The GOP has placed its future in the hands of a Senator with 9 months experience

[zeke]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

Sometimes when politicians think they've found a winning issue that riles up the voters, they like to keep beating that drum in the hope that it will turn out the voters in an election. Conservatives have used social issues like that for many many years. But it's a good idea not to get to complacent because you never know what could happen if you lose control of the narrative. For example, constantly running against gay rights by demonizing gays has kind of backfired on conservatives in recent years.

And Obamacare seems to have gotten away from them too. I think they like running against it, but most Republicans never wanted it to get out of hand like this.

But along comes Calgary Cruz, and he sees an issue he can demagogue and naturally raise his profile at the same time. It should be a surprise either. Talk radio keeps conservatives constantly riled up about a host of issues, and the're so wound up like a coiled spring that it wouldn't take much prodding to get them to join a grass roots movement to push for some whacked out idea like shutting the gov't down. And here we are.

So, imagine you're a Republican House member who's been watching this movement gain steam on the heels of all the calls to primary representatives who seem to be failing the ideological purity test over the last couple of election cycles, and you REALLY want to get reelected cuz it ain't such a bad job being a Congressman in a not so good economy. And here you've been whippin' up the masses just like everyone else because you've been thinking that you can ride that dissatisfation to victory next year when something happens that you hadn't forseen. Cruz comes along and overturns your conservative apple cart and messes up your plans. If you argue for reason, you'll be considered a persona non grata turncoat next fall. So, lke a lemming you fall in line, just like in one of those banana republic countries just hoping that someone else can save the nation you care about almost as much as you care about your career.

You bring up some good points. However, with the extent of gerrymandering, the Repubs (or Dems) are not talking to so many people who seem to value reasonable thought and action over extremism.

I mean, wasn't that the reason to gerrymander in the first place. Make your district so partisan that you can't help but be elected.

I just don't think the Repubs thought out that if you tell people in your district how awful the government is, and they agree, you have to expect that the most anti government candidate would find an audience and get elected.

Repubs talk about how inexperienced Obama was. Yet they have turned over the control of funding our government to a bunch of people that had NO experience in governing.

How's that gonna work out good for the rest of us? A few number of people that express a hatred of government is shutting down the government. When the vast majority of us do not want that to happen.

This ain't right.

 

[Montecresto]

Cancer research is being cut because of this fucking shut down. Blood is on the hands of the house and senate.

Bullshit! It's not going to last long enough to cause a bit of harm.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

He's been Canadian longer.

You've been a liberal idiot longer. You guys won't sit down to negotiate, but then you expect people to capitulate. This is why I pin the shutdown on Obama.

 

[velvtacheeze]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

He's been Canadian longer.

You've been a liberal idiot longer. You guys won't sit down to negotiate, but then you expect people to capitulate. This is why I pin the shutdown on Obama.

The Dems are willing to negotiate over the terms of the CR, which is separate from the ACA.

 

[Freewill]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

Idiots that voted for Obama put him in the WH with less experience.

Good point

The Democrats backed Obama with four years experience and ended up with a two term President

Republicans are hooking their future to a Tea Bagger with nine months of political experience. The result is a splintered Republican Party and an outraged American public

What are these guys thinking?

Haa four more years only proves that liberals don't mind doubling down on stupid. Look at the state of the country what idiot would reelect such a failure? Only liberal idiots. Of course when a person uses the IRS as their personal Gestopo not hard to see how they can win even when they should have lost big time. Man am I tired of hearing that by winning an election that makes Obama a success, man is that lame.

 

[driveby]

He's been Canadian longer.

You've been a liberal idiot longer. You guys won't sit down to negotiate, but then you expect people to capitulate. This is why I pin the shutdown on Obama.

The Dems are willing to negotiate over the terms of the CR, which is separate from the ACA.

Dems love CR's and hate budgets, go figure.......

 

[Freewill]

The Dems put their future in a Senator with 20 months of experience.

Math is not your best subject?

I deduct time spent playing golf, on vacation, voting present, and campaigning.

I figure he spent 20 months (on the generous side) doing actual work since 1997.

It was a sum total of 172 days for Obama. Then he did EXACTLY what he said he would not. Some say doing exactly what you said you would not do is lying but not democrats it is just par for the course.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The GOP has placed its future in the hands of a Senator with 9 months experience

Seriously? You voted for Obama!

 

[Rozman]

The GOP has placed its future in the hands of a Senator with 9 months experience

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

And how much experience did Obama have?

 

[rightwinger]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

Aye carumba! 9 months experience?



You haven't read his bio or resume have you? It kicks ass man. You look like a complete fool posting this thread.

Let's do it

Impress me

 

[rightwinger]

Oh yeah. Cruz the nobody.



Cruz was a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.[5]

Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.

In addition, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

Oh yeah, to libs this guy's a lightweight. A nobody.

Texas Solicitor General

Appointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott,Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008.

Cruz has authored more than 80 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court. Cruz's record of having argued before the Supreme Court nine times is more than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any current member of Congress.


Cruz has commented on his nine cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court: "We ended up year after year arguing some of the biggest cases in the country. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights."

In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by attorneys general of 31 states, which said that the D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the constitutionality of Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in Van Orden v. Perry.

Cruz authored a U.S. Supreme Court brief for all 50 states successfully defending the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, winning 9-0 in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow.

Cruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry.

Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.

Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America, by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America, and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century

Ted Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow...I for one am impressed

Cruz is a LAWYER.....was even head lawyer in Texas. And I thought Republicans hate lawyers....especially Harvard educated ones

Which accounts for ZERO political experience. The ability to tell what fights need fighting and which fights you pass up. Cruz, THE LAWYER, is dictating to a political party based on his 9 Months experience that shutting down the US Government is sound political strategy

Are the Republicans fucking nuts!

 

[Jroc]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

Aye carumba! 9 months experience?



You haven't read his bio or resume have you? It kicks ass man. You look like a complete fool posting this thread.

He always looks like a fool

 

[Jroc]

Oh yeah. Cruz the nobody.



Cruz was a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.[5]

Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.

In addition, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

Oh yeah, to libs this guy's a lightweight. A nobody.

Texas Solicitor General

Appointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott,Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008.

Cruz has authored more than 80 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court. Cruz's record of having argued before the Supreme Court nine times is more than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any current member of Congress.


Cruz has commented on his nine cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court: "We ended up year after year arguing some of the biggest cases in the country. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights."

In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by attorneys general of 31 states, which said that the D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the constitutionality of Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in Van Orden v. Perry.

Cruz authored a U.S. Supreme Court brief for all 50 states successfully defending the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, winning 9-0 in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow.

Cruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry.

Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.

Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America, by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America, and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century

Ted Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not quite Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid

 

[rightwinger]

So Republicans

How has hooking your future to wonder boy Ted Cruz working out?

You shut down Government and now everyone is pissed off at you. You have split your party up in petty bickering. you have hurt your political chances for 2014

Oh yea.......and Obamacare will still be here

Genius.....Cruz is a fucking political genius

 

[Eaglewings]

The guy quoted Duck Dynasty several times, and Sara Pain loves him, he must be able to run the Country.

 

[TemplarKormac]

He's been Canadian longer.

You've been a liberal idiot longer. You guys won't sit down to negotiate, but then you expect people to capitulate. This is why I pin the shutdown on Obama.

The Dems are willing to negotiate over the terms of the CR, which is separate from the ACA.

Well it's either the ACA or no CR. Think about it. Who has been holding the government hostage? The GOP is ready to talk, but it's the Democrats who are being hopelessly stubborn...

 

[Ernie S.]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

did not Democrats place the future of the entire country in the hands of a man with similar experience?
Frankly, I'd much rather see Cruz in charge.

 

[Jroc]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

did not Democrats place the future of the entire country in the hands of a man with similar experience?
Frankly, I'd much rather see Cruz in charge.

No Ted Cruz has actually led something, and done something, instead of being a community organizer and "present" in the ILL state house

 

[tinydancer]

Oh yeah. Cruz the nobody.



Cruz was a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.[5]

Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign.

In addition, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

Oh yeah, to libs this guy's a lightweight. A nobody.

Texas Solicitor General

Appointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott,Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008.

Cruz has authored more than 80 United States Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments, including nine before the United States Supreme Court. Cruz's record of having argued before the Supreme Court nine times is more than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any current member of Congress.


Cruz has commented on his nine cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court: "We ended up year after year arguing some of the biggest cases in the country. There was a degree of serendipity in that, but there was also a concerted effort to seek out and lead conservative fights."

In the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by attorneys general of 31 states, which said that the D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In addition to his victory in Heller, Cruz has successfully defended the constitutionality of Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in Van Orden v. Perry.

Cruz authored a U.S. Supreme Court brief for all 50 states successfully defending the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, winning 9-0 in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow.

Cruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 5-4 in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry.

Cruz also successfully defended, in Medellin v. Texas, the State of Texas against an attempt by the International Court of Justice to re-open the criminal convictions of 51 murderers on death row throughout the United States.

Cruz has been named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America, by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America, and by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century

Ted Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow...I for one am impressed

Cruz is a LAWYER.....was even head lawyer in Texas. And I thought Republicans hate lawyers....especially Harvard educated ones

Which accounts for ZERO political experience. The ability to tell what fights need fighting and which fights you pass up. Cruz, THE LAWYER, is dictating to a political party based on his 9 Months experience that shutting down the US Government is sound political strategy

Are the Republicans fucking nuts!

Cruz's resume is stellar. Well frankly it just kicks ass all over the place. No wonder so many in DC are envious and or intimidated by him.

Re: political experience.

Senator Ted Cruz is an example of a breed of man or woman not seen in Washington for many a decade.

The breed was almost extinct having almost been eradicated by those with extreme political experience; old men and women who refuse to give up power. Old men and women who live in a political place called "inside the beltway" and who behave as if they were Senators in almighty Rome.

I realize that liberals like yourself don't remember that breed and for that many neither do many RINOs.

That breed is called a public servant.

 

[rightwinger]

Are they freaking crazy?

They allow him to dictate that we should shut down the government?

did not Democrats place the future of the entire country in the hands of a man with similar experience?
Frankly, I'd much rather see Cruz in charge.

And how did that work out for the Dems?
A two term President elected by wide margins

How is young Ted working out for Republicans? Splitting the party , nationwide derision, will cost them in 2014

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