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Cruz talks about 'vindication' with rocky Obamacare rollout
CNN Political Ticker ^
| November 14, 2013
| Ashley Killough
Posted on 11/14/2013 12:28:16 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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The Hill "Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has no regrets about spurring the 16-day government shutdown.
Fox News anchor Christ Wallace asked Cruz at the Aspen Institutes Washington Ideas Forum Thursday if it was worth it.
Absolutely, Cruz replied.
Democrats and centrist GOP lawmakers blamed Cruz for provoking the standoff that led to the government shutdown on Oct. 1. He led the charge to push House Republican leadership to only fund the government as long as ObamaCare was defunded.
In the days leading up to the deadline, Cruz spoke on the Senate floor for more than 21 hours about the consequences of ObamaCare. The laws insurance marketplaces launched Oct. 1.
After the government reopened last month, top Republicans approached Fox Newss Wallace, he said, and offered research and questions to confront Cruz.
If a Republican in Washington attacks Republicans from the left, this room will stand up and cheer for them. Thats a very popular thing in Washington, Cruz said Thursday. But if someone stands up and makes a point that I tell ya, people are feeling all over the country which is that career politicians in both parties are focused on their own reelection instead of the pain people feel in this country that is not a message people want to hear in Washington.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke at the Ideas Forum just before Cruz and commented on his colleague's tactics.
Shutting down the government injured the people of my state, he said angrily.
I am elected to represent them. When we have to fly food from the food banks in Phoenix up to Tucson, a community outside the Grand Canyon, because people are out of food, then I have to say, Stop. Youre wrong. Youre crazy.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Cruz should demand an apology from President Obama. Apparently Cruz was right and Obama now agrees with him. The name calling wasn’t necessary and was pretty mean and vindictive.
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:29:52 PM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(Liberals want to be eaten last. I don't want to be eaten at all!)
To: Tenacious 1
Look at Post #1. John McCain is still chewing on that bone.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Cruz will continue to, ever so beautifully, stick in the shiv!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Again, just a quick reminder to leave the lab coats on your seats when you leave.
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:34:48 PM PST
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Shouldn’t that be rocky and bullwinkle rollout???
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:36:15 PM PST
by
Farnsworth
(Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
To: Cincinatus' Wife; PreciousLiberty; tuffydoodle; Pajamajan; RedMDer; DangerZone; castowell; ...
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:41:09 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Did 'The Hill' really call him Christ Wallace?
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:42:46 PM PST
by
Guenevere
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"Cruz talks about 'vindication' with rocky Obamacare rollout..." - CNN Mr. Cruz isn't the only one talking about vindication, you snark-phony CNN pseudointellectual bozo.
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:42:47 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I am elected to represent them. When we have to fly food from the food banks in Phoenix up to Tucson, a community outside the Grand Canyon, because people are out of food, then I have to say, Stop. Youre wrong. Youre crazy.
What a retard. If the policies weren’t so bad coming from both sides of the aisle then people wouldn’t have to depend on the government for all their food.
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:47:03 PM PST
by
sheana
To: Cincinatus' Wife
SAd to see that “my friend” Juan McCain has joined the wacko bird brigade.....
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posted on
11/14/2013 12:51:35 PM PST
by
alstewartfan
("Lines of coffee cups on parade Sodiers for keeping the night away." Al Stewart)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Yup. Just as the Colorado slut-ads have vindicated Rush.
We were right all along, how about that?
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posted on
11/14/2013 1:04:05 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
And now that “whacko bird” McCain is even calling for repeal !
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posted on
11/14/2013 1:13:09 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
To: JPG
I wonder how many of those people were really doctors... Or did they hand out lab coats to anyone
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posted on
11/14/2013 1:15:01 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Like Karen Carpenter sings, “We’ve only just begun.”
To: SoConPubbie; All
Three quick points:
1.) Tyrant Obama cannot legally change the Obamacare Bill that he signed into Law.
Only the US Congress can legally change the Law, which then can be signed by Obama.
_________
2.) The MANDATORY dictate in Obamacare is the only factor that is essential to that Federal Law.
Take out the MANDATORY dictate in Obamacare, and only the Federally subsidized, or chronically unhealthy will buy it.
For example:
What would be the incentive for increased consumer demand for policy purchase of a NON-MANDATORY Obama Socialized Health Insurance Tax (OSHIT) instead of purchasing a policy from a private insurance company?
_________________
3.) Will the House RINOs think of either of the above two points? I seriously doubt it.
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posted on
11/14/2013 5:48:23 PM PST
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: Graewoulf
3.) Will the House RINOs think of either of the above two points? I seriously doubt it.
Please, you are being way too kind to the Democrat enabling Collaborators you refer to as RINOs.
They know everything you have mentioned.
They choose NOT to do anything about it because their Big Dollar Corporate Campaign Donors do not want them to do anything about it.
Their Big Dollar Corporate Campaign Donors would rather shift the costs of insurance to the taxpayers. They are more concerned with their bottom line.
This is why those same Big Dollar Corporate Campaign Donors are also all-in for Amnesty, it shifts the costs of their operations from their corporations, to the Tax-Payers.
Our so-called Representatives no longer represent us, they represent their own political self-interest and the moneyed interests that fund their campaigns.
They are nothing better than traitorous cowards!
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posted on
11/14/2013 7:15:24 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Cincinatus' Wife; SoConPubbie
Does anyone have the video clip when Sen. Cruz explains that the Democrats all knew that policies would be dropped because of a vote that they had in the House and Senate after Obamacare was passed. I saw it and can't find it. ug.
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These Lying weasels knew all along.
Senate Democrats voted unanimously three years ago to support the Obamacare rule that is
largely responsible for some of the health insurance cancellation letters that are going out.
http://www.ijreview.com/2013/11/91770-busted-senate-dems-voted-rule-led-people-losing-insurance-plans/
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posted on
11/15/2013 4:52:43 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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posted on
11/15/2013 4:54:32 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: RedMDer
The vote on Senator’s Enzi’s amendment?
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posted on
11/15/2013 5:23:43 PM PST
by
onyx
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