Awesome. I like this guy more and more.
John McCain as Vesuvius? Only in the sense that both produce mostly gas. I’m loving Cruz more and more.
a badge of honor
I’m from Texas. I voted for Ted Cruz.
Mr. Bruni, your tears are sweet like candy to me.
To the rest of you: you’re welcome.
“and his itch to upbraid lawmakers who are vastly senior to him, who have sacrificed more than he has and who deserve a measure of respect, or at least an iota of courtesy. Courtesy isn’t Cruz’s métier. Grandstanding and browbeating are.”
That line right there made me want to barf up my breakfast and I haven’t eaten breakfast yet. LOL
Sacrificed more is right. Those senior lawbreakers have sacrificed our liberty and our money. They deserve NO courtesy at all! I don’t respect those senoir lawmakers because they think they rule instead of serving the public.
“Just six weeks since his arrival on Capitol Hill, he’s already known for his naysaying, his nit-picking and his itch to upbraid lawmakers who are vastly senior to him, who have sacrificed more than he has and who deserve a measure of respect, or at least an iota of courtesy.”
Interpretation
Just six weeks since his arrival on Capitol Hill, He already stands out for his hard work, standing up for those who elected him, making more senior lawmakers look lazy, who have sacrificed more of their morals, ethics, and campaign promises, and deserve a least an iota of pity.
Being “smeared” by the NYT is a badge of honor. If the Republican Party is to survive, they need to find more people like Ted Cruz and stand on principle. The old RINOs need to be replaced by true conservatives.
The New York Times is truly a bunch of slimes. When would they every permit such an article against a new democrat?
(I know, boring, everyone knows that.)
And the squeaky wheel gets their slime — their anti-grooming slime.
We Texans elected Senator Cruz, and we want him to do his job just like he is doing it.
Our Senators have every right and responsibility to immediately aggressively represent their views in Congress. That is why we elected them. They do not have to wait years before they say or do anything. We the People do NOT play games with “seniority.” There is no such thing as a “Senior Senator.”
Texas Senators and Representatives will not defer to those from other states because of the CHILDHOOD game of seniority. All are equal. Rules in the Senate and House should change to reflect that. (So stop electing McCain, Arizona, hint-hint.)
If FRANK BRUNI and “The New York Slimes” has a problem with Senator Cruz, then it has a problem with the sovereign duty of the State of Texas to work aggressively in Congress during these dark times. And it makes him and the slimes wrongheaded ELITISTS.
But they don’t care that they are elitists or wrong. They probably don’t even believe what they publish. This is all part of the standard Alinsky “anti-grooming” that they conduct all the time on behalf of “the regime.”
And it is certainly a sign of Senator Cruz’s effectiveness that his squeaky wheel gets their anti-grooming slime.