Posted on 07/31/2015 5:07:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
For a person who wants to be President of the United States, Sen. Ted Cruz is sure not acting presidential.
When he was Majority Leader, Harry Reid called Ted Cruz a "schoolyard bully" on the Senate floor. I won't go that far, because I don't know the man personally; I've never spoken to him, and it would be unfair for me to characterize someone in such a personal fashion without doing so. But I will reiterate something that I wrote last March: Sen. Cruz is not qualified to be President of the United States. It's not because he's a bully or a relatively inexperienced senator compared to colleagues that have been legislating for the past several decades (President Obama, after all, was only in the U.S. Senate for less than four years). He isn't fit to be President because his behavior over the past several weeks has been anything but presidential: calling his party leader a "lair" during a floor speech (something that he had to walk back as he was criticized by senior GOP senators for his conduct), misquoting witnesses during Senate hearings, and refusing to acknowledge that there are some things in this world (like the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) that require level-headed, cool and calculated analysis.
A big part of being a Commander-in-Chief is to demonstrate the fortitude to treat your political opponents with respect, refraining from attacks directed at an individual just because your opponent happens to express a different position on a policy, and engaging in a pragmatism that enables the country to move forward. One can argue whether President George W. Bush and President Barak Obama's policies are wrong or foolish, but you can't argue the fact that both men acted like a President -- that is, exhibited the characteristics of patience....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Author’s hyperbole notwithstanding, there is actually one candidate who should be considered subject to disqualification — and that’s the former Sec. of State.
And the current one. Did you know that people are urging him to run?
“Ted Cruz hasn’t a chance so we are going to make sure that Ted Cruz hasn’t a chance”
Huffi Post.
I most certainly have not.
Well, Carly Fiorina seems to be doing quite well .. it’s just that because she’s exposing Hillary, she’s not getting much press.
However, I think she will shine at the debates - which should elevate her.
One of the Cruz superpacs is sending Fiorina a little money to help her out.
Cruz DID NOT HAVE TO WALK BACK THE “LIAR” COMMENT - and there were several people who told Hannity that they did hear McConnell LIE TO CRUZ’s FACE.
Googled Daniel R. DePetris.
He thinks Obama hit a home run with the Iranian deal. Warns the Israelis not to plan a first strike.
A real Huffy Puffy chablis-sipper.
Did I miss something? When did Ted Cruz “walk back” anything he said. Typical. These people are LIARS.
Did you know that people are urging him [Kerry] to run?
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Misinterpretation- I think those folks are actually telling him to flee to a country w/o an extradition treaty.
These people who write for these leftist rags think they are relevant and what they say carries weight. Delusional - all of them.
When are we going to stop giving HP the traffic?
“He isn’t fit to be President because his behavior over the past several weeks has been anything but presidential: calling his party leader a “lair” during a floor speech...”
The writer may not be too bright but I am fairly certain that Ted Cruz knows the English language too well to call any living being a “lair”.
Exactly...DePetris is a libtard 0bama worshiper.
Have I ever criticized one of your threads?
This is clearly race baiting because Sen Cruz is Latino
Not surprising. I don’t know if this one ever had a “Man Card”. I think they’re all pretty Happy at Huffo and Salon, both.
HuffPo.
Not shocked.
They’re afraid to cover Trump. The rat candidates are boring and scary at the same time. So Cruz it is.
The current Thug in Chief flips the bird, literally, to his opponents, and uses government power to persecute perceived domestic opponents. Cruz gets on my nerves at times (everyone does), but he is 1000X more gentlemanly and infinitely more American than anyone in the Regime.
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