Posted on 10/10/2013 5:42:14 PM PDT by Whenifhow
Just as Republican leaders were exiting their meeting with President Obama at the White House Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was entering CNN's Crossfire, where he had to contend with Van Jones and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), without too much help from Newt Gingrich. Now that House Republicans are prepared to move forward with a short-term debt deal that doesn't touch the Affordable Care Act, Jones asked Cruz, "Do you feel like you owe your party an apology?"
Jones noted that the Republican Party has become incredibly unpopular under Cruz's "leadership," saying that since the Texas senator entered office in January he's become "the most prominent Republican in this town." After stressing that "we're all friends here," Jones asked Cruz:
"Do you feel like you owe your party an apology? Listen, you have people who believed in you, they believed that you were somehow going to be able to defund Obamacare, they believed the strategy of shutdown might have a chance. They followed you into a ditch. And now, there's obviously there's no chance Obamacare will be defunded and we're on the brink of a horrific default. Do you think that in the reflection of your own heart, you might say, 'You know what? I'm a new kid here, I think I owe you an apology'?" Cruz laughed at first before getting more serious and asking some questions of his own. "I know you desperately want to change the topic from Obamacare," he said. "Democrats in this town do not want to discuss Obamacare. Why? Because it isn't working." He then turned to focus on negative polling numbers for President Obama and Democrats, crediting House Republicans who are "listening to the millions of Americans who are losing their jobs, who are being pushed into part-time work, who are facing skyrocketing health care."
When Sen. Whitehouse got a chance to chime in, he called the "notion that Obamacare is a failure" a "product of right-wing histrionics." He told stories about how well he believes the exchanges are going so far in his home state.
"The Republican Party decided that Obamacare was going to be a failure early on, before Obamacare was even decided," Whitehouse said. "It was a political choice to pull all support for anything this president wanted to do. Now they have to live with it, so they have to maintain the story line. But I have to tell you Senator Cruz, I don't see it at home, I don't believe it."
Cruz should have asked, are you sorry for being a race-baiting, America hating commie?
I’d have sawed into Jones on his commie past.
As for Sheldon
“He told stories about how well he believes the exchanges are going so far in his home state.”
Wow, all 5 permanent residents of Rhode Island. In fairness, Rhode Island should just be an ‘overseas’ territory. Especially with the scumbags they send to Washington.
Hey Van, are you devastated at the news that your homo Obama only has a 37 percent approval rating..that is what this is all about..Commies are failing BADLY and they are scared to death
He is perfectly comfortable with that.
From this socalled ditch we have a good opportunity to get RID of Obamacare before it does even further damage to America (and especially to our economy and JOBS).
Good ditch.
Thanks, Sen. Cruz... keep up the good work...
Van should be digging ditches on a chain gang.
He is the true face of the Devil.
Evil With a Smile
they ARE NEOSTALINSTS!
-SHUDDER-
Ted should have asked Jones,” Are you sorry your President
is leading this nation into the ditch?”
Testify my Brother!
Why is Cruz stupid enough to go on Crossfire?
Don’t worry, someone equally as evil took his place.
Cruz ping
WHO watches that idiot Communist infiltrated show?
All the left does is lie, lie, lie.
Obama IS the ditch ... and is a son of a ditch.
GRASSFIRE is reporting that $634,000,000 was spent developing the healthcare.gov website. Is anyone else reporting on this? If true - heads need to start rolling! Who had the inside track? Who approved the expenditure? We need names now!
This Jones guy is exactly the type that doesn’t even believe his own bullshit. He found a way to do as little as possible in life and profit from it, the same as that idiot ed shultz on pmsnbc or those dipshits that call themselves reverends (resist we much tawana and love childs). They tout lines and playbooks but deviate even in the slightest and their type unwinds in amazing fashions. They have no core principles and are only acting on life’s stage as they attempt to bullshit their way through it. Put them in a position where the rubber needs to hit the road and they are abject failures. Look at their type in general, parasites, just like their community organizing messiah.
An avowed Pinko Communist!
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