That dog won't hunt. I am one of the "lesser of two evils" folks who voted for McCain and Romney (actually against Obama). I voted for Alexander and Corker, believing they would fight for my interests. I naively believed their smooth words. Their actions are a slap in my face.
WAY too late.
Of course all of the campaign advisers will be richer, so something good there is.
Conservatives rightly despise the Kapos McConnell and McCain who will load us onto the cattle car of 0bamaCare.
We don’t win elections in 2014 and 2016 if we don’t stand for something different than the other party. 2012 was the election to get rid of Obamacare, and the consultancy class laid an egg. We have to stand up and demonstrate why the law is bad. Since Cruz started this campaign, the numbers have moved favorably in our direction. The feckless DC political class would be fine to sit back and react to public opinion rather than try to shape it.
John:
0bamaCare is literally Life Or Death.
You think the IRS, FBI, NSA, Benghazi scandals are coincidental?
No.
They will literally come kill you, John.
0bamaCare is already requiring doctors to ask enough of you to determine your political affiliation.
If you think they won’t use your conservative credentials to KILL YOU, you’re not paying attention.
Unbelievable. A lecture on how we need MORE "reaching across the aisle"? PodWhoretz conveniently ignores the fact that such "moral long-term strategy" has brought us to the brink of OC in the first place.
Podhoretz wants to make this about politics.
No.
They’re coming to kill you, John.
We can’t wait.
Cruz is on the barricades.
Where are you, John?
Herding conservatives onto cattle cars?
Stuff it John Podhoretz.
We’ve tried it your way for several election cycles now and all we have gotten is Obamacare, Obama, TARP, and a renewed push for Amnesty by you and your ilk.
Don’t piss on me and tell me it’s raining.
RINO ALERT!
In the ‘long term’ we are all DEAD.
It is NEVER too soon to start fighting. It is alway too soon to SURRENDER.
John Podhoretz, Kapo for the Regime.
And I use that term advisedly.
Cruz spoke directly to the base, energizing it like it hasn’t been in a long time. That’s going to matter in 2014. He also shined a light on the antics of Harry Reid in the Senate and raised the stakes on Democrats going along with Reid.
The next step in Cruz’s plan is CR’s from the House that fund important parts of the Federal Government. Some parts of the Government should no longer be funded in light of the prospect of a default. A default that would be so dire that the nation needs to have a conversation on what should be funded and what should not.
Never say never. The battle is just beginning. Do you’all really think that Cruz has no long-term plan?
So the way to defeat the Democrats is to roll over and play dead and let them pass everything they want? Wake up, Podhoretz: the President has claimed Imperial power, and the only check is refusing to pay for it. So your plan is to keep pushing the money his way?
Just like 2012, only better...warehouses full of pre-filled ballots in addition to those storing uncounted ballots. 150-200% voter participation in major cities. And all the military ballots will be piled on the deck of a tramp steamer that sails to the center of the Bermuda Triangle.
Call me cynical.
I think we've seen the goalposts moved enough. Once this this monster is fully implemented I seriously doubt it can ever be repealed without bloodshed. Look at the western nations with socialized medicine. The Health Departments dominate the budgets. Military, infrastructure, and other legitimate functions of government all lose ground to the ever expanding Health Department. The Minister of Health is the big dog, eclipsing Defense or State in power and prestige. It can't be stopped.