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Cruz Aims at His Own Side — Again: He may be doing more damage to the GOP than are the Democrats
The National Review ^ | February 21, 2014 | Mona Charen

Posted on 02/21/2014 1:15:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) may be the brightest light to adorn the Republican party in many years. He knows how to make the case for conservative ideas, pointing, for example, to the contrasting fates of Detroit and Houston to illustrate the superiority of conservative policies. So it’s particularly galling to see that rather than train his fire at Obama and the liberal machine that cocoons him, Cruz has become a one-man wrecking ball against Republicans. His most recent foray into sabotaging his colleagues concerned the debt-limit increase.

Because Speaker Boehner sent over a “clean” debt-limit bill, Republican senators had decided to let it pass with only Democratic votes. Republicans would not be endorsing the Democrats’ spending priorities, but neither would they be opening themselves to the accusation of flirting with national default. With Obama’s political fortunes sinking and several “red state” Democratic senators in jeopardy, Republicans have a good chance to retake the Senate in November — unless they fall into civil war....

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TOPICS: Texas; Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 2014; boehner; cabal; cfr; clintonbush; criminalpoliticians; cruz; fakepartysystem; msm; nwo; oneparty; rinos; rulingelite; savingamerica; tedcruz; threattocfr; tyranny
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To: ozdragon

As Reagan said Republicans shouldn’t be criticizing Republicans in public. I know the litany of thing that McCain, Graham and Boehner have said, done and should have done, but Cruz would be more effective if he could work behind the scenes to get them to move closer to our positions.

This is really a discussion of tactics. Yes, sometimes you need to go public, but that should be done after the private approach has failed.


Yes, let’s just keep quiet while progressive republicans collude with the Dems to pass amnesty. That’s just what they want. Why would you suggest that?

We have had 5 years of failed opposition to Obama. How long should we plan on waiting for the private approach to work?

Most people just don’t pay much attention to beltway politics and don’t realize what liberal Republicans are up to. It’s only when we see bold moves by the likes of Cruz and Sessions that careerist beltway GOPers are exposed for what they are. Then voters are able to make an informed decision on who they support.


41 posted on 02/21/2014 2:03:51 PM PST by lodi90
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She couldn’t have made her dislike of him more clear.


42 posted on 02/21/2014 2:08:24 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Chgogal
Merely an øversight, shirley !?


  (note to shtf survivors: reintroduce shaving heads of collaborators)

43 posted on 02/21/2014 2:09:29 PM PST by tomkat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The more these people get smoked out, the better. We’ll all know who was with us when.

These people are sent to Washington to vote on things, as our representatives, not to find tricky ways to get things passed without voting on them.

They really don’t like being held accountable for their votes! The days of the charades are over. We know the game and are watching every move.


44 posted on 02/21/2014 2:10:49 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: ozdragon
This war has already started .. these are just the first few skirmishes.

Tactically, Cruz has pissed on enough sacred cowflakes to goad the symps into revealing their positions.

45 posted on 02/21/2014 2:14:35 PM PST by tomkat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It may be that the complicit Republicans are doing more damage to America than the democrats...


46 posted on 02/21/2014 2:14:47 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m so sick of hearing what these inside the beltway types have to say.


47 posted on 02/21/2014 2:15:06 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wherever he is, Nelson Rockefeller is grinning. The Goldwater revolt & the Reagan revolution should have done in the GOP-E but they keep coming back. I’ve had it with the establishmentarians; not a dime for the RNC, let the country clubbers dip into their trust funds.

Mona Charen once denigrated married couples without children, and called them mere `vacationers’. Strictly personal but I didn’t care for the superior attitude.

Sen. Ted Cruz for President & success to the Tea Party!


48 posted on 02/21/2014 2:16:12 PM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: cuban leaf
But to be honest, once you get stage four, funeral arrangements are the best use of your time.

I fear that you might be correct, but I hope the mid terms change that equation.

49 posted on 02/21/2014 2:17:12 PM PST by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yo Mona, ax me if I GAF about the GOP.


50 posted on 02/21/2014 2:18:51 PM PST by OKSooner ("As the riders went on by him, he heard one call his name...")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mona isn’t doing too well in the comments section for that hit piece. This is the primary season, we are supposed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Cruz is the threshing machine.


51 posted on 02/21/2014 2:21:31 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: onyx

Something is definitely up with this “all establishment hands on deck to attack Cruz” wave.

Enough is enough! Time to post, email, etc these Cruz backstabbers and call them out for attacking Cruz more than they attack those who act just like Dims.


52 posted on 02/21/2014 2:21:56 PM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: tomkat
reintroduce shaving heads of collaborators

Gonna have to have a ladder to get up to the tops of the poles where the heads are...

/johnny

53 posted on 02/21/2014 2:23:41 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’ throw me in dat ol’ briar patch!


54 posted on 02/21/2014 2:25:17 PM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s right Mona baby, lets keep keep electing the same tried and true Rinos and not challenging Rats on issues when it counts, yeah that’s the ticket. < /S >


55 posted on 02/21/2014 2:25:37 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Yeah, hadn't thoughta that



yer gonna need a bigger boat ..

56 posted on 02/21/2014 2:26:53 PM PST by tomkat
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To: tomkat
The French called Dr. Guillotine's invention the 'national razor'. ;)

/johnny

57 posted on 02/21/2014 2:29:18 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The GOPe gave us McCain and Romney. How did that work out,Mona? Just keep wring tripe like this,and the fighters will continue to ignore you.


58 posted on 02/21/2014 2:30:45 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: JRandomFreeper

.. snick .. snick .. snick ..

59 posted on 02/21/2014 2:31:29 PM PST by tomkat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good.


60 posted on 02/21/2014 2:34:16 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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