Obama Bites Tongue as Cruz Confronts Him at White House Meeting

NewsMax.com ^ | October 12, 2013 | Sandy Fitzgerald

[SoConPubbie]

Sen. Ted Cruz seized the opportunity afforded by a White House invitation to confront President Barack Obama over his healthcare plan.

Cruz said he appreciated the chance to go see the president — but then presented him with "substantial" changes for Obamacare.

In the meeting, also attended by dozens of other Republican senators, Cruz refrained from using the word "defund," reports Politico. Instead he told Obama that all sides need to "provide substantial relief to the millions of people who are hurting because of Obamacare, who are losing their jobs, being forced into part-time work and losing their health insurance."

Cruz said he told the president that a deal to reopen the government must also provide relief for those affected by the Affordable Care Act.

One participant at the gathering told The Dallas Morning News that Obama seemed to "bite his tongue," while Cruz was talking.

Cruz said Friday he's happy there are finally discussions being held.

"That is an improvement," he said. "There was an awful lot of talk, but then, at the end of the day, the president still said he wouldn't negotiate."

But while Cruz has been focused on defunding Obamacare, leading the charge on attacking the insurance program as a condition for reopening the government, he denied Friday he's responsible for the government shutdown, instead blaming Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

"I opposed the shutdown from Day One," insisted the Texas freshman senator, who has come under fire from senior Republican lawmakers, who say he is fighting against Obamacare without having a real strategy.

"I think it was wrong that President Obama and Harry Reid forced the shutdown," Cruz told reporters. "They forced the shutdown because they wouldn’t compromise on Obamacare."

[SoConPubbie]

	"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

[SoConPubbie]

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[bereanway]

I guess biting your tongue is preferable to getting your head handed to you.

[Don Corleone]

The Marxists at 1600 have the bit in their teeth. They will not surrender in any dignified manner. It has taken them over 100 years to accomplish their coup d’etat. To get them out and restore America to its glory we will have to go nuclear. That is an undeniable lesson of history.

[onyx]

"Obamacare is hurting the American people and Washington is not listening to the people.

Let's #MakeDCListen #DefundObamacare #VVS13"
~Senator Ted Cruz






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[Puppage]

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[SoConPubbie]

I guess biting your tongue is preferable to getting your head handed to you.

It was probably the smartest thing the Marxist-in-Chief has done in a long time.

Cruz would have handed the Whiner-in-Chief his head on a platter if he tried to engage him in a debate on the issues.

[oldbrowser]

One participant at the gathering told The Dallas Morning News that Obama seemed to "bite his tongue," while Cruz was talking.

He knows he is outclassed and he better not respond. Better to let the power of the administration,the GOPe, and the media take care of this interloper.

[SoConPubbie]

Done!

[SoConPubbie]

He knows he is outclassed and he better not respond. Better to let the power of the administration,the GOPe, and the media take care of this interloper.

Yup, the collaborators in the GOP will carry his water for him.

[Patriot Babe]

“Obama seemed to “bite his tongue,”

God how I wish he would bite it so hard enough for it to have fallen off his mouth. Then we won’t have to hear that dam voice and his vicious lies.

[laplata]

We should pray for the safety of Ted Cruz.

[personalaccts]

i think his strategy is simple: WE WIN THEY LOSE

[COBOL2Java]

One participant at the gathering told The Dallas Morning News that Obama seemed to "bite his tongue," while Cruz was talking.

Was McInsane there? If so, he probably ground his dentures so hard they fell out of his mouth.

[grania]

Oh, darn. I wish Cruz and Obama had gotten into a debate, no teleprompters or notes allowed. What people would pay to watch that would balance the budget!

[rdcbn]

It's one to say the Emperor has no clothes.

It's another thing entirely to say it directly to his face.

It worked for Putin Vs Mr Red Line and it will work for Cruz just as well against Mr Shut Down.

It also worked for Ronald Reagan verses the Evil Empire.

The flack Cruz is getting is pretty exactly the same flack Reagan got in style, tone, volume and substance from the same players back in the 80’s so he must be directly over the target, pissing off exactly the right people and terrifying them with the bombs he is dropping.

You go Cruz!

[COBOL2Java]

God how I wish he would bite it so hard enough for it to have fallen off his mouth.

If he had, it would have fallen to the floor, gotten up on its forked ends and scampered out of the room.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Obama Bites Tongue as Cruz Confronts Him at White House Meeting

Ted call your accountant, because emperor 0bama will have the IRS hounding you by Monday!

TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT 2016
TAKE AMERICA BACK BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

[workerbee]

We should pray for the safety of Ted Cruz.

You're not kidding, and I do.

BTTT

[MUDDOG]

He didn’t bite his tongue. The teleprompter was down.