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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 04:18 PM Feb 2015

Ted Cruz At CPAC: I Am Trying To Be Uber, But For Politics

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday that his mission is to bring a "disruptive app" to politics, like the crowd-sourced company Uber did for the taxi industry.

"What I'm trying to do more than anything else is to bring a disruptive app to politics," Cruz said, comparing himself to Uber.

The theme of "disrupting" Washington came up frequently during Cruz's speech. He said that included challenging not only Democrats but the "career politicians" in the Republican leadership.

“If you had a candidate who stood up against Democrats, that’s great — when have you been willing to stand up against Republicans?” he asked.

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Ted Cruz At CPAC: I Am Trying To Be Uber, But For Politics (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2015 OP
He's more like Massengill. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2015 #1
Uber? You mean the company with this guy as its CEO? KamaAina Feb 2015 #2
Dumbass. This is one thing that they don't need an app for. Initech Feb 2015 #3
You mean a smelly douchebag, unhelpful to your fares, uninsured and unregulated? onehandle Feb 2015 #4
Uber was co-founded by a Canadian Enrique Feb 2015 #5
He is more of a Edsel version of a Yellow Cab NRaleighLiberal Feb 2015 #6
Republican pricing model C_U_L8R Feb 2015 #7

Initech

(100,101 posts)
3. Dumbass. This is one thing that they don't need an app for.
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 04:25 PM
Feb 2015

Congress is doing a perfectly good job of disrupting the political process without an app.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
4. You mean a smelly douchebag, unhelpful to your fares, uninsured and unregulated?
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 04:27 PM
Feb 2015

You're already there, Canadian.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)
7. Republican pricing model
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 04:46 PM
Feb 2015

Fleecing customers at every opportunity. Yeah Uber and Cruz were made for each other.

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