Cruz Still Pledging To ‘Repeal Every Single Word Of Obamacare’

FILE - In this March 18, 2014, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators’ state Capitol day event in Des Moines, Iowa. Cruz is making a pilgrimage to one of the largest w... FILE - In this March 18, 2014, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators’ state Capitol day event in Des Moines, Iowa. Cruz is making a pilgrimage to one of the largest weekly meetings of young evangelicals in the country. The Texas Republican scheduled a Wednesday, April 2, 2014, appearance before the student body of Liberty University, the Virginia school founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) MORE LESS
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Ted Cruz says he’s optimistic about the country’s future.

The health care law — well, that’s another story.

The Texas senator — a possible 2016 presidential candidate — spoke before a group of conservatives in New Hampshire on Saturday.

He offered a plan for change that included standing for liberty, growth and opportunity, and empowering people.

Cruz cited his father, who escaped from Communist Cuba at age 18.

Cruz compared the hardships his father faced as a teenage immigrant with the difficulties today’s young people have finding a job — something the senator blamed on President Barack Obama’s policies.

Cruz’ father later immigrated to Canada, where Cruz was born.

Cruz also pledged to “repeal every single word of Obamacare.”

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  1. "Cruz also pledged to “repeal every single word of Obamacare.”

    Failure is definitely an option, in fact it’s preferred, since failure will keep the dollars flowing into his campaign coffers. That’s his real pledge – a promise to keep milking people of their money without having to deliver anything.

  2. It’s so weird, but this guy just lives to pull the carrot before the horse, and even though the horse (his dumbassed followers) never get the carrot, they continue to be lead by it anyway.

    I wonder what it is like to be that dumb? I hope I never find out.

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