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Ted Cruz Reveals that the Republican Establishment Despise Their Own Base
AmericanThinker.com ^
| 9-26-2013
| Karin McQuillan
Posted on 09/26/2013 1:54:08 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: vette6387
Yeah, and I gave freepers a hard time for not voting for Romney last year.
BTW, if you think serious reform will emerge from the institutions and people in the five wealthiest counties in America, you are delusional. They profit too well and will oppose reform to the bitter end.
The framers gave us the means to do an end run around the elites, and we must use them.
I got with my state rep last week for an hour. We discussed initial efforts in Tallahassee to get an Article V state amendment convention movement going.
Tell me of your efforts to save our republic. If they are limited to voting, an occasional email or tweet to federal pols, and rants at FR, they are inadequate.
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posted on
09/26/2013 2:53:56 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(An Article V amendment convention of the states is our only hope.)
To: 9YearLurker
I recall there was an effort by some that would force Reps and Senators to spend more time in their districts/states. Vote electronically.
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posted on
09/26/2013 2:55:46 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: servo1969
At least it’s clear who our enemies are. Next election it’s payback time.
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posted on
09/26/2013 2:59:13 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Mr. Cruz goes to Washington.)
To: Jacquerie
So you have a representative doing what he promised and apparently doing the right thing, but you are refusing to support him?
Why?
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:07:29 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: vette6387
...we need to be willing to admit that this strategy will sometimes result in a RAT taking over the seat of a RINO...We also have to admit that a traitor in our midst will always result in our defeat, and it is absolutely necessary to destroy the traitor before we can prevail.
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:12:27 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
He got common knowledge on record.
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:14:04 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: servo1969
I'm not sure despise is the best word.
I think embarrassed by fits better.
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:19:06 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Mark Steyn: "In the Middle East, the enemy of our enemy is also our enemy.")
To: servo1969
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:27:34 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Jacquerie
To: driftdiver
I explained somewhat in #21.
We can vote for conservatives into infinity, but the structure of our republic has been corrupted to point that whom we vote for will have little effect.
Only the shell of our republic remains.
The elites pretend to follow the constitution (consider the sham, illegitimate passage and court review of Obamacare) and we pretend our vote matters.
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:37:45 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(An Article V amendment convention of the states is our only hope.)
To: servo1969
It's the Tea Party vs. The Collaborators.
Unless anyone can think of a better term, let's call the RINOs what they are.
RINOs = Collaborators
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:39:12 AM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Jacquerie
If you stay home and not vote, you basically forfeit the “right” to b*tch and complain about the outcome
To: servo1969
Every one of the RINOs should lose their next primary. Clean out the dead wood because it is not only useless but harmful in this last-ditch fight to save the nation.
To: Ann Archy
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:54:24 AM PDT
by
FES0844
To: Moorings
I listened also and rand is solidly in the gop/e circle. Yes, he supported his friend Ted... those were his words... but he also said he did not believe that “shutting down the government” was the answer. He has bought the left wing talking point just like the gop elites have. He did vow not to vote for cloture but that is because Ted has branded anyone doing so as a traitor.
rand is not john mccain but he is also not one of us... Ted is. That saddens me but I am no longer going to give anyone a pass on these most important issues. He was sounding just like a DC Beltway, karl rove, republican snake oil salesman. Ted was on with Rush and he sounded like Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry and George Washington all rolled into one.
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posted on
09/26/2013 3:58:44 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
To: Jacquerie
So abandoning the effort will make things better?
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:00:21 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: ObozoMustGo2012; driftdiver
I summarized my thoughts in two posts to this thread.
I will be happy to respond to questions regarding the points I made, not silly snark.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:09:16 AM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(An Article V amendment convention of the states is our only hope.)
To: Jacquerie
Snark?
If you’ve given up on the fight for freedom then thats all you’re worth.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:12:02 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: servo1969
He didn’t reveal anything that wasn’t already known.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:15:39 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: servo1969
There has been a difference between local Republicans and national republicans and we have been trying to point that out for years. The “establishment” republicans (McCain, Boehner,Christie, Graham, Jeb Bush, etc.) are just that “established” and want no part of true conservative values.
Support your local republicans as it all starts there. Luckily, we have a voice in Ted Cruz, Lee, Jan Brewer, West and we need to support and pump these guys up.
We have been too complacent and trusting these establishment republicans OVER AND OVER again to do the right thing and they have consistently showed their true colors.
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posted on
09/26/2013 4:16:35 AM PDT
by
laffnatu
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