Comments on: 2011: Ted Cruz on the wall (and amnesty) https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Your Trump Arguments Don’t Hold Water – Conservative Push Coalition https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-1000901 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:16:28 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-1000901 […] truly feel it is because he is afraid of other candidates stealing his ideas.  Truth be known, Senator Cruz came up with the building of a wall before Donald was even in the race.  Truth be known, even the […]

]]> By: SDN https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-958447 Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:15:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-958447 “The more I listen to Cruz the better he sounds. ”

Cruz has been systematically “no-platformed” since he got to the Senate.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956615 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:52:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956615 Otiose Says:
January 26th, 2016 at 9:10 pm
The more I listen to Cruz the better he sounds. The last week we’ve been seeing what looks to be a systematic trashing of the guy by a lot of people in the Republican party who I suspect are more comfortable with the status quo than someone who will actually make changes.
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A lot of people in the GOP are more comfortable with the status quo, and they are running around like roaches looking for a hidey-hole.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956614 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:51:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956614 MrAleGuy Says:
January 26th, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Appearing robotic is a genuine problem for Cruz – which he acknowledges.

He says his audiographic memory causes him to remember things VERBATIM and he catches himself pausing to rephrase things so people aren’t hearing exactly the same thing all the time….

I think he’s managing it much better in the later debates.

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I noticed his memory (as did others) in the debate where he called out the moderators on their questions, repeating exactly what they had asked of whom.
I have problems with some of his policy issues, but I’m Cruzin’ anyway.

]]> By: blert https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956395 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:40:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956395 ArtfldgrsGhost Says:
January 26th, 2016 at 4:21 pm

well, they are putting me at the point where falling on the train tracks will be the best thing i can do for my family…

Ted Cruz, the presidential candidate who wants to increase the H-1B cap by 500%

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It is COMMON for rogue legislators to wrap sugar all around poison pill amendments.

His wording would’ve been accepted and included in the final draft — if it wasn’t loaded with poison. There would be no-one on the other side of the deal — to vote against it.

Every Big Shot from Bill Gates on over would’ve favored it.

But, the way it works is that amendments have to be adopted as proposed… entire. The Senate Majority Leader can’t strike out words to suit himself. He can’t eject the poison.

The author of that hit piece naturally omits ‘the rest of the story.’

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Such manuvering is as common as blue sky in Washington.

]]> By: F https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956382 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 23:51:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956382 James Taranto has a fun column up in the WSJ today: he teases with the lede that one presidential candidate refuses to debate, then points out it is Sanders. He points out that two or three other presidential candidates refused to debate, and still, he is not talking about the person who is sucking all the air out of the room. In fact his entire column goes without mentioning the one candidate who has dominated neo neocon’s commenters, and whom I shall not name either. It IS possible to talk about the Republican candidates without mentioning one of their names. Let’s do it!

]]> By: Oldflyer https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956272 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:38:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956272 Otiose makes a good point. It may be a win-win to have Trump sit on the sidelines and pout. Without his distractions, maybe candidates will have an incentive, and get the air time, to talk about substantive issues. Actually that is a rather tall order given the format, but all is possible.

The Trump supporters are ludicrous. Many are saying that he was dissed by FNC and was right to boycott. I think the timeline shows that he announced his boycott because Meygn was not servile enough, then Roger Aires took his shot. Trump should not start verbal fights with Aires; he is a heavy weight (no pun, or maybe it is)

]]> By: The Bookworm Beat 1/26/16 — the “race heating up” edition and open thread https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956129 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 03:06:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956129 […] Neo-Neocon notes that Ted Cruz was talking strong borders long before Trump came in hollering that he’d build a […]

]]> By: Otiose https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956113 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 02:10:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956113 The more I listen to Cruz the better he sounds. The last week we’ve been seeing what looks to be a systematic trashing of the guy by a lot of people in the Republican party who I suspect are more comfortable with the status quo than someone who will actually make changes. The guy’s tax plan looks more than just workable, it looks like it would promote real growth, and also put a lot of tax accountants and lawyers out of business. Oh, and make it harder for existing politicians to promise tax code changes to encourage more contributions to their re-election campaigns.

I thought before today I couldn’t disrespect Trump more, but he managed to find a hidden reservoir of dislike I didn’t know about when he announced he won’t be attending the debate for some peeve over Kelly at Fox News.

Trump is a empty. Cruz is real.

On the plus side maybe this debate will focus on real issues and we can avoid the theatrics with Trump. Maybe enough people will come to their senses and drop the xxxxxxxx.

]]> By: parker https://thenewneo.com/2016/01/26/2011-ted-cruz-on-the-wall-and-amnesty/#comment-956095 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:49:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=56433#comment-956095 Cruz is far from being robotic on the campaign trail. I have been to two of his events in Eastern Iowa, he is very easy to like as a human being.

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