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Title: Only 22 People Show Up For Senator Cruz Philadelphia Rally – Unstable Ted Starts Screaming on Radio Show (audio)…
Source: Conservative Treehouse
URL Source: https://theconservativetreehouse.co ... screaming-on-radio-show-audio/
Published: Apr 19, 2016
Author: sundance
Post Date: 2016-04-19 22:21:40 by nolu chan
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Views: 18484
Comments: 67

Only 22 People Show Up For Senator Cruz Philadelphia Rally – Unstable Ted Starts Screaming on Radio Show (audio)…

Posted on April 19, 2016
Conservative Treehouse
by sundance

Presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz had a full apoplectic meltdown today. During a radio appearance an unhinged Senator Cruz began lashing out and screaming at Sean Hannity. (full audio below) The internet lit up as people discussed the on-air meltdown wondering what could have possibly triggered such grossly unstable behavior.

Apparently the answer is found in this picture from Senator Cruz’s rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Only a few dozen people showed up to hear candidate Cruz – in a city home to over 1.6 million people.

UPDATE: It appears the Cruz campaign is trying to hide from such a horrible optic.

This is a transparent attempt to avoid an embarrassing failed event. Apparently not much support for Lyin’ Ted Cruz in the city of brotherly love.

Here’s the audio of unstable Cruz and his breathless meltdown:

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#27. To: SOSO (#18)

Yep, DRat control of all three branches of government.

They both not only hate Trump... but like most of LF's liberal agenda posters, THEY FEAR HIM.

All you tool bags have been screaming 3rd party since I've been posting in 2008... and now that a non political candidate hated by both major party runs, you all aren't satisfied. What, he won't legalize all drugs and fire all cops?

Suck it up. Say it, PRESIDENT TRUMP

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-04-20   7:01:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: SOSO (#21)

Keep running your pie hole... and watch Trump beat that TWAT in NY state in the election.

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-04-20   7:05:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: nolu chan (#0)

I don't know what this event was or what the purpose was, but it looks like there are only about 30 seats available. So it would seem that the people who were supposed to show up did show up.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-04-20   7:16:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: Fred Mertz (#3)

"He handled himself well."

If by "well" you mean he refused to answer the question -- slick and slimy politician that he is -- then I agree.

misterwhite  posted on  2016-04-20   9:46:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: no gnu taxes (#29)

Ted Cruz mathematically eliminated

from any chance to secure 1,237 bound delegates before the convention.

In New York, the presumptive candidate Donald Trump opened such a can of whupass, the now mathematically eliminated Ted Cruz was ignominiously relegated to third place, 45 points behind Trump and ten points behind John Kasich.

R.I.P. Cruz campaign, April 19, 2016

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-20   10:23:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Fred Mertz (#25)

" Cruz did fine. "

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Especially if you like a lying, sleazy, never answer the question, politician, slip & fall lawyer. Sure Fred, sure.

Fred, I'm afraid you put your objectiveness back in the drawer on this one.

I am not a fan of Hannity / Vannity. But, fact is, he has bent over backwards to soft peddle with Cruz, and Cruz obviously got pissed at, and was rude to Hannity, would not answer Hannity's honest question about him getting delegates in Colorado when there were no votes. Kinda hard to claim you are an outsider, an that the establishment hates you, when you are the one that gained delegates without voters, which was engineered by the "establishment". And like a lying politician, gave an answer that was simply a campaign line attack on Trump, sticking to his political talking points, yet not answering the question. He did not want to answer the question because that whole matter makes him look bad. Colorado has been a PR disaster for Cruz & his toadys

Cruz claims he is concerned with bringing good paying jobs back to the US. Really ? Then why did he support TPP, which it has been widely claimed would cause more exodus of jobs from US to foreign nations? Could it be his wife's connections to Goldman Sachs & CFR? Surely not. And Cruz claims to be an outsider? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Cruz never even mentioned wanting to bring jobs back to the US until polls showed that was a big issue with US citizens / voters, and that Trump was gaining support on the issue. Then and only then did he talk about it, trying to look like it was all his idea.

To me, and I believe a lot of others, "Rat Face" came off as very untrustworthy. More like a politician/used car salesman.

Cruz was not very Christian like, for a guy that claims to be this big Christian.

You might buy Rat Face's bullshit, but I don't.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

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Stoner  posted on  2016-04-20   10:38:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: Fred Mertz (#7)

Ron Paul isn't running for anything, you goddamned retard.

Thanks Fred! I needed a good laugh!

Willie Green  posted on  2016-04-20   10:51:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: GrandIsland (#27)

Suck it up. Say it, PRESIDENT TRUMP

Suck you know what, Rambo. I hope that you will enjoy eight years of Hillary and DRat rule.

There truly is no hope for e Trump dupe.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-20   10:59:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: SOSO, GrandIsland (#34)

There truly is no hope for e Trump dupe.

R.I.P. Cruz campaign, April 19, 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/19/donald-trump-just-made-it-impossible-for-ted-cruz-to-clinch-the-gop-nomination/

Donald Trump just made it impossible for Ted Cruz to clinch the GOP nomination

Philip Bump
Washington Post
April 19, 2016

[excerpt]

How bad was Cruz’s night? He’s losing to Ben Carson in some places — a guy who hasn’t been in the race in weeks.

Cruz can still win the nomination on the first convention ballot, mind you, but he needs to win about 88.5 percent of the outstanding delegates, bound or unbound, per Daniel Nichanian’s excellent calculations. That's not likely to happen either.

Trump isn’t the only big winner tonight! Congratulations to John Kasich, who will almost certainly end up with his first delegate in more than a month. Can Kasich pull off a come-from-behind victory? No. The end.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-20   11:10:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: no gnu taxes, Canadian Cruz (#29)

but it looks like there are only about 30 seats available.

The event started almost an hour later than it was supposed to. I'd guess the reason for that was, so that they could remove the extra chairs so there wouldn't be a lots of empty seats showing.

Looks like they squeezed the 22 spectators into a corner.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2016-04-20   11:16:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: nolu chan (#0)

sounds like Hannity went into meltdown ,not Cruz. Cruz gave the correct answer to each of Hannity's questions. Why should Cruz have to justify the process ? It is what it is . Cruz was smart enough to use it to his advantage.

As far as people being confused by the process ,Cruz should just say ;'An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic'.(Jefferson).In other words ;it is up to the electorate to educate themselves about the process.

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

tomder55  posted on  2016-04-20   12:09:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: nolu chan (#35)

bad was Cruz’s night? He’s losing to Ben Carson in some places — a guy who hasn’t been in the race in weeks.

Maybe Cruz should whine about how unfair it is.

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

tomder55  posted on  2016-04-20   12:10:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: nolu chan, GrandIsland (#35)

How bad was Cruz’s night? He’s losing to Ben Carson in some places — a guy who hasn’t been in the race in weeks.

Quite bad. I agree that Cruz is toast. As I stated a while ago IMO Trump will get the nomination on the first ballot even if he doesn't have 1237 going in. But that doesn't change anything about Dollar Donald being in the race to assure Hillary the WH and destroy the REP Party. He successfully completed the latter mission and is well on the way of completing the former.

I hope that you enjoy eight years (probably much longer) of absolute DRat control of all three branches of government.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-20   12:20:59 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: SOSO (#39)

and destroy the REP Party.

When did you or any agenda drug loving poster give a shit about the (R) party?

I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح

GrandIsland  posted on  2016-04-20   17:51:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: tomder55 (#37)

In other words ;it is up to the electorate to educate themselves about the process.

Donald Trump educated the electorate. They did not like what they learned. They ejected the corrupt Ted Cruz into the gutter where he belongs. Sometimes, life is just a bitch.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-20   19:59:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: SOSO (#39)

I agree that Cruz is toast. As I stated a while ago IMO Trump will get the nomination on the first ballot even if he doesn't have 1237 going in. But that doesn't change anything about Dollar Donald being in the race to assure Hillary the WH and destroy the REP Party.

That shit does not pass the giggle test.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-20   20:00:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: tomder55 (#37)

sounds like Hannity went into meltdown ,not Cruz. Cruz gave the correct answer to each of Hannity's questions. Why should Cruz have to justify the process ? It is what it is . Cruz was smart enough to use it to his advantage.

If you lived in North Korea. You would be saying the rules are the rules and that Kim Jong Un got 100 percent. Rules are rules.

If you lived in Germany. You would say the law is the Germans gas the Jews. Rules are rules.

If you lived in Cuba. You would say rules are rules Castro got 100 percent of the vote. We all love Castro.

You support a corrupt system of undemocratic rules that disenfranchise millions of voters.

Colorado had an election. For everything except President. Fuck them. Cruz is a hypocrite and a liar. I used to like him a lot. I would never vote for that corrupt POS.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-04-20   20:29:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: nolu chan (#31)

I've been saying for weeks (maybe months) that Trump will certainly have a plurality of the delegates going into the convention and should probably be given the nomination.

This is, though, a private party whether anyone wants to believe that or not.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-04-20   20:51:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: A K A Stone (#43) (Edited)

If you lived in North Korea. You would be saying the rules are the rules and that Kim Jong Un got 100 percent. Rules are rules.

If you lived in Germany. You would say the law is the Germans gas the Jews. Rules are rules.

If you lived in Cuba. You would say rules are rules Castro got 100 percent of the vote. We all love Castro.

So if you are a member of the the Moose lodge, you have a right to defy the rules and act like an ass?

Yes, the GOP is a political club; however, they are just a club. There is nothing Constitutional about a primary election.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2016-04-20   20:56:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: A K A Stone (#43)

You support a corrupt system of undemocratic rules that disenfranchise millions of voters.

2004 Gore won the national popular vote and Bush won the election because of the results of the electoral college .That was the rules . If the Republican candidate wins the Presidency this year it will likely be similar to the 2004 election .

Is it 'unfair ' ? Maybe ;but the founders put the electoral college rule in there for a very good reason. They wanted a Federal Republic ,not a democracy .Do you think the system they set up is like North Korea ,Nazi Germany and Cuba ?

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

tomder55  posted on  2016-04-20   21:03:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: tomder55 (#46)

The electoral college is fair. If you had the popular vote. States like California would cheat and make up pretend votes.

Cruz is a puppet and will do as told.

he voted against America and in favor of China manipulating their currency.

He isn't even a natural born citizen.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-04-20   21:21:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: no gnu taxes (#45)

Yes, the GOP is a political club;

And if the screw the people. I will never vote for any of them again. Ever. I'm already voting for one democrat against the Republican establishment asshole who taught his son to suck dick. Flush Portman down the toilet.

They are rigging the system. Screw them. Take your corrupt rules and shove them up Ted Cruz's ass.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-04-20   21:23:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: nolu chan (#42)

As I stated a while ago IMO Trump will get the nomination on the first ballot even if he doesn't have 1237 going in. But that doesn't change anything about Dollar Donald being in the race to assure Hillary the WH and destroy the REP Party.

That shit does not pass the giggle test.

I asked you once and you ducked. I'll ask again. Hillary will kill Trump with the women vote. She will destroy him with the minority vote. So exactly who will put Trump in the WH? There are only so many poorly educated white men.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-20   23:01:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: SOSO (#49)

Hillary will kill Trump with the women vote. She will destroy him with the minority vote.

Hillary has all she can do to beat a 74-year old relatively unknown socialist who does not fight like Trump. Hillary is a piss poor candidate who will be no match for Trump. Don't mistake Hillary for Bill.

So exactly who will put Trump in the WH?

People with brains, Clinton fatigue, people who have a minimal regard for national security, people who are tired of Clinton's lies and in-your-face corruption, and people who care about who will answer the 3 a.m. phone call saying Benghazi is under attack.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   0:22:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: A K A Stone, tomder55 (#47)

The electoral college is fair.

The Constitution created a union of States (Art. 7), not a union of individuals.

The electoral college represents the States who are the members of the Union.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   0:25:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: nolu chan (#50)

People with brains, Clinton fatigue, people who have a minimal regard for national security, people who are tired of Clinton's lies and in-your-face corruption, and people who care about who will answer the 3 a.m. phone call saying Benghazi is under attack.

America doesn't care about your "whitewash" concerning Hillary Clinton. They see a smart, experienced executive with apparent domwestic and international prowess based on existing social standards for inter-communication methods. These do-nothings that vote don't care about your opinion.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-04-21   0:29:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: buckeroo (#52)

America doesn't care about your "whitewash" concerning Hillary Clinton.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   0:54:39 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: nolu chan (#53)

Very clever and a genuine statement to whitewash. Have you ever thought of becoming Trump's coiffure specialist?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-04-21   0:57:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: buckeroo (#54)

Have you ever thought of becoming Trump's coiffure specialist?

No, but you might apply to be Cruz' buttboy.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   1:19:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: nolu chan (#55)

Oh no, you seem to have a hard on for Cruz. You get to live with it, pal.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-04-21   1:21:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: buckeroo (#56)

Oh no, you seem to have a hard on for Cruz.

Cruz does not even give me a soft off. Not the warm tingle you experience. Lose with Cruz, he's yesterday's news.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   10:49:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: nolu chan (#57)

" Lose with Cruz "

LOL. Hey, that is funny. I may use that

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

There are no Carthaginian terrorists.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood

"I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2016-04-21   10:57:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: Stoner (#58)

Go right ahead.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   10:59:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: nolu chan (#50)

Hillary has all she can do to beat a 74-year old relatively unknown socialist who does not fight like Trump

LMAO. The same 74-year old relatively unknown socialist beats the sh*t out of Trump in the RCP polls more than Hillary does.

"So exactly who will put Trump in the WH?

People with brains, Clinton fatigue, people who have a minimal regard for national security, people who are tired of Clinton's lies and in-your-face corruption, and people who care about who will answer the 3 a.m. phone call saying Benghazi is under attack."

They already elected Obama - twice.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-21   11:17:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: SOSO (#60)

The same 74-year old relatively unknown socialist beats the sh*t out of Trump in the RCP polls more than Hillary does.

That's like Kasich beats Hillary handily. Bernie is not running against Trump. Kasich is not running against Hillary.

So called conventional wisdom had Hillary a shoo-in awaiting coronation. It did not work out that way. She is badly damaged for the general election.

So called conventional wisdom assessed Trump as a joke who would not win a single primary. Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio et al are not laughing. Everyone but Trump has been eliminated from a first ballot win, effective April 9, 2016.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   11:28:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: buckeroo (#52)

These do-nothings that vote don't care about your opinion.

I would say they, and I, do not care about your opinion, but you steadfastly refrain from expressing anything as your opinion, assuming you even have an opinion.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   11:32:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: nolu chan (#51)

The electoral college is fair. The Constitution created a union of States (Art. 7), not a union of individuals.

The electoral college represents the States who are the members of the Union.

of course it is fair . But I hear whiners complaining about it all the time . They use the same argument that Trump supporters use. 'The "people" are being disenfranchised by arcane rules '. It is nonsense of course ;just like Trump's whining about the rules of the delegate selection process is nonsense '.

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

tomder55  posted on  2016-04-21   12:20:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: tomder55 (#63)

They use the same argument that Trump supporters use. 'The "people" are being disenfranchised by arcane rules '. It is nonsense of course; just like Trump's whining about the rules of the delegate selection process is nonsense '.

The electoral college is reflective of the fact that the USA is a union of states, and the people only exercise their sovereign power while acting as a political community, a state. The individual has no constitutional right to cast a popular vote for President, and none were cast in the early elections.

However, if a state choose to hold a popular vote, the process must be fair.

The GOP delegate selection process is governed by the GOP. It is not a public affair, it is a private affair. The GOP may make rules which are unfair. If they make rules that are unfair, they may be properly criticized for their unfair rules, and the people may vote with their feet. Donald Trump has observed unfair rules that disenfranchise voters to the benefit of the party elite, and has lit a blowtorch under the ass of Reince Priebus and the RNC.

Reince Priebus, the RNC, and anyone who defends the unfair rules will lose the public relations battle. Donald Trump has used this to bury Ted Cruz.

nolu chan  posted on  2016-04-21   12:52:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: nolu chan (#61)

So called conventional wisdom had Hillary a shoo-in awaiting coronation. It did not work out that way. She is badly damaged for the general election.

No doubt. But not as damaged as Trump. This year more than any other in my recollection going back to Ike the choice is between a mega-douche or a mega- turd sandwich. It is certainly too late for Hillary to change her image and probably so for Trump as well. There is plenty of ammunition on both sides to really get into a sh*t throwing pissing contest as we all know will happen starting sometime in May-June. In the end DRats have less moral and intellectual integrity than REPs and they will turn out in droves to vote for the first women POTUS. Not even an indictment (which will never happen) will dissuade Hillary/DRat supporters.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-21   13:34:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: tomder55, nolu chan, All (#63)

But I hear whiners complaining about it all the time . They use the same argument that Trump supporters use. 'The "people" are being disenfranchised by arcane rules '. It is nonsense of course ;just like Trump's whining about the rules of the delegate selection process is nonsense '.

Hmmmm..............corrupt rules? Designed to stop Trump? Gee, I guess that is why Trump has a much higher percentage of delegates than he has of the votes. He isn't complaining about that corruption, is he now?

Trump is a hustler, a con man. Always was, always will be.

потому что Бог хочет это тот путь

SOSO  posted on  2016-04-21   13:38:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: nolu chan (#64)

The GOP delegate selection process is governed by the GOP. It is not a public affair, it is a private affair. The GOP may make rules which are unfair. If they make rules that are unfair, they may be properly criticized for their unfair rules, and the people may vote with their feet. Donald Trump has observed unfair rules that disenfranchise voters to the benefit of the party elite, and has lit a blowtorch under the ass of Reince Priebus and the RNC.

Reince Priebus, the RNC, and anyone who defends the unfair rules will lose the public relations battle. Donald Trump has used this to bury Ted Cruz.

Trump should stop his belly-aching .He has benefitted from the rules he complains about . Before NY ,he won 37% of the votes cast in Republican primaries and caucuses, and got 46 %of the delegates. In NY he got 67 % of the vote and came away with almost 100% of the delegates . He got all the Florida and Arizona delegates even though he got a far less than half the vote in the primary .

So when he wipes the tears away he can reflect on how the rules have helped him in the contest and he should remember that winners don't whine.

"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato

tomder55  posted on  2016-04-21   13:39:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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