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A Republican Calls Another a ‘Fraud’: Peter King calls Cruz's Tactic "Government Terrorism"
New York Times ^ | 09/25/2013 | JIM DWYER

Posted on 09/25/2013 9:06:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

When Peter King is going to give you a sound bite, he lets you know ahead of time, so as not to insult your intelligence or, for that matter, waste your time if you’re not that interested in the details.

But please, stay for the footnotes.

Here is Mr. King, a Republican congressman who represents Long Island, speaking on Tuesday afternoon about Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas, who is bringing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown because he wants to cut all the money for President Obama’s health care plan.

“My sound bite is to say he’s a fraud,” Mr. King said. “I start with that, and then I go on. It takes me two or three minutes to explain it.”

Jumping ahead to that third minute, Mr. King said precisely what he thought of the Cruz tactic: “It is just a form of governmental terrorism.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cruzfilibuster; ira; obamacare; peterking; tedcruz
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To: SeekAndFind

So King is becoming Biden-like.. Didnt Old Joe Bite me call the Tea Party terrorists?


41 posted on 09/25/2013 10:18:59 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted is exposing the RINO block in Congress..
and has pulled their panties down exposing their BUSH..


42 posted on 09/25/2013 10:26:46 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: lee martell

I had the impression that he was pretty good in opposing the jihad.


43 posted on 09/25/2013 11:32:34 AM PDT by pluvmantelo (We can't expect to get anywhere unless we resort to terrorism-Lenin)
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To: TurboZamboni
"When you’re hammered, everything is a nail
in your coffin or something like that."



44 posted on 09/25/2013 11:43:28 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SeekAndFind

A “useful idiot” for the Democrats.


45 posted on 09/25/2013 11:47:59 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Peter King is the one who supports the terrorists in Syria. Peter King is the one who defends the NSA spying as necessary to keep us safe when three recent terrorists incidents were able to get by. Peter King is the fraud. He’s one New Yaawwker who will NEVER be president.


46 posted on 09/25/2013 11:50:12 AM PDT by jersey117
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