Here’s some hope for change.
ANCHORAGE — Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of the midterms on the far edge of the country trying to help fellow Republican Dan Sullivan win a race the GOP is counting on in its effort to retake the Senate.
It’s a team-player role the tea party firebrand from Texas has filled a handful of times this fall — but one he plans to abandon if Republicans win control of both congressional chambers.
In an interview at the Hotel Captain Cook here between campaign stops for Sullivan, Cruz made it clear he would push hard for a Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as the Republican-led House.
Cruz also would like the Senate to be as aggressive in trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act as the House, which has voted more than 50 times to get rid of the law.
Republicans should “pursue every means possible to repeal Obamacare,” Cruz said, including forcing a vote through parliamentary procedures that would get around a possible filibuster by Democrats. If that leads to a veto by Obama, Cruz said, Republicans should then vote on provisions of the health law “one at a time.”
And when asked whether he would back Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky for Republican leader, Cruz would not pledge his support — an indication that there are limits to how much of a partner he’s willing to be.
Cruz is not interested in adding amendments that may put indirect pressure on Obama. He favors direct political combat. That way, either the president gives in, or, Cruz said, “you have clear accountability. It becomes transparent to everyone that it is the Democrats blocking meaningful progress.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), a Long Island moderate, said Republicans should be wary of Cruz’s guidance. “He is the last one we should listen to,” King said in an interview Sunday. “Don’t forget — a year ago he brought Republicans over the cliff.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...4b1e50-62aa-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html
Note to King:
That was a year ago and look at them now, poised to take control of the Senate. If that happens maybe Cruz will be kind enough to lend you a set.
ANCHORAGE — Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of the midterms on the far edge of the country trying to help fellow Republican Dan Sullivan win a race the GOP is counting on in its effort to retake the Senate.
It’s a team-player role the tea party firebrand from Texas has filled a handful of times this fall — but one he plans to abandon if Republicans win control of both congressional chambers.
In an interview at the Hotel Captain Cook here between campaign stops for Sullivan, Cruz made it clear he would push hard for a Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as the Republican-led House.
Cruz also would like the Senate to be as aggressive in trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act as the House, which has voted more than 50 times to get rid of the law.
Republicans should “pursue every means possible to repeal Obamacare,” Cruz said, including forcing a vote through parliamentary procedures that would get around a possible filibuster by Democrats. If that leads to a veto by Obama, Cruz said, Republicans should then vote on provisions of the health law “one at a time.”
And when asked whether he would back Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky for Republican leader, Cruz would not pledge his support — an indication that there are limits to how much of a partner he’s willing to be.
Cruz is not interested in adding amendments that may put indirect pressure on Obama. He favors direct political combat. That way, either the president gives in, or, Cruz said, “you have clear accountability. It becomes transparent to everyone that it is the Democrats blocking meaningful progress.
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), a Long Island moderate, said Republicans should be wary of Cruz’s guidance. “He is the last one we should listen to,” King said in an interview Sunday. “Don’t forget — a year ago he brought Republicans over the cliff.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...4b1e50-62aa-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html
Note to King:
That was a year ago and look at them now, poised to take control of the Senate. If that happens maybe Cruz will be kind enough to lend you a set.
Dims are resorting to the Stasi playbook:
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/11/195...ocrat-voters-right-into-giving-the-gop-a-win/
Losing the “War on Women” narrative, the Democrat party has taken a tactic that some may call “Get Out the Vote” gone horribly wrong.
In a letter mailed out to registered Democrat voters, the New York State Democratic Committee told voters to vote in the midterms or else, according to the New York Post.
The letter included what some call intimidating language.
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Like I've always said, cut from the same cloth as history's worst and most brutal dictators.
"We'll be reviewing to see whether you voted and will be interested to hear why not if you don't?" Who the fuck do these sacks of shit think they are?
If someone representing a Republican group knocked on my door the day after elections and asked the same thing, I'd knock his ass out before slamming the door in his face.
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/11/195...ocrat-voters-right-into-giving-the-gop-a-win/
Losing the “War on Women” narrative, the Democrat party has taken a tactic that some may call “Get Out the Vote” gone horribly wrong.
In a letter mailed out to registered Democrat voters, the New York State Democratic Committee told voters to vote in the midterms or else, according to the New York Post.
The letter included what some call intimidating language.
Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you vote is public record…. We will be reviewing…. voting records . . . to determine whether you joined your neighbors who voted in 2014.
If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to hear why not.
If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to hear why not.
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Like I've always said, cut from the same cloth as history's worst and most brutal dictators.
"We'll be reviewing to see whether you voted and will be interested to hear why not if you don't?" Who the fuck do these sacks of shit think they are?
If someone representing a Republican group knocked on my door the day after elections and asked the same thing, I'd knock his ass out before slamming the door in his face.
This is hilarious. These guys are all confused that the most dimwitted President America has ever had isn't very effective:
Obama’s journey from triumphant, validated Democratic hero to a political millstone weighing on his party’s chances is a tale of a second-term president quickly and repeatedly sidetracked by a series of crises — some self-inflicted — and the widely held perception that the White House has not managed them well.
The fallout has led to questions about the president’s effectiveness, his resolve and his general ability to lead, at home and abroad.
Obama’s list of second-term leadership crises is a formidable one: the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov; long waits at Veterans Affairs hospitals; Edward Snowden’s disclosures of the National Security Agency’s secrets; a pileup of foreign children along the southern border; Islamist terrorists marauding across Syria and Iraq and beheading foreigners, including Americans; and the arrival of the Ebola virus in the United States.
Where did Obama go wrong?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...196c0a-61e2-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html
Obama’s journey from triumphant, validated Democratic hero to a political millstone weighing on his party’s chances is a tale of a second-term president quickly and repeatedly sidetracked by a series of crises — some self-inflicted — and the widely held perception that the White House has not managed them well.
The fallout has led to questions about the president’s effectiveness, his resolve and his general ability to lead, at home and abroad.
Obama’s list of second-term leadership crises is a formidable one: the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov; long waits at Veterans Affairs hospitals; Edward Snowden’s disclosures of the National Security Agency’s secrets; a pileup of foreign children along the southern border; Islamist terrorists marauding across Syria and Iraq and beheading foreigners, including Americans; and the arrival of the Ebola virus in the United States.
Where did Obama go wrong?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...196c0a-61e2-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html
Rut roh, Shaggy:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...s-not-obama-to-set-national-agenda?cmpid=yhoo
Poll: Americans Want GOP Congress, Not Obama, to Set National Agenda
And it's not even close: 53% for GOP-led Congress, 36% for Zero.
So much for the Stuttering Clusterfuck declaring a dimocrap mandate on behalf of the non-voting segment of the population.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...s-not-obama-to-set-national-agenda?cmpid=yhoo
Poll: Americans Want GOP Congress, Not Obama, to Set National Agenda
And it's not even close: 53% for GOP-led Congress, 36% for Zero.
So much for the Stuttering Clusterfuck declaring a dimocrap mandate on behalf of the non-voting segment of the population.
Yeah, good thinking!
The laws of basic economics, not to mention human nature, are all sure to change 25-30 years from now. It will all be teed up to really make the Stuttering Clusterfuck's Utopian vision work...we just need the right guy at the plate.
Moron.
FYI, people were saying the same thing during the Woodstock hippie generation. "Just wait until we have full control!" Their kids are now very much grown up, and...golly gee, turns out a lot of them aren't blind dimocraps themselves.
When R's run on ideas and principle, they win elections every single time. The Stuttering Clusterfuck was supposed to be "The Chosen One." He was the All-Star candidate dims had been dreaming about for decades. Now, he's yesterday's news...and no one wants anything to do with him. His failures have nothing to do with the times we live in and everything to do with the fact that his beliefs and policies are inherently flawed. That's why the dim leadership called you and the rest of their supporters a bunch of dumb brainless fucks (at least they got that one right) for believing them.
