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Video: Yes, Ted Cruz just put out what looks like a presidential campaign ad
Hotair ^ | 03/28/2014 | AllahPundit

Posted on 03/28/2014 1:32:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Via the Examiner, you can thank Ben Howe for producing this. Is it a presidential campaign teaser? The last line, borrowing Obama’s campaign slogan from 2008, seems freighted with extra significance. I’d never seen something like this from Cruz before either. At first blush, I thought maybe it was his way of stealing a little thunder from Rand Paul’s overt presidential maneuvering lately. Here’s Cruz reminding conservatives that Rand won’t be the only game in town next year.

But after looking through his campaign YouTube account, I realize I’m wrong. Cruz has released at least two ads similar to this one since being elected to the Senate, one last October right after the shutdown ended and another a week before Christmas. Maybe this is just something that politicians with big followings, who may or may not run for national office soon, do now in the age of viral media. Every once in a while they’ll put an ad online for no specific reason beyond polishing their brand and giving their supporters something to share on Facebook and Twitter. Coke and Pepsi don’t advertise only when they’re planning to release a new product; advertising is a constant for major companies, and now that ads can be produced and disseminated cheaply, it’s probably a constant for savvy pols too. Or rather, will be a constant: I checked Elizabeth Warren’s campaign YouTube account, figuring that she’s the closest thing on the left to a Cruz analogue as a grassroots hero who recently joined the Senate, and found that it hasn’t been updated since she was elected. Maybe that’ll change — or maybe the fact that Cruz is doing this and she isn’t really is a sign of which of them is more serious about running for president. Hmmmm.

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1 posted on 03/28/2014 1:32:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m all in.


2 posted on 03/28/2014 1:36:43 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish Ted and Rand would get together and decide which one is going to be the pres and which one is going to be the vice pres and run together. It would wipe all the other wannabes out of the race and keep the media from choosing our candidate for the third time.


3 posted on 03/28/2014 1:40:01 PM PDT by DallasDeb ((usafa06mom))
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To: SeekAndFind

you can bet Cruz is not a GOPe favorite and as such he would have to run a miraculous grassroots fundraising campaign.

not impossible though.


4 posted on 03/28/2014 1:40:45 PM PDT by kingattax (America needs more real Americans.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Paul, Cruz, Palin - All people I will happily vote for.


5 posted on 03/28/2014 1:41:32 PM PDT by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m in, I think he’s great!


6 posted on 03/28/2014 1:43:24 PM PDT by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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To: DallasDeb

Hear, hear.


7 posted on 03/28/2014 1:43:30 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks SeekAndFind.


8 posted on 03/28/2014 1:44:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: DallasDeb

Same here.


9 posted on 03/28/2014 1:45:00 PM PDT by arderkrag (An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Sen. Cruz is serious about this, he has my support.


10 posted on 03/28/2014 1:45:26 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: SeekAndFind; onyx; JustAmy; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; ...

Outfreepingstanding!! Go, Ted, GO!!


11 posted on 03/28/2014 1:45:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m in.


12 posted on 03/28/2014 1:47:53 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Jim Robinson

I don’t think we’ve seen this kind of communication/campaign strength (on our side) in 30 years.

Without a hint of political feet of clay, or a personal weakness.


13 posted on 03/28/2014 1:53:05 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: kingattax

Got a recorded call from Cruz a couple of days ago. He did a nice job, but I believe it was for the Congressional/Senate Conservative PAC. Did any of you get the call?


14 posted on 03/28/2014 1:57:01 PM PDT by WHATNEXT?
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To: WHATNEXT?

no


15 posted on 03/28/2014 1:58:28 PM PDT by kingattax (America needs more real Americans.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Notice that even with all the power and intensity in his delivery, he never frowns or scowls. He is not angry. He is at peace with himself in this fight.


16 posted on 03/28/2014 1:58:42 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: SeekAndFind; Monterrosa-24; ilgipper; exnavy; MarMema; Bikkuri; o2bfree; 12th_Monkey; 230FMJ; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
17 posted on 03/28/2014 1:59:43 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is a man deserving support. He has mine.


18 posted on 03/28/2014 2:00:10 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: Jim Robinson; SeekAndFind
Outfreepingstanding!! Go, Ted, GO!!

YES!

19 posted on 03/28/2014 2:00:13 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Run, Ted, run.


20 posted on 03/28/2014 2:00:52 PM PDT by House Atreides
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