Posted on 09/30/2015 1:06:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rand Paul is right: Cruz's career in the Senate is "done for." Once he leaves, he can become a full-time grafter.
Im not sure when it started, but at some point the Republican Party ceded the business of governance to the Democrats. Maybe it began with the Tea Party movement or Fox News or the larger conservative media-industrial complex I honestly dont know. But its clear now that the GOP is no longer a legitimate governing party. A party that allows rank neophytes like Herman Cain and Donald Trump and Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina to run for the highest office in the country has lost its way.
If you look at how the Republican Party operates today, its hard to avoid the conclusion that governing just isnt a priority or internal pressures within the party make it impossible. Instead, the GOP has become what I previously called a self-perpetuating hype machine for conservative political entrepreneurs. Particularly at the national level, Republican candidates and legislators (many of them, at least) show no interest in compromise or serious policymaking, which is what youd expect from a party of and for purists.
While the new GOP has been bad for the country, its been great for political celebrities, people looking to promote their personal brands. Ted Cruz is the most recent and obvious example of this approach to politics. Cruz has been a remarkably ineffective Senator. He has done nothing but bloviate and showboat on the Senate floor. Hes accomplished zero legislatively. His only practical contribution has been to obstruct and draw attention to his martyrdom (read: presidential) campaign.
Ted Cruz will never be elected president. If he manages to win the Republican nomination, hell lose in a landslide to a Democrat, whoever that happens to be....
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
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I told you yesterday that Cruz is the only candidate!
Now Salon has proven it.
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You misspelled Bub Dull.
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‘Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”
Go get’em Ted!
“A party that allows rank neophytes like Herman Cain and Donald Trump and Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina to run for the highest office in the country has lost its way.”
2 black men, a Scot and a woman, plus a Hispanic. Salon is racist, xenophobic and misogynistic.
It’s up to the people of Texas if he remains in the Senate. The people of Texas love Ted Cruz.
F Salon. As a Texas voter, I will make sure I do everything in my power to keep him in the senate, as long as he wants too. Are thse dumbasses at this rag that stupid?
You misspelled Bub Dull.
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There ARE times when I wish FR had “like” buttons. That is funny.
thse = these
“A party that allows rank neophytes like Herman Cain and Donald Trump and Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina to run for the highest office in the country has lost its way”
Apparently Sean Shilling has never been introduced to the Constitution. Especially the eligibility section. :-)
I wish I lived in Texas so I could vote for Ted Cruz. Unfortunately, Linda Graham is my senator. Cruz for Prez in 2016.
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Freegards!
He may not win his presidential bid, but he is far from done. He might be done in the Senate if Trump wins and picks him as VP or AG. If not - he will still get re-elected in Texas, but his talents are being wasted in that bunch of treasonous, sell outs. I think he wants out of the Senate anyway - just my opinion,.
Additionally, it is a bold faced lie easily refuted.
Sean Illing does not seem to know how senators are elected-namely by the people in their home state-not anyone else-and as long as we Texans like the job Ted is doing, we will continue to vote to have him to represent us-and if that pisses liberals off, it is a good thing...
Salon
Good thing we’re not a democracy, then.
Rand better watch out—Ted has powerful friends.
Rand better watch out—Ted has powerful friends.
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