Posted on 09/25/2013 7:56:36 PM PDT by Viennacon
Congressman Peter King has been one of the strongest Republican voices opposing Ted Cruz‘s fight against Obamacare, frequently calling him a “fraud.” On CNN Wednesday night, King continued hammering Cruz, telling Anderson Cooper that despite how much Cruz may view himself as a conservative “folk hero” the majority of the country is rallying behind, “those I’ve spoken to think he’s crazy.”
King likened this to the Charge of the Light Brigade and said Cruz is a “kamikaze pilot,” ultimately finding his tactics to be destructive to the Republican party. He continued to call Cruz a fraud and a “medicine man selling goods he knows are phony goods.”
Cooper asked why King is taking the “unusual” step of being so critical of a member of his own party. King said he has no loyalty to Cruz, adding that Cruz was trying to intimidate Republican members of Congress” in the past few months to vote his way “with explicit threats of primaries.”
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Exactly. It is one thing to disagree with Cruz but to do so in such a vocal way and to call him names. To go on talk shows and do so, to take to the Senate floor and call him names, it is disheartening and infuriating! The Rats just have to sit back and let these traitors do their work for them.
Curiously, it now holds the record for having gone the longest in NY state without having elected a Democrat (the last being far-left Allard Lowenstein in 1968, who lost for a second term in 1970 to Norman Lent, who was King’s predecessor). King is a huge embarrassment who picks and chooses which terrorists to support and which to condemn. I don’t call him “Peter King, Sinn Fein-NY” for nothing.
And the Rove-rat and the rest of their traitorous ilk wonder why we’ve abandoned this trash.
Well, at least you didn’t call him names.
This has to be some kind of deliberate, hide-in-the-bush strategy by the Repubs right? They can’t be bashing one of their own, especially the one with the balls.
A “conservative” Democrat could easily displace King given the redistricting where he inherited Israel’s turf.
Like a typical tool, he’s selling out to keep his job.
King, Boehner, Cantor etc. - do these people really think they are winning voters to their side? The left loves to see them attack conservatives but would never ever vote for them. I can’t see “moderates” flocking to them because they are spineless and treacherous. Conservatives are defecting in droves. Is being a hot shot in an ever shrinking party that important to them? If it is, they are succeeding. That “R” after their name doesn’t mean a thing to me anymore. I renounced voting the lesser of two evils last year.
Ted Cruz has more intellect in one fold of skin on his pinky finger than Peter King will ever have.
Much respect to those who will call a spade a spade and a SCUMBAG RINO a SCUMBAG RINO openly and without the hesitation and pansyass fears that someone might be offended.
FUPK.
^5Viennacon
THE JOKER (To Republicans)——
“Let’s wind the clocks back a year. These Democrats and Obama wouldn’t dare cross any of you. I mean, what happened? Did... did your balls drop off? Hmm?”
Ive never seen the GOP unravel like this..they have become the Democrat-Lite..at least with Dems you know why they want Obamacare, because its been the dream of progressives for centuries to control people’s healthcare, to have socialized medicine, to be the ones in control in determining who lives and who dies..so I get why they want it..but to see Republicans, who should be the OPPOSITE of what the Dems are, wanting Obamacare, wanting this disaster of a bill to actually happen, I just don’t get it..Sarah Palin is right, its time to create a 3rd party because if this is the new GOP whats the point anymore
King said he has no loyalty to Cruz, adding that Cruz was trying to intimidate Republican members of Congress” in the past few months to vote his way “with explicit threats of primaries.”Way to go Senator Cruz!
Kink, er that is King, yer on the top of the list now I hope.
“those I’ve spoken to think he’s crazy.”
Funny, those I’ve spoken to think you’re a fat, POS career politician who’s worried about losing his power base.
Various excuses I've heard over the last 15 years everytime someone tries to primary that loudmouth piece-of-cr@p King:
- Yeah, I was mad at him for doing [inserted latest treasonous action] too, but then he started to [insert token conservative position he took] and we should look at the big picture.
- Impeachment was over a decade ago. Get over it. King has been a rock solid conservative since then. So he did [insert treasonous action A, B and C], I'm surprised. King is usually one of the good guys and with us when it counts.
- Okay, Peter King is not the best conservative, but he is from a BLUE STATE like New York. King is the best we're gonna get in a district like that. We should only focus on our RINOs in RED STATES. John Thune 4 President!!!
- King has a couple flakey positions, sure, but he's a straight shooter. We need more Republicans with SPINE like him. He's one of the good guys leading the fight against terrorism.
- So you only support Republicans if they pass your 100% purity test?
- Yeah, the cozy relationship he has with the IRA is disturbing, but it's an Irish thing I guess. Oh, and Bill Clinton... same thing... their ancestors are both from the same county in Ireland so that's why their chummy. King is naive about Clinton and Gerry Adams but he's not a traitor.
- You may not like him, but the bottom line is that King is a pro-life Republican in New York, representing a very liberal Democrat district. Who do YOU have that could WIN a district like that?!
- King is only anti-gun and slams other Republicans in public because he HAS TO in order to please his constituents. He is just doing what he needs to get elected. In private, King has always been a very conservative pro-life Catholic.
- But King had a hearing on TV where he went after illegal aliens!! You have to give him credit for that!! King is soooo awesome!!
- You don't like Peter King, we get it. The Democrats control New York, he'll be gone next election cycle anyway, they're losing a congressional seat and he's the only Republican left in Long Island. No need to primary him, this is his last term.
- I am really shocked that King would [insert latest treasonous action]. I don't know what's gotten in to him. King has ALWAYS been reliable before, we shouldn't judge for this one action. He'll come to his senses.
I thought he showed promise awhile back when when he criticized Islamic terrorism explicitly, and even the WTC mosque - but for him to openly attack Cruz, when all he had to do was shut up - it really makes you wonder about which side he’s on.
Thanks also for the Sinn Fein reminder.
You’re right. No matter what, Rats stick together. RINO’s are disgusting backstabbers.
I bet he’s out of Congress in 2015. See #26 above.
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