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Ted Cruz steals line from 'The American President' to slam Donald Trump's attack on his wife
NY Daily News ^ | March 23, 2016 | ETHAN SACKS

Posted on 03/23/2016 10:04:10 AM PDT by McGruff

If Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's dig at arch-nemesis Donald Trump sounded good, that's because it was cribbed from an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

The Texas Senator used a line from the 1995 movie "The American President" to warn Trump to stop threatening his wife — only Cruz neglected to attribute the source.

"If Donald wants to get into a character fight, he's better off sticking with me, because Heidi is way out of his league," Cruz told CNN Wednesday morning.

That's nearly verbatim from the Aaron Sorkin-penned scene in which Michael Douglas' Commander in Chief slams a rival by saying, "If you want a character debate Bob, you better stick with me because Sydney Ellen Waid is way out of your league."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: McGruff

So what. Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” was stolen from Reagan’s 1980 campaign.


21 posted on 03/23/2016 10:19:55 AM PDT by Durbin
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To: McGruff

Did I miss the part where Cruz disavowed the ad?


22 posted on 03/23/2016 10:20:22 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: McGruff

Time for George T Bush III to withdraw for the good of the Party.

Pray America wakes


23 posted on 03/23/2016 10:20:37 AM PDT by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: Brookhaven

Amazing that folks think this line is stolen from some movie. The response is pretty much what anyone would say. These media tools are just that.....tools. The problem is folks actually pay money to read what these turd think.

I had forgotten this movie even existed. Libturds like the writer watch it ever weekend, masturbating thinking about having both a tough and liberal president.


24 posted on 03/23/2016 10:20:55 AM PDT by PSUGOP
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To: McGruff

https://twitter.com/hashtag/LyingTed?src=hash


25 posted on 03/23/2016 10:22:15 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: McGruff

Her membership in the CFR is enough for me.


26 posted on 03/23/2016 10:22:26 AM PDT by kempster (o)
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To: McGruff

Thanks for posting this.

Why didn’t Cruz credit the line?


27 posted on 03/23/2016 10:22:38 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Real men don’t twitter.


28 posted on 03/23/2016 10:23:36 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: McGruff

Except in this case his campaign went after Melania Trumps character first. Cruz is no movie start.


29 posted on 03/23/2016 10:23:45 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: 1Old Pro

http://www.tedbush.org/home.html


30 posted on 03/23/2016 10:23:59 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: 1Old Pro

Losing a tight race yes. Imploding? A little grandiose there Trumpeteer.


31 posted on 03/23/2016 10:25:01 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: GodGunsGuts

On another thread, I showed you that was a fake Trump tweet.

Please ask the moderator to remove the post.


32 posted on 03/23/2016 10:25:56 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: dp0622

“it’s a left wing movie with a left wing president.”

I hated that homage to Bill Clinton. And isn’t it just like the GOP-e’s current tool to quote it?

Cruz started this shameful exchange through `Make America (Totally) Awesome’ (fer sure dude) and now he fakes umbrage.

“Oh no!” protest his enablers. “That’s illegal!”
No. It’s a phone call from Liz Nair: “Don’t worry about it Ted. We’re going to fix his wagon with the Mormons.”

Cruz reminds me of a New England witch-hunter examining a suspect, a nubile young woman, for “marks of Satan” by looking between her toes, behind her knees, on her belly—all the while licking his lips. Maybe because his own wife looks as hard as a piece of flint?
It’s just more hardball, unethical chicanery from the Cruz camp.


33 posted on 03/23/2016 10:26:15 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: McGruff
Cruz is clearly a popcorn-loving movie nerd, having quoted lines from "The Usual Suspects," "The Princess Bride" and "Jerry Maguire" all along the campaign trail.

Yup, "show me the money" is cruz's main slogan.

34 posted on 03/23/2016 10:27:24 AM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: exit82

What thread is that? Are you saying that Trump did not threaten Ted Cruz’s wife on Twitter?


35 posted on 03/23/2016 10:28:16 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: McGruff

“DONALD TRUMP STEALS LINE FROM THIRD GRADER”


36 posted on 03/23/2016 10:28:17 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: McGruff

Ted is such a brain trust.

Trump’s wife has already been disrespected, and yet Ted spins it that his wife is the one who was attacked.

This is a brain trust we need on the SCOTUS?

Seldom have I seen a guy with less common sense.


37 posted on 03/23/2016 10:30:42 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: HarleyLady27

WOW!! Howabout THAT!! Thank you Governor!

GO TRUMP!!!


38 posted on 03/23/2016 10:33:15 AM PDT by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: DoughtyOne
Ted doesn't seem to be handling the pressure of the campaign very well.

Trump seems cool as a cucumber so far.

39 posted on 03/23/2016 10:34:43 AM PDT by McGruff (DisgusTED!)
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To: GodGunsGuts; exit82
Are you saying that Trump did not threaten Ted Cruz’s wife on Twitter?

exit82 is saying that he showed you that was a fake Trump tweet.

Quit parsing like a Cruz.

Geez - is THIS what we have to look forward to from The MasterDebater?

"It all depends on what the meaning of "is", is..."

40 posted on 03/23/2016 10:39:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (Ted Cruz endorsement fails as Ted Cruz fails to win more than 50% of the vote in Texas)
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