Posted on 05/24/2013 11:06:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Ted Cruz vs. John McCain feud is on, so proclaimed the Washington Post on May 24, 2013. The two senators have already clashed on raising the debt ceiling, with Cruz proclaiming that he does not trust Republicans like McCain and then betting the older senator that he could not get a majority of the GOP senate caucus to sign on to a debt ceiling increase.
McCain has more than once expressed irritation at Cruz and his uncompromising version of conservatism. But it an ironic way, the former maverick from Arizona has only himself to blame.
In a fit of brilliance, when he was running for president in 2008, McCain chose the then obscure, but charismatic, telegenic, and capable then governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be his running mate. The choice provided his campaign with a shot of energy, though not enough to overcome his own deficits as a candidate and the economic meltdown then occurring.
While McCain has sunk back to the obscurity of being a venerable senator, Palin, thrust as she has been in the national spotlight, has seen her stock soar. By her ability to lay hands on other political candidates and often give them the margin of victory, Palin has become the most powerful female politician on the planet, despite the fact that she holds no political office and has seen her political obituary written so many times and so thoroughly prematurely that it has become a cliché....
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It is encouraging to see someone finally get in McCain’s pompous face and even more delightful knowing that his choice of Palin made it happen.
Wow - pretty down on Palin. If McCain hadn’t tried to run on her non-existent-at-the-time coattails, and had something on the ball other than his idiotic “my friends” catchphrase, it may have been different. Even the best pit crew can’t make up for a piss-poor driver.
If Angle repulsed republicans, how did she win the primary? Lots of history rewriting here. Reid won primarily because Reid is dirty. He would have beat any of the candidates. Each would have demonized. Each wold have dealt with massive vote fraud by the Vegas union thugs.
I probably would have voted for one of the others in the primary, but she beat them.
Palin/Cruz or Palin/anyone. Trust is a big thing for me. Her political compass is true north and her moral compass is welded.
Claire spent more money promoting Akin than Akin did on his own campaign. Akin was and is a certified moron.
Had McCain passed Palin by and chosen someone else, she would likely still be governor of Alaska at the far edge of the worldHad McCain passed Palin by and chosen someone else, she wouldn’t have suffered the assaults of the ’08-’11 period, and would likely still have been the fantastically popular governor of Alaska and could just as easily have burst on the scene in 2011 as a fresh, independent face when the “anyone but Mitt” faction of the Republican party was desperate for a candidate.McCain’s choice of Palin, by taking away her independence at the critical time, had the effect of exposing the national electorate to a weakened strain of Pailin, thereby allowing our Democrat/RINO opponents to inoculate the country against her.
We were delighted when McCain nominated her. Little did we know how that would look from here.
Hey McShame! It’s way past time for you to retire you senile old fool. Your past is behind you and only bad days are ahead of you so find a wheel chair somewhere and settle down and retain whatever little dignity you have left.
I used to respect you but now you’ve sold out to the enemy. I believe your two great namesakes would agree.
He really is. Such a command of the law, policy and history. His arguments are articulate and compelling.
An aside - C-Span has been on in my house more than ever these last few months. Really since the Rand Paul filibuster. The hearings are enlightening, it lets you see who knows their stuff as opposed to the posturing. And you can’t reduce it to soundbites.
YOU BETCHA!!!!! Tell me where to send my check!!!!!
McCain is an idiot,Cruz is very intelligent and has the documents to prove it
McCain has been a prisoner of way ever since the N Vietnamese captured him. They messed his mind up permanently. He’ll will do and say whatever the he!! he wants, he figures he has earned it over in Vietnam
I was unaware she had said anything wrong about the dream act or supporting illegals. Kindly point to something if I am wrong. Thanks.
Here’s a start.
She has said more since:
I've seen her strong support for Arizona's governor and their law in the past couple of years, I think you may be wrong.
I do wish she were more vocal about the problem however, but she has a lot on her plate right now. Until I hear her support the new bill, I'm trusting she does not.
You left out a few things.
McCain finished third from the bottom of his Naval Academy class. He graduated only because his father and grandfather were four star Admirals. I know a guy who graduated with him and the joke was all you had to do was be ahead of McCain in order to graduate. It wasn’t difficult.
Among other things, Ted Cruz was a clerk for Chief Justice William Rhenquist.
Cruz is a brilliant man and a patriot.
It’s right there:
and he did not always obey the rules, which contributed to a low class rank (894 of 899),
Plus, the father and g father info is in the work I cited, right at the top of the paragraph on his education.
it is general knowledge at FR that’s what his story was.
As for Cruz, I included just the education, responding to the post looking for their educational careers.
If we compare professional careers I’ll have to point out the widely vast differences and it would take awhile. McCain’s is short.
So who else?
The interview is pro-amnesty—I don’t know how much worse than that it could get.
But she later (circa 2010) on Fox assured McCain that there was no daylight between them on his position on illegal immigration and hers.
Far more damning, however, IMO is her absolute silence these past few months as the Dems and the GOPe conspire to push through a massive amnesty bill. She’s been tweeting and Facebooking and speaking out on every other little issue in the news, but silent on the big national killer moving ahead.
Like I said, I would feel a lot better if she would make this a bigger issue, but what you're saying, that she wants this bill like McCain does, is untrue, incorrect, wrong and you shouldn't be repeating incorrect and out of date info.
If you can find a statement where she supports this new bill I will stand corrected, so ping me if you do (or if she makes a statement against it). Thanks
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