Posted on 08/15/2015 8:55:45 AM PDT by Isara
Ted Cruz, the firebrand GOP presidential candidate who’s campaigning on promises to cut government spending, pitched himself as a Washington outsider and promised to reform federal taxes during a speech at Red Rock Resort today.
Cruz, 44, channeled the conservative outrage with the federal government by telling tales of his battles against politicians while vowing to implement a flat tax, eliminate agricultural subsidies for corn and sugar, reform health care and end a system of federally backed business loans for purchasing overseas goods.
Cruz, known for his filibusters to protest hikes in government borrowing caps, brought his brand of chutzpah to Las Vegas, saying that if elected president he would veto bills laden with corporate welfare and political cronyism — panning establishment politicians as part of a “Washington cartel.”
Cruz is a polished orator with slicked-back hair and spoke with calculated moxie to more than 400 attendees at an event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a conservative grassroots group that has more than 41,000 activists who sign petitions, knock on doors and mobilize voters in the state.
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Cruz wooed the crowd with comedic blasts about bureaucrats and Democrats, ...
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He expressed dismay about Republicans who didn’t fight to limit government borrowing or cut spending for Planned Parenthood.
“It’s been eight months since we’ve had a Republican majority in both houses. What the heck have we done with it,” Cruz said. “... Which of those decisions is one iota different than if Harry Reid and Democrats were in control.”
Cruz finished up by saying what he would do with the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care law that’s provided more than 16 million Americans with health insurance.
He said premiums and out-of-pocket costs have “skyrocketed.”
“If I am elected president, we are going to appeal every word,” he said.
The crowd went wild.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
Then you meant r-u-n-n-o-f-t.
Way to go Ted. Keep on rippin’ them. They deserve the voter scorn.
That’s nothing. I can quote each line in the Big Lebowski from memory, word for word.
Ya know, I’ve thought about watching the The Big Lebowski on Netflix a dozen times but have never seen it. Or if I have watched it in the the past, I forgot what it was about.
Putting into my queue...again.
TBL isn't everyone's cup of tea, however. I had to see it a few times myself.
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