cost and tax cutting has cost us our manufacturing base and has driven (real) unemployment through the roof.


75 posted on 02/29/2016 3:52:10 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: Washi
Jack "Neutron" Welch, to bolster "H1-B" Ted Cruz over "Make America Great Again" Donald Trump?

I'm supporting Trump over Cruz, and I *LOVE* it!

76 posted on 02/29/2016 3:53:01 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: heights
Right.

With an American Conservative Union rating of 100

77 posted on 02/29/2016 3:54:59 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: Democrat_media

You forgot the Trilateral Commission and the Illuminati.


78 posted on 02/29/2016 3:56:45 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: SoConPubbie
Hey Jack, Cruz admitted to lying to kill the Gang of 8 Bill.

Do you know what it's called when you knowingly make false statements on or make proposals with false pretenses to a legal document with intent to destroy?...Fraud.

79 posted on 02/29/2016 4:10:04 PM PST by lewislynn (Ted Cruz: " I'll never have 'a plane with my name" (or a Presidential seal))
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To: SoConPubbie

Jack Welch the CEO of GE China, friend to Obama and member of the Obama administration. It’s no wonder he’d come to Mr. (and Mrs.) Green card/H1b/open borders/cheap labor loving Cruz’s defense.


80 posted on 02/29/2016 4:16:54 PM PST by lewislynn (Ted Cruz: " I'll never have 'a plane with my name" (or a Presidential seal))
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