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TexasTowelie

(111,915 posts) Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:10 PM Oct 2015

Ted Cruz Can’t Get Anything Done in the Senate Because No One Likes Him

Today is October 1 and the federal government is still running, meaning that Congress was able to get its act together and pass a bill to keep the lights on–at least for now. Most Americans are happy about this, especially those who rely on the federal government for things like food stamps and salaries. But of course, one person who is unhappy that the government is continuing to run is Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

Cruz was a vocal proponent of holding the federal government hostage unless Congress passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Throwing tantrums like this is one of his favorite things to do, from the government shutdown he orchestrated in 2013, to calling for Republicans to hold IRS funding hostage to force President Obama’s executive action on immigration to be defunded. Ted Cruz’s Senate strategy has always been, “If I can’t have what I want, then nobody else can have anything either.” It’s not a particularly mature way to operate, and Republicans, sick and tired of his antics, are finally beginning to tell him to shut up and sit down.

Senate Republicans have always disliked Cruz, but this time, they barely gave his attempts time of day. Senators John Cornyn and Kelly Ayotte called him out before debate began, with Cornyn calling a potential shutdown a “futile gesture.”

It was even worse for Cruz in the Senate, where his colleagues wouldn’t even grant him a simple symbolic vote on his ridiculous plan earlier this week. From the Dallas Morning News (emphasis added):

After the Senate voted to end debate on a resolution to fund the government, Cruz tried to procedural move to bring up one that wouldn’t fund Planned Parenthood. His colleagues blocked him, even though senators are routinely granted votes on such measures even if they’re destined to fail. In other words, it’s a swift parliamentary smack in the face.

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Ted Cruz Can’t Get Anything Done in the Senate Because No One Likes Him (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2015 OP

Finally, something that Republicans and I can agree on. Marie Marie Oct 2015 #1

Cruz' presidential run is over. MainSt99 Oct 2015 #2

Aawww, Ted Cruz can't get anything done? 3catwoman3 Oct 2015 #3

Ted's So-Called Legislative Triumphs Are A Message Vogon_Glory Oct 2015 #4

Reminds me of John Tower's final days in the Senate. Paladin Oct 2015 #5

John Tower was a Southwestern graduate and member of one of the fraternities TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #7

The whiskey, cigars and isolation definitely resonate. Paladin Oct 2015 #8

I confess. I do not like Ted Cruz. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #6

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

1. Finally, something that Republicans and I can agree on.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:33 PM

Oct 2015

Ted Cruz is simply unlikeable.

MainSt99

(30 posts)

2. Cruz' presidential run is over.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:58 PM

Oct 2015

Evidently the public doesn't like him either. His poll numbers are dropping like a lead balloon..... One of the Republican sociopaths.

[link://https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/09/30/five-reasons-ted-cruz-lost-his-mojo/|

3catwoman3

(23,943 posts)

3. Aawww, Ted Cruz can't get anything done?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:15 AM

Oct 2015

Good!

Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)

4. Ted's So-Called Legislative Triumphs Are A Message

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 09:46 AM

Oct 2015

Ted Cruz's legislative "triumphs" are a message to both the people who automatically vote Republican regardless as well as the people who sat on their backsides and didn't vote in the 2012 election: you get what you voted for, and when you don't vote, you give your power to choose to some clueless whacko.

I wish the results of Ted Cruz's term in the Senate would be enough to inspire a majority of active Texas voters to throw Cruz out of office in 2018, but I fear it won't be.

Paladin

(28,243 posts)

5. Reminds me of John Tower's final days in the Senate.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:33 PM

Oct 2015

When you manage to piss everybody off, even your one-time allies, this is what happens.

I didn't think Texas would ever put a worse scumbag into office than Tower (the word amongst ladies working in the capitol back then was: don't ever get on an elevator with Tower, alone). Cruz has obviously proved me wrong. It's a pleasure to watch him, spiraling downward......

TexasTowelie

(111,915 posts)

7. John Tower was a Southwestern graduate and member of one of the fraternities

Reply to Paladin (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 04:03 PM

Oct 2015

where I had numerous friends. While I was still a student he would back to campus and asked to be left alone in one of the rooms at the frat house with a couple of bottles of whiskey and a box of cigars. The only time he would come out would be to use the bathroom. However, he might have also caught a contact high from the smoke emanating from the other rooms.

He was the only civilian in the fraternity in 1944 and 1945 because that was when the Navy Fighter Training program was steered to Southwestern. I saw his photo in the composites at the frat house.

Paladin

(28,243 posts)

8. The whiskey, cigars and isolation definitely resonate.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 04:14 PM

Oct 2015

He was an odd character.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

6. I confess. I do not like Ted Cruz.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 03:41 PM

Oct 2015

I think he is one weird fucker too.

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