Ted Cruz: Can't touch this

[BornRuff]

Why?

The MSM doesn't like this boy(Cruz) so they have to keep him from being heard.


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If they had asked a question and cut it because they didn't like the answer, that would be one thing, but the only issue here is Ted's inability to stay on topic.

They didn't ask "can you please eat up 2 minutes of air time with a rant about Obama?", they said "Will you run for president?". He even tried a second time to get him to answer the question.

When going on these shows, the deal isn't that you can just yell out anything that you feel like saying regardless of the topic at hand and expect them to disseminate it for you.

 

[Walter]

Walter FOAD. I am out of here. Your disgusting tripe is more than I can handle.

You must vote NDP.

 

[Walter]

He tells it like it is.

Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama - WSJ.com

 

[BornRuff]

He tells it like it is.

Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama - WSJ.com

It would be easier to take him seriously if he was not so actively involved in making the US Congress as dysfunctional as it currently is.

The guy is more than happy to do serious damage to the US just to make political stands that he knows he cannot win. At this point it would be irresponsible not to explore every legal option available that would avoid leaving the fate of the US up to people like this who want to burn the US to the ground.

 

[Walter]

It would be easier to take him seriously if he was not so actively involved in making the US Congress as dysfunctional as it currently is.

The guy is more than happy to do serious damage to the US just to make political stands that he knows he cannot win. At this point it would be irresponsible not to explore every legal option available that would avoid leaving the fate of the US up to people like this who want to burn the US to the ground.

What damage has he done?

 

[BornRuff]

What damage has he done?

All of the turmoil that he caused leading the push to not fund the government or raise the debt ceiling when he knew that there was 0 chance that he would get what he was demanding.

If he is going to utilize every legal trick available to him, regardless of the repressions for the American people, why would Obama not also use every legal option to try to help people?

 

[Walter]

All of the turmoil that he caused leading the push to not fund the government or raise the debt ceiling when he knew that there was 0 chance that he would get what he was demanding.

If he is going to utilize every legal trick available to him, regardless of the repressions for the American people, why would Obama not also use every legal option to try to help people?

No damage then.

 

[pgs]

All of the turmoil that he caused leading the push to not fund the government or raise the debt ceiling when he knew that there was 0 chance that he would get what he was demanding.

If he is going to utilize every legal trick available to him, regardless of the repressions for the American people, why would Obama not also use every legal option to try to help people?

Sounds like what his electorate sent him to Washington for .

 

[BornRuff]

Sounds like what his electorate sent him to Washington for .

Sure. In the same vein though, Obama was sent to Washington to do certain things too. If guys like Cruz are going to use ever legal loophole to stall and frustrate the legislative process, people like Obama are going to have to utilize all legal options available to them to get around this.

No damage then.

Standard and Poor's pegged the cost of the government shutdown at 24 billion dollars, and that was just one of his adventures.

 

[pgs]

Sure. In the same vein though, Obama was sent to Washington to do certain things too. If guys like Cruz are going to use ever legal loophole to stall and frustrate the legislative process, people like Obama are going to have to utilize all legal options available to them to get around this.



Standard and Poor's pegged the cost of the government shutdown at 24 billion dollars, and that was just one of his adventures.

One man shut down the government ? The Democrat dominated Senate had no part in the shutdown ? The President himself had no part in the debacle ?

 

[BornRuff]

One man shut down the government ? The Democrat dominated Senate had no part in the shutdown ? The President himself had no part in the debacle ?

He emerged as the leader of the movement.

The US has a terrible political structure that allows fringe groups to bring the government to a halt pretty easily.

What could the senate do? The clowns in the house were demanding that Obamacare be killed, which was pretty much the central issue that America voted on just a year earlier. Even if the senate wanted to agree to that, Obama would have vetoed the bill.

It is ridiculous that voters can elect a Democratic Senate and a Democratic President, yet a group of people in the house can demand that the central issue of their platform be scrapped or they will shut the government down.

The fact that it can be done is one thing, but to actually go through with it is really disgusting politics.

 

[gopher]

But at least he showed a lot of imagination in writing a children's coloring book.

 

[pgs]

He emerged as the leader of the movement.

The US has a terrible political structure that allows fringe groups to bring the government to a halt pretty easily.

What could the senate do? The clowns in the house were demanding that Obamacare be killed, which was pretty much the central issue that America voted on just a year earlier. Even if the senate wanted to agree to that, Obama would have vetoed the bill.

It is ridiculous that voters can elect a Democratic Senate and a Democratic President, yet a group of people in the house can demand that the central issue of their platform be scrapped or they will shut the government down.

The fact that it can be done is one thing, but to actually go through with it is really disgusting politics.

So you think government should live beyond it's means and keep printing money , lowering the standard of living for it's citizens and leaving that debt to future citizens ?

 

[taxslave]

So you think government should live beyond it's means and keep printing money , lowering the standard of living for it's citizens and leaving that debt to future citizens ?

There are other places the government could cut spending besides healthcare for the citizens. Like military misadventures around the world. Paying farmers not to grow certain crops.

 

[pgs]

There are other places the government could cut spending besides healthcare for the citizens. Like military misadventures around the world. Paying farmers not to grow certain crops.

Sure but where are these proposed cuts ? And who proposed them ?

 

[BornRuff]

So you think government should live beyond it's means and keep printing money , lowering the standard of living for it's citizens and leaving that debt to future citizens ?

That is an asinine question, so we are just going to ignore that for now.

Regardless of personal beliefs on certain issues, the issue here is really about democracy. The people gave a clear mandate to Obama and the Senate to implement The Affordable Care Act but a relatively small group decided to hold the entire nation hostage, trying to ruin everyone financially if they didn't get to impose their ideas on everyone else.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

That is an asinine question, so we are just going to ignore that for now.

Ignoring false dichotomies and other logical fallacies is generally a good idea.

 

[pgs]

That is an asinine question, so we are just going to ignore that for now.

Regardless of personal beliefs on certain issues, the issue here is really about democracy. The people gave a clear mandate to Obama and the Senate to implement The Affordable Care Act but a relatively small group decided to hold the entire nation hostage, trying to ruin everyone financially if they didn't get to impose their ideas on everyone else.

Yup the Unaffordable care act . Passed 100% by Democrats in the Senate with not one Republican onboard. Partisan politics much.
And what was so asinine about my question ? It is exactly what you want Cruz and his colleagues to do . And it goes against the wishes of his voters. Kind of hard to be reelected if you p--- off your base .

Ignoring false dichotomies and other logical fallacies is generally a good idea.

So continuing to run deficit financing has no negative consequences ? How is that credit card debt working for you ?

 

[BornRuff]

Yup the Unaffordable care act . Passed 100% by Democrats in the Senate with not one Republican onboard. Partisan politics much.

These sound like direct quotes from Fox News. What exactly is your point?

And what was so asinine about my question ? It is exactly what you want Cruz and his colleagues to do . And it goes against the wishes of his voters. Kind of hard to be reelected if you p--- off your base .

No, they are just talking points that his people use.

He certainly has a responsibility to advocate for the people who voted for him, but normally that is within reasonable ethical guidelines. Shutting the entire government down over an issue that you know you can't win is way outside of that.

 

[DaSleeper]