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Is Ted Cruz Lying Low?
National Review ^ | June 18, 2013 | National Review

Posted on 06/18/2013 6:41:24 AM PDT by National Review

He’s opposed the Gang of Eight bill, but some think not aggressively enough.

By Andrew Stiles

Since taking office in January, Senator Ted Cruz has earned a reputation for being one of the most unapologetically outspoken lawmakers on Capitol Hill. So much so, perhaps, that when it comes to the Gang of Eight’s immigration-reform bill, of which Cruz has been one of the strongest Republican critics, it might seem like he’s been taking it easy.

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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: 113th; 2016; 2016gopprimary; cruz; cruz2016; gangofeight; immigration; tedcruz
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1 posted on 06/18/2013 6:41:24 AM PDT by National Review
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To: National Review

Translation: He’s not MEEEEE! Me. Me. Me!


2 posted on 06/18/2013 6:44:57 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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A hit job by National Review. Let’s see them get really tough on Boehner.


3 posted on 06/18/2013 6:46:08 AM PDT by txrefugee
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He better lay low. One slip and the Freepers will eat him alive.


4 posted on 06/18/2013 6:47:24 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: txrefugee
"Let’s see them get really tough on Boehner."

When pigs fly!

5 posted on 06/18/2013 6:48:24 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: National Review

It’s hard to believe that National Review was, once upon a time, actually conservative. It’s simply a mouthpiece for the GOPe ruling elite now.


6 posted on 06/18/2013 6:49:46 AM PDT by House Atreides
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"Hey folks, all the things
I'm doing aren't really what I'm about.
Just stick with me, it won't happen again, honest"

7 posted on 06/18/2013 6:49:54 AM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep one hand on my shoulder and the other over my mouth.)
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To: bkepley

Ain’t it the truth!


8 posted on 06/18/2013 6:50:22 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: txrefugee; National Review
A hit job by National Review. Let’s see them get really tough on Boehner.

I agree. Cherry-picked commenters who already have an axe to grind with Cruz.

No better example of the truism ... 'Damned if you do, damned if you don't'.

Especially when juxtaposed with this little puff piece today on NRs golden boy ... Romney's 'Revenge'.

In 2012, Romney lost; Cruz won. #cruztovictory

9 posted on 06/18/2013 6:54:40 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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The “opposition research” people got to Ted Cruz, and made him a deal he just could not refuse - back down, or we are going public with something you find, at the least, to be highly embarrassing.

Something similar has already been done to Marco Rubio.

Why, then, is not something similar also being done to Chuck Schumer? Or ‘Dick’ Durbin? Or has this happened to them already? Even the most jaded of politicos has something that is so dark, so shameful, he (or she) does not want it known, so who got there first with the dirt?

One suspects the George Soros machine has the patent on this deep research, and has applied it much more widely than anyone now suspects.

Perhaps that has been the real enemy all the time.


10 posted on 06/18/2013 6:55:38 AM PDT by alloysteel (When did the government suddenly become our psycho ex-girlfriend? - Jay Leno)
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To: Servant of the Cross; National Review
National Review
Since April 29, 2013

A blog pimp pushing opinion as news.

11 posted on 06/18/2013 7:00:08 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: National Review

I trust nobody On that immigration issue. Time after time we see erstwhile conservatives folding. Everyone has their price or breaking point.


12 posted on 06/18/2013 7:01:51 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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I do not believe Senator Cruz is “lying low”; but I do believe the NR has joined the “let’s destroy him” crowd. Too bad the author could not even call him “Senator” in the title of his article. How crude of Mr. Stiles;I refused to read his entire article.


13 posted on 06/18/2013 7:05:27 AM PDT by winkadink (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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To: alloysteel

Anything is possible.
If I were in the senate I would limit myself to one term.
I’d give em’ hell for 6 straight years then resign.
That way I couldn’t let my own ambition get in the way of doing the right thing.
God willing I wouldn’t get corrupted shortly after taking office.


14 posted on 06/18/2013 7:05:56 AM PDT by Clump ( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: TADSLOS
I expect that 'they' are a contributing member in order to do so.

NR has some good articles/authors too. And usually provides a good thread for discussion, even if to slam an obvious GOPe puff piece.

15 posted on 06/18/2013 7:06:54 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: House Atreides

Has been for at least ten years.


16 posted on 06/18/2013 7:07:10 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: National Review

Proof the RNC is afraid of Cruz. Trying to bait him into a mistake.

Cruz will not bite.


17 posted on 06/18/2013 7:12:26 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
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To: Baynative

Just think, if not for Rubio, we would have had Charlie Crist...............


18 posted on 06/18/2013 7:14:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
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To: National Review

Actually, he and his staff have been moving from the temporary office he’s been assigned since arriving in Washington, to a permanent office.

Not going to read the hit piece from NR. Already can envision what it says.


19 posted on 06/18/2013 7:21:28 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Red Badger

Charlie Crist was just compromised a little sooner than some of the others. At one time, Charlie could TALK a good “conservative” line, but events and results did not bear out that original impression.

One wonders how or why the same pressures were applied to Marco Rubio.

The Borg has assimilated WAY too many of the original foot soldiers.


20 posted on 06/18/2013 7:21:42 AM PDT by alloysteel (When did the government suddenly become our psycho ex-girlfriend? - Jay Leno)
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