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Scary Cruz control (Ted Cruz not falling in line like McCain/Rubio/Grahamnesty)
The Washington Post ^ | April 19, 2013 | Dana Milbank

Posted on 04/20/2013 1:51:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up?

The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned the Senate’s ancient seniority system upside down and is dominating his senior Republican colleagues. He’s speaking for them on immigration, guns and any other topic that tickles his fancy; Republican leaders are seething at being outshone yet are terrified of challenging him.

Consider his news conference this week to promote the Republican alternative to gun control. With Cruz on the stage in the Senate TV studio: the bill’s primary author, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a 32-year Senate veteran and longtime chairman or ranking member of the finance and judiciary committees; Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (10 years in the Senate and eight in the House); and Dan Coats of Indiana (12 years in the Senate and eight in the House).

But Cruz took over the lectern and refused to relinquish it. He spoke 2,924 words for the cameras, more than Grassley (904), Graham (1,376) and Coats (360) — combined. Factoring in his dramatic pauses to convey sincerity and deep thought, Cruz’s dominance was even more lopsided. The others shifted uncomfortably and looked awkwardly around the room. At one point, Graham requested a chance to speak. “Can I?” he asked Cruz.

Cruz is 42, the same age Joe McCarthy was when he amassed power in the Senate with his allegations of communist infiltration....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Texas; Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: amnesty; banglist; guncontrol; immigration; rinos; rubio; secondamendment; teaparty; tedcruz; texas
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Really? Pulling out the McCarthy card? And Joe was right, we later learned, or didn't you know that, Dana? And what are you, a racist? Senator Cruz is Hispanic, Dana. How does that feel? Hahahahaha!
1 posted on 04/20/2013 1:51:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Cruz was a liberal spouting the liberal agenda, WaPo would be hailing him for his fearless dedication and calling him the next bright star for the nation.


2 posted on 04/20/2013 1:55:05 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One can only hope he’s the next McCarthy.


3 posted on 04/20/2013 1:55:09 PM PDT by TheZMan (Buy more ammo.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; ken5050

Dana makes cranky, bitter, gossiping old ladies look normal.


4 posted on 04/20/2013 1:55:10 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Cruz is not offed by “the establishment” before then, he will be a serious contender for the presidency, if he wants it.

Heck, he’ll have far more experience than Obama did in 2008, and the experience will be a lot more than a litany of “present” votes.


5 posted on 04/20/2013 1:57:41 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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An Instapundit reader came up with the absolutely perfect parallel to highlight the depravity and idiocy of the “42 year old” McCarthy analogy:

“Can I play? Obama is 51, the same age Joseph Stalin was when he called for the liquidation of the kulaks.”


6 posted on 04/20/2013 1:57:43 PM PDT by rockvillem
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Sounds like he's doing what he was elected to do. Dewhurst, on the other hand, would have gone along to get along.

/johnny

7 posted on 04/20/2013 1:59:25 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Just more proof Sen. Cruz is doing a brilliant job, the metric for his success it the number of D.C. types he angers.


8 posted on 04/20/2013 2:00:00 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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Cruz is 42, the same age Joe McCarthy was when he amassed power in the Senate with his allegations of communist infiltration

Hey Dana, though this may come as a shock to you, Joe McCarthy was right on the mark and so far Ted Cruz is too.

9 posted on 04/20/2013 2:03:03 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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If Cruz is not offed by “the establishment” before then, he will be a serious contender for the presidency, if he wants it.

Unfortunately, Cruz was born in Canada and doesn't qualify.

10 posted on 04/20/2013 2:05:00 PM PDT by Jed Eckert (Wolverines!!)
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Milbank sounds a bit concerned.
He is trying to sow unrest among the R’s by feigning concern over this upstart Senator.


11 posted on 04/20/2013 2:07:31 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1, Half Baked 50c)
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To: Jed Eckert

GO TED GO!


12 posted on 04/20/2013 2:08:23 PM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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When you google this, you get a bunch of links to sources that all refer to it as the “Grassley-Cruz substitute gun bill”. Those are the two names of origin for the bill and its introduction. The others were johnny-come-lately sign ons.

As between Grassley and Cruz, the lead senators, WHICH ONE would be the best presenter of this bill??

The answer is obvious.

That’s why Grassley, whose name is first, wanted the second name, Cruz, to present it.

Anybody doesn’t like it, check with Grassley, or go pound sand.


13 posted on 04/20/2013 2:08:40 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
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I love this guy.

Stay out of the Tidal Basin, Ted. You're doing great.

14 posted on 04/20/2013 2:09:04 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: cuban leaf

I hope that Cruz runs for Governor. We should not have another Senator as President without being Governor first. They tend to suck!


15 posted on 04/20/2013 2:09:04 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: Jed Eckert

>>Unfortunately, Cruz was born in Canada and doesn’t qualify.<<

As of 2008 being born abroad is no longer an impediment to the Presidency.


16 posted on 04/20/2013 2:09:37 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
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To: Jed Eckert

Kenya yes, Canada no?


17 posted on 04/20/2013 2:09:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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Oooooh. Sen. Cruz is getting under Dana's skin, too. Dana, are you smarter than a 6th grader?
18 posted on 04/20/2013 2:10:54 PM PDT by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: txrangerette

Senator Chuck Grassley is an old Iowa farmer, and he looks and sounds like it, even with a $1,200 three-piece suit on. Not that there’s anything wrong with being an Iowa farmer, but Senator Ted Cruz is obviously more erudite and the smarter of the two.


19 posted on 04/20/2013 2:12:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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“Cruz is 42, the same age Joe McCarthy was when he amassed power in the Senate with his allegations of communist infiltration.”

I guess it NEVER ends...but to correct again:

“Cruz is 42, the same age Joe McCarthy was when he amassed power in the Senate with his NOW-PROVEN allegations of communist infiltration. “


20 posted on 04/20/2013 2:12:41 PM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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