"No Republican in recent history has managed to cause such controversy and ruffle so many feathers."
Really?
Posted on 10/06/2013 11:20:01 AM PDT by PingPongChampion
Ted Cruz has worked his way up the Republican chain, almost from nowhere. He has made a lot of enemies along the way, there is no doubt about that. No Republican in recent history has managed to cause such controversy and ruffle so many feathers. This could be the type of Republican that the GOP needs to shake off a decade worth of decline and division. America's left-wing media lapdogs may think the Tea Party has faded from conservatism, but they couldn't be more wrong. The Tea Party and Ted Cruz could deliver one of the biggest defeats in Democratic history by uniting the party's factions.
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sounds good to me.
"No Republican in recent history has managed to cause such controversy and ruffle so many feathers."
Really?
The best three things that will when Cruz becomes president:
3. He will sign the total repeal of Obamacare.
2. He will forever consign the Clintons to the dustbin of history.
and the #1 best thing that will happen when Cruz becomes president?
The traitor John McCain will finally switch parties and hopefully take that fag Lindsey Graham with him (if he’s still in office)!
I hope so. I despise rats.
The GOP is facing a true upstart renegade, within their very own party right now.
Go Ted.
Give ‘em heck.
Pay more attention to Cruz, and less attention to McCain and all the rest of the brain-dead zombies who have taken over what used to be a political party.
PS: Buy American.
Hard to lose when the Lord has your back
Cruz Control!
The GOP needs to be put on Cruz Control.
Compare Ted Cruz’s short time in the Senate to Barack Obama’s. There is none.
Unstoppbale him!
The RINOs are going to do to him the same thing they did to Palin: Sit back and let the Treason party attempt to destroy him so they can then prop up another RINO for POTUS.
Maybe the author has a different opinion on the span of time “recent” means.
Too bad for them.
I agree, it will be tried and also, the MSM will try what they have done, it’s just this time it won’t work.
Cruz could be one of many peers if more stood up like him. In essence, he is displaying leadership.
I agree. People are getting carried away. I’m from Texas and would vote for Cruz for President but I’m not unrealistic in discounting every other politician. I’ve seen where Cruz voices true conservatism, I do not note any bills he has passed, the House is who has defunded Obamacare and shut down the government.
I love ‘em both.
I don’t want a legislator to “pass bills” I want them to get rid of Obamacare, red tape for businesses, welfare, political correctness and so much more.
This is exactly what the corrupt "Two-Party Cartel" does at its best.
I get it, well Walker did some of that in Wisconsin, I’m sure Palin did some of those things in Wisconsin. Walker definitely cut down on red tape to start businesses and on the self-employed in Wisconsin. So where has Cruz done any of the things you state? Obamacare still opened up its doors.
I happen to like both Cruz and Palin a lot. It's pretty awesome that Sarah ruffles the feathers of the GOPe, but she has been doing that as a private citizen since she came onto the public national platform.
I completely respect Sarah and would gladly vote for her on any ballot.
However, what Cruz is doing is on an entirely different (and higher in my opinion) level than what she does. He is making all of this noise as a currently sitting US Senator. The amount of flack that he has to take from the democrats is one thing, but to have to continually receive it from fellow "republicans" is another.
Ted Cruz is the man we need these days in Washington. He turns on the lights and the roaches scatter.
I think, too, that the “Tea Party” name should be rather called the “American Tea Party”. It’s too easy for Obama to trivialize “tea” party and bastardize it by crude references to “tea baggers” - not so much if it’s called “American”.
I think you have stated it well, Cruz has shown leadership, leadership of the wants of the Tea Party and many other Republicans and Americans.
Mr. Cruz has been there NINE MONTHS bud. Most people barely have any impact on a new job at that point.
Yes... Many feathers in his feather pillow as he was biting it...
I don’t think the “pass any bills” things matters much to the American people. After all, we elected “Senator short-term” that really had no resume by my recollection and he had a record of voting “present.”
With that said, I will not discount the power of the media and GOP elite to destroy any candidate that threatens them. Unlike FReepers, most Americans are lazy and get their news from the MSM and they will never portray Cruz or any other conservative in a good light. Whoever our nominee is will likely be facing the inevitable first woman Presidency. We hear it all the time on this site - Benghazi will sink her, but do your own polling and ask people that don’t follow politics and they known nothing about it and probably don’t care.
Hope and pray that I am wrong, but I just don’t have that much faith left in the American people and our political process. We are bankrupting our nation and the math is impossible with people that demand what the politicians promised.
McAss will retire in 2016
Well of course that, but...
Get rid of this guy.
You are so negative. Have you thrown in the towel on this country?
I'm not so sure about that. This is only anecdotal, but discussions with a number of otherwise conservative women have convinced me that one significant reason for their dislike of Palin is her beauty. I've heard far too many women dismiss her because of her looks; it's clear that they feel threatened by her, as she is the complete package beautiful: beautiful, charming, intelligent and persuasive.
Right on! Moreover, the enemies Sen. Cruz has made are either traitors, gutless cowards, or both, including the fifth-column MSM political B&Ws.
Have to think that one over, for a while.
Thanks for your feedback.
Ted Cruz Is Doing Something That’s(Unfortunately)UNUSUAL!He’s Doing Just What He Promised His Supporters!!!
Precisely what we need.. More like him that feels more government is not what we need, be an obstructionist, stop everything and everything they can, until it squeaks in Washington..
If someone would just propose that the budget be cut 10% a year for 5 years and let the dust settle.. Find out what we really need to be funded by attrition..
Of what country? Canada? Cruz should not (I can't say “will” not because Obama did it) become president as he is ineligible to the office (Born in Canada). Does the constitution change when we are talking about a REPUBLICAN nominee?
If you support the constitution, (everyone should), then Cruz should not even run for president. Unless Barry was born in Kenya or Canada, Cruz is less eligible than Barry is. At least Obama has a forged birth certificate saying he was born in the USA. Cruz can't even claim that.
Cruz is a great guy. How about Senate majority leader? A VERY powerful position. How about any cabinet post he wants? Chief of staff? Why would he have to be “president” to be relevant?
If any of you REALLY want to know what you are talking about when it comes to NBC, you MUST read this comprehensive and definitive essay on the subject. It is very long, that’s why it’s “comprehensive”.
Amen to that! Bro!
Many of the run-of-the-mill Repubs recognize his leadership and naturally want to follow him rather than Boehner/Graham, etc.
Patience please
Irrational exuberance goeth before a fall
/johnny
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