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Interesting conservative viewpoint.
My apologies for striking a nerve. Good day to you.
Posted on 04/14/2016 6:48:20 PM PDT by SubMareener
Calgary Ted Cruz was humiliated on the floor of the U.S. Senate twice on Monday night, according to a report in Politico. Months of Cruz’s criticisms of his Republican colleagues is now reaping some nasty rewards for the Junior Senator from Canada. During a discussion of continuing funding for the government, Cruz tried to interrupt the proceedings with a roll call vote. The usually polite decorum on the floor of the U.S. Senate quickly turned negative as even Cruz’s fellow Republicans refused to grant him what’s called a “sufficient second” that would have allowed him to briefly call for the vote. Failing to be recognized for a sufficient second, Cruz attempted to interrupt to call for a voice vote and got a kind of voice vote he was not expecting - a loud chorus of “no’s” from his colleagues. Cruz was fuming after the second repudiation. It was an “unprecedented trick,” said Cruz. However insiders see this as indicative of a combination of Cruz’s declining chances in his presidential nomination run combined with his colleagues rising anger at what they see as Cruz’s ongoing attempts to further his own political aspirations at their expense. Under Senate rules, Cruz had already been given an hour to speak on Monday night, but was not granted additional time. Colleagues complain that Cruz has an almost Messianic view of his self-importance to both the Senate and the rest of the world. After being denied additional time, Cruz fumed from the Senate floor: “The Democrats are objecting to my speaking further. And both the Democrats and Republican leadership are objecting to the American people speaking further.” How much speaking does one Junior Senator need? Cruz’s calls for roll call votes are seen as mere tricks to get his colleagues on the record for anything with which he disagrees. His speech on Monday was filled with venom for Republican leaders and even praising of Democrats as being more resolute then the GOP. As Politico put it: “Cruz also personally lambasted McConnell and his deputies for denying a roll call vote that would have failed anyway, arguing that results are rigged in the Senate and that conservatives have no influence anymore.” Interestingly, campaign reporters have noticed of late that Donald Trump - who Cruz frequently brands as a Democrat - seems to poll best in THE most traditionally Republican areas – the South and more rural areas; where Cruz seems to poll very well in typically deep blue precincts such as the urban centers. I’m Still reporting from Washington. Good day
Subject of thread: Cruz can't win over the GOPe.
And here you are alienating actual conservatives. Do you undetstand irony? Do you really have to make illogical and disengenuous accusations against Cruz in order to support Trump?
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If you aren't, then pony up!
But if critical thinking is foreign to me (per your original post), why should I pay any attention to your exhortations?
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You can't be that obtuse. lol
We haven’t even picked a candidate yet.
Wow. You’ve got your candidates confused. DT is the hysterical ranter.
You can't be that obtuse. lol
Free Republic is more of a "Country Club" for paying members.
Interesting conservative viewpoint.
“I’ve seen Trump supporters admit Trump is not a conservative.”
Just because they ‘admit’ it, doesn’t make it so.
Look over the entirety of Trump’s agenda for the country. It’s the most conservative agenda we’ve seen in decades.
My apologies for striking a nerve. Good day to you.
True that.
Strike a nerve? Hardly. You confirmed my opinion of you.
Many Texans I know do not support Cruz for Pres. They were willing to try him as a senator. Cruz is not qualified period.
No, you have things confused. If you can't see Ted Cruz's desperation and his non-stop obsession with Donald Trump, you haven't been paying attention lately...
Call it what you want, it’s a reality that is easy to spot. How revealing his character that he allows himself to be used.
Go vote for your guy, I just don’t care.
Lol, yep, indeed cult like. The twisted thinking is insane!
I can’t bother with them any longer, they make no sense what so ever and have no reasoned arguments for this travesty.
Cruz is a cheater, that’s the meme, the label, that he is stuck with now....
Yeah, it's too bad he doesn't plan to implement a word of it.
...and you know this how?
And you think Trump is?
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