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Ted Cruz As Lord Voldemort: He Who Must Not Be Named By 'Morning Joe'
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 10/02/2013 5:20:28 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Move over, Lord Voldemort. Ted Cruz has taken your place as the man so evil he must not be named . . .
Today's Morning Joe featured a strange trope in which Cruz was unmistakably being referred to by various members of the panel, but, at least in the first hour, never mentioned by name. Instead, Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle and Willie Geist variously alluded to Cruz as "one Republican senator specifically" or as one of "a couple of Republican senators" or "certain members of the Senate." Why the aversion to calling Ted Cruz by name? Were the Morning Joers trying to deprive Cruz of publicity?
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; lordvoldemort; morningjoe; shutdown; tedcruz
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...
Does Ted Cruz scare Morning Joe so much they dare not mention him by name? Ping to Today show list.
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:21:21 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
This was done on ABC radio also a few days ago. Cruz was referred to as a senator from Texas. What do you suppose these people are afraid of? / rhetorical
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:24:52 AM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Obamacare IS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
To: uncitizen
It’s great for not consolidating memory.
To: huldah1776
Would be bad if viewers/listeners would remember Cruz’s name and maybe visit his website and get informed. God forbid people should seek out info!
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:37:33 AM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Obamacare IS TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
To: uncitizen
They don't have any dirt on him. Maybe Reid can get the NSA to give him some
tax returns to look at, like Romneys. Or wait for an old couple to accidentally
listen and record some calls too.
I have little faith that Boehner will allow the Conservatives to win this battle.
He may let the whole ship sink to keep the RATs from turning on him and the Repub posers.
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:50:20 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I guess the blast fax has gone out to the media apparatchiks that Cruz has become too powerful. He must be deflated. Don’t use his name anymore. We shall airbrush him from history!
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:57:44 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I forgot that show ever existed... why there is no show with real human beings is beyond me... the animatronics of that show seem so Old-school Disney Land-ish.
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:06:02 AM PDT
by
dps.inspect
(rage against the Obama machine...)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:12:50 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham; FRiends
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:36:48 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: deoetdoctrinae
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:38:14 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
That is totally weird. Once is a curiosity. Twice might be coincidence. But all together it is a deliberately staged choice by all the participants/directors.
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:52:38 AM PDT
by
wildbill
To: governsleastgovernsbest
You might be the one faithful viewer that keeps Morning Joe on the air....Perhaps the entire MSNBC channel.
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:57:12 AM PDT
by
citizen
(There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Defeatus liberalis! (Waves wand)
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posted on
10/02/2013 7:22:26 AM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Morning Joke is still on the air?
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posted on
10/02/2013 7:34:09 AM PDT
by
shego
To: governsleastgovernsbest; JPG; Guenevere; austinaero; afraidfortherepublic; Chasaway; pattty; ...
Ted Cruz Ping!
If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.
Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!
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posted on
10/02/2013 7:37:59 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
There is another name on the list of ‘who will not be named’ by Scarborough. (Lori Klausutis)
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posted on
10/02/2013 7:42:27 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Putin Does Obama.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Is Ted Cruz an effete snob.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I think I’ll get a Ted Cruz mask for Halloween so I can scare the hell out of liberals and RINOs.
To: uncitizen
If there’s one thing liberals like, it’s voters that learned all they really needed to know in kindergarten.
Hat tip to Evan Sayet.
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posted on
10/02/2013 8:43:24 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken....)
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