Where's the Outrage? cc: @ JebBush, @ GovernorPerry, @MarcoRubio,@ScottWalker,@CarlyFiorino

http://www.redstate.com ^ | 7/27/2015 | Erick Erickson

[conservativejoy]

UPDATE: I have removed Governor Jindal’s twitter handle from the title. His staff reached out to me to say he is not engaging in politics right now. In the wake of the Lafayette shooting, he has gone off the campaign trail to focus on the situation in Louisiana. Today he is attending the funerals of the victims.

It is stuff like this that has Donald Trump in first place, kicking everybody else’s back side. And it is stuff like this that is going to see Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% start rising in the polls.

I realize Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% is a competitor to the other candidates, but if they cannot share the Republican voters’ outrage over what happened in the Senate yesterday, they might need to let Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% run for office.

The Senate Republicans, joined with Democrats, and set the stage for reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, a bank that Governor Rick Perry of Texas has been vocally critical of with Cruz, and the Senate Republicans refused to put up a vote for defunding Planned Parenthood or Obamacare.

The Republicans have all talked a great gam of late on the campaign trail, but when Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) 100% tried to get it defunded in the Senate, Mitch McConnell refused not only to allow the vote, but wouldn’t even allow a roll call vote on it.

Republican Senators refused to fight evil because they do not like Cruz and Lee.

Where the hell are the Republican leader? Of the 2,347 candidates running for President, surely there are more than just Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% willing to speak forcefully and vocally against the Republicans in Washington.

It is outrageous. The excuses of the Senate Republicans hold no water.

Jeb Bush, Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, Bobby Jindal, and the rest should be publicly calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 59% to allow the votes.

And Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) 91%, who tweeted he was headed to South Carolina today, should be headed to the Senate instead to help his friend Mike Lee defund Planned Parenthood.

Donald Trump is leading the Republicans in polling because he was the only guy showing leadership against Washington. Ted Cruz showed that leadership this weekend and Republicans should be thanking him for exposing the cronies and corruption.

LINK to Red State

[Veggie Todd]

His staff reached out to me...

Contacted. The word is contacted.

[RKBA Democrat]

Whete’s the outrage?

The uniparty isn’t outraged because what mitch is doing is exactly what the uniparty wants. Since when do employees of an organization get upset about other members of that same organization doing what they’re paid to do?

[Lakeshark]

FYI

[Kartographer]

The bible instructs us home to choose our leaders.

"Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.
He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
In the same way, deacons[b] are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
In the same way, the women[c] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:1-13

Ted Cruz is the only candidate that meets this criteria

[Inyo-Mono]

Contacted. The word is contacted.

It sure is. I first noticed that phrase a couple on months ago in an e-mail to my company, as in "If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me." No, I not going to reach out to anyone. I will contact them.

[wmfights]

Beautiful!

I agree.

[Calpublican]

It sounds as if Erick is as enraged as I am. He should reach out to me. ;-)

[Lake Living]

“Where the hell are the Republican leaders? Of the 2,347 candidates running for President, surely there are more than just Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% willing to speak forcefully and vocally against the Republicans in Washington.”

And Abraham said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

Obviously, there weren’t 10 righteous in Sodom and Gomorrah and I don’t think there are 10 in the Senate either. At least we know now what we’re up against.

[Hawthorn]

>> Contacted. The word is contacted <<

Yes, of course. I join you in disdain for the “touchy feely” language style that infects so many of our fellow citizens.

But remember that the article is by Erick Erickson, who doesn’t know that red is the appropriate color for communism, while blue is the appropriate color for patriotism. So I don’t think one should expect his literary output to rise to your admirable standards.

[Lake Living]

I agree Cruz is the only man. But think about this... why don’t the majority of conservatives support him? And the population at large? I don’t think the majority of Americans want a righteous man to lead them. That is the real problem. The unrighteous want someone like themselves. I truly believe Cruz is America’s last chance.

[conservativejoy]

Ever seen a map of the United States with the Republican states in Red and the Democrat States in Blue? That is where Red State comes from.

[Crim]

Used to be the other way around...the libs got tired of self advertisong that they were communists.

[SoConPubbie]

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[PoloSec]

Cruz would support and praise anyone one of his competitors for taking a righteous stand, he has done so on numerous occasions.

So what is the difference between Cruz and the others, there are many but in this case it is HONOR the others have very little if any, they see Cruz speaking the truth as a weakness they think works towards their advantage.

[duffee]

The GOP- Elites and the RNC now own Planned Parenthood, Sanctuary Cities, The Import Export Bank, Etc., Etc. It’s way past time for most of our elected Republican legislators and executives and other elected officials to quit using the word Conservative to describe themselves.

[Paleo Pete]

I agree completely, I’m sick of the politically correct terms everybody and his dog seems to be using these days...

reach out
boots on the ground
have a “conversation”
moving forward
at the end of the day

I started emailing everybody on Fox a few months ago, starting with Bill O’Reilly, requesting that they stop using the phrase “boots on the ground”. A couple of weeks later he told Ed Henry, white house correspondent, the term had been banned on his show. Good.. I don’t know if it had anything to do with my emailing him 3 times, I was just glad to see someone start paying attention. Since then I’ve noticed it seems to be much less commonly used.

O’Reilly did a segment about this a couple of weeks ago, listing several of these phrases, initiated by someone saying “at the end of the day”. It seems he doesn’t like that phrase. The ones I listed were those I can remember, and I’m sick of the politically correct pinheads in the media all rushing to use the latest politically correct phrases.

You may think it’s cool to use all the latest politically correct catch phrases, I think it makes you look too damn dumb to think up something of your own to say...

Yeah the term is “contacted”...

[Hawthorn]

>> Ever seen a map of the United States with the Republican states in Red and the Democrat States in Blue? That is where Red State comes from <<

Yes, of course, and this abhorrent practice is basically a sleight-of-hand perpetrated originally by Dan Rather and his leftwing journalistic colleagues to help persuade the American public that the Democrat Party is not "communism light."

Moreover, Erickson has played the role of of what the communists used to call a useful idiot by continuing the notion that Republicans are "reds" while Democrats are "blues" -- the latter being the formerly standard color for patriots. Erick is not the only pundit or commentator on our side to make this naive mistake, but I rank him among the worst offenders.

[Hawthorn]

>> reach out
>> boots on the ground
>> have a “conversation”
>> moving forward
>> at the end of the day

Amen! And let's add "share" as in, I have some information I'd like to share with you.

[Osage Orange]

Do you live in a "Red" state...or a "Blue" state?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEra29JSwIw