Posted on 10/03/2013 12:49:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
.............Cruz responded to the anonymous comments by directing the conversation back toward the government shutdown and Obamacare, telling Politico, “It seems that there is nothing the media likes to cover more than disagreements among Republicans, and apparently some senators are content to fuel those stories with anonymous quotes. Regardless, my focus — and, I would hope, the focus of the rest of the conference — is on stopping Harry Reid’s shutdown, ensuring that vital government priorities are funded, and preventing the enormous harms that Obamacare is inflicting on millions of Americans.”
It is evident that no matter what Cruz’s strategy was or is, Democrats in the Senate and President Obama have no plan to counter it beyond pure obstructionism and name-calling. Perhaps years ago, that strategy would have met with more success. But as Americans watch error signs pop up on their Obamacare websites and seethe at the notion that the government had to shut down to keep the broken Obamacare trains running on time, the Cruz playbook, as The Hill put it today, is looking better and better. That’s why the media is now playing defense for President Obama’s and Harry Reid’s shutdown by trying to make it all about Ted Cruz. Unfortunately for them, this debate was always about the American people.
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".....Let's have a new first party, a Republican Party, raising a banner of bold colors, no pale pastels, a banner instantly recognizable as standing for certain values that cannot be compromised.."
Cruz’a response was pure class. Brilliant. Doesn’t take the bait from the scumbag “journ-O-lists”.
This is a man who is going places.
Romney and McCain -vs- Democrats. And it wasn't by a Large margin, but enough to lose.
Then there's a one million dollar question: Would we have been better off under their leadership
Wow. He’s quick on his feet, unlike most of the leaden-footed GOP. I only hope his comments get through the media iron curtain. They’re not going to like dealing with this guy.
Of course we would. They may have been RINOs, but they weren't communists, and they could be reasoned with.
Current leadership, not so much.
Obamacare must be stopped at all cost.
The Government is not elected to run, enforce, give, or in any way obstruct the medical care of this country.
Chief Justice Roberts could and should have stopped this thing in it’s tracks.
That’s what people thought under Bush. But the leftward slide continued notwithstanding, even with the GOP in majority in both houses of Congress.
Leftward slide, yes, but it wasn’t an avalanche like we have now.
The slope was still pointing leftwards. Bush and the GOP fought against a lot of conservative initiatives, and AFAICS were deliberately setting up the Democratic shift that we got stuck with in 2006.
It’s not cognitive dissonance I feel when looking at that photo. There probably aren’t any nice words to describe just what manner of feelings they are.
Ted Cruz represented John Boehner in his lawsuit against McDermott over a 1996 taped phone conference call between Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, Dick Armey, Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich (recorded by the Martins, "grandparents" listening to a police scanner who decided to save it for posterity's sake). The Martins turned this recorded phone meeting over to Rep McDermott and he in turn turned it over to the media. Gingrich eventually stepped down under trumped up ethics charges and Boehner sued McDermott on 1st Amendment rights - after years of litigation McDermott was ordered to pay Boehner $1.05 million in attorney's fees, costs and interest. McDermott also paid $60,000+ in fines and almost $600,000 in legal fees of his own.
More Rep McDermott (D-WA 7th) Speaking on the House floor Sept 18, 2013 on "cutting" SNAP: Rep. McDermott: We're Catering To The Fringe "Obsessed With The Deficit Boogey Man"
The media deluge of leftism is just way too much. One can only beg for God to silence them rapidly.
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