Posted on 11/19/2015 11:13:43 AM PST by Isara
Image via Facebook screenshot.
Ted Cruz, who it seems is never one to mince words or shy away, has challenged Obama to “insult me to my face.” He also challenged the president to debate him and Wednesday night on Facebook repeated that call with a Facebook graphic.
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Mr. President - stop the insults and debate me anytime, anyplace on defending America.
Posted by Ted Cruz on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
The link leads to the campaign website with a larger image of Cruz in the ring. Viewers can enter in their information to “sign up now” for “Cruz v Obama: Stop the insults. Let’s debate how to best defend America.”
Cruz’s call for a debate comes in light of Obama’s partisan comments responding to GOP presidential candidates who have criticized the president’s plan to admit more Syrian refugees.
As the Hill reported, Cruz was referring to Obama’s “personal insults and attacks” as “utterly unbefitting of the president.” He also mentioned:
He talked about how he was belittling the Republican field as scared. Well let me suggest something: Mr. President, if you want to insult me, you can do it overseas, you can do it in Turkey, you can do it in foreign countries. But I would encourage you Mr. President, come back and insult me to my face.
Obama was in Turkey when he mentioned it was “shameful” and “not American” to only allow Christian refugees from Syria into the United States. Comments also came from him in the Philippines when he said about Republicans “apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America.”
As the battle continues to heat up between Obama and the GOP, it seems that the Cruz campaign has become all the more creative.
More more mindless crap from the inevitability idiotic Trumpbots? So what’s new? If you are going to troll Ted Cruz threads, at least try and make some sense will ya?
SMACK!
If you think I "troll" Cruz threads, your mistaken. There's so few I hardly even notice them.
Jeepers, you may want to get off whatever dreamy stuff you're smokin'.....at least during this primary period that consistently shows Trump is blowin' all competition away, including Mr. Ted!
Leni
I don't think Cruz is a clone either, and I wouldn't want him to be.
I do think he has adopted some of Trump's rhetoric as his own, because he recognized the sense in it.
While some may think that's a put-down, it's actually something that will make it that much more likely he's be picked as Trump's V. P.
If Trump wants his legacy to live on, unlike Reagan's that died the day Bush took over, he'll pick Cruz.
That's the primary reason why I want him to.
Cruz helps Trump with Constitutional matters, and Trump helps him with massive economic matters.
I've never seen a more natural ticket in my life.
After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
this to my posts for the next week. I'm certain our
turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.
Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
Courtesy of: Kartographer
beautiful [02:23]
An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim
The kid is a boxer, leads with left, didn’t need a right follow up punch.
When Trump wins the GOP presidential candidacy, I'll be ecstatic !
Go TRUMP !!!
Leni
It's going to take more than being solid on the issues.
You've got to have the gravitas it takes to ram your policy through. Trump has that in spades.
After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
this to my posts for the next week. I'm certain our
turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.
Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
Courtesy of: Kartographer
beautiful [02:23]
An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim
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Trump has a terrible record on free market issues. The only bright spot is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing, but this glimmer is countermanded by his repeated support for bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, and increased stimulus spending. Of particular concern is Trump's belief that the government can use eminent domain powers to seize private property in the name of private economic development. This comes as no surprise, given his support for using eminent domain to profit his own company.
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Trump supported President Obama’s 2009 stimulus, saying: “The word stimulus is probably not used in its fullest…you know, certain of the things that were given weren't really stimulus. They were pork, as we call it, or they were gifts to certain people. But overall, I think he's [President Obama] doing very well. You do need stimulus and you do have to keep the banks alive.” (CNN)
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Donald Trump has a history of using eminent domain to complete business deals. Multiple times Trump has supported the use of government agencies to take possession of homes and businesses for use in his private business plans. Eminent domain seizures are reserved only for public use of property rather than abuse by the government taking property from one individual and giving to another. (Washington Post)
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