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Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts) Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:00 AM Oct 2015

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) fundraising email

Ted Cruz is seeking the Republican nomination for president.

In an email tonight, he complained that the questions at the most recent Republican debate were too tough, and claimed that the toughest question in the Democratic debate was, "Who is more handsome?"

The fundraising email:

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) fundraising email (Original Post) Eric J in MN Oct 2015 OP

LOL, of course they didn't ask that at the debate jfern Oct 2015 #1

At the Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #2

jfern

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1. LOL, of course they didn't ask that at the debate

Reply to Eric J in MN (Original post)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:10 AM

Oct 2015

Asking who was more handsome of a group of people who included a woman might be some actual sexism, unlike anything Bernie has ever said.

Eric J in MN

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2. At the Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders

Reply to jfern (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:23 AM

Oct 2015

...was asked why he voted against an immigration bill.

Sanders said that it would have exploited guest workers, and that progressive Senator Tom Harkin voted against it for the same reason.

Then a moderator rudely exclaimed, "Tom Harkin isn't running for president!"

Ted Cruz's portrayal of the Democratic debate as softball is the opposite of what happened.

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