Posted on 09/22/2013 9:31:45 AM PDT by cotton1706
On Sunday, Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News Sunday, said that Republicans in Washington were savaging Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) behind Cruz's back before Cruz's appearance on the program to discuss defunding Obamacare.
In an appearance on Washington D.C.'s Fox 5 to preview his Sunday show, Wallace said, "I will tell you I have never in my time in Washington seen a party so upset with one of its own members."
He said he had been flooded with opposition research on Cruz--from Republicans. Later on Fox News Sunday, Wallace said these "top Republicans" gave him "unsolicited research and questions" to "hammer" Cruz.
"Since we announced that Ted Cruz was going to be on the show, I've been getting background research and questions going after Cruz not from Democrats but from other Republicans," Wallace said on Fox 5. "They really feel he has put them in this corner that they can't get out of gracefully and they're not very happy with him."
In an exclusive op-ed for Breitbart News on Saturday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has also been savaged by establishment Republicans, urged Cruz to stay strong in the face of inevitable attacks from fellow Republicans and suggested they compare "shiv marks" the next time they meet:
"We’re now, once again, subjected to the “anonymous sources” backstabbing game. The Capitol Hill cowards are rushing to anonymously denounce Senator Cruz to any reporter with a pad and pen.
Welcome to our world, Ted. The same people have been denouncing conservatives like me for years (right after they ask for help fundraising for themselves or endorsing the latest candidate they’ve suckered into paying their exorbitant consulting fees). We can compare shiv marks next time we meet, my friend."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
We're smoking out the non-conservatives, one by one, noting them down, and voting them out.
They are feeling the heat!
I can make a pretty good guess which two Republicrats were behind this effort.
Time to primary “Lamar!” here in TN.
What a bunch of scumbags.
A replacement party is looking better and better.
These GOP scumbags would be Lindsay McLame
We need a Fox News leaker to confirm which RINOs specifically are behind the opposition research.
Graham, McCain, Rove, Norquist.....
Anyone who votes for a politician attacking Cruz on this issue...not only is no Conservative....they need their head examined
There are obviously a lot of GOP who really support ObamaCare
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The RINO-Democrat Coalition is alive and well
These establishment bastards fight harder against members of their own party than they do the Democrats.
The real story here is how both parties are now run by special interest cabals instead of their constituents. Their interests overlap.
Anybody who believes otherwise is a fool.
The Republican establishment needs to experience their own “Chicago’68” moment via conservatives.
I’m impressed that Chris Wallace spelled out the unethical behavior of the establishment that keeps power from conservatives. Any newsperson who has accepted research from someone with an agenda should be fired.
The scumbag turncoats have cast their lot with the devil. If Cruz pulls this off, they are toast along with the elitist Republican power structure and they know it. The curtain is coming down. Sounds like their final desperate gasps to me.
They are so afraid of losing the house, but seriously, what good has the Republican house been? I really don’t see much greater threat with the Democrats in control. Republicans are just as comfortable giving away the country whether it is amnesty or Obamacare. I really think they would probably be better if they lost power.
Correct !! , ..and we should have a list of the political operatives who are doing this
..and primary them right into UNEMPLOYMENT ! along with their political stratigists !
You forgot john cornyn.
They are hastening their own demise.
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