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Scarborough on Cruz: 'One Thing Being Outsider, Another Being Pariah'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 01/18/2016 6:12:58 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

"If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." That's how Harry Truman downplayed the importance of friendships in politics. But at a certain point, do poor personal relations impede a president's ability to get things done?

On today's Morning Joe, after rolling a clip in which Donald Trump called Ted Cruz a disliked and "very nasty guy" who can't make deals, a discussion ensued as to whether Cruz's personality would be an impediment to his effectiveness as president. Joe Scarborough was particularly harsh in his assessement, saying "it's one thing being an outsider; it's another thing being a pariah."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; joescarborough; outsiderorpariah; tedcruz
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To: jpsb

go with your TARP Stimulus boi - you did just get schlonged - I turned your very own argument back on you about 100 to 1.


41 posted on 01/18/2016 7:06:08 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: mac_truck

One thing for certain....he’s certainly not a conservative.

http://www.heritageactionscorecard.com/members


42 posted on 01/18/2016 7:10:27 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: Hatteras

Haha! Um, hello, Joe? Being an outcast of either party in D.C. these days is a good thing, Joe.


How do you advance your issue when you hold a Senate hearing (like Cruz did on Global Warming) and nobody shows up because they don’t like you? That’s not how you win. Cruz’s selfish and endless beltway theater campaigning for POTUS has alienated him from the entire Senate. Every. Single. Senator. That’s not how you build coalitions and win political battles.


43 posted on 01/18/2016 7:12:03 AM PST by lodi90
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I turned your very own argument back on you about 100 to 1. LOL

I usually to not argue with the deranged, but I will point out that Ted Cruz cheer leaded Fast Track Authority on trade for Zero. TPA was what Goldman Sacks (GS) wanted and Ted Cruz made sure that GS got it.

Ted Cruz 16: Golden Sacks values.

44 posted on 01/18/2016 7:12:04 AM PST by jpsb (Whar)
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To: lodi90; Hatteras

Morning Joe said that Ted Cruz could not get a single senator go alone with him on calling for a floor vote. If that is true then Cruz has royally pissed of every senator in the US Senate. Even Mike Lee.


45 posted on 01/18/2016 7:15:40 AM PST by jpsb (Whar)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I think the “very nasty guy” remark pushed me back to Cruz. Anyone who has seen Cruz and his kids knows he isn’t nasty. Trump in the mirror.


46 posted on 01/18/2016 7:17:15 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: jpsb

Cruz 16: Golden Sachs values, eh.


Heidi is in hiding. Not a word from her since the Cruzman Sachs stories broke. LOL.


47 posted on 01/18/2016 7:19:29 AM PST by lodi90
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To: jpsb

Morning Joe said that Ted Cruz could not get a single senator go alone with him on calling for a floor vote. If that is true then Cruz has royally pissed of every senator in the US Senate. Even Mike Lee.


Exactly. How is Cruz going to build a coalition to save babies from PP butchery when everybody hates him? Not going to happen.


48 posted on 01/18/2016 7:23:05 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90

“eh” is is what a Cannuk puts at the end of every sentence correct?


49 posted on 01/18/2016 7:24:12 AM PST by jpsb (Whar)
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To: traderrob6
One thing for certain....he's certainly not a conservative.

And the conservative position was to vote to cut the crop insurance subsidy, which makes Cruz's flip that much more interesting.

50 posted on 01/18/2016 7:28:24 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Quote:

“Amazing how Trump and his trumpanzees can’t understand this all of a sudden.....amazing what a fan boi crush will do to reason and logic aint’ it?”

“Trumpanzees.” “Trump leftists.” You suck at winning people over to your side.


51 posted on 01/18/2016 7:33:37 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: TTFlyer

Ted Cruz = Dead Man Walking.


52 posted on 01/18/2016 7:42:18 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Maybe, maybe not but I sure don’t get the personal attacks on supporters of either Trump or Cruz. I think most conservatives like them both and would vote for either one.


53 posted on 01/18/2016 7:52:25 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: TTFlyer

not my job, not my intent. My intention is to use the truth to embarrass the idiots.


54 posted on 01/18/2016 7:56:39 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: TTFlyer

rich, a trumpanzee complaining of insults. Really really rich. Does the irony escape you?

of course it does


55 posted on 01/18/2016 7:57:30 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Cruz doesn’t want to “make deals,” Joey. He wants to stand on principle. There’s a difference.

Also - even if he *wanted* to make deals, it’s pretty hard when your lying Republican leadership stands in your way the whole time.


56 posted on 01/18/2016 7:58:48 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: Zenjitsuman

Can you believe Donald Trump swindled all those people with that Trump University scam?


57 posted on 01/18/2016 7:59:50 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: TTFlyer

Cruz is not a Conservative. He is a Conservative Imposter. Conservatives don’t take and conceal loans from Goldman Sachs and Citibank. He is a Wall Street and Trial Lawyer Puppet.


58 posted on 01/18/2016 8:02:46 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Quote:

“not my job, not my intent. My intention is to use the truth to embarrass the idiots.”

Irony? BTW, shove it.


59 posted on 01/18/2016 8:03:43 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: PghBaldy

‘To be fair to Ted, no one likes Obama. Democrats even admit it. Still, BO gets things done.’

Two points. First, not even Dems like Obama, but they love his agenda. I.e.: he’s not in opposition to one thing the Reid/Pelosi wing of his party is pushing; he’s with them and they’re with him.

Second, the whole pen and a phone routine was Obama’s way of dealing with his isolation and unpopularity. He merely governs via a bazillion EOs.


60 posted on 01/18/2016 8:05:16 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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