Presidential Jewels of the Day, Rubio Trump Smackdown

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The Rubio VS Trump battle at the Republican nomination debate was the most amusing yet. It may be a little too late but Rubio and Cruz have decided to attack the mighty Trump on his business record primarily. This exchange provided a lot of "presidential" jewels that had me laughing through the night. Here are some.

1) Rubio on Trump stated that if Trump  "hadn't inherited $200
million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Selling watches in Manhattan."

2) Rubio on Trump : "If he builds a wall the way he built Trump Tower he'll be using illegal immigration to do it."

3)Trump on Rubio and Cruz "This guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. ... Other than that I rest my case."

4) Rubio on Trump:  Trump University "a fake school."

5) Ben Carson after feeling shut out of the debate 'Can someone attack me, please?'

Presidential jewels of the day Donald Trump

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I have begun to collect presidential jewels of words by the presidential contestants. Today it is the words of Donald Trump that are so outrageous in delivery and substance that they are my top jewels of the day. Here is your future president's description of his Republican opponent Ted Cruz: 

He is like a little baby: soft, weak, little baby

Sounds like a two year old taunting the one year old doesn't it? What next? na na na na

Can Canadian born, Ted Cruz, become president of the United States?

When Ted Cruz first  announced on Twitter that he will be running for the Republican nomination for president my thought was, "don't you have to be born American to run for president of the United States?"  The 44 year old is Canadian born but has renounced his Canadian citizenship. 

The whole fiasco reminds me of a scene from "The King of Queens" The scene was shot in 2003 when Doug on a visit to his parents learned that he was lied to by his protective parents. One of the lies revealed was that he was born in Canada, to which Doug responded "Oh my god I am Canadian? what if I were to run for president what would I do? I guess this is a question that never crossed Ted's mind.

The Tea Party is a strong supporter of the far right candidate who has taken a strong stance against the Obama health care policy and constantly spews hateful rhetoric toward Obama.  But he is anything but a shoe in for the Republican nomination since he is up against some other, more popular conservative candidates. After a period of silence on Ted Cruz birthright, his birth country has come back to haunt him in the election.

Ted Cruz only renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014 - a strategic move? If we recall, conservatives went to all lengths to try to prove that Obama was born outside of the USA. They failed of course but there is no doubt about where Ted Cruz was born. Will this help or hurt him and do you have to be born in the USA to become president? Apparently not.