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Cruz: Make Candidates Who Claim Conservatism Prove It
ABC Snooze ^
| 02/26/2015
| PHILIP ELLIOTT
Posted on 02/26/2015 12:15:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Republicans must not let themselves be tricked into picking a moderate presidential nominee in 2016, by demanding their hopefuls have a demonstrated commitment to conservatism, Sen. Ted Cruz told an enthusiastic audience Thursday.
Cruz, himself a likely presidential candidate, warned activists gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington that voters who pick the GOP nominee are likely to hear a similar pitch: "You betcha. Who-diddley. I'm as conservative as all get out." But, without naming names, he suggested that many of those likely candidates lacked the record to back it up.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; gopestablishment; rinos; tedcruz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
he suggested that many of those likely candidates lacked the record to back it up On the whole, you could say the same thing about the GOP in general. All talk, no walk.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:18:02 PM PST
by
Starboard
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The GOP needs to tell the national media to shove their entirely predictable election year routine up their marxist arses and talk directly to the American voter.
I wish.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:18:35 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: E. Pluribus Unum
If they say they are “severely conservative”, run for the hills.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:19:15 PM PST
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Like these three who just showed their true colors:
Jeff Flake
Orrin Hatch
Lindsey Graham
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:20:49 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Mark Steyn: "fundamentally transformed" is a euphemism for "wrecked beyond repair.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Anything that would save us from having posters saying that Romney and Reagan were at the same place in their conservatism.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:22:00 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:25:40 PM PST
by
Signalman
To: E. Pluribus Unum; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; RitaOK; MountainDad; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!
If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
CRUZ or LOSE!
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:25:47 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
Cruz or Lose !!
...I like it.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Cruz's Words:
"If a candidate tells you that they oppose Obamacare fantastic! When have you stood up and fought against it?" he asked of his potential rivals, many of them slated to address the audience.
"Actions speak far, far louder than words. We need to look to people who walk the walk," he added.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:28:37 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
By their votes and rationales, ye shall know them....
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:33:46 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: E. Pluribus Unum
As far as I know, Bush hasn’t stated he’s conservative, although the media has labeled him a conservative, just like Romney, McCain, et. al.
To the lib media, an, “R” behind the name means conservative.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:38:22 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
( For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
So, Cruz is endorsing Walker, who has a tangible and verifiable conservative track record in elected office.
Cruz has not been in an elected leadership position that would test his conservative rhetoric in practice and at the ballot box.
That is not a knock on Cruz, but a reality he needs to deal with.
While I love Cruz, he might do more good by being the conservative voice in the Senate.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:40:31 PM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Walker/Cruz 2016)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Let’s see now, the conservative candidate must say he is for lower taxes on the rich, war with Iran, deport all illegals, and bring back a disguised poll tax. Nah, that’s just for rallies. We ain’t gonna hear anyone prove they are conservative.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:43:23 PM PST
by
ex-snook
(God forgives because God is Love)
To: Erik Latranyi
Cruz has not been in an elected leadership position that would test his conservative rhetoric in practice and at the ballot box.
Go push Scott "The Weather Vane" Walker some place else.
And quit pushing a false meme as well. Cruz's votes, and solitary leadership on the conservative issues of the day, while Walker was running away from the Right-To-Work fight one day, and then running back towards the fight, running away from the Gay Marriage fight and giving up, while Cruz continues to fight the good fight, spouting Pro-Abortion rhetoric one day, and then figuring out that probably won't sell to the conservatives in Iowa on another day, and finally, pushing for Amnesty and an Open-Borders policy for a very long time, including supporting McCain's Amnesty, and now proclaiming how he is a hardliner now shows an amazing inconsistency.
Get back to us when Walker makes up his mind if he wants to be a conservative, or just a Chamber-of-Commerce Republican.
Cruz has already proven himself on all of these issues, and remains consistent. Walker, not so much, and until he does, he's not worthy, from a conservative perspective, of being POTUS.
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posted on
02/26/2015 12:45:33 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: E. Pluribus Unum; All
BEWARE!
Conservatism does not necessarily mean constitutional.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I believe to Senator Cruz “Conservative” is much more than an obligatory campaign slogan.
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posted on
02/26/2015 1:02:00 PM PST
by
duffee
(Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
To: SoConPubbie
Go push Scott "The Weather Vane" Walker some place else.I see you are still trying to peddle your LIES about Walker for some unknown reason.
Rather than spread the liberal ejaculate about Walker's words, which you happily gobble up, on FR, perhaps you can show us something Walker actually did as governor that was not conservative?
I am waiting for one of these arbiters of who is, and who isn't, conservative to show us how Walker governed as a RINO and not twist his words the way liberals love to twist them.
To: Amendment10
What difference does it make?
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posted on
02/26/2015 1:16:38 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If obama speaks and there is no one there to hear it, is it still a lie?)
To: duffee; All
"I believe to Senator Cruz Conservative is much more than an obligatory campaign slogan." Noting that I will vote for Cruz if nominated as conservative candidate for president, I respectfully disagree.
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