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Obama Bites Tongue as Cruz Confronts Him at White House Meeting
NewsMax.com ^ | October 12, 2013 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 10/12/2013 11:32:53 AM PDT by 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; cruz; deathpanels; harryreid; nevada; obama; obamacare; shutdown; tedcruz; texas; zerocare
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To: Windflier

If we had just half a dozen more like him on Capitol Hill, the entire left would fold like a wet blanket.


I agree.


121 posted on 10/12/2013 4:17:27 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: nikos1121
is there a Ted Cruz historian out there?

He was Texas Solicitor General, but other than that, I don't care what he did before becoming a U.S. Senator. He's making all the history I care about, right now.

122 posted on 10/12/2013 4:21:01 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: eaglescout1998

Yes, this may be problematic, but hell, the Rats had Mr. President $hithead for two terms, let’s do the same for Cruz and then back off to the Constitution when his term is over. Eye for an eye.


123 posted on 10/12/2013 4:22:24 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks SoConPubbie. Zero knows he's lost, but it will be a while before he'll be able to climb down off his overgrown unwarranted self-esteem. I suggest not giving Zero an 'out', drag his ass through the mud and feces he's been flinging at all of us his entire (chronologically) adult life.
...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... Cruz said Friday he's happy there are finally discussions being held. "That is an improvement... There was an awful lot of talk, but then, at the end of the day, the president still said he wouldn't negotiate." ...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... 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."

124 posted on 10/12/2013 4:34:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Hey SoCon, add me to the list please! Guess it makes no
sense to be on the Sarah Palin Ping list if I’m not on the
awesome Ted Cruz one! LOL.

P.S. His tweets are great for FReepers on Twitter. He’s a
seriously funny guy!


125 posted on 10/12/2013 4:54:53 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Cruz has message and thus strAtegy, the GOPe is full of it. Surrender is not strategy.


126 posted on 10/12/2013 6:15:39 PM PDT by lavaroise
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To: deport

Must be his doppelganger.


127 posted on 10/12/2013 6:56:09 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr
Hmmm, did Reggie Love go with him or meet him there? The man in the White Hut has tensions, you know?/s And needs someone to help “ease” that tension. The man in the White Hut had better remember what happened to Marie Antoinette and her husband. The only positive thing about his trip to Hawaii, if you can call playing while Rome burns a positive thing, is that we know what playground he's occupying, and who he's probably “playing” with. The time of reckoning will come, and we will not forget.
128 posted on 10/12/2013 10:31:35 PM PDT by itssme
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To: SoConPubbie
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."

Outstanding. How can anyone not love this man? I am so impressed.

129 posted on 10/14/2013 2:56:51 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: spawn44

Classic movie reminder. Scary thought.


130 posted on 10/14/2013 2:58:20 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: Don Corleone

The Boa of tyranny is strangling our Constitution, and we’ll have to cut it’s head off to get it back.


131 posted on 10/14/2013 3:19:17 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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