Ted Cruz to GOP field at NRA: Prove 'you bled' fighting Barack Obama
Source: Examiner
While addressing some 4,000 NRA members on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican now running for the White House, challenged other Republicans running for office to prove they "bled" standing for principle while fighting Barack Obama, the Washington Examiner reported Saturday. Cruz, Pau Bedard said, mocked candidates in past primaries for being all talk but no action.
"There are a lot of good men and women thinking about running in 2016 and we've been around the block before," Cruz said in a teleprompter-free speech that lasted nearly 20 minutes. "We understand that in a Republican primary and everyone stands up and says, 'Gosh diddley, I'm the most conservative guy who ever lived.'"
But, Cruz added, "somehow actions don't always seem to follow those words." Now, he said, voters need to challenge primary contenders and dare them to "show their wounds," so to speak.
"For far too long politicians have said one thing and done another," he said. "Everyone of us should ask any candidate that shows up in front of you, 'You say you believe these principles, show me. When have you stood up and fought for them, when have you bled for them, and what have you accomplished?'" . . .
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/ted-cruz-to-gop-field-at-nra-prove-you-bled-fighting-barack-obama
I'm in my mid-60s, and have never seen such a demagogue as this. He's doubly dangerous because he's smart. Very smart, and knows exactly what he's doing. When he talks about "bled" while opposing Barack Obama, he knows exactly what he is calling for. And so do we. This is not your normal unhinged right winger. He is playing to primeval instincts here.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Seriously, this is bordering insane.
And you are correct, he is very smart.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)He is rotten to the very core and reminds me more of Hitler than McCarthy.
lastlib
(23,323 posts)...and a smoother delivery. But the same old racist neo-Nazi shit.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Yavin4
(35,450 posts)makes him far scarier than McCarthy.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)I was watching an old clip from ALL IN THE FAMILY, and Archie Bunker seemed like someone to rational to make it on the Rush Limbaugh.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This guy is a tea party goon. No way would American vote this Canadian idiot into the white house. (hes not constitutionally fit for the office anyway)
And his daddy is a bark-at-the-moon, 7 mountains raving lunatic as well. He would have to lock dear old dad in a room someplace for the duration of the campaign LOL
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)At least he was born in New York.
Paladin
(28,277 posts)There's a big difference between Law School Smarts and Political Smarts. If Cruz had much in the way of Political Smarts, he wouldn't have gone about, alienating as many power figures in D.C. as he possibly could, in such a short time. Sure, he can get a room full of gun militants drooling; let's see how he does in front of the NAACP. His egomania, thug personality, and radical agenda keep getting in the way of his intelligence. I hope it stays that way and that he ends up as just another Republican burn-out.
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)He's had his eye on the White House since Day One.
He'll have one shot at it. When this is over, he will have burned so many bridges I doubt he could get reelected even in Texas.
Paladin
(28,277 posts)yardwork
(61,715 posts)This crazy run is buying him cred. He will get reelected as senator over and over.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)he is fortunately appealing to a very narrow segment of the reupkes.
If I were running the democratic party, I'd have had dozens of senators and congresspersons condemn this as a call for violence on whatever news outlet I could reach creating an uproar. That would force mainstream repukes (and other clowns in the clown car) to condemn it as well.
However, spineless democrats abound....
Where you gonna find dozens of senators and congresspersons with
any balls or a backbone?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)A vote for Gosh Diddley is a vote for state murder.
Smart and ready to burn a country down, win or not. Which is a win for them in either case.
graegoyle
(532 posts)Anyone remember a tiny little thing that "Diddly Squat" did that some refer to as the government shut down?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)And beyond...
lastlib
(23,323 posts)these thugs have wet dreams about assassinating Bill and/or Hillary as well as Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid.......Their blood-lust is just disgusting!
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BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)Dog whistle aside, he's admitting to being "wounded" by his childish antics. Eventually his "performance art" may lead him to a mental breakdown.
Vinca
(50,318 posts)He'll probably get a 7 figure deal with Fox.
PatrickforO
(14,594 posts)Gimme an I
Gimme an N
Gimme a S
Gimme an A
Gimme an N
Gimme an E
INSANE!
INSANE!
INSANE!
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)He's a U.S. senator. The rest of us ain't.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)without a full squad of idiots like Cruz.
Thanks for not disappointing the assembled masses, Ted.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)all the red meat he wants. But he's not a political threat in the final analysis. He doesn't have the money, he doesn't have the organization, and he doesn't, by his own definition, have the ability to compromise or to lie about what he really thinks and intends. Among Republican hopefuls, no one but Bush or Romney has the money, the backing and the political acumen to rise above the tea party-sucking scum and actually get enough votes to be nominated or elected.
project_bluebook
(411 posts)Big guns, little penises.
Judi Lynn
(160,649 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Ungrateful asses...
napi21
(45,806 posts)to show off to his buddies!
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)He has no right to talk about who "bled"
3catwoman3
(24,071 posts)...his utter lack of an EQ.
He makes my skin crawl.
onecaliberal
(32,931 posts)I don't really think he's very smart. He's dangerous and insane. He's after $.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Got to make a stand.
Looking in your windows and listen to your phone.
Keep a gun in your hand.
Get ready. Stormtroopers comin'.
Get ready. Stormtroopres comin' around.
by Ted Nugent NRA republican spokemen
groundloop
(11,527 posts)Damn Cruz is nuts.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and take this demented fuckwit away? Cruz is what is clinically described as "a raging looney."
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)Ted Cruz. wins Turd Maggot Of The Year Award once again