You Can't Make This Up: Ted Cruz Lifted Line Word-For-Word From The Movie "American President"

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As the article states, you just can't make this up. Michael Douglas still delivers the line better though.

Good Grief. Lyin' Ted Cruz Lifted Line Word-for-Word from Movie "American President" - The Gateway Pundit

 

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CNN.com - Transcripts


CUOMO: Money is momentum, there is no question. And momentum is money. It goes both ways. No question about that.

One quick question on style and then I know we need to talk about terror. It matters too much.

You have made an adjustment quicker than Senator Marco Rubio did away from trying to out-Trump Trump in terms of going head to head. He is baiting you again with what he thought you were responsible for with the picture of his wife. I know it was the super PAC. But he blames you. You took the bait and responded and called him more of a coward than you thought.

Do you believe that that is taking you in the direction you need to be to beat Donald Trump? With any kind of broad-based coalition you're looking to build?

CRUZ: Well let's be clear, the tweet he was unhappy about was not even a super PAC supporting me. It is an independent group. I don't know them. I have never spoken to them. I have nothing to do with them.

But what Donald did last night -- and listen, you're in New York. You have seen this a lot. When Donald gets scared, when he gets angry, when he's threatened, he begins yelling, he begins screaming, he begins often cursing. And he begins trying to be a bully. So last night Donald threatened my wife. He went directly after my wife.

And I've got to tell you that, number one, Heidi, my wife, she is the daughter of missionaries in Africa. She is my best friend in the world. And if Donald wants to get in the character fight, he is better off sticking with me because Heidi is way out of his league.

But it is also -- it reveals a lot about character. It reveals a lot about class, that Donald's instinct is to try to attack my wife and sully her. And you know what, that should be beneath Donald. But Chris, the reason he's doing that is because he had a very bad night last night. He got clobbered in Utah. Remember, Donald campaigned in Utah. He tried to win Utah and he got blown out of the water.

And he is seeing Republicans uniting behind our campaign. Donald recognizes 65 percent to 70 percent of Republicans know that if we nominate Donald, we lose to Hillary. And he is very dismayed. So he wants to drag it into the gutter, he wants to drag it into personal attacks.

And at the end of the day, I have no interest in that. I'm going to stay focused on solving the problems facing this country, bringing back jobs and economic growth, raising wages, securing the borders, protecting our rights and protecting this country from radical Islamic terror.

 

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SHEPHERD
(continuing)
This is a country made up of people
with hard jobs that they're terrified
of losing. The roots of freedom are
of little or no interest to them at
the moment. We are a nation afraid
to go out at night. We're a society
that has assigned low priority to
education and has looked the other
way while our public schools have
been decimated. We have serious
problems to solve, and we need
serious men to solve them. And
whatever your particular problem is,
friend, I promise you, Bob Rumson is
not the least bit interested in
solving it. He is interested in two
things and two things only: Making
you afraid of it and telling you
who's to blame for it. That, ladies
and gentlemen, is how you win
elections. You gather a group of
middle-aged, middle-class, middle-
income voters who remember with
longing an easier time, and you talk
to them about family and American
values and personal character. Then
you have an old photo of the
President's girlfriend. You scream
about patriotism and you tell them
she's to blame for their lot in life,
you go on television and you call her
a whore. Sydney Ellen Wade has done
nothing to you, Bob. She has done
nothing but put herself through law
school, prosecute criminals for five
years, represent the interests of
public school teachers for two years,
and lobby for the safety of our
natural resources.

SHEPHERD
(continuing)
You want a character debate? Fine,
but you better stick with me, 'cause
Sydney Ellen Wade is way out of your
league. I've loved two women in my
life. I lost one to cancer, and I
lost the other 'cause I was so busy
keeping my job I forgot to do my job.
Well that ends right now.