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Title: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 23, 2013, 09:38:53 AM
...this would push me over the line into his camp.

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 2013. (Getty Images)
Which Longtime GOP Senator Apparently ‘F***ing Hates’ Ted Cruz? (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/23/which-longtime-gop-senator-apparently-fking-hates-ted-cruz/)
Sep. 23, 2013 9:02am | Becket Adams

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been ruffling feathers since his arrival in Washington this year. Including some on his own side of the aisle.
This Longtime GOP Senator Reportedly F**king Hates Ted Cruz

In fact, according to a new profile in GQ magazine, the Texas senator has earned the intense dislike of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)

“He f***ing hates Cruz,” an adviser to Sen. McCain told GQ’s Jason Zengerle. “He’s just offended by his style.”

But it appears that the contentious relationship cuts both ways. Cruz has his own words for the senior Arizona senator.

“I don’t know a conservative who didn’t feel embarrassed voting in 2006 or 2008,” Cruz said. “I think the Republican Party lost its way. We didn’t stand for the principles we’re supposed to believe in.”

Recall that McCain mocked Sens. Cruz and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after the Kentucky senator’s 13-hour filibuster over the White House’s drone policy, referring to the two senators and those who agree with them as “wackobirds.”

Many moons ago (when I still lived in Arizona) I was an Arizona GOP volunteer who got 'volunteered' :whatever: to work phone banks for The Senile, Snowy-headed Senator's re-election campaign. 4-days of watching this ass-clown storm through the phone floor, angrily and loudly holding individual volunteers 'responsible' for failing to meet fundraising goals was more than enough to confirm for me what my dad - who had been shipmates with the man aboard USS Forrestal - said of his character and interpersonal "skills".

The senior senator from Arizona can't ride off into the sunset soon enough... :banghead:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 23, 2013, 09:48:36 AM


The senior senator from Arizona can't ride off into the sunset soon enough... :banghead:


That's why he's taken to riding a donkey.....it takes longer.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 23, 2013, 09:58:02 AM
That's why he's taken to riding a donkey.....it takes longer.

Problem is...

...from my perspective, I can't tell for sure which jackass is riding and which is being ridden, but it sure don't look like McCain's on top...

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Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 23, 2013, 10:00:57 AM
Problem is...

...from my perspective, I can't tell for sure which jackass is riding and which is being ridden, but it sure don't look like McCain's on top...

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The one with the long face and big ears is on top.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 23, 2013, 10:32:46 AM
I hate how McCain has turned out.  I used to think he was a hero but fudge that now.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: thundley4 on September 23, 2013, 10:47:48 AM
I hate how McCain has turned out.  I used to think he was a hero but fudge that now.

I still respect the man he used to be, but not the senile old codger he has become.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: wasp69 on September 23, 2013, 11:01:26 AM
**** McCain.  His ass would have been recalled in 2001 had it not been for the very same islamokazie terrorists he supports now killing 3000 of our citizens.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Crazy Horse on September 23, 2013, 11:06:32 AM
**** McCain.  His ass would have been recalled in 2001 had it not been for the very same islamokazie terrorists he supports now killing 3000 of our citizens.

Or in 2010 had he not acted more conservative than J.D. in the primary.......strict on immigration, spending, obamacare..etc
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Dori on September 23, 2013, 11:13:21 AM
If your talking about a possible presidential run, I like Cruz a lot, but.....

getting another younger type Harvard grad makes me nervous after Obama.  I personally like Presidents a little older.

I never did like McCain.  When he ran in '08 I swore up and down I would not vote for him.  Only changed my mind when he picked Sarah as his running mate.

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 23, 2013, 11:15:06 AM
I hate how McCain has turned out.  I used to think he was a hero but fudge that now.

He was.

I still respect what Commander McCain did during his tenure at the Hanoi Hilton.  Barring any real evidence of incompetence, I truly do respect what Commander McCain did as a naval aviator leading up to his tenure at the Hanoi Hilton. If the personality traits and character of Senator McCain had been built upon the character that Commander McCain had displayed under the "tender care" of the North Vietnamese, he might truly have been one of the greatest statesmen in American history.

Unfortunately, when building the personality traits and character of Senator McCain, John McCain drew upon the dominant personality traits of Midshipman McCain; the man who graduated the Naval Academy 894th out of 899th in his class, who developed the reputation as a "partying man" while he was in flight training at Pensacola NAS, and who racked up 3 aircraft out in the Fleet because he was "careless and reckless" as a pilot. As a result, we have a self-absorbed, temperamental wannabe autocrat for the senior Senator of Arizona; somebody IMHO not worthy of Arizona's further consideration.

Kinda sad, really.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: wasp69 on September 23, 2013, 11:15:34 AM
I never did like McCain.  When he ran in '08 I swore up and down I would not vote for him.  Only changed my mind when he picked Sarah as his running mate.

Yeah, same here. 
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 23, 2013, 11:18:40 AM
I never did like McCain.  When he ran in '08 I swore up and down I would not vote for him.  Only changed my mind when he picked Sarah as his running mate.



Seriously, the only reason I cast my vote for McCain/Palin in '08 was in the faint hope that the shock/excitement of winning in spite of his horrendously run campaign would be too much for Senator McCain's ol' ticker and he'd keel over during the acceptance speech, making room for President Palin to step in on January 20th.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 23, 2013, 12:15:47 PM
Seriously, the only reason I cast my vote for McCain/Palin in '08 was in the faint hope that the shock/excitement of winning in spite of his horrendously run campaign would be too much for Senator McCain's ol' ticker and he'd keel over during the acceptance speech, making room for President Palin to step in on January 20th.
"DITTO"
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 24, 2013, 08:04:17 AM
So Ted Cruz ran on he would do whatever it took to get rid of the ACA.  Those Republican's opposing him need to be listed somewhere because they need to be voted out. 
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: IassaFTots on September 24, 2013, 08:26:41 AM
So Ted Cruz ran on he would do whatever it took to get rid of the ACA.  Those Republican's opposing him need to be listed somewhere because they need to be voted out. 

Here's a start.  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/23/Exclusive-McConnell-Cornyn-whipping-votes-against-Ted-Cruz

Cornyn can suck it.  :banghead:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Zathras on September 24, 2013, 08:32:55 AM
So Ted Cruz ran on he would do whatever it took to get rid of the ACA.  Those Republican's opposing him need to be listed somewhere because they need to be voted out. 

It wouldn't change a thing. I've come to realize that all politicians in our government, Republican and Democrat, Conservative or Liberal, are only interested in lining their pockets with our hard earned money and securing their power base at the expense of the rest of us. They do not care one little bit for the people that they're supposed to be working for and do whatever they can, including lying to and stealing from the American people and thinking they are above the laws that they force us to live under. I'm beginning to believe the only way we can truly change the direction America is headed, which is into the dustbin of history thanks to the current crop of elitist SOBs running the country, is though force of arms. Unfortunately the majority of Americans have become addicted to the pittance they get from government handouts and are happy to see this once great nation on a path to destruction just so they get theirs at the expense of others.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: NHSparky on September 24, 2013, 08:40:55 AM
So Ted Cruz ran on he would do whatever it took to get rid of the ACA.  Those Republican's opposing him need to be listed somewhere because they need to be voted out. 

Start with Senators McConnell and Cornyn.

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 24, 2013, 08:42:17 AM
Here's a start.  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/23/Exclusive-McConnell-Cornyn-whipping-votes-against-Ted-Cruz

Cornyn can suck it.  :banghead:

Let's make sure to bring this out when it's time to vote again
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: IassaFTots on September 24, 2013, 09:08:07 AM
Let's make sure to bring this out when it's time to vote again

Oh trust me, I shall. 
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Wineslob on September 24, 2013, 09:29:15 AM
If all this doesn't scream "term limits" then I don't know what does.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Karin on September 24, 2013, 10:12:21 AM
Love Ted Cruz.  Reading an article about him in the Weekly Standard.  Huge spread. 

DefiantSix, that's quite a telling story there at the start of the thread.  The nerve!  WTF?
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: IassaFTots on September 24, 2013, 02:10:48 PM
Mark Levin says to check out CSPAN 2.  Cruz is filibustering right now.  Go Ted Go!
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: chitownchica on September 24, 2013, 02:17:17 PM
I love Ted Cruz.  He's a breath of fresh air from the stale old codgers who've been in Washington way too long.

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 24, 2013, 02:19:04 PM
I love Ted Cruz.  He's a breath of fresh air from the stale old codgers who've been in Washington way too long.



I'm kinda proud that the Senator who is turning out to be his partner in pissing off the RINOs is the one I call mine (Mike Lee; I don't acknowledge the asshole Orrin Hatch). :cheersmate:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: chitownchica on September 24, 2013, 02:22:45 PM
I'm kinda proud that the Senator who is turning out to be his partner in pissing off the RINOs is the one I call mine (Mike Lee; I don't acknowledge the asshole Orrin Hatch). :cheersmate:

Oh yeah - I've enjoyed learning more about him too. I'm glad to see the few in Washington who are taking a stand.

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: IassaFTots on September 24, 2013, 02:26:17 PM
I'm kinda proud that the Senator who is turning out to be his partner in pissing off the RINOs is the one I call mine (Mike Lee; I don't acknowledge the asshole Orrin Hatch). :cheersmate:

Just like Ted is mine, but I don't acknowledge the asshole John Cornyn.   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 24, 2013, 02:28:56 PM
I just emailed my two Senators and asked them to stand with Cruz.  Doubtful but I also emailed Ted Cruz and told him how badass he was.   :yahoo:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: chitownchica on September 24, 2013, 02:51:37 PM
Just like Ted is mine, but I don't acknowledge the asshole John Cornyn.   :cheersmate:

So lucky to have a great guy like Cruz in Texas! 

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 24, 2013, 03:53:11 PM
I just emailed my two Senators and asked them to stand with Cruz.  Doubtful but I also emailed Ted Cruz and told him how badass he was.   :yahoo:

You lucky bastards....I got Lindsay Graham. :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Eupher on September 24, 2013, 03:53:51 PM
I'm kinda proud that the Senator who is turning out to be his partner in pissing off the RINOs is the one I call mine (Mike Lee; I don't acknowledge the asshole Orrin Hatch). :cheersmate:

Orrin Hatch is yet another professional politician senator who has far outlived his usefulness.

Why he didn't go away like Bob Bennett is anybody's guess.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: DefiantSix on September 24, 2013, 04:14:36 PM
Orrin Hatch is yet another professional politician senator who has far outlived his usefulness.

Why he didn't go away like Bob Bennett is anybody's guess.

He was up for re-election in 2012. There was a good TEA Party conservative in the primary against him. Hatch's whole argument as to why he should be chosen over the n00b was that he was up for 'Ranking member' status on a Senate committee or two. :banghead: :censored: :argh:

Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: biersmythe on September 24, 2013, 05:28:55 PM
GO CRUZ MISSILE GO!!!!!!

I voted for him proudly!
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 25, 2013, 08:03:35 AM
GO CRUZ MISSILE GO!!!!!!

I voted for him proudly!

Can't deny the man has some balls and a backbone. Enough for the rest of the :cheersmate: senate.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on September 25, 2013, 08:13:53 AM
If your talking about a possible presidential run, I like Cruz a lot, but.....

getting another younger type Harvard grad makes me nervous after Obama.  I personally like Presidents a little older.

I never did like McCain.  When he ran in '08 I swore up and down I would not vote for him.  Only changed my mind when he picked Sarah as his running mate.


Some people in my area redid the 08 campaign signs so they read "Palin-McCain"
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: wasp69 on September 25, 2013, 09:35:10 AM


Minor threadjack alert.

After attending a very good gun show this weekend, I have finally figured out what your screen name means.   :-)
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 25, 2013, 10:13:58 AM
Minor threadjack alert.

After attending a very good gun show this weekend, I have finally figured out what your screen name means.   :-)

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Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 25, 2013, 10:17:33 AM
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They shoot their way out......well, that's what a DUmmie would say.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Dori on September 25, 2013, 11:17:31 AM
Mark Levin says to check out CSPAN 2.  Cruz is filibustering right now.  Go Ted Go!

He went until noon....21:19:14

Dang, he has some serious stamina    :-)
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 25, 2013, 11:23:42 AM
He went until noon....21:19:14

Dang, he has some serious stamina    :-)
Not to mention his bladder.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Gina on September 25, 2013, 11:37:53 AM
He went until noon....21:19:14

Dang, he has some serious stamina    :-)

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Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on September 26, 2013, 10:02:22 AM
Minor threadjack alert.

After attending a very good gun show this weekend, I have finally figured out what your screen name means.   :-)
:cheersmate:
I thought it was obvious but then again I own one so it would be to me.  :-)
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Eupher on September 26, 2013, 01:45:29 PM
I called Senator Roy Blunt's (R-MO) and told the lady who answered the phone that it would be greatly appreciated if Senator Blunt could somehow find a way to do what his constituents are demanding:

Vote NO on tomorrow's cloture vote.

**** Obamacare. And **** McConnell/Cornyn.

I'm not even going to bother with the scrunt McCaskill (D-MO), because I know where her vote is going. Right alongside her lips as she kisses Barry's ass.
Title: Re: If I had absolutely Zero reason to like Ted Cruz before...
Post by: Ptarmigan on September 26, 2013, 01:55:04 PM
Peter King: ‘Vile’ phone calls by Ted Cruz allies
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/peter-king-ted-cruz-phone-calls-97396.html

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Rep. Peter King, who has pulled no punches in criticizing Ted Cruz, said Thursday that supporters of the Texas senator have been bombarding his office with “vile” phone calls.

The New York Republican has called Cruz a fraud for his calls to defund Obamacare, and said the senator’s campaign this summer to get the House to pass a government funding bill that defunds the health care law led to some offensive phone calls to King’s office.

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:siren: CRYBABY ALERT! :siren:

Must call the Whambulance.

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