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Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel[W:329]

Re: Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel

The other might be cigarettes where they know outlawing them will only create a black market trade

Here in Chicago, we already have a black market trade going on for cigs. Many argue it is because of the super high tax. Now, I'm all for taxing them since they put a clear burden on our health system, but there is always a breaking point.
 
Re: Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel

Speaking the truth about haters and conspiracist idiocy often has that effect.


Actually the opposite.

Truth resonates as truth, propaganda requires the shouting down of opponents; a great tactic is to isolate them on one specific nuance, and belabor the point.

I wonder if we could get back to talking about US politics in view of today's issues, and where Israel fits into that, especially with regard to the Christian right. What I see here is a months old personal squabble extending from a moderator-closed thread that barely meets the rules of the forum.
 
Re: Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel

Considering the fact that there are plenty of non Jewish Semites, you're flat wrong on this.

Your claim that "Jews have tried to own the anti-Semite label" is anti-Semitic on its own right.
You are a very confused individual.
 
Re: Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel

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Re: Ted Cruz Gets Boos From Christians by Praising Israel

So I've been away for a bit due to some family business...however during which I found out some interesting information here.

My father was actually on the security detail for this particular event and actually helped escort Cruz away. He had some interesting insights.

1st - He estimated the booing was coming from maybe 10% of the crowd at the event, maybe 20% at max. They were definitely vocal, but it was definitely not an overwhelmingly large group of individuals within the audience booing.

2nd - This was a gathering of representatives of multiple ethnicities of middle eastern christians. From speaking with some of the people who organized the event, apparently the primary individuals upset by Cruz's statements were Palestinian Christians. Naturally, there was ethnic animosity there over the notion of supporting Israel. The issue was less regarding Christian / Jew and more to do with Palestine / Israel.

3rd - My father's not normally a conspiracy theorist type of guy, but he indicated he wouldn't have been shocked if this had been mildly orchastrated by the Cruz camp. Prior to going up on stage Cruz actually had some of his younger female staffers specifically wait outside of the hall, where they inevitably wouldn't have had issues getting out of the group (some of his male staffers were in the room). From the way certain things went down and indications made by some in attendance, he said he wouldn't be too surprised if Cruz was simply using this as a means of strenghtening some ties and support from the pro-israel crowd, banking on the fact that this was a relatively small group that'd be unlikely to hurt his standing with Christians. He wasn't suggesting that was definitely what occured; rather, he simply indicated based on some of what happened it wouldn't shock him if that was the case.

He said Cruz ultimately was relatively nice, though definite came off as more of a normal "politician" than others in terms of his interactions with everyone both in front and behind the scenes.
 
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