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Offline SirLinksALot

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Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« on: October 18, 2018, 04:24:28 pm »
SOURCE: AMERICAN THINKER

URL: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/ted_steamrolls_beto.html

by Apolo Villalobos


The televised debate on Tuesday between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke was a massacre.  O'Rourke has been reluctant to debate Cruz from the beginning, and with good reason (ironically, as a rule, an incumbent shuns debate) – Cruz has successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court.



O'Rourke was occasionally flustered and almost succeeded in hiding it, while Cruz was confident and occasionally laughed at some of his opponent's assertions.  But more than that, Beto relied on vague generalities about specific questions and on a couple of questions tried the politicians' tried and true tactic of avoiding answering a question by going off on a convoluted tangent.  Twice Cruz pounced on that, pointing out that he hadn't answered the panel's questions.  The specific subjects were how to pay for socialized medicine and how to secure the border (O'Rourke is on record on considering abolishing ICE).  Cruz countered with specific numbers.

This is not to say that it was totally one-sided.  O'Rourke got in a couple of good hits, such as Cruz's absence from Senate affairs, but, again, he was unable to point to any achievement of his own as a congressman.

Another point is that O'Rourke's TV ads can be categorized as "Gee, whiz, can't we all get along, be civil to each other?"  Yet, during the debate, he attacked Cruz and once insulted him as being a liar.

There were instances during the debate that caused merriment in the audience.  One involved O'Rourke detailing his family's care for a blind squirrel, which resulted in endless jokes among audience members about the squirrel having a pre-existing condition.

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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2018, 05:33:35 pm »
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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2018, 05:37:42 pm »
Paddy O' Rourke is a lightweight. But, he does have a drum set and rocks out.
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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2018, 05:41:59 pm »
O'Rourke agreeing to have another debate with Cruz is the best evidence yet that Cruz is gonna curbstomp him in the election.
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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2018, 05:50:25 pm »
Breathless early poll reporting aside, this seat was never really threatened.
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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2018, 06:20:29 pm »
Quote from: edpc on October 18, 2018, 05:50:25 pm
Breathless early poll reporting aside, this seat was never really threatened.

But Soros and the bi-coastal leftists sure were hoping. As well as all those foreign donors. The Iranians are especially supportive of the Irishman.
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Re: Ted steamrolls Beto: The Debate was a Massacre!
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2018, 06:24:20 pm »
Quote from: austingirl on October 18, 2018, 05:37:42 pm
Paddy O' Rourke is a lightweight. But, he does have a drum set and rocks out.

Tsk ... tsk ... you forgot to mention nursing the blind squirrel back to health.   :silly:
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