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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:45 AM Oct 2013

Harry Reid re: Ted Cruz: "If This Man Can Get Nomination For President, I Pity The Republican Party"

"Ted Cruz, well, he proved he has a great fundraising operation," Reid said. "But you don't have to have Harry Reid criticizing him. Republicans criticized him. What do you think that vote was last night from Republicans? That was a message to Ted Cruz: 'What the hell are you doing?'… He is a laughing stock to everybody but him. What has he accomplished other than raising some money for president? And if this man can get the nomination to be the Republican nominee for president, I pity the Republican Party.

"Ted Cruz is smart," Reid added. "He has always been able to talk down to people. He is now in the Senate. People are as smart as he is. He can't talk down to anyone anymore. But he has still not accepted that in his own head. He still thinks he's smarter than everybody else. He might be able to work a calculus problem better than I can. But he can't legislate better than I can."


way more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/harry-reid-vitter_n_4118512.html

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Harry Reid re: Ted Cruz: "If This Man Can Get Nomination For President, I Pity The Republican Party" (Original Post) kpete Oct 2013 OP
Give em hell Harry! yellowcanine Oct 2013 #1
I can't wait until the 6'3" Cory Booker BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #2
Cruz's camp douche nozzle talk Botany Oct 2013 #3
That's something else all in cruz's head. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2013 #8
That's Enema Nozzle... whttevrr Oct 2013 #15
Well said, Mr. Majority Leader. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #4
Ted Cruz killed the pretense of friendship Southside Oct 2013 #5
Ted Cruz is a destructive pest who has done not one thing positive jsr Oct 2013 #6
Why is Reid being so nice to Cruz, calling him smart? Coyotl Oct 2013 #7
Cruz is the best thing for the Democrats since Dan Quayle. Nanjing to Seoul Oct 2013 #9
Way better than Dan Quayle for the Dems! maddiemom Oct 2013 #13
PNAC signatory Nanjing to Seoul Oct 2013 #14
Yeah, but in Dan's defense, he thought he was signing up for free peanuts. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #19
He's no different than Bachmann in that they both have the uncanny ability to win straw polls. Gore1FL Oct 2013 #10
He'll be on stage debating, no doubt. No way he'll get the nod. toby jo Oct 2013 #11
Prediction: He'll run, get blown out of the primaries, and will run as a third-party..... lastlib Oct 2013 #18
His entire raison d'etre is making money for himself. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #20
Go Harry! Liberalynn Oct 2013 #12
I'm lovin' me some Harry. SpankMe Oct 2013 #16
cruz succeeded in destroying over 20billion $ of wealth samsingh Oct 2013 #17
NO DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #21
I would think people saw just how crazy this guy would be if in the WH Lifelong Dem Oct 2013 #22
I'm liking this. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #23

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
1. Give em hell Harry!
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:52 AM
Oct 2013

"I never give them (Republicans) hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell."

-Harry Truman

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)
2. I can't wait until the 6'3" Cory Booker
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:53 AM
Oct 2013

looks down on, "talks down to", busts a move against, AND runs that sniveling ass out of the Senate chambers - particularly since he has many more credentials than that Canadian-born douche.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
3. Cruz's camp douche nozzle talk
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:02 AM
Oct 2013

Sean Rushton, a spokesman for Cruz, responded that the Cruz "remains focused on making Washington
listen to the people who are being harmed by Obamacare."

The A.C.A. just went into effect what damage is he talking about?

Southside

(338 posts)
5. Ted Cruz killed the pretense of friendship
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:06 AM
Oct 2013

In politics and in the legal field I'm always amazed at the discourse between adversaries. You will hear "My learned and distinguished colleague" or "My friend across the aisle" all that pretense is dropped when it comes to Ted Cruz. He shows no respect for decorum even though he graduated from Harvard Law and went to Princeton. Rude and crass is his game as the Washington bully. If he wants a street fight I put my money on Harry Reid. If he wants an intellectual fight I put my money on Pelosi, Reid, Barak Obama and Senator Schumer.

Give them Hell Senator Reid.

Also, Cruz will be on the 2016 presidential ballot, as a Republican or as a 3rd candidate, I am betting on that.

Gore1FL

(21,132 posts)
10. He's no different than Bachmann in that they both have the uncanny ability to win straw polls.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:29 AM
Oct 2013

Past that, he doesn't stand a chance--especially after his shutdown shenanigans.

lastlib

(23,244 posts)
18. Prediction: He'll run, get blown out of the primaries, and will run as a third-party.....
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 11:01 AM
Oct 2013

...and get annihilated. And claim a "GREAT VICTORY!" His colossal fat-ass ego will demand it.

Baghdad Bob, you've met your match.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
20. His entire raison d'etre is making money for himself.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:07 PM
Oct 2013

He saw that Cain, Bachmann, Palin, Gingrich, Santorum all personally cleaned up and made millions off of their rube supporters, even though none ever had any real chance of getting the nomination.

These people do not really give a shit if they ever get elected anymore, they see running for the Republican presidential nomination as strictly a money-making scheme for them.

Cruz is all about getting himself wealthy. He says things that he knows will rile up the ignorati that dwell in the dark corners of his political party, and who then shower money on the loudest mouth.

Cruz is running a Palinesque con game. See how quickly Palin recognized glomming onto Cruz as her ticket to another shot at the Big Con.


Cruz/Palin, third party. Millions of dollars to be made.

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
16. I'm lovin' me some Harry.
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:50 AM
Oct 2013

I really like it when high profile Dem leaders really call out the crackpots on the other side with frank language.

In the past, this was not done that often, because you really had to portray some kindness and unity among everyone in congress - regardless of party. It was just part of the protocol. ("I strongly disagree with my colleague, the honorable gentleman from...".)

But, in today's environment the Republicans have gone so far off the rails and have elected such extreme, anti-government, anti-American candidates into office, that it's finally time for the gloves to come off.

The Dems should be hammering harder than ever, right on through the 2016 election. Reason: we need at least another 6-8 years to repair the Supreme Court. We need to replace our aging libs with young libs, and when Scalia and Thomas have their debilitating heart attacks we need to swap them out with justices who are more sympathetic to the people and the rule of law and less sympathetic to the Tea Party.

samsingh

(17,599 posts)
17. cruz succeeded in destroying over 20billion $ of wealth
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 10:50 AM
Oct 2013

hurt millions of people, emboldened enemies abroad, told the world that the maybe US leadership abroad is not a standard

he obliterated more wealth that he could have saved through his draconian cuts.

 

Lifelong Dem

(344 posts)
22. I would think people saw just how crazy this guy would be if in the WH
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 06:56 PM
Oct 2013
"What has he accomplished other than raising some money for president?"
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