Posted on 10/05/2013 5:08:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
FULL TITLE: Obama on Sen. Ted Cruz: attention-seeker at fault in government shutdown; Cruz says the president is playing games
The man with the biggest megaphone in Washington, President Barack Obama, has called out Texas junior senator as an attention-seeking upstart.
When I came into the Senate, my attitude was I should just keep a pretty low profile in the Senate and just do the work, he said, contrasting the early days of his own brief Senate career with the nine-month tenure of Sen. Ted Cruz. I didnt go around courting the media, and I certainly didnt go around trying to shut down the government.
update 4pm: Cruz responds by accusing Obama of offering partisan jabs and playing games with the shutdown to maximize its painfulness. (full statement below)
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Finally!... LEADERSHIP you can TRUST.
Laughable! He was in the Senate, what, two weeks? 'Just do the work'? What work did he ever do in the Senate? Or anywhere else?
Is there a single real American that does not AUTOMATICALLY pledge the flag??
The man with the biggest megaphone in Washington, President Barack Obama, has called out Texas junior senator as an attention-seeking upstart. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And a liberal fascist upstart himself as a Senator, cannot stand ANY competition?
Lay it on Cruz Mr. ‘Resident. Lay it on heavy.
Valerie Jarrett must really hate Ted Cruz. It’s obvious that VJ’s hate is rubbing off on Obama, since he’s never expressed a thought of his own.
LOL Iernic! :))
LOL Irenic! :))
Here, here rock!
Barry was a senator? When?
President Barack Obama, has called out Texas junior senator as an attention-seeking upstart.”
Interesting.
Senator Cornyn has said basically the same thing.
We do the same thing with our kids now. Could spend a solid year exploring this state and still not see it all. How you must treasure those memories with your daughter.
I know that this is an old question, but has any other President called out people directly like this before?
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