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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts) Mon Dec 7, 2015, 05:52 AM Dec 2015

Anyone but Ted Cruz

DEC. 2, 2015
Frank Bruni

... Another Bush 2000 alumnus said to me: “Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.”

His three signature moments in the Senate have been a florid smearing of Chuck Hagel with no achievable purpose other than attention for Ted Cruz, a flamboyant rebellion against Obamacare with no achievable purpose other than attention for Ted Cruz, and a fiery protest of federal funding for Planned Parenthood with no achievable purpose other than attention for Ted Cruz. Notice any pattern?

Asked about Cruz at a fund-raiser last spring, John Boehner responded by raising a lone finger — the middle one.

More recently, Senate Republicans denied Cruz a procedural courtesy that’s typically pro forma ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/opinion/anyone-but-ted-cruz.html?_r=0

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Anyone but Ted Cruz (Original Post) struggle4progress Dec 2015 OP
Sooo... maybe he's a better choice than bad hair/big mouth to insure us a win... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #1
better than the other guy isn't good enough anymore bowens43 Dec 2015 #2

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1. Sooo... maybe he's a better choice than bad hair/big mouth to insure us a win...
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Mon Dec 7, 2015, 06:58 AM
Dec 2015

I can't think of any of that crew that I would feel even marginally comfortable with in the White House, so the strategy of them having a guaranteed loser in the race is tempting.

Tempting, but dangerous-- I wonder if the country could survive another Shrub...

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