IMHO it looked like Leno was trying to "knee-cap" senator Cruz (Or this was the "plan"-hence Leno having all the weird cue cards on his desk and his rapid-fire questions, then cutting off Ted before he could respond fully).
It seems obvious the left, (I don't think Leno came up with this on his own.), was hoping to catch senator Cruz off guard/take him out, with this appearance on Leno's show. To his great credit- Cruz appeared to be calm and in control, never once becoming rattled by the hyperactive questioning of Leno.
In fact from the first shot Leno took: "Which of the three adjectives- aggressive, arrogant, abrasive describe you?" And Cruz comes back with how amazed he is to be where he is, amazed to have the chance to serve, and about his dad coming here as an immigrant exc..(see video), he (Ted) completely disarmed Leno, and took over the show.
Yah, he could have said something about slavery being "law of the land" (at one point)" or women not having the right to vote" exc.., but his answer worked too. (I can think of a a few different responses now , but if I was on Leno's show, I would have thought of one response to the one question 18 hrs later- long after Jay and everyone went home- LOL.) Ted Cruz is lightning fast in his responses.
Impressive.
He came across as serious, but , more importantly sincere, in expressing his concern for where our country is headed.
Agree or disagree with the government shut down-Ted Cruz is Paul Revere-when it comes to the healthcare bill-He was the first one trying to warn the people of the horror that is coming towards them.
People will remember/appreciate him for this, even if they didn't like the tactics used. And they will remember him, as more and more of the negative parts of the healthcare bill hit them- cancellations/ high deductibles exc..
By the end of his interview, it sounded like he won the whole audience over-at least to where they gave him a large round of applause. (It was more than the FReepers in the audience applauding).
Great job FReepers! Your cheering could be heard loud and clear throughout the segment.
()P.S. I tried to get in to the taping, but, got shut out at the last minute. I'll post about that later. It was kind of weird how it happened, and I'm not the only one, who had that experience in line.)
IMHO it looked like Leno was trying to "knee-cap" senator Cruz...It felt that way to ME, too!...It seems obvious the left, (I don't think Leno came up with this on his own.),
was hoping to catch senator Cruz off guard/take him out, with this appearance on Leno's show.
Like someone else said, they were hoping for a "Charlie Gibson/Katie Couric"-style AMBUSH!Fortunately, they had THREE PROBLEMS with that plan:
- Senator Cruz was PREPARED for them, for the most part.- This show was recorded "live-to-tape," so they could not EDIT his answers.
- WE WERE THERE, to help influence the "crowd dynamics." :)