Ted Cruz comments

[JustOneWay]

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/19/cruz-visits-beaumont-defends-gay-marriage-oppositi/

"Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?” Cruz asked after fielding multiple questions on gay rights. “ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights? This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals — that ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic.”

Ted Cruz doesn't understand this issue, nor does he understand America. The gay rights issue in America deals with the gay issue in America, not in the middle east or anywhere else. The man is stupid. We are concerned with ISIS violating human rights, and that includes killing gays.

He is also ignorant on the issue because ISIS is crucifying fellow Muslims as well as Christians.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/07/isis-s-gruesome-muslim-death-toll.html

He tosses out red herring after red herring, when it is he who we should be concerned about. We should be concerned a man like this has a position of power in our government.

 

[NightHawkeye]

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/19/cruz-visits-beaumont-defends-gay-marriage-oppositi/

"Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?” Cruz asked after fielding multiple questions on gay rights.“ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights? This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals — that ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic.”

Ted Cruz raises good points.

 

[JustOneWay]

Ted Cruz raises good points.

Can you explain?

 

[JustOneWay]

Ted Cruz is wrong about the obsession on sex. It is the right, and Ted Cruz who are obsessed with sex.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Ted Cruz is wrong about the obsession on sex. It is the right, and Ted Cruz who are obsessed with sex.

Mediaite surmises that it was reporters who were obsessed with sex ... Cruz Is Tired of Gay Rights Questions: Don’t ‘Draw Your Questions from MSNBC’ | Mediaite

Following a meeting in Beaumont, TX Senator and 2016 GOP candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) took questions from reporters that were a tad too focused on issues he didn’t want to talk about, as opposed to issues he did, and he let the press gaggle know about it.​

 

[Paulos23]

Mediaite surmises that it was reporters who were obsessed with sex ... Cruz Is Tired of Gay Rights Questions: Don’t ‘Draw Your Questions from MSNBC’ | Mediaite

Following a meeting in Beaumont, TX Senator and 2016 GOP candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) took questions from reporters that were a tad too focused on issues he didn’t want to talk about, as opposed to issues he did, and he let the press gaggle know about it.​

If he doesn't want to talk about the issues that a majority of the voters care about (either for or against) then he is not going to last long. He should just give a short answer and be done with it. If he thinks there is a more critical issue he should focus on that, not what is happening with the issue outside the US.

 

[NightHawkeye]

If he doesn't want to talk about the issues that a majority of the voters care about (either for or against) then he is not going to last long. He should just give a short answer and be done with it. If he thinks there is a more critical issue he should focus on that, not what is happening with the issue outside the US.

As Ted Cruz succinctly put it ...

“With respect, I would suggest not drawing your questions from MSNBC,” Cruz said.
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What interests MSNBC seems to be of interest to only a few.

 

[cow451]

As Ted Cruz succinctly put it ...

“With respect, I would suggest not drawing your questions from MSNBC,” Cruz said.
​

What interests MSNBC seems to be of interest to only a few.

He wants his questions from the Tea Party Softball Team

 

[NightHawkeye]

He wants his questions from the Tea Party Softball Team

He wants questions relevant to his potential voters.

 

[cow451]

He wants questions relevant to his potential voters.

Same thing. Nobody outside the Tea Party Softball League considers him a viable candidate.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Same thing. Nobody outside the Tea Party Softball League considers him a viable candidate.

LOL ... Nobody in the mainstream media wants him as a candidate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship. In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year, as well as Team of the Year, with his debate partner ...​

 

[DaisyDay]

LOL ... Nobody in the mainstream media wants him as a candidate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship. In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year, as well as Team of the Year, with his debate partner ...​

So he has the capacity, just not the desire to address the questions.

 

[NightHawkeye]

So he has the capacity, just not the desire to address the questions.

Noting that Ted Cruz addressed what he seemed to believe were important points related to the question.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Just because another country treats homosexuals bad. Why would it be okay for United states to treat homosexuals bad here? I'm not seeing his point.

 

[DaisyDay]

Noting that Ted Cruz addressed what he seemed to believe were important points related to the question.

Yeah, addressing the question by refusing to address the actual question isn't really addressing the question so much as the questioners.

 

[JustOneWay]

Just because another country treats homosexuals bad. Why would it be okay for United states to treat homosexuals bad here? I'm not seeing his point.

That is precisely what I thought. It was like he was saying people here should be happy that they aren't being killed for being gay. Obviously he does not understand we are America, not the middle east.

I can't wait for the debates....

 

[NightHawkeye]

That is precisely what I thought. It was like he was saying people here should be happy that they aren't being killed for being gay. Obviously he does not understand we are America, not the middle east.

I can't wait for the debates....

I would say he was more questioning why the news media wasn't condemning the staunchly entrenched positions of Islamists worldwide ... on the "important" news issues of the day.

 

[Belk]

I would say he was more questioning why the news media wasn't condemning the staunchly entrenched positions of Islamists worldwide ... on the "important" news issues of the day.

Because he is not running for election in the middle east? Just a thought.

 

[JustOneWay]

In other words, Cruz wants to discuss what Cruz wants to discuss, and answer only what Cruz wants to answer.

If not, he will go off with red herrings.

 

[cow451]

LOL ... Nobody in the mainstream media wants him as a candidate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz

While at Princeton, he competed for the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's Debate Panel and won the top speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debating Championship. In 1992, he was named U.S. National Speaker of the Year, as well as Team of the Year, with his debate partner ...​

Answering media questions and debating are different. He learned from a certain former governor and failed VP candidate the tactic of simply refusing to answer a question.