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Is Ted Cruz the modern Jesse Helms?
15 Feb 2014
| US Navy Vet
Posted on 02/15/2014 6:24:17 PM PST by US Navy Vet
I was thinking about this the other day.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: jessehelms; tedcruz; texas
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
He claimed to personally like Biden. Before the plugs.
To: onyx
To: onyx
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:43:33 PM PST
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Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: US Navy Vet
Why in the world would you say that? Have you been hitting the bottle again?
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:48:17 PM PST
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Nifster
To: Alamo-Girl
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:51:49 PM PST
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onyx
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To: Jane Long
God bless and keep him and all who support him.
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:52:16 PM PST
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onyx
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To: onyx
Amen!
Don't Tread on Ted!
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02/15/2014 7:53:38 PM PST
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Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
I wish he would endorse one of RINO Cornyn’s primary opponents. Cornyn needs to go to a runoff and lose so I don’t have to hold my nose when I vote in November.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:05:36 PM PST
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lormand
(Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
To: onyx
I’m all for Ted Cruz running for higher office. He’s my candidate.
To: Alamo-Girl
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02/15/2014 8:14:40 PM PST
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onyx
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02/15/2014 8:15:12 PM PST
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onyx
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To: US Navy Vet
Helms sure made Ted Kennedy squirm.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:22:44 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Vigilanteman
Hatch fell in love with Ted Kennedy.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:24:21 PM PST
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VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: US Navy Vet
Cruz is defining a new standard.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:41:13 PM PST
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Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: US Navy Vet
AND JUST WHY NOT!? See #7.
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02/15/2014 9:36:39 PM PST
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Steely Tom
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To: US Navy Vet
No. In short, Helms had a plan (whether you agreed with it or not). He was always working to that end goal. Cruz just rolls grenades in a room. While I’m all about shaking things up, that’s all he’s about. He’s not a leader and has no plan short of the moment. I know it is not the majority opinion here, but I am singularly unimpressed with Cruz. He’s way too frat-boy.
To: RIghtwardHo
"...He (Helms) was always working to that end goal..." Yes, and he was a master parliamentarian who could use procedure rules to tie his opposition in knots. Helms was the most conservative man in the Senate and yet managed to get reelected time and again in the least conservative Old South state. The 1984 Senate race matched the two-term Helms vs. the two-term Governor Jim Hunt. Hunt was favored but Helms won with the help of strategy masters Tom Ellis and Carter Wrenn and the strong Reagan reelection campaign. That NC Senate race was the most expensive in US history up to that time even over those in more populous states.
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02/15/2014 11:56:27 PM PST
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Monterrosa-24
( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
To: onyx
Fantastic! I almost have to pinch myself, watching Ted Cruz’ magnificence.
Can you imagine if we had just two or three more like him in the Senate? The mind boggles.
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posted on
02/16/2014 12:28:02 AM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: US Navy Vet
No! Cruz is CRUZ! He has his own place in history and it’s only just begun! I was proud to help elect him. He’s a breath of fresh air in that cesspool of DC...
To: RIghtwardHo
I know it is not the majority opinion here, but I am singularly unimpressed with Cruz.I totally disagree. Cruz is doing as I would. Fight the establishment at every turn. I would imagine many of the founding fathers would do the same if not just take up arms and rebel!!
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"...He (Helms) was always working to that end goal..." Yes, and he was a master parliamentarian who could use procedure rules to tie his opposition in knots. Helms was the most conservative man in the Senate and yet managed to get reelected time and again in the least conservative Old South state. The 1984 Senate race matched the two-term Helms vs. the two-term Governor Jim Hunt. Hunt was favored but Helms won with the help of strategy masters Tom Ellis and Carter Wrenn and the strong Reagan reelection campaign. That NC Senate race was the most expensive in US history up to that time even over those in more populous states.