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Ted Cruz Is Winning: Like it or not, it's his party now
The Federalist ^ | February 14, 2014 | David Harsanyi, senior editor

Posted on 02/15/2014 8:38:41 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks so much for the info!

The next President....


41 posted on 02/15/2014 9:11:08 AM PST by datura (Democrat=Communist, GOP=Democrat, TEA=American)
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To: JRandomFreeper

The GOP (Bohner) has sent their fourth survey in three months asking what’s important to me as a loyal Republican.

This survey is the work of fools and an obvious pander for money. The Rinos are in deep trouble and they know it.

My money, along with most conservatives today, goes to individual candidates. Unfortunately, my conservative candidates always loose, and the future of conservativism also appears to be in deep trouble.


42 posted on 02/15/2014 9:11:57 AM PST by caltaxed
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To: Howie66
Did you spend your career in the mess hall?

I spent my last enlistment in the mess hall (properly called a dining facility today), and I can tell you that cooks are smart enough to know that Cruz is doing a great job.

/johnny

43 posted on 02/15/2014 9:12:02 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A look at the age of tea party elected congressman vs. GOPe congressmen will tell that the tea party is a generational shift for the republican party. This is exactly what happened with the 60s generation moved into the democrat party.


44 posted on 02/15/2014 9:12:36 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Sir, with all due respect, read Cruz’s resume posted on this same thread and then just read up on him generally. Your comments in my mind would likely take 1st place if we ever held a contest on Free Republic for THE MOST WRONG POST.........of all time on FR. Congratulations.

I can’t help but wonder if you in truth are just a trolling “Democratic Strategist”.


45 posted on 02/15/2014 9:13:47 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

WOW, such power. In most states it requires Hundreds of thousands.


46 posted on 02/15/2014 9:13:49 AM PST by billhilly (Has Pelosi read it yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; tbw2; Ricebug; parthian shot; mrsmel; infool7; SunshinesStormySummerSon; Ditter; ...

Ted Cruz Ping!

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

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


47 posted on 02/15/2014 9:16:36 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: billhilly
I was one of hundreds of thousands. The point remains, he's doing what I elected him to do. And if you don't like it, pound sand.

/johnny

48 posted on 02/15/2014 9:17:15 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: central_va

“I have no doubt that with a surname like ‘Cruz’ he will one day cave on amnesty.”

Boy! You didn’t even comes close on this one. Ted Cruz is FIRST and FOREMOST an AMERICAN. I happen to KNOW for a fact that the “hyphenated” Latin-American or Highspanic-American is no way acceptable to this true American Patriot.

He will never cave on the AMNESTY issue as he puts our Constitution above political expediency each and every waking moment.


49 posted on 02/15/2014 9:19:36 AM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Powerful and personable. What a combination.


50 posted on 02/15/2014 9:20:03 AM PST by billhilly (Has Pelosi read it yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For me, Cruz is a litmus test for Repubs, similar to Palin.

If they stand with him, or her, I figure they are with me.

And if they attack him, or “damn him with faint praise” then they have exposed themselves as one of the ones who need to be retired. And ignored. And kept far away from the public purse.


51 posted on 02/15/2014 9:21:37 AM PST by marron
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To: billhilly
Are you looking to pick a fight? Or just to hijack the thread?

/johnny

52 posted on 02/15/2014 9:21:38 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
As a career military guy who learned that teamwork builds strength, I view Cruz as a self serving individual, totally void of principle. I would not want a person like this in my unit.

Neither does Mitch McConnell.

Would you rather have him representing you in the Senate? Surely you wouldn't want your unit to be full of "go along to get along" guys who had no interest in fighting the enemy.

53 posted on 02/15/2014 9:23:23 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

I voted for Cruz and will again and again.
Put it this way, if Cruz was in your unit, he’d be the only one arguing about the ROE and making quite a stink when supposed Afghan friends shoot our boys in the back


54 posted on 02/15/2014 9:23:38 AM PST by Undecided 2012
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
As a career military guy who learned that teamwork builds strength...

A serious question... what is your definition of "team" in a pre-17th amendment Senate?

Today's reality is that the "team" is the "party," and the goal is the party agenda, not each state's self-interest.

When each state sent its own chosen Senator instead of electing them, would you still have expected them to form some national "team" at the expense of their state's individual interest?

-PJ

55 posted on 02/15/2014 9:23:44 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Excellent article, and I think it sums up the situation pretty well. If Senators McConnell and Cornyn voted on the debt limit because they felt a costly battle couldn’t be won at this point, then they cannot possibly blame conservatives for being irate about it. Are we to be blamed if we find their motives suspect? I don’t think so.

I can’t speak for anyone other than myself, but I find it very insulting when politicians tell me one thing to my face and then appear to work at cross purposes behind my back. Tell me what you’re really thinking and show me how you’re really my ally, even if it means we can’t win right now, and I’m more likely to respect you.


56 posted on 02/15/2014 9:25:32 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Sodomy and abortion: the only constitutional rights cherished by Democrats.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Okay....I didn’t mean to cast aspersions on the cooks in the mess halls.

Then again, I wouldn’t want to offend the Motor-T guys, either.

Semper Fi.


57 posted on 02/15/2014 9:25:35 AM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
This guy is the same kind of publicity hound as Chucky Schumer. His only agenda is the advancement of Ted Cruz.

I start to worry when I see this kind of undermining sabotage on our guys start up again. I think that kind of attack-from-within is what gave us Romney for a candidate last go-around.

I especially worry when the post is absolutely untrue. Cruz has guts and is saying everything that I believe. He's fighting the D.C. establishment and God love him for it, a true hero in my books.

58 posted on 02/15/2014 9:27:38 AM PST by Kenny
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
What Cruz has accomplished is nothing short of spectacular.

He has single handedly put the business as usual crowd on their collective asses and turned the system on it's head and is laying waste to the status quo, armed with nothing but principle and courage.

He is Sampson with a jawbone destroying the Philistines. A political Rambo.


59 posted on 02/15/2014 9:29:01 AM PST by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

"I view Cruz as a self serving individual, totally void of principle"

Project much there, Old Retired Army Guy?...

60 posted on 02/15/2014 9:30:52 AM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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