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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:49 AM Oct 2013

Texans Stick With Cruz Despite Defeat in Washington

HOUSTON — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas and the face of the angry right, has been criticized, lambasted and lampooned for putting the nation through a 16-day government shutdown and the prospect of a financial default.

Bloomberg Businessweek put him on its cover as a mad hatter who defines how “crazy is the new normal.” Representative Peter T. King, a Republican from New York, has said Republican leaders need to go after Mr. Cruz and accused him of bringing the country “to the edge of ruin.”

In Texas, it is a different story.

Drivers speeding down a busy highway about 70 miles outside Houston have been greeted with two blunt messages that Bruce Labay put up at his oil field services business. One declared that Mr. Labay was tired of softhearted Republicans, though he used a more colorful adjective. The other read, “We Need More Republicans Like Ted Cruz.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/us/politics/texans-stick-with-cruz-despite-defeat-in-washington.html

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Texans Stick With Cruz Despite Defeat in Washington (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2013 OP
That's depressing. Long standing problem: voters want to get rid of other people's representatives. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #1
God, I hate those fucking rednecks. nt Lucky Luciano Oct 2013 #2
There's just no fix for stupid. SmittynMo Oct 2013 #3

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
3. There's just no fix for stupid.
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 09:36 AM
Oct 2013

The good part? Most of them are in Texas. And they're GOP friendly. Now if we can just convince them to wear a sign.

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