Posted on 08/20/2016 2:41:35 AM PDT by monkapotamus
Ted Cruz's image among Republicans had plummeted to a personal low by the Indiana primary — the defeat that forced him from the GOP presidential contest.
But he may wish for those heady days of May now...
Potential GOP rivals are probing for weakness ahead of Cruz's bid for a second term in 2018. That includes House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul of Austin. The former federal prosecutor is the second wealthiest member of the U.S. House, with access to a family fortune topping $100 million, though he has no obvious base of support to overcome the tea partyers still plenty in thrall of Cruz.
Dryly assessing Cruz's tenure in the Senate, McCaul said Wednesday that he'd "spent a lot of time running for president..."
For 14 months, Cruz spent precious little time in Texas as he stoked the flames of his White House ambitions.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Rick perry would end up being a Cornyn clone. Even with Cruz’s flaws, I’d rather have him.
Ditto.
They lay low and avoid threads like this one, but can be drawn out on policy threads.
When they emerge they are rabid.
This article calls it a “snub”. I call it “lying”. Period.
I’LL NEVER VOTE FOR CRUZ AGAIN. He can “lawyer” for a
living; he’s a good lawyer probably.
Ted Haman—hoisted on his own petard.
Conservative Orthodoxy is the most thoroughly discredited faction in modern American politics.
And the derision is warranted.
And all Nationalists.
And the vast majority of the Republican electorate.
Hell, even everyone who ever met him hates him.
A recent poll showed Rick Perry besting Felito for the senate seat in 2018.
I am not a big fan of Rick Perry, but I'll take him over lying Ted any day.
Lying Ted lied to Republicans voters when he pledged, not once but twice, that he would support the GOP nominee not matter who that was. Any man that deliberately breaks his word is scum.
Lying Ted, Jeb, Carly, Kasick and Linda should all be booted from the Republican party for breaking their word to Republican voters. There should be consequences for looking the voters in the eye and lying. Serious consequences.
That all of the above would rather see Hillary as POTUS tells me that not only do they have character issues (liars) they are not even conservative nor are the patriots of these United States. Let Hillary appoint 3 Marxists to the Supreme Court SC and our Constitution is dead, dead, dead. Let Hillary grant amnesty to tens of million of illegals and the Rats will have a super majority forever. Let Hillary import millions of muslims and our culture is dead, dead, dead. That Cruz etc, is cool all this makes him in my mind a despicable human being, far from the "principled conservative" he pretends to be. Cruz is as phony as three dollar bill. And I am still waiting to see his citizenship papers.
cruz is finished in national politics the moment he disregarded his pledge. the same would happen to trump if he were flagrantly disregard a pledge.....there is a sense of integrity with in the republican party something missing in the democratic party.
“Perry will be 68 years old come the 6018 election”
-—Talk about Leap-Year lol Does Perry on have birthdays every 100 years lol
That should be “only” have birthdays lol
It isn’t as if those two scumbuckets are the only potential candidates in Texas.
LOL ... multiple leap years.
Looks like I was hung up on the 6 key.......
Right I am hoping either Abbott or Dan Patrick take on lying Ted. I hate it that I’d be forced to vote Cruz in the general but 6 years is a long time to give away a GOP Senate seat.
Is he still here?
I figured by now Barry Hussein's INS would be cross-examining and giving him a prolonged cavity search.
Yeah, for some reason my radio won't stay on his station anymore either.
Well....there is such a thing.
McCaul is an immigration patriot, unlike lip-service border fake Ted Cruz.
McCaul is the one who exposed the fact that 300 Somali Al-Shabaab terrorists entered the U.S. border -- and that Obama tried to cover it up.
Video: 300 Somali Terrorists Who Crossed the Border Still At Large Inside the U.S.
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