Ted Cruz Wows New Yorks 'Right Wing' Jews

[muman613]

This is good news... I hope Mr Adelson did not think Cruz was 'too right wing'...

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ted-Cruz-Jewish-leaders-Sheldon-Adelson-New-York/2014/11/25/id/609471/
Ted Cruz Impresses NYC's Jewish Donors in Whirlwind Stopover
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2014 11:11 AM
By Sandy Fitzgerald

Sen. Ted Cruz is in New York City paying visits to some of the nation's most powerful Jewish leaders — including a private two-hour session with billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson, the largest donor to Republican causes during the 2012 presidential election — to dispel any concerns about Cruz's politics and electability.

The Texas Republican, a likely candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, sat by Adelson during Sunday night's Zionist Organization of America dinner, which featured Cruz in a prominent speaking role, reports The New York Observer.

On Monday, after Cruz and Adelson met privately, a source close to the Venetian casino magnate told the Observer that while he likes Cruz, he also believes he is "too right wing" and is likely to be a long shot for the nomination.

Adelson bristled at the characterization, however, telling the newspaper he was "the only one in a position to know how he felt" about Cruz, the Observer wrote in an updated account.

In addition to Adelson, others attending the dinner on Sunday included attorney Alan Dershowitz, Pastor John Hagee, Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus, billionaire Ira Rennert and Rabbis Avi Weiss and Shmuley Boteach, among others.

Many of those attending said they found Cruz, a Princeton Law School graduate, well-spoken and engaging, the Observer reported.

Cruz is receiving some surprising invitations while in the Big Apple.

New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman, who usually backs moderate Democrats, hosted Cruz for a lunch before Sunday's ZOA dinner. Michael Steinhardt, who chaired the Democratic Leadership Council that helped elect President Bill Clinton, hosted Cruz at an event at his investment firm.

The private kosher lunch, co-hosted by Boteach, also included Perella Weinberg, hedge-fund manager Dan Arbess, NGN Capital's Ken Abramowitz, and Edward Turen of Control Equity Group.

And while many were skeptical going into the lunch, they nodded while Cruz discussed Israel, which he ardently supports, and other topics, including his electability in 2016, according to the Observer.

Boteach said that he was concerned the media may caricature Cruz, to which the senator replied that historically the media pictures Republicans as "either stupid or evil."

"[Ronald] Reagan was stupid, according to the media. George W. Bush, Dan Quayle, stupid. [Richard] Nixon was evil, [Dick] Cheney was evil," Cruz said. "I sort of take it as a backhanded compliment that they've invented a new caricature for me — crazy. At the end of the day, that caricature doesn't trouble me because it's fundamentally false. The American people have a history of making up their own minds," the Observer reported.

Cruz, a tea party favorite, said he does not believe he's "all that conservative," and said  Washington's divide is not between the parties, but between "career politicians in Washington of both parties and the American people."

He also said he expects Hillary Clinton to be the Democrat nominee, but she is "every bit as radical as [President Barack] Obama is," the Observer said.

But, Cruz told them, if a moderate like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush is nominated, "the same voters who stayed home in 2008 and 2012 will stay home again, and Hillary's the winner."

[AngryAnt]

As a non American, I can only hope and pray that Americans vote for this man for the sake of your country and the world. 8 years of the muslim cockroach defiling the white house and destroying the planet is enough.

[Zelhar]

I don't think Adelson is going to back him in the primaries.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

I don't think Adelson is going to back him in the primaries.

Adelson, like the Kochs, is another NWO wolf in patriot's clothing.

[Debbie Shafer]

Don't think a Conservative can't win the Presidency.....they can....Look at the result of uncommitted, corrupt, rogue, selfish greedy leftists and politicians.   I assure you this country is really sick of lawless politicians....lovers of self!

[Aluf Abir]

Is the U.S. ready for a Hispanic president?

[Joe Gutfeld]

The liberal Jews here in NY will most likely blast the Jews who support Ted Cruz

[muman613]

Is the U.S. ready for a Hispanic president?

Why not? They voted for a black president already.

[Aluf Abir]

Why not? They voted for a black president already.

Yeah. But that was out of guilt (over what)?  Who feels guilty over the beaners?

[muman613]

Yeah. But that was out of guilt (over what)?  Who feels guilty over the beaners?

Where I come from the Hispanics are considered several times more productive and creative than the afro americans.

[Binyamin Yisrael]

Is the U.S. ready for a Hispanic president?

Who cares? This whole "Hispanic" thing is a farce. Just because they speak Spanish, they should be considered a separate race? Why don't they pick on other languages also? "Hispanics" are as diverse as Americans as a whole. Some are white like Ted Cruz, some are black like some baseball players from the Dominican Republic, some are Mestizo, and others are pure natives.

Ted Cruz's father is a white Cuban of European Spanish descent and his mother is a white American of European descent. I don't see why "Hispanic" should be an issue. It's no different than electing an ethnic white president with ancestry from Southeastern Europe or white Asian countries like Armenia.