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When will the right stop looking for that next new hero. They throw full weight behind a guy like Cruz, then when he back tracks it makes repubs look weak and reactionary. All he did was Fillibuster and Repubs proclaimed him as a genius.
Then this happens.
Steve King called him "a fraud," on Morning Joe, and Coburn said he had the highest conservative rating over a nine year period, and the result of Cruz is he has constituents calling him a Rino ... because he admits he doesn't have the SIXTY SEVEN senate votes it'd take to defund Obamacare.
But, Ted Cruz is "a brave man." I'd laugh but the idiocy is really too much.
Watching the pushback against Senator Ted Cruz right now is like watching a group of kids who have been in thrall to a bully suddenly wake up to who he is and start working to cut him down to size. Republican members of Congress who were once his allies have begun to turn on a man who has become an outsize figure in their party since winning office less than one year ago.
“As soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our featured guest this week, I got unsolicited research and questions, not from Democrats but from top Republicans, to hammer Cruz,” Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said on his show. "Why are Republicans so angry at Ted Cruz?"
"You cannot build a congressional majority, in either party, for any kind of action, unless you are treating your colleagues with some certain amount of respect, and saying, ‘Hey, what do you think of my idea?’” Karl Rove told Wallace, speaking of Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee, who are together leading the Don't Fund Obamacare movement. “Instead they have dictated to their colleagues ... and not consulted them about this strategy at all.”
True.
And it wasnt even a filibuster, it was more of a petulant, pointless temper-tantrum.
Senate republicans dont want any part of a government shutdown, and most are smart enough to know the ACA is here to stay.
Actually..no.
This is what a filibuster SHOULD look like.
A Senator with a gripe, takes the floor and holds it.
I really agree with that.
I kinda praise both Rand Paul and Ted Cruz for doing that.
But..
Voting for Cloture????
Really???
No, not really.
100 Senators voted for cloture on the motion to proceed. What that means is whether to take up this bill and to begin to debate the bill or to continue to filibuster.
Some don't believe the Senate should debate a bill before voting for or against it. And, some don't know that cloture on a motion to proceed allows said debate to begin.
Promising something you have no capability to deliver is outright deceit. It should not be celebrated
Shutting down government to make an appearance of filling such an empty promise is damn criminal
Agreed.
It is also senseless to attempt to placate people who will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the American government.
If someone trades in a Lincoln Continental for a much smaller Toyota Camry, what did they destroy? NOTHING is the answer.
Wanting a smaller, less intrusive and less expensive government cannot be considered the destruction of the government.
Promising something you have no capability to deliver is outright deceit. It should not be celebrated
Shutting down government to make an appearance of filling such an empty promise is damn criminal
Agreed.
It is also senseless to attempt to placate people who will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the American government.
Not the Destruction of the Government. They want to scale back the size.
The Majority of Americans think that Government has to much power.
This includes Repubs and Independents.
Views in U.S. That Gov't Is Too Powerful Show Little Change
Of course those who want to keep their powers in both parties are going to view this as a threat and say it is about the destruction of the Government, when in reality it's about taking their power away.
I would think that all Americans would want power back in their hands and not the government.
The poll show that Democrats think that Government has just the right amount of power.
Agreed.
It is also senseless to attempt to placate people who will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the American government.
Not the Destruction of the Government. They want to scale back the size.
The Majority of Americans think that Government has to much power.
This includes Repubs and Independents.
Views in U.S. That Gov't Is Too Powerful Show Little Change
Of course those who want to keep their powers in both parties are going to view this as a threat and say it is about the destruction of the Government, when in reality it's about taking their power away.
I would think that all Americans would want power back in their hands and not the government.
The poll show that Democrats think that Government has just the right amount of power.
Arbitrarily shutting down the government as part of a temper tantrum does nothing to achieve this
You have any idea what the Senate has been like since 2010?
All bills have been stopped at this point.
They don't even debate them.
I posted McConnell voting to filibuster his own bill to show you.
Forget the "government shutdown", the legislator has been effectively shutdown since that time.
This whole exercise is nonsense and nonsensical.
Typical left, can't see the forest for the trees. The real vote isn't til Friday, they now can debate the bill. Do your homework, guys.
Agreed.
It is also senseless to attempt to placate people who will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the American government.
If someone trades in a Lincoln Continental for a much smaller Toyota Camry, what did they destroy? NOTHING is the answer.
Wanting a smaller, less intrusive and less expensive government cannot be considered the destruction of the government.
If Cruz wants to campaign for a smaller, leaner government then that is within his capabilities. Shutting down the entire government is not the way to achieve that
Heck most of the MSM has no idea what actually happened. Idiots abound.
Agreed.
It is also senseless to attempt to placate people who will settle for nothing less than the destruction of the American government.
If someone trades in a Lincoln Continental for a much smaller Toyota Camry, what did they destroy? NOTHING is the answer.
Wanting a smaller, less intrusive and less expensive government cannot be considered the destruction of the government.
If Cruz wants to campaign for a smaller, leaner government then that is within his capabilities. Shutting down the entire government is not the way to achieve that
