Posted on 02/27/2014 5:42:15 AM PST by SoConPubbie
On Hannity’s Wednesday show, Cruz shot back at Sowell and said that you have to take on some of these fights on occasion.
“The great Thomas Sowell – I admire and respect,” Cruz said. “Listen, I have read his works all my life and he is a fantastic thinker. And I actually agree with just about everything he says except that unfortunately congressional leadership in the Senate, you have got to pick some battles to fight. I believe in picking your battles. I don't believe we need to fight on everything. I think we need to fight on issues that matter. There have been two significant battles that I think we really should have fought on that I tried to fight on as much as possible."
"They were number one, ObamaCare, the most disastrous law hurting millions across this country," he continued. "And number two, the debt ceiling, because we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids. And he said -- Mr. Sowell said you should fight on fights we can win. I agree and if Republicans had stood on the debt ceiling -- we had the votes to insist on meaningful spending reforms. And in fact, just a few years ago, Congress used the debt ceiling to get the Budget Control Act and we did that with "
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I honestly don’t think it matters one way or the other. It’s too late. Seriously.
At least, that is my take. The problem is that NONE of the fixes can be voluntarily implemented. I used to use this analogy back in the late 1970’s: The US is like the proverbial farmer that has his hand caught in a piece of machinery that is slowly dragging him in. He will only survive by cutting off his arm. However, nobody has the political will to cut off the arm - nor would they survive politically (look at what is happening to Cruz).
And back then we would have only had to lose a hand. It’s past the shoulder now.
I don’t expect us to survive Obama - or obamacare.
I am so sick of betrayal, and Dr. Sowell was the final straw! I don’t trust anybody anymore.
I think it does matter how bad Obamacare is because real people who don’t ordinarily follow politics are being negatively impacted by it in a very big way. Not even the lying media can save their sorry asses on Obamacare, regardless Obama’s lawlessness in making changes to it. This is why it is so important to keep the focus on Obamacare to the extent possible and why the democrats are attempting to create a distraction with “income inequality” and would love any fight that conservatives might want to pick right now.
In my opinion all of these other issues are very difficult for conservatives to win on a regular basis. The media will continue to lie and the general ignorance of the population will allow their lies to succeed.
Unfortunately I’m leaning in that direction as well. It’s not looking good for my children’s future right now.
Yes...
It was particularly shocking for me with Thomas Sowell.
I was on the ping list, and avidly read his articles almost daily.
I had begun reading his Ted Cruz article with the same confidence and admiration, and as I read, i got more and more distressed until I had to stop reading and ask to be removed from the Sowell ping list. I was devastated.
You’ve been Added!
And that destruction provided a rallying cry for the warrior class. I see Sarah Palin as the 300 and the tea party led by Cruz as the Greek army, going against the army of the Libs and the corrupt “allies” waiting to stab them in the back.
Very interesting....
You said,
* If the assumption is made that both Sowell and Cruz are afflicted with the same RINO terminal disease of fighting only the fights that can be won with no risk, then Cruz in no better than any other loser, obsolete RINO.
* If Senator Cruz does not place a higher value on fighting battles with overwhelming odds that favor the enemy, then his only choice is to cede the field of battle to the enemies of the US Constitution, as the Congressional RINOs have done for the last five years.”
IMHO, Americans do not honor “heroes” whose “successes” are defined by their suicidal strategies.
Thanks for the ping, rqsr. A most respectful and correct reply to Dr. Sowell by Ted Cruz.
” - - - Americans do not honor “heroes” whose “successes” are defined by their suicidal strategies. - - - - “
If suicide is defined as self- inflicted death, then the Congressional RINOs have been committing suicide for the last 5 years.
The RINO suicidal strategy has not make them heroes in YHO or MHO.
“... cede the field of battle to the enemies of the US Constitution ...”
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Exactly the same as your dumbass “leave their slots blank on the ballot” strategy.
Don’t ping me, bro.
RomneyCare was not much better than ObamaCare. In fact, I have to agree with Obama, RomneyCare was the precursor. Look what the Massachusetts Health Care system is doing to that family with the 15 year old. They are taking the rights away from the family and giving it to the state.
So many people have lost their jobs because of Obama’s economic policies and he still got re-elected, why do you think HealthCare is going to make a difference? You don't even hear Republicans talk about repealing it anymore. They just say, we need to fix it.
I’ve rarely read any of Sowell’s articles, but I was still shocked at what he’s said about Cruz.
Doolittle’s raid on Japan comes to mind. Its non-military successes were very real and changed the tone of the war yet to come.
Well, yes, but there was a coherent plan with the aftermath and recovery worked out with allies ahead of time. They didn’t just send them off and hope for the best.
In the case of the shutdown, neither the Republican House nor Senate could even agree on what was going on, much less whether they supported it.
In the case of the shutdown, neither the Republican House nor Senate could even agree on what was going on, much less whether they supported it.
Same with Cruz, and the “long run” has just begun.
I think even Dr. Sowell agrees that the long term battle needs to be fought. It’s the picking a fight at a point and in a manner that harms the long term goal that is at issue. It’d be like conducting the Doolittle raids before Midway...when the planes wouldn’t even make it to Japan.
Thanks for the ping!!
WHAT "purists"?
In my nearly 12 years on Free Republic, I have never ONCE come across a purist. NOT ONCE. However, I have come across many liberals registered as Republicans who accuse philosophical Republicans of being "purists" when they refuse to vote for the functional liberal Democrats that liberals-registered-as-Republicans advocate.
PURISTS are a figment of your imagination, PAR.
As long as you strategize and argue using imaginary, false concepts such as "purists" and the semantic fallacy of "voting against," you will get the same results as hunters on a unicorn safari: failure.
-PJ
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