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Posted: 7/27/2015 2:51:26 PM EDT
Has the Majority Leader denied that any of that happened?
Is the GOP pissed because he let the cat out of the bag and didn't STFU like all the other cowards on the (R) aisle in the Senate? Why don't more people give a shit? |
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I like Ted Cruz and I would vote for him. I am not sure he can overcome the GOP 'establishment', they hate him more than the Democrats do.
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After reading your informative link I know exactly what you are talking about and have decided to add my position to your thread.
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Why people don't give a shit? I'll tell you one of the reasons why. My coworker just told me all about the Taylor Swift, Nikki Manaj Twitter drama and how other "stars" got in on it and picked sides. As soon as she was done explaining it to me I asked her who was the Speaker of the House. Blank face and she admitted that she didn't know.
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Has the Majority Leader denied that any of that happened? Is the GOP pissed because he let the cat out of the bag and didn't STFU like all the other cowards on the (R) aisle in the Senate? Why don't more people give a shit? View Quote Because incrementalism. We've slowly been conditioned to accept that we are ruled, not governed. Ask any number of your republican friends how they feel about the .gov listening to their phone conversations, reading their texts and emails, and I'd wager that most will say something along the lines "if you're not doing anything wrong/i have nothing to hide, or I don't give a shit about that." Most people don't understand how the fucking the .gov is giving them actually affects their lives. They don't understand that they're supposed to have the power, not the .gov. I guess the best way to sum it up is, most people don't give a shit as long as they have on demand necessities and entertainment. ETA: And those of us who do understand how its supposed to work, are to cowardly to stand up and fight. I hope that changes soon though, because the longer this shit drags on, the weaker our side is going to get. |
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Why people don't give a shit? I'll tell you one of the reasons why. My coworker just told me all about the Taylor Swift, Nikki Manaj Twitter drama and how other "stars" got in on it and picked sides. As soon as she was done explaining it to me I asked her who was the Speaker of the House. Blank face and she admitted that she didn't know. View Quote Sad,but unfortunately true way too much. |
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Piss poor hill for Cruz to die on IMHO and die he will when future committee assignments are made.
After calling a man a liar where else are you going to go? McConnell is the leader so he calls the balls and strikes as far as how Bills will be handled, not the junior senator from TX. Cruz's butt-hurt vitriol would have been better spent on building support among like-minded Senate GOPers to oust McConnell. Lord knows he needs to go. It just proved to me that Cruz is not ready for prime time.....Not that I ever had any questions about that. |
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I hope Ted does not apologize, he and every other Senator need to kick Harry umm I mean Mitch in the teeth for not allowing time to read the bill.
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If I were a US Senator and someone made a statement to me that was so monumental it influenced the way I was going to vote I'd have gone to that person or their office and asked for the statement in writing if they wanted my vote. If I didn't get written assurances I'd either abstain or vote against the measure. When people speak with one another sometimes there can be miscommunications it doesn't always necessarily mean someone intended to be untruthful.
Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment was "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican." I think that's good advice. There is a way to handle things and there is a way NOT to handle things. Going to the press and pulling a "he said, she said" argument is pretty worthless frankly. I don't think the Majority Leader is a bad guy or a RINO. He's doing the best he can under the circumstances, which haven't been ideal for Republican since 2006. |
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Because "I'm voting for Hillary! It's about time we had a woman president!"
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Maybe I'm missing something, but the only thing I got out of Cruz's rant is that he didn't read the bill before he voted for it.
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it.
However there may be a silver lining in this for Cruz. |
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After reading your informative link I know exactly what you are talking about and have decided to add my position to your thread. You seriously don't know what he is talking about? I, too, have no idea what the hell you people are talking about. |
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I, too, have no idea what the hell you people are talking about. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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After reading your informative link I know exactly what you are talking about and have decided to add my position to your thread. You seriously don't know what he is talking about? I, too, have no idea what the hell you people are talking about. Me too, please enlighten us. |
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Quoted: Has the Majority Leader denied that any of that happened? Is the GOP pissed because he let the cat out of the bag and didn't STFU like all the other cowards on the (R) aisle in the Senate? Why don't more people give a shit? View Quote Because they are waiting to hear it from Trump. |
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Why people don't give a shit? I'll tell you one of the reasons why. My coworker just told me all about the Taylor Swift, Nikki Manaj Twitter drama and how other "stars" got in on it and picked sides. As soon as she was done explaining it to me I asked her who was the Speaker of the House. Blank face and she admitted that she didn't know. View Quote Barack Obama duh. |
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The key to knowledge is not in the ability to understand what someone has told you but the ability to seek out and discover the things they have not.
For those too lazy to google, Senator Cruz went on the Senate floor and called Mitch McConnella liar because he lied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaWgFoVI4JU http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/24/ted-cruz-calls-mitch-mcconnell-a-liar-on-the-senate-floor/ |
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After reading your informative link I know exactly what you are talking about and have decided to add my position to your thread. You seriously don't know what he is talking about? I, too, have no idea what the hell you people are talking about. Me too, please enlighten us. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/24/senate-floor-ted-cruz-explodes-on-mitch-mcconnell-says-he-lied-to-entire-republican-conference/ |
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If I were a US Senator and someone made a statement to me that was so monumental it influenced the way I was going to vote I'd have gone to that person or their office and asked for the statement in writing if they wanted my vote. If I didn't get written assurances I'd either abstain or vote against the measure. When people speak with one another sometimes there can be miscommunications it doesn't always necessarily mean someone intended to be untruthful. Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment was "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican." I think that's good advice. There is a way to handle things and there is a way NOT to handle things. Going to the press and pulling a "he said, she said" argument is pretty worthless frankly. I don't think the Majority Leader is a bad guy or a RINO. He's doing the best he can under the circumstances, which haven't been ideal for Republican since 2006. View Quote I hope you are a well paid shill. How does that .gov/corporate boot taste? ........something about majorities in both chambers...............blah, blah |
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Piss poor hill for Cruz to die on IMHO and die he will when future committee assignments are made. After calling a man a liar where else are you going to go? McConnell is the leader so he calls the balls and strikes as far as how Bills will be handled, not the junior senator from TX. Cruz's butt-hurt vitriol would have been better spent on building support among like-minded Senate GOPers to oust McConnell. Lord knows he needs to go. It just proved to me that Cruz is not ready for prime time.....Not that I ever had any questions about that. View Quote You're are so right because the past six years have been working so well with the likes of Boehner and McConnell as Republican leadership //sarcasm off// |
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Has the Majority Leader denied that any of that happened? Is the GOP pissed because he let the cat out of the bag and didn't STFU like all the other cowards on the (R) aisle in the Senate? Why don't more people give a shit? View Quote Worse. They are now saying Cruz "violated the rules of the Senate:" "I think it was outside the realm of Senate behavior," said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who has clashed with Cruz in the past. "I would never contemplate going to the floor of the Senate and impugning the integrity of another senator. Just not something we do here. I really think it was a very wrong thing to do." "Squabbling and sanctimony may be tolerated in other venues -- or perhaps on the campaign trail -- but they have no place among colleagues in the United States Senate," warned Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah in a lengthy floor speech reprimanding Cruz. As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Hatch was tasked by GOP leaders with formally responding to the caustic nature of Cruz's speech on Friday, which many believe violated a Senate rule against impugning the integrity of a fellow senator. "I would have to say he's mistaken," said Sen. John Cornyn, the number two GOP senator and the senior senator from Texas." CNN It would appear that telling the truth in the Senate chamber is a violation of the "Rules." Why am I not surprised? |
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To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. WTF The liberals and statists are sure coming out of the woodwork on here lately |
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If you don't understand by now that the political elite in this country are only in this for themselves you're not paying attention.
It appears that everything happening in this country right now is to protect them from you. Fuck em all. ETA: Everyone knew McConnell was a dickhead to begin with----still is. I |
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To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. If he had done it any other way, no one would know about it. |
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Piss poor hill for Cruz to die on IMHO and die he will when future committee assignments are made. After calling a man a liar where else are you going to go? McConnell is the leader so he calls the balls and strikes as far as how Bills will be handled, not the junior senator from TX. Cruz's butt-hurt vitriol would have been better spent on building support among like-minded Senate GOPers to oust McConnell. Lord knows he needs to go. It just proved to me that Cruz is not ready for prime time.....Not that I ever had any questions about that. View Quote Two words: Thad Cochran |
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If I were a US Senator and someone made a statement to me that was so monumental it influenced the way I was going to vote I'd have gone to that person or their office and asked for the statement in writing if they wanted my vote. If I didn't get written assurances I'd either abstain or vote against the measure. When people speak with one another sometimes there can be miscommunications it doesn't always necessarily mean someone intended to be untruthful. Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment was "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican." I think that's good advice. There is a way to handle things and there is a way NOT to handle things. Going to the press and pulling a "he said, she said" argument is pretty worthless frankly. I don't think the Majority Leader is a bad guy or a RINO. He's doing the best he can under the circumstances, which haven't been ideal for Republican since 2006. View Quote Highlighted in red is where you are grossly mistaken. Let me give you an example: Just a few short months ago Loretta Lynch was up for confirmation for AG. All Mitch McConnell had to do was to sit in the Oval Office and explain to the current piece of fecal debris that occupies the aforementioned office that there will be NO hearings on Ms. Lynch's nomination until Hilary Clinton's email server was turned over to SPECIAL PROSECUTER Trey Gowdy. Mitch McConnell is not doing the best that he can - He is in on it. |
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Caught a snipped on the news this morning about how he could be facing sanctions of some sort for violating the code of ethics. Apparently "questioning integrity" is a rules violation. Lying apparently is not. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. Caught a snipped on the news this morning about how he could be facing sanctions of some sort for violating the code of ethics. Apparently "questioning integrity" is a rules violation. Lying apparently is not. Funny, our spineless GOP won't go after Obama's scandals and unlawful violations but they will take swift action against Cruz |
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To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. |
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Funny, our spineless GOP won't go after Obama's scandals and unlawful violations but they will take swift action against Cruz View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. Caught a snipped on the news this morning about how he could be facing sanctions of some sort for violating the code of ethics. Apparently "questioning integrity" is a rules violation. Lying apparently is not. Funny, our spineless GOP won't go after Obama's scandals and unlawful violations but they will take swift action against Cruz I've seen less corrupt governments in Africa. |
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Why people don't give a shit? I'll tell you one of the reasons why. My coworker just told me all about the Taylor Swift, Nikki Manaj Twitter drama and how other "stars" got in on it and picked sides. As soon as she was done explaining it to me I asked her who was the Speaker of the House. Blank face and she admitted that she didn't know. View Quote And? This is nothing new.....you guys always act like this kind of ignorance is some new phenomenon. As to the comments by Cruz, it's pure political grandstanding. He is quickly becoming irrelevant in the GOP race and needed something to get his name in the paper. Out of all the back room shit that goes on, this is where he makes his stand and is suddenly appalled enough to air their dirty laundry on the Senate floor? Hey, I like Cruz. I agree with his comments and am glad he spoke up. But that doesn't mean I can't see exactly where they are coming from and why. |
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For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. And what changed after that performance to gain one point in his primary standings? I'll tell you what, a big fat nothing. If anything the peevish mother fucker just cemented McConnell in his leadership position for as long as McConnell cares to hold on to it....Great work there Cruz. |
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Caught a snipped on the news this morning about how he could be facing sanctions of some sort for violating the code of ethics. Apparently "questioning integrity" is a rules violation. Lying apparently is not. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. Caught a snipped on the news this morning about how he could be facing sanctions of some sort for violating the code of ethics. Apparently "questioning integrity" is a rules violation. Lying apparently is not. There are certain unwritten rules in Politics that he broke, and they are at the core of what is wrong with this country. Why else do you think the Republicans have done nothing to stop Obama, or why if Jeb gets elected he will not overturn a single Obama Executive Order. That is why the Establishment do not care which Party is currently in power. Don't think for a second that anyone other than Jeb will get the nomination, RNC would never let anyone who is not firmly Establishment get near the nomination. Same thing on the Democrat side, it will Hillary if she does not implode, or another Establishment Dem, there are rumblings of Biden running now that Hildog looks to be in trouble. We will get more bread and circuses to entertain us while the ruling class does their dealing. |
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Rand Paul is being fucked by Mitchy poo too. He wont allow an amendment onto the "road bill" to stop tax funding of Planned parenthood.
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And what changed after that performance to gain one point in his primary standings? I'll tell you what, a big fat nothing. If anything the peevish mother fucker just cemented McConnell in his leadership position for as long as McConnell cares to hold on to it....Great work there Cruz. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. And what changed after that performance to gain one point in his primary standings? I'll tell you what, a big fat nothing. If anything the peevish mother fucker just cemented McConnell in his leadership position for as long as McConnell cares to hold on to it....Great work there Cruz. So, he should just go along with Mitch & Company? Cruz got a $15 Million donation to his super-pac on Saturday from 2 brothers in Texas - the day after his behaviour that seems to have offended you. I guess calling out Mitch for the bag of scum that he is does indeed pay. |
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For those that think Cruz isn't going after the establishment, this book was released on June 30th: https://www.tedcruz.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/book1.png View Quote Just started it this morning. The introduction immediately launches into an attack on establishment republicans. Looking forward to seeing how far he goes with it. |
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I'd like to see Cruz beat McConnell and McCain's asses with his gold headed cane.
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People on this board get upset and call people out over stolen pressure washers but it's not OK to call out a liar whose lies cost trillions of dollars of tax payer money.
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For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. For speaking out against the establishment fucktards? If he hadn't done it on the Senate floor, it would have been completely ignored. Look who is running to the turtle's defense: McCain, Hatch and Cornyn. Cruz's behavior is what every true conservative should have been doing for the last 25 years. Very few Republicans refuse to fight for conservative ideals once elected and just become status quo Washington RINOcrat zombies. Many of us rage about the lack of guts and fight in the Republican Party and Cruz has it. Cruz acted like a PATRIOT not unlike many of founding fathers of our country. |
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After reading your informative link I know exactly what you are talking about and have decided to add my position to your thread. You seriously don't know what he is talking about? I have no fucking idea either. |
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Quoted: To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Cruz did the right thing and now he's going to pay for it. To be honest his behavior was something I would expect from FBHO or one of his minions. Cruz acted in a petulant/peevish manner. Yeah, he probably should have let McConnell keep lying and not call him on it. Liars and pusillanimous quislings are just what we need! |
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Sent another Donation Ted's way.
The idea of giving money to politicians usually makes me sick to my stomach. But, I really want to see him embarrass the hell out of Hillary and usher in a new age of conservatism. |
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I like Ted Cruz and I would vote for him. I am not sure he can overcome the GOP 'establishment', they hate him more than the Democrats do. View Quote Hell, they hate him more than Democrats, with whom the seem to have not even a mild disagreement. Given the Senate votes the last few days, we may as well have not had an election in 2014... the votes turn out no differently. |
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