Sowell: Cruz Control? Part II - GOP leaders ignore his appeal at GOP's own peril

The American Spectator ^ | February 19, 2014 | Thomas Sowell

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[Mr. K]

The only ones who “blame” Cruz for the shutdown are the liberal media.

As far as I am concerned they could keep it shut down permanently!

[onyx]

LOL. A little better than yesterday’s, but he’s still worried about Senator Cruz.

At least today he placed the blame on the very weak Boehner and the unprincipled GOP-e.

[GeronL]

I am glad, I guess, that he decided to “clarify”

[onyx]

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[onyx]

RIGHT.

[firebrand]

OK, who are you and what have you done with Thomas Sowell?

Now we have no principles? Is this the latest meme from the left? I don’t think they’ll get away with that one.

Whoever you are, you’d better stop trying.

[jazusamo]

True that. With his follow up he at least put blame where it belongs. :)

[xzins]

Jeopardizing the reelection of current Republican Senators is an act of utter irresponsibility, a high risk with zero benefits to anyone except Ted Cruz — and the Democrats.

It is true that in this 2nd article, Sowell takes the establishment GOP to task a little bit. But it is also true that he again labels Cruz as self serving.

Apparently, Sowell has it in for Cruz. Part I warned of Obama's Hitler trajectory, but that provided the backdrop for an attack on Cruz.

Sowell must think that the GOP-E will not take the nation in a big government direction. If so, he is wrong. They might as well be liberals, and many of them already are.

[jazusamo]

True my FRiend, he still labels Ted Cruz as self serving and I personally think he’s wrong in that.

[Ohioan]

I really think the focus here needs to be on those business "leaders," who are so worried over their prospects over the next two quarters, that they simply appear unable to grasp the multi-generational issues that are really involved here.

Instead of attacking those Republicans, who do not have the guts or sense to understand that some of their financial backers are off on an irrational or cowardly tangent, we should focus on those who mislead the weak-spirited among us.

This avoids the one valid point that Dr. Sowell comes back to.

Put another way: Could we be any worse off if the $300,000,000, the less than principled Karl Rove raised in 2012, had simply remained in the donors' pockets? Any worse off?

William Flax

[Zenjitsuman]

Todays Drudgereport headline

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/18/for-federal-employees-office-often-closed-25-of-fi/

ITs been shutdown since October and only Drudge is reporting it.

So Mr. Sowell get off it, Cruz is the only one doing the people’s work.

[Zenjitsuman]

Did Cruz kill Sowell’s cats?

What is Your problem Thom?

[Timber Rattler]

Sowell must have read all the comments and posts about his first part yesterday and decided to try and backtrack a bit.

[onyx]

I think he’s wrong about Senator Cruz.

I think Ted Cruz is made from the same stuff as our Founders and that they are very proud of him.

[KarlInOhio]

Jeopardizing the reelection of current Republican Senators is an act of utter irresponsibility

Not in all cases. Some are so willing to give a reach across to the Democrats that it might be better to let the Dems have the seat for six years and then get it back. I'm looking at your McCain and Graham. Fortunately in Graham's case I think we'll still keep the seat if he can be knocked out in the primary or runoff.

[jazusamo]

I agree.

[jazusamo]

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[stanne]

He’s got to work on that ‘unjustified’ claim

Out of nowhere

Not to mention that Cruz is a master of justifiable causes Its in his DNA

Saw a van yesterday brand new, clean, all over the windows was written things of this nature such as republicans beware

And this: ‘Cruz is not going away’