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Ted Cruz calls Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor
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| 7/24/2015
| M. Debonis
Posted on 07/24/2015 7:58:58 AM PDT by VinL
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To: Servant of the Cross
Oust Mitch??? Not going to happen. They like/fear Mitch a lot more than Ted. Ted is trying to get some kind of news sound bites as Trump has sucked all of his oxygen out of the media coverage. It’s all Trump all the time and it’s Ted who?
To: Servant of the Cross
Of course, But Tea Party votes alone aren’t going to get you elected President.
Trump can reach the Reagan Democrats and undecideds and give Cruz the opening he needs there.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:25:37 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: rainee
The difference between Reid and McConnell is that Reid never let ANY Republican legislation pass, or even come up for a real vote.
McConnell never lets any Democrat legislation fail, or even come up for a real vote.
To: ken5050
Cruz ran for the senate to shake things up.
Read his book, "A Time for Truth."
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:26:14 AM PDT
by
lonestar
(It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
To: Old Retired Army Guy
“... but he just crossed a line that may make him totally ineffective in the legislative process.”
You mean the legislative process that has got us into the good place where we are today?
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:27:03 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: Tupelo
Cruz- telling it as it is. They hate him anyway. This will in no way change their relationship.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:27:46 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: VinL
Cruz has no fear because he is right in his fight against the progressive liberal democrat/rino communist uni-party!
Boldly battling the enemy without and within... CRUZ 2016!
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:28:00 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:28:25 AM PDT
by
odds
To: cripplecreek
No way is this guy dumb. I’m with you.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:29:52 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Old Retired Army Guy
“They like/fear Mitch a lot more than Ted.”
Cruz was on Mark Levin’s show some time ago and he complained about the “leadership” lying. Should anyone be surprised?
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:30:04 AM PDT
by
odawg
To: LostInBayport
Funny how it is being reported that way, isn’t it? I heard about it the same way, and also wondered what it was about. Seems the media might be running a little interference for the rinos on this?
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:31:23 AM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: BigBobber
Someone sometime ago has given him the freedom and backing to be so bold Trump- Cruz
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:31:30 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
To: Old Retired Army Guy
Perhaps, but he just crossed a line that may make him totally ineffective
in the legislative process. This is how weak RINO's think in Congress, that if they upset the Dems they'll
lose an election. Yet every election we see Dems and RINO's alike spouting Conservatism
at every crossroad to get elected.
Bashing bad leadership wins, and Cruz is a constitutionalist,
not a passive Santorum.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:32:23 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
To: VinL
Today’s “Wall Street Journal” ripped into this amendment to reauthorize Ex-IM. If we’re serious to rein in individual welfare, we have to rein in corporate welfare also.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:32:25 AM PDT
by
twoputt
To: Servant of the Cross
I completely agree with this. But Ted Cruz has been the voice of the Tea Party issues ever since he became part of the Senate. He has not needed Donald to "rub off on him".
Cruz has been this way since well before he appeared on the national stage. The Medellín v. Texas case is what caused me to notice him. While he isn't named in this Wiki write up, a quick search gives more info.
Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), is a United States Supreme Court decision that held that even if an international treaty may constitute an international commitment, it is not binding domestic law unless Congress has enacted statutes implementing it or unless the treaty itself is "self-executing." Also, the Court held that decisions of the International Court of Justice are not binding domestic law and that, without authority from the United States Congress or the Constitution, the President of the United States lacks the power to enforce international treaties or decisions of the International Court of Justice.
Medellín v. Texas
People can flap their gums all they want but Ted Cruz has been in the trenches since before many of us ever heard of him.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:32:36 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: VinL
Politically, the Bush Family owns the 2008 financial crisis thats Jebs legacy. I have no difficulties in blaming the Bush Family for things that they did which were wrong, and believe me, I write about those often. But I don't think it is appropriate to blame them for things which are not actually their fault, and regarding which they actually attempted to do the right thing.
The Housing market crash of 2008 is one of those things.
But do I like having a fake issue hung around Jeb Bush's neck? Absolutely. I feel no obligation to be fair to such a scum bag as him.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:32:39 AM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: LostInBayport
I thought Obama's reelection was the death knell for this country. Turns out it was Boehner and McConnell being voted back into leadership. And the really depressing part is that Boehner and McConnell were retained as leaders following last year's conservative-mandate election with the support and votes of many conservatives in both the House and Senate.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:34:14 AM PDT
by
glennaro
To: cripplecreek
Clean, and truthful.
I’m reading his book ‘A Time for Truth’, and am liking it. Quite a paternal background he has, from Cuba.
He saw the GOPe self-ingratiating sausage machine grinding like crazy with the debt ceiling voting. A most damaging result to America, that.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:38:09 AM PDT
by
polymuser
( Enough is enough)
To: cripplecreek
A very good point. And the fact that he isn’t as bombastic and unmoored as Trump in how he speaks on the issues, is an advantage in reaching a broader range of the electorate.
To: DiogenesLamp
We don’t disagree...just talking the politics of it.
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posted on
07/24/2015 8:40:59 AM PDT
by
VinL
(It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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