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In an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, nascent Republican 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that his reputation as a “wild-eyed lunatic” is an invention of the liberal media, which is bent on smearing him through the use of “yellow journalism called PolitiFact.”

According to Mediaite, Harwood pressed Cruz, asking him why people should support him when the facts he uses to bolster his points don’t match up with the truth.

“You’ve said a few things that don’t necessarily comport with the facts,” said Harwood. He quoted a statement by Cruz asserting that there are “125,000 I.R.S. agents, [so] send ‘em to the border.”

“They’ve only got 25,000 agents,” Harwood said.

Furthermore, Cruz claimed that Obamacare would kill jobs, said Harwood. It hasn’t.

“Why shouldn’t somebody listen to you and say, ‘The guy’ll just say anything — doesn’t have to be true?’” Harwood asked.

“There is a game that is played by left-wing editorial writers,” Cruz said. “It’s this new species of yellow journalism called PolitiFact. Colloquially I was referring to all the employees as agents. That particular stat is in a joke I used. So, they’re literally fact-checking a joke. I say that explicitly tongue in cheek.”

Cruz appears to be confused. PolitiFact is a nonpartisan fact-checking agency that is an offshoot of the editorial board of the Tampa Bay Times. Cruz’s comments would lead one to believe that he thinks PolitiFact is a cross-publication wire service or a social medium like Twitter.

Tina Nguyen at Mediaite found the exact quote that Harwood was referring to with audio in the Concord Monitor, a newspaper from primary state New Hampshire.

Cruz said, “There are 110,000 agents at the IRS. We need to put a padlock on that building and take every one of those 110,000 agents and put them on our southern border.”

In the interview with Harwood, Cruz insisted that this was a joke.

“Now look, I say that somewhat tongue-in-cheek,” he said, “but think about it for a minute. Imagine you’ve traveled thousands of miles in the blinding sun, you’re dripping wet, you swim the Rio Grande and the first thing you see is 110,000 IRS agents? You’d turn around and go home too.”

According to Nguyen, even in jest, Cruz’s numbers are still wrong.

“Even if he defined ‘agents’ as ‘all employees of the IRS,’ the number is still off,” she said. “The IRS had roughly 90,000 employees as of 2013, and is actually facing a staffing shortage.”

 

 

 

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My brother's former employeer laid off many because of BO care.  He worked for a biomedical engineering company.  My wife's cousin was terminated from UNA where she was a part time athletics instructor, again due to BO care.

 

How about a quote from this wild eyed lunatic:  "'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it".  Winner of the politifact liar of the year.  http://www.politifact.com/trut...h-care-plan-keep-it/

 

Originally Posted by direstraits:

Prefer Scott Walker, myself.  With Bobby Jindal as VP.  However, Carly Fiorina would be a good candidate for VP, as well She drives the Dems wild, which is a plus.

 

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If a Democrat had the poor business record of Fiorina, the wingers would be scoffing at his/her qualifications for President:

 

"Fiorina was considered one of the most powerful women in business during her tenure at Lucent and Hewlett-Packard. While she was chief executive at HP, the company weathered the collapse of the dot-com bubble, although the stock lost half of its value throughout her tenure.[1] In 2002, the company completed a contentious merger with rival computer company Compaq, which made HP the world's largest personal computer manufacturer.[2] In 2005, Fiorina was forced to resign as chief executive officer and chair of HP following "differences [with the board of directors] about how to execute HP's strategy."[3] She has frequently been ranked as one of the worst tech CEOs of all time.

  1.  Tobak, Steve (April 27, 2012). "America's worst CEOs: Where are they now?"CBS News. CBS Moneywatch.
  2. Jump up to:a b "Portfolio's Worst American CEOs of All Time".CNBC. Portfolio.com.
  3. Jump up to:a b Maney, Kevin (February 16, 2005). "Can Fiorina trump competition for 'worst tech CEO' title?"USA Today Money. USA Today.
  4. Jump up to:a b Bracetti, Alex (Jul 8, 2011). "Horrible Bosses: The Worst Tech CEOs Of All Time"Complex Pop Culture. Complex.
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Originally Posted by direstraits:

That HP survived the dotcom bomb was a major success -- too many didn't  HP is still trying to determine what its core business should be, long after Fiorini departed, 

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The really big players in the dotcom business survived, albeit with scars. HP survived DESPITE her fumbling.my case on her performance

Clinton and Obama have both turned their backs on Americans. They have let them die, KNOWING they would. Obama has turned his back on America. He has turned his back on Christians. He turns his back on our allies, and shows compassion for our enemies. Hillary Clinton will be no different. She has no accomplishments under her belt. We are not a secure nation. They both have turned their backs on the country's Rule of Law, placing themselves ABOVE the law. Corruption, scandals, death and deals infest these two, and the administration they are from. ANY of the so far announced presidential from the "other side" hopefuls would be a 100% improvement over these two. This country is in a state of ruin.  We DO NOT need THIS woman to be our president.

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