Ted Cruz to GOP field at NRA: Prove 'you bled' fighting Barack Obama

[Faygo Kid]

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

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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]

1. WTF.

Seriously, this is bordering insane.

And you are correct, he is very smart.

[olegramps]

11. That wasn't blood he was bleeding, but pus.

He is rotten to the very core and reminds me more of Hitler than McCarthy.

[lastlib]

35. Jesse Helms in a better suit......

...and a smoother delivery. But the same old racist neo-Nazi shit.

[Liberalagogo]

2. He's beaten out McCarthy on the Insanity scale.

[yurbud]

4. same fashion sense, less drunk, more demagogue

[Yavin4]

16. The fact that Cruz is sober

makes him far scarier than McCarthy.

[yurbud]

6. Pretty soon people will look at McCarthy and wonder what the big deal was

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]

3. I dunno..he seems to me to be the easiest to beat for the democratic candidate

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]

23. Right Wing kook. Crazy dad. Maybe the Repubs should run Mel Gibson.

At least he was born in New York.

[Paladin]

5. Cruz is creepy, but I'm still waiting on the evidence of intellect.

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]

21. Cruz doesn't care if he alienates D.C. power figures

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]

24. I think he's history, already. He just can't admit it. (nt)

[yardwork]

40. I don't think he'll go away, unfortunately

This crazy run is buying him cred. He will get reelected as senator over and over.

[cosmicone]

7. He is smart but

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....

[pocoloco]

34. LOL

Where you gonna find dozens of senators and congresspersons with
any balls or a backbone?

[yurbud]

38. they've always got plenty of both when it comes to doing exactly what Wall St tells them

[jtuck004]

8. "Gosh diddley" > I will forever think of Ted Cruz as "Gosh Diddley" after this...experience"`

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]

9. There are probably a lot of people who bled BECAUSE of Ted "Gosh Diddly Squat" Cruz.

Anyone remember a tiny little thing that "Diddly Squat" did that some refer to as the government shut down?

[freshwest]

10. NRA dog whistle: 'Watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants.' Stochastic terrorism. n/t

[onehandle]

12. GOPers and gun fans love Obama assassination innuendo.

And beyond...

[lastlib]

36. Obama/Clinton.........

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]

13. "dare them to show 'their wounds',"

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]

14. Cruz is a very successful cult leader and nothing more.

He'll probably get a 7 figure deal with Fox.

[PatrickforO]

15. To 'bleed' fighting the President of the United States???

Gimme an I
Gimme an N
Gimme a S
Gimme an A
Gimme an N
Gimme an E

INSANE!
INSANE!
INSANE!

[Hoppy]

17. In terms of if he got political smarts,

He's a U.S. senator. The rest of us ain't.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. No NRA convention would be complete

without a full squad of idiots like Cruz.

Thanks for not disappointing the assembled masses, Ted.

[skepticscott]

19. Cruz can feed the animals in the right wing zoo

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]

20. What spoiled rich brats and NRA T-baggers have in common

Big guns, little penises.

[Judi Lynn]

22. He's really screwed up, morally, like the other fascists. Hates non-rancorous people. n/t

[petronius]

25. Lucky for them, if they do bleed, they'll have access to Obamacare

Ungrateful asses...

[napi21]

26. I'd like to see that jerk trot his buns here to ga, and I'll be glad to give him some scars

to show off to his buddies!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

27. bleed by shooting themselves in the foot

[mainstreetonce]

28. Crux never served

He has no right to talk about who "bled"

[3catwoman3]

29. His much ballyhooed IQ is totally negated by...

...his utter lack of an EQ.

He makes my skin crawl.

[onecaliberal]

30. Big talk for a little whimpy chickenhawk.

I don't really think he's very smart. He's dangerous and insane. He's after $.

[Sunlei]

31. NRA Replaced crazy TED NUGENT With crazy CRUZ!!11@@!! Got to make a stand!!!

Comin' up that street, jackboots steppin' high.
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]

32. Prove you bled..... show photos of hunting trips with Dick Cheney

Damn Cruz is nuts.

[hifiguy]

33. When are the squirrels going to come

and take this demented fuckwit away? Cruz is what is clinically described as "a raging looney."

[blkmusclmachine]

37. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hsYYIB-6MQ4/maxresdefault.jpg

[olddots]

39. this just in

Ted Cruz. wins Turd Maggot Of The Year Award once again