Posted on 09/29/2015 12:20:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Why, god? Why?
Don't look now–I mean it. Don't look, for the love of god!–but the Republicans in the United States Senate just guaranteed Ted Cruz's presidential campaign a huge boost among those anonymous hayshaking Bible-bangers who are the only Republicans who matter to that effort. And the way you know that is the fact that, in response, Ted Cruz got up on the floor of the Senate and brought the temple down on his head.
After the Senate voted to end debate on a resolution to fund the government, Cruz tried to procedural move to bring up one that wouldn't fund Planned Parenthood. His colleagues blocked him, even though senators are routinely granted votes on such measures even if they're destined to fail. In other words, it's a swift parliamentary smack in the face. Once the dust settled around 6:15 p.m., Cruz dug in for more than hour of his classic hits on D.C., channeling his base's "volcanic" frustration with Republican congressional leadership via Planned Parenthood, the Iran nuclear deal and the Barack Obama administration. "I will give President Obama and the Senate Democrats credit," said Cruz. "They are willing to crawl over broken glass with a knife between their teeth to fight for [their] principles. Unfortunately, leadership on my side of the aisle does not demonstrate the same commitment…The people who show up at the polls, who elected you and me, and who elected this Republican majority, far too many of the Republican donors look down on those voters as a bunch of ignorant hicks and rubes…It wasn't too long ago when the Washington Cartel was able to mask it all with a show vote or two, and they'd tell the rubes back home, 'See, we voted on it, we just don't have the votes."
Right now, the Tailgunner appears to be in the same position vis a vis his colleagues as was Fred Van Ackerman, the fanatic senator in Allen Drury's Advise And Consent. This, of course, does not matter a damn. Cruz's target audience does not include Mitch McConnell or John Cornyn. His target audience is made up of a couple hundred anonymous preachers in and around Iowa, and some hardcore gun-fondlers in New Hampshire. What is a republic to do when the best move that a candidate of one of its two political parties can make to get elected is to trash as best he can every institution of that republic, including the leadership of his own party? Where in the hell does that leave the rest of us?
By denying Tailgunner Ted a chance to make his motion, thereby prompting the shower of spittle in which its courage was completely impugned, what is chucklingly called the Republican Leadership in the Senate made what amounts to be an in-kind contribution to the Cruz '16 campaign. Hell, they all but wrote his next attack ad for him.
True,if you are a commie lover.Learn your history.
The climax came when McCarthy slandered an associate of the Army’s chief counsel, Joseph Welch. Welch fixed McCarthy with a steady glare and declared evenly, “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness…Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?” A stunned McCarthy listened as the packed audience exploded into cheers and applause.
McCarthy’s days as a political power were effectively over. A few weeks later, the Army hearings dribbled to a close with little fanfare and no charges were upheld against the Army by the committee. In December 1954, the Senate voted to censure McCarthy for his conduct. Three years later, having become a hopeless alcoholic, he died.
there aint nothin’ behind those eyes but stupid.
And he died having been right as history shows. Sometimes doing the right thing means doing so alone with your own ‘party’ attacking you.
I agree.
Besides sleepy sadsack from Esquire Tailrammer Chuck.
You can bet your last dollar that ted kennedy was on that list.
As if the "journalist" who wrote it would make a flattering reference about a conservative?
The US dodged a bullet when FDR selected Truman to be his VP in 1944. If he had selected Henry Wallace, the fate of Europe would have been much different. Wallace was a communist.
Does he work for Esquire or is that a gay part of his name?
Ted is all these things, but still only VP material.
Cool, thanks Norm
America forgot what being American means.
We’re Bible-thumpers, not Bible-bangers.
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Making it obvious who the establishment goons hate and fear!
Cruz or lose! - (its never been more obvious than today)
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I’m more of a bitter clinger.
The analysis is 100% correct, the anti-Cruz venom however is the usual sour grapes.
Yup, this was an easy win for Cruz, he didn’t have to go through a week of shutdown debate. The spinally challenged outed themselves posthaste.
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>> “”Tail-Gunner Joe” McCarthy. Not a very flattering reference.” <<
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I can’t imagine any senator that I would be more honored to be compared to than Joe McCarthy.
McCarthy was one of very few honorable and honest men to serve in the senate in the 20th century.
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>> “Embrace McCarthyism? Political suicide.” <<
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Do you feel at home here?
There are sites that would welcome your bizarre ideas.
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>> “Ted is all these things, but still only VP material.” <<
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In the mind of a blithering idiot, perhaps.
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>> “Great theater but short on substance and the facts.” <<
In the great empty barn of a feeble marxist mind.
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