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Fox News host grills Ted Cruz on being too conservative to get independents
TheRightScoop ^ | 4/21/2015 | Rightscoop

Posted on 04/21/2015 8:35:51 AM PDT by gwgn02

Ted Cruz knocks it out of the park again.

Ted was on with Martha MacCallum this morning who grilled him on getting independents versus just sticking with the base. MacCallum started with the premise that Cruz is too conservative but he refuted that nonsense and told her that he’s already seeing a wider coalition of voters including Reagan Democrats and independents among his supporters. But she still insisted on sticking with her premise, asking Cruz if he even wants the independent vote. Cruz responded that of course he wants independents. He explained to MacCallum, as he as told others in the past, that his common sense principles are something that most Americans can agree on and that will draw independents as well as conservatives.

MacCallum also asked him about his comments on concealed carry on military bases and that he had been pressing McCain, and that McCain says he doesn’t remember being pressed by Cruz. He admitted that he may have misspoke in saying he’s been pressing McCain, as he’s been pressing the Senate Armed Services Committee and that McCain is the new Chairman of that committee.

Read more: http://therightscoop.com/fox-news-host-grills-ted-cruz-on-being-too-conservative-to-get-independents/#ixzz3XxUmNVVU


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservative; cruz; foxnews; gop; marthamaccallum; victory
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To: gwgn02
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16

...so much for 'independents'...

21 posted on 04/21/2015 8:53:09 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Diogenesis; gwgn02

” FOX “News” HATES conservatives, and pushes
SOROS-Romney via RINOs Hume, Wallace, and liar Rove.”

Why I quit watching years ago.

Murdoch is a pro amnesty globalist who is only in America for the money. Good con man, though


22 posted on 04/21/2015 8:53:13 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: All

We have got to get this guy elected........


23 posted on 04/21/2015 8:53:16 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: gwgn02

it is a reasonable question but we’ve seen how well running D-light candidates on the R party ticket works...

(NOT!)


24 posted on 04/21/2015 8:55:21 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Another brilliantl- intelligent comment sent thru an amazingly-stupid spell checker)
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To: Zenjitsuman

“Anyone can tell me how to send a complaint to Roger Ailes?”

Why bother? Former Reaganite Ailes sold out to Murdoch for 35 million a year. Keep looking


25 posted on 04/21/2015 8:55:26 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: molson209
Fox News Loves Hillary[.]

I get it. You don't have a television set. Or if you do, you don't watch Fox News. Or if you do watch Fox News, you don't understand it. Which is it? And by the way, I'd like some proof to back your statement. Otherwise, people might think there's some trolling going on here.
26 posted on 04/21/2015 8:55:50 AM PDT by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: skeeter

FOX is confusing ‘moderates’ and ‘independents’...many independents are conservatives who got sick and tired of the GOP...


27 posted on 04/21/2015 8:56:41 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: gwgn02

He admitted that he may have misspoke in saying he’s been pressing McCain, as he’s been pressing the Senate Armed Services Committee and that McCain is the new Chairman of that committee.


This is the first time I’ve seen a public figure say he misspoke and, when it’s explained, makes complete sense. Usually it means they fabricated something, i.e. “He admitted that he may have misspoke in saying he’s been pressing McCain, as he’s been pressing the slacks he bought in McCain’s state.”


28 posted on 04/21/2015 8:57:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: gwgn02

The problem with McCullum is she is equating (as is most of the driveby media) independents with moderates. Many moderates are independent voters, but most are democrat or democrat leaning.

Many independents are conservative, or are open to support conservatives, but just not Republicans who are CINO (Conservative In Name Only).

Of course the Leftists in the democrat party and media (and yes, I understand they are the same) hope that independent=moderate=democrat voter.


29 posted on 04/21/2015 8:58:27 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: Zenjitsuman
Anyone can tell me how to send a complaint to Roger Ailes?

Writing to Ailes would be no less futile than the Soviet political prisoners who penned appeals to Stalin, thinking it all must be a misunderstanding, and that Stalin wouldn't have put up with the wholesale slaughter of good Soviet citizens, had he known. The problem was -- he was the one behind it all.

Fox news is worse than worthless. MSNBC has more value to conservatives than Fox. While both are ardent foes of conservatism and the constitution, at least MSNBC doesn't fool conservative-leaning people into thinking that they are on their side. Fox, on the other hand, is the traitor in your foxhole, doing far more damage to the side they pretend to be on, than the damage inflicted by the declared enemy.
30 posted on 04/21/2015 9:00:07 AM PDT by jjsheridan5 (The next Ronald Reagan will not be a Republican, but rather a former Republican)
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To: gwgn02

I watched that entire interview this morning and commented to my husband that, every time I listen to Ted Cruz, I like him even more!


31 posted on 04/21/2015 9:00:30 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: gwgn02; 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!

32 posted on 04/21/2015 9:00:31 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: gwgn02

Does it never occur to the so-called “news” media — that many, many independent voters are conservatives?


33 posted on 04/21/2015 9:01:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: gwgn02

Thanks for posting this. I didn’t view Martha as being contentious at all. Cruz took a nice little shot at McCain for being “always good for a good quote.”


34 posted on 04/21/2015 9:02:28 AM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: SumProVita
I watched that entire interview this morning and commented to my husband that, every time I listen to Ted Cruz, I like him even more!

And that is exactly why the GOP-E, FoxNews, and everyone and everything to the left absolutely quake in fear at the candidacy of Ted Cruz and will do everything in their power to stop him.
35 posted on 04/21/2015 9:02:35 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: cuban leaf

Yep!!! I noticed that too. It’s a sign of basic integrity.


36 posted on 04/21/2015 9:02:36 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: Suz in AZ

Exactly! The premise that being independent means that you are moderate is entirely fictional. I am registered independent because the Republican Party left me as a conservative long ago.


37 posted on 04/21/2015 9:03:18 AM PDT by The Unknown Republican
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To: gwgn02

TWO WORDS:

Harf’s Understudy!!


38 posted on 04/21/2015 9:03:58 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: whinecountry

Indeed. It was a very wise quip by Senator Cruz. :-)


39 posted on 04/21/2015 9:04:07 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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"We are seeing a great awakening.
A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us -
a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of
the unlimited potential of free men and free women."

Ted Cruz




40 posted on 04/21/2015 9:04:25 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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