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What Cruz Wrought
The Weekly Standard ^
| Oct 7, 2013,
| STEPHEN F. HAYES
Posted on 09/27/2013 11:41:15 AM PDT by Kenny
Edited on 09/29/2013 5:43:09 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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Ted Cruz has sparked a Republican civil war. He has done the bidding of the GOP fringe, in a self-aggrandizing crusade. And while he has enhanced his own position in the conservative fantasyland he seeks to rule, the practical effect of his quixotic campaign to defund Obamacare has been to elevate the president and jeopardize the 2014 elections for his own party.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aca; congress; cruz
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To: mrs9x
It appears not.
I hope Freepers will go back up and read his second and third paragraphs.
To: gov_bean_ counter
Did you hear him pan Sen Cruz on the Fox Panel? Can you give us the gist of it? Sounds like the guy's conflicted.
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posted on
09/27/2013 11:59:51 AM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Kenny
I was GOP fringe, but no longer. The GOP is self-aggrandizing, power hungry, treacherous, conniving, perfidious, irresolute, recreant, unfaithful, traitorous, valor-less, untrustworthy, collection of knaves and miscreants.
They pretend to be the left tackle to defend liberty and purposely get out of the way of the block so the offense is stymied. They don't make the sack themselves, they just fail to stop it. If it were football, we would all think they were on the take and had some skin on the game at Vegas. Maybe the house will surprise me and stand resolute, there is a first time for everything they say.
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posted on
09/27/2013 11:59:59 AM PDT
by
DaveyB
("When injustice becomes the law; rebellion becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kenny
LOL. With all the wailing and gnashing of teeth the past few days you’d think a bunch of demons had Holy Water sprayed on them or something.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:00:58 PM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
For better or worse I got my information on the Fox All Star Panel from FR. The comments were that nobody stood up for Cruz's efforts.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:01:43 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: Kenny
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
SC_Pete
To: Kenny
The “consensus in Washington” is usually the polar opposite of the reality outside the beltway.
To: Kenny
1. Cruz has brought more attention to obamacare, and more people are becoming informed about what it.
2. Polarization is good. We get to see who is on what side of the war. A bunch of elected officials had to pick a side with everyone watching. We know who is the enemy and who is an ally.
To: gov_bean_ counter
Don’t be a tool. Read the entire article.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:10:26 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: gov_bean_ counter; traderrob6
Did you read past the first paragraph?
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:13:17 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Initially yes. However, based on FR reports from the Fox Panels, he hasn't been too supportive.
So in large measure I stand by my original post.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:15:14 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: Kenny
They succeeded in one crucial respect: Everyone is talking about Obamacare. And the more it gets talked about, the clearer its flaws are to an already skeptical public.Even Stephen Hayes must grudgingly acknowledge this. And what a success ... as well as a crucial one! Therefore, Stephen, Senator Cruz does deserve three cheers! This is leadership. And left to his own devices, McConnell would have NEVER achieved this crucial success! Here's how Senator Cruz described this current GOP "leadership" in the U.S. Senate on Rush ......
I will tell you the single biggest surprise in arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here. I mean, we don't even talk about how to win a fight. There's no discussion. We talk about, "Hey, let's get a show vote so we can go tell our constituents we're doing something." But I promise you, Rush, if you had to sit through one Senate lunch, you'd be in therapy for a month ... but they've been here a long time, and they're beaten down, and they don't believe we can win. They don't believe it can happen, and the answer they say on every issue is, "No, we can't do it. We can't do it."
Stephen Hayes and the GOPe apologists never. Senator Ted Cruz forever.
To: Kenny
Ted Cruz has sparked a Republican civil war. He has done the bidding of the GOP fringe, in a self-aggrandizing crusade. Just what the #&$% is "fringe" about NOT wanting to be a socialist tax-slave?!?
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:19:51 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: SaxxonWoods
I didn’t read far enough, either. Testament to how sensitive this issue is. I can’t imagine someone speaking out against Cruz in public in many areas and being left capable of walking away.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:22:05 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Kenny
Hayes is another worthless beltway faux conservative living, lying and pretending the be know it all for us, the peons outside of the beltway.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:22:57 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( When insane/feral Islamics are killing each other, stand back and let Allah sort them out!)
To: 9YearLurker
I hope Freepers will go back up and read his second and third paragraphs.It was stretching it for me to get past the title...it's Friday after all!
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:23:04 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: gov_bean_ counter
You might learn to read the entire article before commenting.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
(/1)
To: Kenny
Hey Stephen Hayes...kiss my butt and then go sh*t in your hat!
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:25:10 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
To: EDINVA
You may want to quit painting with such a broad brush.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:26:53 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: bunster
OK...now that I've read past the 1st paragraph I won't ask Stephen to kiss any part of my anatomy or ruin a perfectly good hat.
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posted on
09/27/2013 12:27:00 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
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