All Cruz did was deny a unanimous consent. He didn't agree on the issue, therefore, it wasn't unanimous. It wasn't a 100-0 issue, therefore, the result is that the body takes a vote to decide, or resolve it. But because of the body rules that Cruz played no part in making, for the vote to succeed, it required 60 votes, which those who supported the issue would have to gather together if they wanted it to pass.
And somehow, this merits punishment in the establishment's eyes. The idea that the United States Senate should actually vote according to its own rules.
But the dirty little secret is, that these rules have been created specifically so that senators won't have to vote on issues. They can pass legislation by "unanimous consent," that is "both all and none are responsible" for the legislation. Very convenient, especially for senators like McConnell, who hide behind his "conservative" rating but work to pass legislation behind the scenes.
Ted Cruz did nothing but make senators vote, and for that, there's talk of punishment. But punishment won't be had. Oh, too bad!
It did flush out the politicians that do not believe in living within our means. That is a good thing IMHO.
McConnell and Cornyn: clearly part of the problem.
Give me ONE Cruz, as opposed to a thousand McCain’s.
The LEFT (and RINOs) will always tell you who and what they fear.
I'm sure that McCain and his ilk breathed a huge sigh of relief when Helms retired. Until now.
What has our country come to, when they moan about "no tools" to "punish" a Senator for speaking his mind, and look at the floor when somebody mentions Zero's uncountable Constitutional outrages.
McDemocRat acting like a liberal has done more to hurt the GOP. FU McAmnesty and the horse you rode in on. Filthy f’n DemocRat.
Totalitarians have no shortage of tactics or “tools” to plunder. They can get a majority and vote for it. Thanks Ted Cruz.
It is not his tactics that make them angry.
It is his principles.
Cruz shaking up the old ‘status quo’, making these politicians accountable for votes, not allowing them to hide in the ‘herd’ ..... love it.
How dare Cruz expose the cowards for what they are!
McQueeg is POed because he (and Flake) was exposed as the cockroach he is, as he was flushed out from under the rock. The worst place for a Senator to be is voting for cloture, then voting against the subsequent bill. The classic Kerry "I voted for it before I voted against it." Every time a Senator does that it pulls the mask back just a little bit more.
Now, citizens of AZ will be able to ask either Senator in a town hall, "Senator, why did you vote for this bad deal, then vote against it? If you didn't like the bill, then why would you vote for it in the first place?" They will, too. Despite Sarah Palin's foolishly trashing the AZ state Party for showing some guts and Censuring McQueeg, the kind of people who go to town halls will be emboldened.
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"If the liberal you're arguing with doesn't become speechless with sputtering, impotent rage, you're not doing it right. People don't get angry when lies are told about them; they get angry when the truth is told about them. If you are not being called outrageous by liberals, you're not being outrageous enough. Start with the maximum assertion about liberals and then push the envelope, because as we know, their evil is incalculable... Nothing too extreme can be said about liberals, because it's all true. (Ann Coulter, How to talk to a liberal (if you must), 2004, p. 12)
They seem actually upset that Cruz embarrassed the lilly livered poltroon RINOs.
The world wonders why.
Keep it Up Cruz, God Bless Ya!
The real story in my mind is that there are thousands of lying, propaganda spreading writers like this Kathleen Hunter. They are willing tools for the left that craft endless articles of half truths and outright lies in order to enrich themselves at the expense of freedom.
They’re active, lying participants in destroying people’s lives and they know it. I don’t understand how they get away with it? How are they not ridiculed and shunned everywhere they go? Are they part of a secret hidden society?I have known one “journalist” in my life and he quit the business years ago.
There isn’t one person in the press I would spit on if they were on fire. They’re liars that are actively destroying the America we’ve always know and they should be ridiculed wherever they go.
First of all, they believe Cruz should be “punished”. I’d love to see McCain punished for crimes committed when he was in the navy.
Second, the republican leaders wanted it to move forward with just democratic votes. Then why vote with them, McCain and McConnell? What they did was make it BI-PARTISAN! If the gop does not change I will never vote again.
McCain is the Left’s go to name for “Republican” anchors of “rationality”.
They loved him so much they voted for him in the 2000 GOP primary.
They even voted for him in the 2008 primary. Democrats were on McCain’s presidential campaign team as far back as 2006. Of course, after he got the GOP nomination, they switched teams to work for the Obama campaign (and knew the innerworkings and contacts within the GOP campaign).
Stalinsts lie. Always.
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