BERNIE SANDERS VERSUS TED CRUZ!!!

[malchickiwick]

From WaPo:

"Next week, Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz will square off in a debate on CNN over the future of the Affordable Care Act. There will be a lot of chatter about how Sanders was critical of the ACA during last year’s Dem primary.

But Sanders is a very effective advocate for the law, despite his belief that it didn’t go far enough. And this may have the salutary effect of increasing engagement on the part of the left — and Sanders supporters — in the fight to save Obamacare."

From The Hill:

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will go to battle next week in a debate over the future of ObamaCare.

Sanders and Cruz, who both ran for their party's nomination in the 2016 presidential race, will square off in a debate airing on CNN next Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m.

The debate will be moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. The debate comes as Republicans in Congress craft a plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.

A promo for the debate aired during CNN's town hall with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and news quickly spread on social media."

story/tweets:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/bernie-sanders-ted-cruz-cnn-debate-obamacare

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. lol, hardly a fair fight... Bernie will destroy that loser Cruz in a debate.

[Sherman A1]

3. Precisely

and all he will have to do is let Cruz ramble a bit to do so.

[lapucelle]

7. A lot depends on the format they use.

Cruz was a champion debater at Princeton.
https://debate.princeton.edu/results/hall-of-fame/

[malchickiwick]

9. Cruz is definitely a Master (De)bater...

[lapucelle]

11. In the 70's my husband played bar league softball for a team called the Master Batters.

When they won the league championship, our small local newspaper had a story with the headline:

MASTER BATTERS CREAM JOYCE'S TAVERN

[malchickiwick]

13. Awesome!!

Thanks for sharing that!

[uponit7771]

2. Cruz wont show up

[BillyBobBrilliant]

4. Hit 'm with

your purse, Rafael.

I call it the battle of the 'Wit' v. 'Nitwit'.

[Lindsay]

5. As we say in my family,

Bernie will be in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

6. Go Bernie!!!

[old guy]

8. While it will serve to help CNN ratings,

it will have little lasting value. In polls taken right after the debate Cruz won 55-45. Count on it. On the other hand at least Sanders is out there trying.

[Orsino]

10. Cruz was once a formidable debater.

The mean, stupid talking points to which he'll be contractually confined mean that he will come across as mean and stupid.

[lapucelle]

12. Yet Trump was able to trounce Cruz in the Republican primary debates

with the the tried and true rhetorical strategy "I know you are, but what am I?'

[Orsino]

16. Yep. The more conventional right-wing freaks...

...weren't counting on simian poop-flinging to decide the race.

[TrekLuver]

14. Oh I'll be watching this and cheering Bernie on every second.

[oasis]

15. Tapper and Bash better have their fact checking apparatus nearby. nt