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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton

 

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan

 

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792

 

"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams

 

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

 


1 posted on 10/09/2013 7:34:24 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!


2 posted on 10/09/2013 7:36:18 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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Why would anybody in the media be concerned Cruz is disliked by everyone in Washington? Washington dislikes all the people. Have they looked at the polls? The people dislike all of Washington. So what do they care about Cruz?


4 posted on 10/09/2013 7:41:19 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!

From the vitriol in the named paper, he obviously has the Dems scared.


5 posted on 10/09/2013 7:43:46 AM PDT by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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” that spent decades trying to pass something like Obamacare”

Yep. Ever since Marx wrote it little pamphlet.

6 posted on 10/09/2013 7:44:49 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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> “Long ago, Ted Cruz earned the hatred of every elected Democrat in Washington.”

Ok, I’ll buy “***nearly*** every elected democrat” in terms of ‘hatred’.

> “Now, he’s on his way to doing the same with nearly every Republican.”

What kind of moron thinks/writes garbage like the above? Nearly 20 GOP senators stuck with him on cloture and the House is holding firm. The facts don’t back this moron’s assertions.

Should I read further? I’ll answer my own question: NO.


8 posted on 10/09/2013 7:48:55 AM PDT by Hostage (Be Breitbart!)
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Thanks for keeping me on the Ted Cruz ping list :)


10 posted on 10/09/2013 7:50:57 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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I agree with this assessment.

THe long game is simple. People will remember who was against Obamacare, and when it hits with full force next year, anyone running as anti-Obamacare candidate will win.

Plain and simple.


12 posted on 10/09/2013 7:58:52 AM PDT by nikos1121 (“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet)
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Cruz is playing the long game?

We need to stay with him.


13 posted on 10/09/2013 7:59:44 AM PDT by GeronL
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16 posted on 10/09/2013 8:16:29 AM PDT by Zakeet (Democrats haven't destroyed your freedoms ... you can still visit them at the Smithsonian)
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Reid buckles and passes a measure defunding Obamacare, and Barack Obama signs it.

The Democrap monolith finally cracks, and the Democraps vote to override the president's veto. Oh yeah.

17 posted on 10/09/2013 8:19:30 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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18 posted on 10/09/2013 8:20:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Boycott Reno & Las Vegas until those in control there, remove Reid from the senate!)
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The author could have gained a lot of credibility in his argument had he mentioned Obastard’s attempt to stop the debt limit increase in 2006. I wonder why he whiffed such an obvious example? /s


19 posted on 10/09/2013 8:21:33 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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Cruz speaks for me!


20 posted on 10/09/2013 8:22:22 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Need health care? Dial 1-800-F1UCK-YO to reach Obama's hotline)
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This same pap was said of Ronald Reagan.....the MSM and dems were ecstatic when Reagan was nominated....way to conservative the pubs had just handed the election to Jimmuh. On election day they were shocked....”nobody I know voted for this guy”!!!!


21 posted on 10/09/2013 8:25:36 AM PDT by ontap (***)
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Speaking of Churchill, I think Ted Cruz is taking this tact.... “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” - Winston Churchill


24 posted on 10/09/2013 8:32:08 AM PDT by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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Nobody seems to "get" what Cruz was attempting. He knew the odds, he knew the vote count. Our only hope was pressure from outside. Harken back to the Newtown shooting. Gun control was now a slam dunk. NOBODY could possibly shun new gun laws after such a horrific event. Young children were massacred.

The laws were dusted off after being written decades before and just shelved and the rhetoric was turned white hot to anyone that so much as uttered a peep against them. The liberals were grinning from ear to ear that another "crisis" would result in the Holy Grail of federal oppression and Fascism long sought to control free people. Just try to imagine there was an "NRA" in the health care world. Who was that organized? The phones did light up, but they didn't see the money and organization arrayed against them. Cruz tried to turn the tide and get people to protest more loudly, but the push back was immediate and overwhelming.

It really didn't have to do with Senate votes, it had to do with a lack of organization. In 21 hours, Cruz proved his metal by just DOING what he promised to do. He tried to explain the truth of ObamaCare to any geek that might tune in to CSPAN or catch the highlights on the 6'o clock news. Waiting till the last minute to organize might be considered a mistake, but IMO, he was waiting for someone to lead. No takers left the dirty deed up to him, Lee, and Paul.

In my mind,( and I've been called crazy) Cruz has elevated himself to the top pick for conservatives in '16. Try as they might to pull him down, you and I both know HE WAS RIGHT TO FIGHT. Obamcare is a Chinese fire drill and will appear more ridiculous every month. In 3 years would you rather be the guy that gave up or the guy that fought with every fiber of his being no matter the cost? If the phones had melted that day, the red state Dems would have soiled themselves and begged for mercy, but there wasn't enough opposition to get it done. Even today, the low information voters don't yet "get" that ObamaCare won't be a free giveaway. Ask one, they will tell you it's free or chump change. When it is explained to them, they have a blank stare until you change the subject.

That should have been our job for the last 3 years. Even today, people don't understand that the reason Obama gave a delay to big business is because they told him and the unions they will fire millions, cut millions more to 29 hours, and the ones left will lose their "Cadillac" plans. That has now been kicked down the road till after the 2014 election. Your company doesn't have to warn you what's about to happen, but the unions know what's coming. Do you want to count on a carve out for unions? When your company drops you to pay the fine and put you on ObamaCare, you can't go back to company paid insurance,...it's over,...the toothpaste is out of the tube.

Who in the Republican party is telling anyone this? All these smug Democrats, and even Republicans, are keeping this gem quiet. Why aren't union chiefs on BOR or Hannity every night? The talking heads are busy beating Cruz about the head about how "stupid" he is and aren't interested in the plan one year from now. What would keep Fox News from dropping BOR just to save $20k a year on his insurance? If the government was a business, we could drop congress and save hundred's of millions a year by putting them on Obamacare. BOR can pay cash, but what about the camera man?

If we could take our focus off of beating Cruz up, maybe we could get this info out there and make some of the fence sitters start to pucker up.

25 posted on 10/09/2013 8:34:58 AM PDT by chuckles
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When does Obama-care get defunded?


26 posted on 10/09/2013 8:41:09 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US Citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position)
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Nobody seems to "get" what Cruz was attempting. He knew the odds, he knew the vote count. Our only hope was pressure from outside. Harken back to the Newtown shooting. Gun control was now a slam dunk. NOBODY could possibly shun new gun laws after such a horrific event. Young children were massacred.

The laws were dusted off after being written decades before and just shelved and the rhetoric was turned white hot to anyone that so much as uttered a peep against them. The liberals were grinning from ear to ear that another "crisis" would result in the Holy Grail of federal oppression and Fascism long sought to control free people.

The only problem, the NRA and others had ideas that made more sense than the cookie cutter confiscation the liberals had in mind. The coup de gras was when the phones started to melt in DC. The people said "Call me any name you want, I prefer freedom to slavery and I will vote against you and get everyone I can to vote against you if you weaken over the murders of 26 innocents." Just try to imagine there was an "NRA" in the health care world. Who was that organized? The phones did light up, but they didn't see the money and organization arrayed against them. Cruz tried to turn the tide and get people to protest more loudly, but the push back was immediate and overwhelming.

It really didn't have to do with Senate votes, it had to do with a lack of organization. In 21 hours, Cruz proved his metal by just DOING what he promised to do. He tried to explain the truth of ObamaCare to any geek that might tune in to CSPAN or catch the highlights on the 6'o clock news. Waiting till the last minute to organize might be considered a mistake, but IMO, he was waiting for someone to lead. No takers left the dirty deed up to him, Lee, and Paul.

In my mind,( and I've been called crazy) Cruz has elevated himself to the top pick for conservatives in '16. Try as they might to pull him down, you and I both know HE WAS RIGHT TO FIGHT. Obamcare is a Chinese fire drill and will appear more ridiculous every month. In 3 years would you rather be the guy that gave up or the guy that fought with every fiber of his being no matter the cost? If the phones had melted that day, the red state Dems would have soiled themselves and begged for mercy, but there wasn't enough opposition to get it done. Even today, the low information voters don't yet "get" that ObamaCare won't be a free giveaway. Ask one, they will tell you it's free or chump change. When it is explained to them, they have a blank stare until you change the subject.

That should have been our job for the last 3 years. Even today, people don't understand that the reason Obama gave a delay to big business is because they told him and the unions they will fire millions, cut millions more to 29 hours, and the ones left will lose their "Cadillac" plans. That has now been kicked down the road till after the 2014 election. Your company doesn't have to warn you what's about to happen, but the unions know what's coming. Do you want to count on a carve out for unions? When your company drops you to pay the fine and put you on ObamaCare, you can't go back to company paid insurance,...it's over,...the toothpaste is out of the tube.

Who in the Republican party is telling anyone this? All these smug Democrats, and even Republicans, are keeping this gem quiet. Why aren't union chiefs on BOR or Hannity every night? The talking heads are busy beating Cruz about the head about how "stupid" he is and aren't interested in the plan one year from now. What would keep Fox News from dropping BOR just to save $20k a year on his insurance? If the government was a business, we could drop congress and save hundred's of millions a year by putting them on Obamacare. BOR can pay cash, but what about the camera man?

If we could take our focus off of beating Cruz up, maybe we could get this info out there and make some of the fence sitters start to pucker up.

27 posted on 10/09/2013 8:47:25 AM PDT by chuckles
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If Cruz runs for President, and I think he’d do a great job at it, the threat won’t be from Democrats but from Republicans. The RINOs won’t want to see someone like Cruz rise to power, since it will force them to give up their “conservative only it’s convenient” mentality.

The past elections we have seen Some Pubbies such as McCain attack fellow Republicans like rabid dogs, but then treat their Democrat opponent with gentle hands. Now is the time to draw the line in the sand and let the RNC know that no RINO will get your vote since it is no different than voting Democrat.


34 posted on 10/09/2013 9:26:30 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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Every day, we are winning more and more.


35 posted on 10/09/2013 9:27:25 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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