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Posted on 07/27/2015 6:20:06 PM PDT by VinL
Columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer agreed with Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the substance of his opposition to the Export-Import Bank, but argued that the Republican base’s frustration is “mistaken” and that Cruz engaged in “an act of rather amazing hypocrisy” by accusing McConnell of lying ....
Will said, “The Republican base is frustrated. I understand it. It’s to be sympathized with, but it’s mistaken, fundamentally. Their view is, you have the butchers of Planned Parenthood, you can’t do anything about them. You have the Ex-Im Bank, which is, they think, crony capitalism, and I agree, can’t do anything about that. Why can’t anything get done? The paradox is this is something getting done in Washington. There’s three important bills this summer, the highway bill, the Ex-Im Bank extension, and the trade authorization. They have large, overlapping, but disparate constituencies. And this is a transactional business, you vote for this, I’ll vote for that. Give me this, I’ll do that. … This is actually Washington functioning. It’s not producing the results that conservatives want, not producing the results I want, but it certainly is Washington working as it’s designed to work.”
He added, “the Ex-Im Bank survives for the same reason a lot of weapons systems survive. They spread the loans like honey across toast all across the country, so that every Congressional district and Senate has a beneficiary of the Ex-Im Bank. Planned Parenthood is going to get a vote on defunding that. The problem is, there aren’t enough votes too do it. There aren’t enough to get 60 for cloture. So, it’s going to be voted on, and it’s going to sail right on.”
Krauthammer argued that “Ted Cruz also wants to be Trump after Trump, because (snip)
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Uh-huh. And when Ted Cruz engaged in his filibuster in 2013, making the same arguments against the DC Cartel and receiving the same vitriol, was that to "out-trump" Trump or get in a Fox debate--- you senile old flunky?
In his filibuster, Ted Cruz was prophetic: “Where is the outrage?”... “The chattering class is quick to discipline anyone who doesn’t fall in line.”
Funny they continue to avoid the question of whether McConnell lied.
Trump needs to take both of these guys to the woodshed.
Ted Cruz wasn’t grandstanding in 08 when he won the Medellín v. Texas in the US Supreme court.
Long ago are the days when I actually regarded the opinions of these two with respect.
The Krautmiester supported Mondale and deigns to advise conservatives?
Effa George Will, and as much as I Like Krauthammer all the shrinks and I know are crazy.
The mouthpieces of The Cheap Labor Express speak........
These two live in a bubble. They have no clue what real Americans are thinking.
They are members of The Ministry Of Propaganda, never forget that, even when they say or write something you agree with.
I know, CC— you’re right. Winning all those cases before the Supreme Court for conservative causes and putting his life on the line to stand up against the Politburo - what a freaking SHOWOFF!
USCOC will stop at nothing to keep their cheap roof repair and discount concrete work.
So here is the thing Charles, I kinda get your gist but you just called Cruz a Charlatan.
He is fighting fire with fire and YOU just turned YOUR back on HIM!!
Good one.
Cruz has rightly pointed out that the Gentlemens club is the Rotters club.
Now here come the GOP hacks.
Ohh! yer getting to close to my inside deal!
Fox is an embarrassment.
Pray America is waking
Mcommunist snuck in Export-Import Bank into the Highway Bill. He said this would not happen so he LIED. He blocked several amendments including defunding planned parenthood. He could have supported separate bills, but he seems stuck on evil. He needs to go. How is the question.
Sadly watched Bret Hume tonight grovel against anything Cruz. And grovel he did in hard contrast to his normal precision on political subjects, guess the hard facts against Cruz are not so easy to be precise about. At any rate the FNC herd is fast on the trail to knock Cruz down. Ain’t working, sorry GOPe.
Credit to FReeper eric blair
Remember, if you’re not outraged, it means
you haven’t been paying attention.
Ted Cruz is only one of a very few who is telling the
truth to the American people and who want to restore
our constitutional republic.
Go Ted!
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