If Republicans lose midterm elections, Ted Cruz blames moderate GOP senators for criticizing House G - Polidicks

[quote](CNN) - If Republicans suffer losses in next year's mid-term elections because of the recent partial government shutdown, Sen. Ted Cruz said Senate Republicans–not Democrats–will be responsible. [B]"The single-most damaging thing that has happened to Republicans for 2014 is all of the Senate Republicans coming out, attacking the House Republicans, attacking those pushing the effort to defund Obamacare and lining themselves up opposite of the American people,"[/B] Cruz told CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash in an interview in San Antonio. His comments, which aired Monday on "New Day," come as a new CNN/ORC International survey indicates that more than half of the country is displeased with Republicans holding majority power in the House. According to the poll, 54% say it's a bad thing that the GOP controls the House, up 11 points from last December, soon after the 2012 elections when the Republicans kept control of the chamber. Only 38% say it's a good thing the GOP controls the House, a 13-point dive from the end of last year.[/quote] [url]http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/21/cruz-senate-republicans-are-single-most-damaging-thing-for-the-gop-in-2014/[/url]

weird because I had this crazy idea that Ted Cruz was the most damaging thing that has happened to the GOP in the last decade.

Can we just get an angry mob together and hang this asshole already?

[quote]"The single-most damaging thing that has happened to Republicans for 2014 is all of the Senate Republicans coming out, attacking the House Republicans, attacking those pushing the effort to defund Obamacare and lining themselves up opposite of the American people."[/quote] That's weird, because the "American People" have passed and upheld the Affordable Care Act over forty times. Over forty times, this dude and his ilk have stood up and said "America does not want this," and over forty times America has proven them wrong.

[QUOTE=Marcolade;42619041]Can we just get an angry mob together and hang this asshole already?[/QUOTE] Yeah because THAT makes us better than them.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;42619080]That's weird, because the "American People" have passed and upheld the Affordable Care Act over forty times. Over forty times, this dude and his ilk have stood up and said "America does not want this," and over forty times America has proven them wrong.[/QUOTE] you're super ignorant tbh. the people who want obamacare are obviously not [B][I][U]real americans (tm)[/U][/I][/B]

[QUOTE=sp00ks;42619550]you're super ignorant tbh. the people who want obamacare are obviously not [B][I][U]real americans (tm)[/U][/I][/B][/QUOTE] Ted Cruz is a example of [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman[/url]

Despite what you think of him politically, his constituents complained, and Ted Cruz voiced his constituent's concerns. And for that, I applaud him. Isn't that was a congressman is supposed to do? Or should any citizen's voice who opposes Obamacare be told "Sit down, shut up, you have no voice because your guy didn't win"? Sorry, it doesn't work that way. What's going to make the GOP lose is their old ideas. These folks want to play the good guy, yet when Bush was president they spent this nation into oblivion. And now a voice that rises up against them is suddenly an extremist? lol

Ted Cruz is a real Canadian patriot. 200 years after the war of 1812 ended, he's re-igniting it and going in for the kill. Godspeed you crazy bastard.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;42620067]Despite what you think of him politically, his constituents complained, and Ted Cruz voiced his constituent's concerns. And for that, I applaud him. Isn't that was a congressman is supposed to do? Or should any citizen's voice who opposes Obamacare be told "Sit down, shut up, you have no voice because your guy didn't win"? Sorry, it doesn't work that way.[/QUOTE] Well you're supposed to take their concerns into consideration, but if for some reason your constituency tells you to stonewall and shut down the government (when even within your own party you won't have majority agreement) over this sort of thing, then I'd say you should probably ignore them.

[QUOTE=Megafan;42620110]Well you're supposed to take their concerns into consideration, but if for some reason your constituency tells you to stonewall and shut down the government (when even within your own party you won't have majority agreement) over this sort of thing, then I'd say you should probably ignore them.[/QUOTE] I'd disagree. You are there to represent your constitutents, no matter what their voice says. It is the exact definition of their job description.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;42620067]Despite what you think of him politically, his constituents complained, and Ted Cruz voiced his constituent's concerns. And for that, I applaud him. Isn't that was a congressman is supposed to do? Or should any citizen's voice who opposes Obamacare be told "Sit down, shut up, you have no voice because your guy didn't win"? Sorry, it doesn't work that way. What's going to make the GOP lose is their old ideas. These folks want to play the good guy, yet when Bush was president they spent this nation into oblivion. And now a voice that rises up against them is suddenly an extremist. lol[/QUOTE] It's one thing to voice your constituents in Congress, it's another to just say "my way or no way". The government is made where the minority gets a say in what passes, but the Tea Party guys in Congress aren't willing to meet halfway like Congress is suppose to, they're demanding their whole way or no deal. The majority is suppose to compromise with the minority and vice versa to get a bill out that everyone approves at least somewhat; not demand one side's way completely, regardless of majority or minority.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;42620126]I'd disagree. You are there to represent your constitutents, no matter what their voice says. It is the exact definition of their job description.[/QUOTE] Well if that were really the case you'd put anyone in there. If all you're doing is just whatever it is the voters want [I]precisely and exactly with no deviation,[/I] then it wouldn't matter if you knew anything at all about economics or law or civil rights. I mean besides, who are your 'constituents'? Is it just the people that voted for you? Just the registered members of your party? It's pretty rare that you'll get an overwhelming majority opinion about any divided issue.

[QUOTE=Marcolade;42619041]Can we just get an angry mob together and hang this asshole already?[/QUOTE] We should tar and feather him. He's the Tea Party's golden boy after all, so it would be really appropriate in place of hanging. Also, I'd like to scalp him. I need the entire thing. That piss-awful car salesman's combover of his deserves to be in the Smithsonian for future generations to gawk at.

two words for ted cruze from the real republicans "fuck off"

Congress and the Senate are like people hired to make a large quilt. It's a patchwork of different cloth, some of it scratchy and some of it smooth, and it's their job to just make it work so we don't freeze in the winter. Sure, nobody likes [I]all[/I] of it, but you work with that you've got. Going in and hiding the sewing equipment until part of the quilt gets undone is pretty petty and counter-intuitive, and is as much to blame the workers that do it as it is the people that sent them in the first place. You need to make compromises and the best of your situation and not shoot everyone in the foot to make a hollow point.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;42620126]I'd disagree. You are there to represent your constitutents, no matter what their voice says. It is the exact definition of their job description.[/QUOTE] False. Read the Federalist Papers.