Posted on 09/17/2015 10:33:37 AM PDT by conservativejoy
https://debate.princeton.edu/results/hall-of-fame/
Article from 1992
http://gotnews.com/breaking-ted-cruz-named-worlds-best-debater-90s-tedcruzcrimes/
Cruz “resume”
Don’t even think about telling us Cruz is not as good at debate as he is said to be, that is proven fact and what you saw last night can only laughingly be called a debate.
I’m waiting for a “Campaigning with the Stars” or maybe “Who’s the next U.S. President” show, where every week the candidates have to answer stupid, inane and embarrassing questions, and each week the “judges” and “online audience” get to kick off the least popular candidate. These freak shows are not much better than that. Why cant we have serious debates to learn more about the candidates?
I think the major problem that Cruz has to overcome is the deliberate marginalization and outright pretending that he doesn’t exist tactic being employed by the MSM and their political backers.
He may be building a base within the silent majority, but that won’t be quite enough.
At this point the goal would be to bury ¡JEB! and send the rest of the GOPe “spoilers” spiraling down the drain.
Another goal would be for the candidates to take charge of the debates, and stop falling for the MSM tactic of getting candidates to form a circular firing squad. Stick to Reagan’s 11th commandment, weed out the RINOs, and get back to fixing this country.
This is Rich Lowery California dreamin. :-)
Nice 1992.......I was quite a different person in 1992.....in fact, I used to run a 7 minute mile and a half and now I can do it in 11 minutes. All of us slow down and are not as good as we were 23 years ago. Cruz is fine just not an expert in debating. No big deal. He may still be able to get out of the middle who knows.
So why is he middle of the pack at best in these debates?
Uhhh, because these aren’t DEBATES. They are red meat free-for all’s meant to destroy one loud and boisterous candidate.
In a real, one-on-one, or 3 way debate Cruz destroys every clown in politics.
On Constitutional issues, no one on that stage can shine Cruz’s shoes. Period.
Silly excuse......same type of debates for 30 years. Oh well another pass for the wanna be.
Cruz is the wannabe?
You know, I tried to give your guy the benefit of the doubt in my post, even though I wouldn’t vote for him for dogcatcher at this point.
And yet here you are, on an article not about your candidate disparaging someone elses candidate.
It is truly sad to watch some of you rabid Trump people attack the one guy who has consistently fought for Conservative values his entire career.
To me that in itself drives me further, and further away from Trump.
You honestly believe a guy who couldn’t answer a simple question about his own immigration plan, posted on his website, beat anyone last night?
A guy who was called out on past statements, about vaccines, and about trying to get legal gaming in FL, and had to walk them both back, won last night?
Credit where credit is due, Trump’s answer on the 14th Amendment was good. But those Constitutional scholars he said he had gone to for that opinion, who do you think he was talking about?
Trump did do the impossible last night, he made Christie look informed, and I wouldn’t even entertain the idea of Christie for dogcatcher.
By the way, back up your assertion that anyone in America is a better Strict Constitutionalist than Ted Cruz.
You called him a wannabe, prove it.
Trump will do fine with out you. He has complete reinvigorated the Republican Party. If not for Trump, the ratings of the debate would have been at most 2 million people especially with your extremely boring candidate that you for some dumb reason supports. Slimiest guy on stage...EASILY.
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