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Trump Goes Personal Against Cruz; Disparages His Cuban Ancestry; Questions Christianity
Politistick ^ | December 11, 2015 | Matthew K. Burke

Posted on 12/12/2015 8:38:00 AM PST by Isara

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101 posted on 12/12/2015 10:10:35 AM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: Isara

I can’t wait to see how the Trump supporters justify this, and tell us how this shows what a great campaigner Trump is... What it does reveal is Trump’s total ignorance of Christianity in general and evangelicals in particular.


102 posted on 12/12/2015 10:15:44 AM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: deport

Bob Vander Plaats endorsed President Mike Huckabee, in 2008

and President Rick Santorum in 2012.

He has also supported subsidy to ethanol.


103 posted on 12/12/2015 10:15:46 AM PST by truth_seeker (come with the outlws.)
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To: Isara

Grist for the ‘can’t wait to twist my panties’ crowd.

“And by the way, and again, I do like Ted Cruz, but not a lot of evangelicals come out of Cuba, in all fairness. It’s true. Not a lot come out. But I like him nevertheless,” Trump claimed.”

Not a lot of Christians come out of Islamic countries either, I suppose pointing out that some do is “disparaging” their faith.


104 posted on 12/12/2015 10:16:40 AM PST by moehoward
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To: AuntB
THAT is what they call 'disparaging'? What a bunch of crybaby bullies the press is. They are searching for anything to hang Trump with. It's disgusting.

Kind of like all of the Trump supporters outraged over Cruz supposedly questioning Trump's "judgment"...

105 posted on 12/12/2015 10:20:07 AM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: proxy_user

Cruz is showing restraint, which is a sign of true strength. Also very presidential.


106 posted on 12/12/2015 10:20:28 AM PST by JJHLH1
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To: CA Conservative

I don’t have a problem with Cruz questioning Trump, neither does Trump. Cruz should be brave and do it to his face rather than leaked stuff.


107 posted on 12/12/2015 10:22:27 AM PST by dforest
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To: GilGil

Yes, it is false and there will many more like it. There will also be many who will take the bait without taking the time to listen to what Trump says rather than what the MSM and the GOP elite say that he said. Ted Cruz is the darling of both the Left and the Right now because he’s the last best hope against Trump for both. Carson enjoyed this position for a time but he blew it.


108 posted on 12/12/2015 10:38:05 AM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: Jane Long

Have you noticed the Cruz supporters post the same articles 20 times and make the same complaints about their candidate being disparaged??


109 posted on 12/12/2015 10:43:59 AM PST by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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To: Genoa; CA Conservative

I quoted the article. I didn’t say one word about Cruz. Try to keep up. I can give you pages of his double talking lawyer bull crap if you’d like...which you’ve seen and still can’t comprehend.

Trump is TEN times nicer to Cruz than I’d ever be. Cruz is a con man.


110 posted on 12/12/2015 10:56:41 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Genoa

Spin? I gave you quotes. Spin that. There are few evangelics in Cuba. Fact.


111 posted on 12/12/2015 11:03:32 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: Aleya2Fairlie

Exactly correct that the media wrongly reported that Trump attacked Cruz.

In his Iowa rally Trump really did not attack Cruz. He simply made a statements of differences of opinion which was hardly an attack.

It is as if, for example, both Trump and Cruz love Ferraris but Trump likes red ones and Cruz likes yellow ones.

Trump then makes a public statement that Cruz does not like red Ferraris.

The next day the media everywhere announces that Trump launched a blistering attack on Cruz for not liking red Ferraris. That’s how the press reacts making a tempest in a tea pot.

First there was Bush.
Then it was Fiorina.
Then Carson.
Then Rubio.
And now Cruz.

All paper tigers created by the media.


112 posted on 12/12/2015 11:04:58 AM PST by GilGil
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To: Aleya2Fairlie

You know I forgot to add that had Cruz people taken the time to listen to Trump’s last rally in Iowa they would have realized Trump said something very profound about Cruz during the Q&A. Very, very profound!

Trump said that there would definitely be a prominent place for Cruz in a Trump administration. Of course the press would somehow spin this as a blistering attack on Cruz. Somehow they forgot to report this. Does not sound like Trump hates Cruz.

The media is simply dying for a fight.

I think Trump and Cruz have got some kind of deal going.

What it is I have no clue but those two are up to something. If after the primaries those two pool resources they would make an unstoppable crushing juggernaut. The talent in their two respective organizations would vaporize anything the media or establishment has to throw at them.

We would witness the reducing of the media and establishment to rubble and the blowing up of the PC culture. Sends shivers up my spine!


113 posted on 12/12/2015 11:19:27 AM PST by GilGil
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To: AuntB

Come on AuntB. Trump made a thoroughly obnoxious remark about Cruz’s religious faith, in a disparaging context. And you try to justify it.


114 posted on 12/12/2015 11:21:41 AM PST by Genoa
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To: Isara

“I’m Cuban, Irish, and Italian, and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist.”

Ted Cruz


115 posted on 12/12/2015 11:27:27 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Genoa

Trump was a lot nicer about Cruz than I’d have been. I’m not electing a preacher and Cruz is a phony. If you can’t see that pious bunch of BS for what it is, I can’t help you.


116 posted on 12/12/2015 11:28:42 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: trisham
"I'm Cuban, Irish, and Italian, and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist." Ted Cruz

So what? A man is entitled to joke about his own ancestry and denominational ties. It's quite another thing when his opponent casts aspersions. In context, Trump's remarks amount to asking, "Evangelical? His people are from Cuba. How many evangelicals come from Cuba?" Not nice. Not presidential. Trump owes Cruz an apology.

117 posted on 12/12/2015 11:32:01 AM PST by Genoa
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To: Genoa

My post was not meant as a criticism of Cruz. In fact, I support him.

But I do appreciate your interest.


118 posted on 12/12/2015 11:35:27 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham
My post was not meant as a criticism of Cruz. In fact, I support him. But I do appreciate your interest.

Sorry then. It sounded like you were trying to excuse Trump by pointing out that Cruz had made a similar remark. I was pointing out the difference.

119 posted on 12/12/2015 11:40:40 AM PST by Genoa
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To: usafa92

LOL.. yes, I’ve noticed that.

Kind of sad, in a way.


120 posted on 12/12/2015 11:51:46 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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