Posted on 06/23/2015 5:43:39 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
I care!
And when I look at the details, I think that I’m coming to understand why Cruz did what he did. Thus far, he’s shown himself to be a principled man, and so his switching vote kind of made me wince.
Until I read the whole story. Now what makes me wince is the perception that this will probably foster.
I don’t think that it will win him any votes in the end, though. The people who claimed to be against him because of this will find some other reason to hate. Or troll. Or whatever.
Now that the procedural vote passed with 60 votes.
Don’t be surprised to see some fake conservatives come out and
vote against it since it only needs 51 votes to pass.
You heard Cruz on Levin’s show? I would like to have heard that!!
Unfortunately, the “leadership” in Congress attempted to gut TPA so that it wouldn’t do anything like that. Which, I suppose, is why Cruz is voting against it now.
All this drama is giving me a headache. On the one hand, I don’t want to trust politicians. On the other hand, Cruz has so far shown himself to be a man of principle, and I think that he’s so far earned the benefit of the doubt.
I'm not one bit surprised that the dems used this bill to put Cruz in a tough place.
Sen. Cruz was aware of the WikiLeaks material concerning the immigration provisions of TiSA shortly after the original Senate vote, but continued to boost TPA, including in the op-ed with Paul Ryan, until 7:00AM this morning. Cruz is a smart guy. I can’t see an excuse for his ignoring the obvious and then pivoting at the last moment. His Breitbart piece this morning certainly did not address this apparent amnesia. He had better do some more ‘splainin.
Maybe you can hear it online. I’ve not done that before but it might be posted at his website.
I can’t believe people on here are falling for this crap. He voted no because he knew it would pass; this is all a dog and pony show.
>>>>> TPA was there EXACTLY because Cruz does not trust Obama to negotiate a trade deal without throwing everything in it that should not be there.<<<<<
If TPA controls 0bama better than no TPA, why did Cruz vote against TPA?
If the amended version gets voted down, does the treaty die?
I know this might sound funny or odd to some people but every time I see Mitch my brain automatically switches into cartoon mode & I imagine the Mitchers wearing a wig & lipstick. If you put a wig & lipstick on Mitch he’d be The Drag of GOP............... treasonous b*tard
He has earned my trust...I wish I had heard him. I believe that when I can hear from him, I’ll be ok.
Or McConnell offered special corrupt deals to other members.
Uh.... (in spite of all the Cruz rationales for voting for it before voting against it) I donno, why?
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