...and ZINGING him with obviously prepared "gotcha" statements, and clearly leftist talking points.From the FULL TRANSCRIPT now posted on The Lonely Conservative:
Jay: Let me ask you something. Let me ask you something.If I was a strategist for your side and I didn’t think Obamacare was going to work,
I would have sat back and said, "you know something, let’s not shut down the government.Let’s see what happens.'
See, I think instead of — a lot of people do not like the government shutdown.
I mean, when Newt Gingrich was here, well he said "this is a game." Well, it’s not a game. People lose their jobs.
But, if they had just not shut it down, what’s happening with Obamacare would still have happened.
And rather than having people vilify you for shutting down the government,
it might have been seen in a different light.Do you think...
Cruz: Listen, Jay, I’m one of the many people who was not a fan of shutting down the government.
Throughout this whole thing, I said...
Jay: You looked like a big fan from where I was standing!
Cruz: And the reason we had a government shutdown is President Obama the Democrats said,
"we will not negotiate, and we will not compromise."You know, it’s striking now...
Jay: But here’s my thing.
You don’t negotiate or compromise because A) John Roberts — Republican, pretty much — said this is the law.Obamacare is the law of the land.
Let’s move on. Isn’t that true?Cruz: The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional challenge.
But it isn’t working.
3.5 million people across this country have gotten cancelation notices...Jay: I know, but social security took seven years before anybody got the first check.
Roosevelt said, we’re gonna put social security — it was seven years before anybody got anything.