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Is Ted Cruz as tough as Donald Trump?
WorldNetDaily ^ | March 7, 2016 | David Limbaugh

Posted on 03/07/2016 5:13:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A Donald Trump supporter told me she likes Ted Cruz but doesn't believe he is tough enough to handle the powerful forces he'd face in the general election and asked me to convince her otherwise.

Here is a summary of what I told her.

I think you overestimate the power of those forces - a crippled Hillary Clinton team and weakened Democrats. And I gather you mistake Trump's toughness in business for the muscular resolve he'd need in public office - while underestimating Cruz's steel backbone.

The only way to reverse the statism and autocratic lawlessness beleaguering America is through conservative principles. Trump has no conservative core, so no matter how tough he is, I see nothing to convince me he would fight for principles he barely believes in.

We need to start having confidence in our own ideas and quit being so scared of the media and establishment powers you seem to fear. We empower them through this weakness. Cruz has already been tested and passed. Trump, while reputed to be a brass-knuckles brawler, has already waffled on several positions during the campaign, including his signature issue of immigration.

Just as you implored me to respond to your email, I implore you to listen to your own heart. You've conceded that Cruz would be the best candidate in two decades. Why compromise yourself based on abstract fears about a media boogeyman or other forces that surely will oppose him? Cruz's strength and resolve are among his finest attributes. Look at what he has done against all odds already....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braindeadtrumpbots; canadian; cruz; cruzie; hillary; ineligible; mombornandraisedinde; screwtrump; tedcruz; totallyqualified; trump
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1 posted on 03/07/2016 5:13:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, go get the hook for this goofball!


2 posted on 03/07/2016 5:16:38 PM PST by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tougher because he knows what’s he’s talking about and can speak intelligently about issues.


3 posted on 03/07/2016 5:16:47 PM PST by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who has been in the MSM fire since June?

It wasn’t Cruz

And do you think Hillary and the MSM is going to treat Cruz with kid’s gloves like they had since June?


4 posted on 03/07/2016 5:17:21 PM PST by arl295
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To: for-q-clinton

John Q Public does not care about lawyer wonky talk


5 posted on 03/07/2016 5:18:03 PM PST by arl295
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Count me as eager to support either candidate for POTUS.

Go Donald Trump! Go Ted Cruz! Defeat Hillary Clinton!


6 posted on 03/07/2016 5:18:05 PM PST by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes. More academic, less street fighter, but equally tough.

I’m good with them both.

Wish they would find a way to team up to wreck the GOPe (and incidentally the donks).


7 posted on 03/07/2016 5:18:34 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullete)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, he ain’t near as mean and nasty, so yeah I guess prolly not.


8 posted on 03/07/2016 5:18:36 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: Blue Jays

+1,000


9 posted on 03/07/2016 5:19:25 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullete)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Isn't the contest really Cruz and Trump vs. Hillary and the left-wing media?
10 posted on 03/07/2016 5:20:29 PM PST by Prolixus (Proud to be on Hillary's "Enemies List")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is a tougher guy. You can’t smirk at the end of every tough question or retort.

Cruz was a Bush guy then he took the Ayotte, Rubio, Rob Portman route and became a conservative to adjust with the times.

Trump has the same rhetoric since Oprah and Morton Downey.


11 posted on 03/07/2016 5:20:45 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal ( REINCE PRIEBUS: Yeah, but no...you google Ted Cruz ... and immigration...Those are his words,)
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To: piytar

Cruz - Lawyer - Politician. I will never vote for one! So it looks like Berni


12 posted on 03/07/2016 5:21:06 PM PST by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nah

Cruz is too cordial and talks legal tough talk but does not want to get his suit dirty.

Donald is willing get into the mud and fight back with no holds bar.


13 posted on 03/07/2016 5:21:08 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is a CAREER-POLITICIAN, who stays in the race by servicing his ultra-rich donors, such as...

Just 4 donors, The Wilks family of Cisco, Texas, New York hedge fund tycoon Bob Mercer, Texas energy investor Toby Neugebauer and Illinois manufacturing moguls Dick and Liz Uihlein, have contributed $37 million to Cruz campaign.


14 posted on 03/07/2016 5:21:12 PM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: West Texas Chuck





The Power Behind Ted Cruz Election Fraud
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-power-behind-ted-cruz-election-fraud.html?m=1
15 posted on 03/07/2016 5:21:24 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, not even close.


16 posted on 03/07/2016 5:21:32 PM PST by WRhine
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ultimately Cruz would be dependent on the big GOPe donors to finance his campaign.


17 posted on 03/07/2016 5:22:12 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Which is why Cruz was travelling around reciting the Constitution in junior high school, right?


18 posted on 03/07/2016 5:22:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Last I heard was that Ted Cruz is a p&ssy.


19 posted on 03/07/2016 5:23:36 PM PST by tatown (Career politicians got us into this mess and they have no intention of getting us out of it.)
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20 posted on 03/07/2016 5:23:39 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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