Posted on 09/22/2015 11:11:22 AM PDT by Isara
Let's Talk About Reagan For A Second (video)
WASHINGTON — Comedian Stephen Colbert needled Sen. Ted Cruz about gay marriage and some inconvenient truths about his hero Ronald Reagan, in a late night TV exchange.
“Guys, guys, however you feel, he’s my guest so please don’t boo him,” Colbert said at one point, when Cruz was defending his opposition to same-sex marriage and a few hisses could be heard from the audience.
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“Live within our means, stop bankrupting our kids and grandkids, and follow the Constitution,” Cruz said, summing up his platform.
“And no gay marriage,” Colbert interjected, setting off a back-and-forth in which Cruz repeatedly insisted that the Supreme Court should have left the definition of marriage to the states, in keeping with the 10th Amendment.
“It doesn’t mention marriage in the Constitution,” Colbert said.
“That’s exactly why it’s a question for the states,” Cruz shot back, shortly before the hissing.
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Cruz got roughly 10 minutes of airtime over two segments. Colbert asked how he would win over anyone who isn’t especially conservative. Cruz invoked Reagan, saying his following among “Reagan Democrats” showed that the right principles can appeal across the spectrum.
Colbert pointed to two Reagan policies that likely would preclude him or anyone from winning the GOP nomination now: He raised taxes, and he enacted an amnesty for millions of people in the country illegally. If Cruz is so enamored of Reagan, would he embrace those policies?
“No, of course not,” Cruz said.
Colbert also tried to get Cruz to concede that compromise is valuable, and doesn’t mean he “capitulated to the Devil.” He asked whether, as a strongly religious person, Cruz views his opponents as evil.
“There’s nothing diabolical about you,” Cruz said.
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All the candidates think they are the next Reagan. Reagan wasn’t without his warts - can we say amnesty? What bothered me about that interview is that Cruz commented that he wouldn’t trash his opponents nor Democrats. That tells me he’ll be more like GWB - not standing up for himself - just let the media paint him as who they want him to be. Not good.
The left has created a version of Reagan that never existed. The comparison needs to be made where taxes were before he came into office and after, not just singling out the one tax increase. If one lowers rates, for example, 25% and then raises them 5%, he’s a tax cutter. Reagan did massive tax reform, and then went back and made a minor increase later in trade for spending cuts. That’s not a tax raiser. I’ve vote for a guy who cuts taxes massively and then compromises with a slight raise later. I won’t vote for a guy who raises already high taxes out of the gates. The left is disingenuous on it’s fake history.
I’m for Cruz from day one, but he should stay away from scum like Colbert.
Trashing and pointing out policy differences is two different things. Cruz will go to task on democrat policy and positions but he won’t call them names. He has class.
Bingo.
So some booed over their sham marriage. Ok those who shout tolerance are the most intolerant it seems.
When ever Ronald Reagans amnesty of three million illegals is brought up the liberals always conveniently leave out how the lying democrats reneged on securing the border!!!
Me too and I agree.
What Ted should have said was..”I’m for marriage at any age!!” then see what would have happened.
RE: two Reagan policies that likely would preclude him or anyone from winning the GOP nomination now: He raised taxes, and he enacted an amnesty for millions of people in the country illegally. If Cruz is so enamored of Reagan, would he embrace those policies?
1) His so called amnesty was predicated on strict immigration laws. Something that the Democrats promised but refused to help enforce ( doing the opposite instead ).
Reagan looked back at it and called it one of the greatest mistakes he ever made as President.
So, why should we emulate what Reagan calls a mistake?
Reagan was a great President, but even great Presidents make mistakes and this is one of them.
2) Reagan agreed to a small tax hike in exchange for spending restraint and spending cuts. Something the Dems ( who were the majority then ) DID NOT DELIVER.
MORAL LESSON: Democrats lie.
Another Reagan mistake here, which I’m sure he agrees.
So, why emulate 2 mistakes from a great President?
The moral is to LEARN from these mistakes and DO BETTER, not repeat the same mistakes ( which would be insanity ).
Off topic,,but I’ve noticed that radio stations seem to have more commercials then they did years ago. This is true of both talk radio and music formats. I find myself tuning in satellite radio more and more to escape so many commercials.
I haven’t watched the clip yet, but Ted should’ve mentioned (if he didn’t) that Reagan thought that one of the biggest mistakes he made. And it’s certainly one we shouldn’t allow to be made again.
I know that name recognition is important, but it's still letting the LibTard media play gate keeper.
Would Colbert ever ask a lib like Hillary or Obama why conservatives should vote for him.
The entire GOP has worn out the "Reagan" thing, totally. Even I'm sick of it, and I love Reagan. And it doesn't really work, Cobert turns it totally around on him.
I think this event was a failure for Ted Cruz. It's a no win situation, because on the one hand he's a very serious opposition political operative set on making Ted look bad, on the other, he's a Comedian. His insults are "jokes" and objecting to them makes you look thin skinned.
Cruz knows the Constitution. His answers were great, he demonstrated his knowledge, he stayed calm. But I still think the set up for him (and all GOP nominees) is BS.
Looking forward to Trump on Cobert. He's not dedicated to being perceived as friendly and nice. Could be fun!
And he was in Sodom. What do you expect.
Yeah? When was the last time one of those demonrats compromised with a conservative?
Yeah, Cruz could have answered that one better:
“Reagan’s Amnesty is a lesson learned. We wouldn’t be talking about another Amnesty now if Democrats had kept their word or border security. They lied, causing the problems we have now. This time they can support border security first, and once thats done and after 30 years they’ve finally upheld their end of the bargain, maybe we can discuss the rest.”
I’ve been saying I would never vote for Cruz because he is weak.
Now I have another reason: he is stupid, stupid enough to go on TV with loathsome coprophage Colbert.
The worse he says is Washington Cartel. That’s a real stinger alright! Most don’t even know what cartel means. He needs to fight back - maybe not call names, but, he doesn’t need to sit and smile while they kick him in the teeth either.
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