Cruz: Verdict On McConnell ‘Is Ultimately A Decision For The Voters In Kentucky’

Washington CBS Local ^ | February 13, 2014 8:52 AM

[SoConPubbie]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz sat with eyes glued to his mobile device as the chaos he provoked ensnared his Republican leaders on the Senate floor.

Legislation to raise the nation’s borrowing authority with no strings attached was short of the 60 votes it needed to advance — a threshold Cruz demanded — and without a few conversions, Republicans would be blamed for its failure. The stock market was watching.

[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[Howie66]

It’s not just McConnell, either. There are several others that need to be dealt with. Lindsey Graham and John Wayne McCornyn to name a couple of the most obvious.

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Once again Ted Cruz has done the Lord’s Work in exposing the RINOs of the Republic. Now it is up to the People to see what they have elected to serve them.

[Jane Long]

Trap. Set. Boom!!

Go Sen Cruz!!

[mrsmel]

You can bet the lapdog traitors are pizzed at Cruz, and looking for a way to make him pay. We need to keep that in mind when phoney scandals start breaking.

[Bayan]

If we spent half the energy and emotion on defeating Democrats that we spend on punishing less than pure Republicans we wouldn’t have the current abominations in the White House and Senate.

Reagan also said, The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally – not a 20 percent traitor.”

[VRWCarea51]

It’s not just McConnell, either. There are several others that need to be dealt with. Lindsey Graham and John Wayne McCornyn to name a couple of the most obvious.

Cornyn took a big hit Yesterday. I suspect so did Little Bitchy McConnell. They just don't know it. Go take a peek at Cornyn's Facebook Page. The comments are priceless!

[VRWCarea51]

They should rename John Cornyn to.

John Kerry Cornyn.

He was for it before he was against it...

[cuban leaf]

Yes it is. And I am very much savoring this experience. :)

[jeffc]

...Republicans would be blamed for its failure.

"blamed"?

No, there's no spin at the alphabet networks.....
/S

[ifinnegan]

You’re quotes are great and your point is good.

Except, I’m not sure the issue is one of agreeing.

There seems to always be 99% agreement.

[SoConPubbie]

Reagan also said, The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally – not a 20 percent traitor.”

That is only half the story where Reagan is concerned, and I think you know it.

Reagan was adamantly opposed, and publically stated it, to moderates being in charge of the leadership of the GOP.

“Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pastels, but bold colors, which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?” - Ronald Reagan Speech to CPAC, March 1, 1975

[Norm Lenhart]

They know it. And they will slash/burn/salt the earth on the way out just to have their revenge.

Of course some will say we need to reelect them “No matter what”.

[mrsmel]

In what way?

[SoConPubbie]

"■I don’t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party” – when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the difference between ourselves and our opponents" - Ronald Reagan Speech to CPAC, March 1, 1975

[COBOL2Java]

Is that what you call statist Republicans, "less than pure"? Republicans who would slit your throat and kill this nation just so they can get a chance to hold the reins of a powerful centralized Federal government? Republicans who have thoroughly trampled every one of Reagan's principles and sold their souls to the powers in Washington DC? These are "less than pure"? These statists do NOT want to return us to a constitutional government.

Sure, keep on voting for these Repubicans and enjoy your incremental slide into America's death. "Less than pure" - I could throw up.

[ilgipper]

So you are cool with McConnell’s brand of leadership and his complete capitation to Obama’s agenda?

[Bayan]

Sure, keep on losing. See how that works out for you.

[SoConPubbie]

“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.” - Ronald Reagan Speech to CPAC, March 1, 1975