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I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« on: February 15, 2014, 05:57:38 am »
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Earlier this week Senator Ted Cruz took to doing what he enjoys most: Lecturing the GOP “establishment” from his moral Mt. Olympus.

Speaking critically about the vote to raise the debt limit, Cruz–who insisted on a 60-vote threshold to end debate on the measure–said some lawmakers are “willing to mortgage our children’s future” because they “care so much about being praised by the Washington media” and don’t think voters are paying attention. “But sometimes, come November, the people remember,” the junior senator from Texas declared.

Actually, come mid-February, the people still remember. At least I do.

I remember that Senator Cruz championed legislative tactics that resulted in the shutdown of the federal government last October. He apparently wanted another high-stakes showdown–this time over raising the debt ceiling–that would produce essentially the same result.

I remember the move he helped engineer last fall was a disaster for the GOP and harmful to the conservative cause. I remember that nothing was gained substantively. I remember that the American people, by large margins, hated the shutdown–and that the American people, by large margins, blamed Republicans for it. I remember how, thanks in good part to the shutdown, the GOP received the lowest favorable rating measured for either party since Gallup began asking this question in 1992. And I remember that Senator Cruz’s tactic deflected attention from the awful rollout of healthcare.gov for several weeks, until the shutdown ended.

That’s not all I remember.

I remember that Senator Cruz, in the months leading up to the shutdown, accused those who disagreed with his approach of being part of the “surrender caucus.” I remember that he and those he was allied with said that if you didn’t agree with their approach you were a de facto supporter of ObamaCare. And I remember that Senator Cruz did what he did because he cared so much about being praised by populist parts of the Republican base.

I remember it was obvious the tactic Mr. Cruz was pushing was destined to fail, that he went ahead with it anyway, and that now he’d like reporters to talk about things other than his role in the government shutdown.

Senator Cruz, in other words, would like us to forget. But I still remember.

So do others.

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 01:21:09 pm »
Funny.  What I remember is John Boehner caving and cowering from a battle he had no stomach for. 

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 01:36:06 pm »
I remember parks department shutting down open air monuments to "make life is difficult as they can for people."  Because Obama cares so much for the little people.

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 02:34:14 pm »
Funny.  What I remember is John Boehner caving and cowering from a battle he had no stomach for.

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I remember parks department shutting down open air monuments to "make life is difficult as they can for people."  Because Obama cares so much for the little people.

I remember those things as well but mostly what I remember is his Republican associates lining up to stick knives in Ted Cruz's back and Mr. Boehner announcing surrender before the battle had even begun!
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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2014, 03:39:00 pm »
Hmmm... I remember standing and cheering for Senator Cruz.  Godspeed, Senator. :patriot:

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2014, 03:42:41 pm »
Hmmm... I remember standing and cheering for Senator Cruz.  Godspeed, Senator. :patriot:
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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2014, 03:52:02 pm »




Time for the GOP to stop being a collection of steers and queers more interested in shitting on each other than going after even the worst things the democrats have done in the past 5 years.




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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2014, 03:53:42 pm »
Hmmm... I remember standing and cheering for Senator Cruz.  Godspeed, Senator. :patriot:



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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2014, 04:04:03 pm »
Funny.  What I remember is John Boehner caving and cowering from a battle he had no stomach for.

 
I remember Boner crying and caving every time a Democrat said 'BOO' to him. "Please like me...Please love mee...I need it..."
 

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2014, 07:21:30 pm »
Cruz deserves a standing ovation.  I haven't watched the Left wing of the GOP squirm like this in several years.  Bravo Senator Cruz!

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2014, 07:43:53 pm »
Obama shut down the government. Boehner is an asshat for going on Leno and bowing to Obama. Boehner is retiring, who cares he is done politically. Obama did the following because usually the GOP get blamed. It backfired, check out Obama's Approval Ratings. His jig is up. To try to use this and blame Cruz alone, to TRY TO stop Cruz from running, and discredit him now, is ludicrous.

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THE LIST: UNNECESSARILY SHUT DOWN BY OBAMA TO INFLICT PUBLIC PAIN AND GET THE PUBLIC MAD AT REPUBLICANS.


1. Treatments for Children Suffering From Cancer - The GOP have agreed to a compromise by funding part of the government, including the National Institutes of Health, which offers children with cancer last-chance experimental treatment. Obama has threatened to veto this funding.
2. The World War II Memorial - The WWII memorial on the DC Mall is a 24/7 open-air memorial that is not regularly staffed. Although the White House must have known that WWII veterans in their eighties and nineties had already booked flights to visit this memorial, the White House still found the resources to spitefully barricade the attraction.
The Republican National Committee has offered to cover any costs required to keep the memorial open. The White House refused. Moreover, like the NIH, the GOP will pass a compromise bill that would fund America's national parks. Obama has threatened to veto that bill.
3. Furloughed Military Chaplains Not Allowed to Work for Free - Furloughed military chaplains willing to celebrate Mass and baptisms for free have been told they will be punished for doing so.
4. Business Stops In Florida Keys - Although the GOP have agreed to compromise in the ongoing budget stalemate and fund the parks, Obama has threatened to veto that funding. As a result, small businesses, hunters, and commercial fisherman can't practice their trade. While the feds have deemed the personnel necessary to keep this area open "non-essential," the "enforcement officers" to ensure no business is done are "essential."
5. Obama Blacks Out Sports, Entertainment Programming to Overseas Troops - The American Forces Network (AFN) that provides American sports and entertainment programming to our troops stationed abroad, has been shut down. For some reason, though, AFN News will still broadcast news, just not any of the popular and fun stuff.
Camp David is essential, but popular programming for heroes overseas is non-essential.
6. Obama Closes D-Day Memorial - The GOP have offered to compromise and fund the National Parks. Obama has said he will veto this compromise legislation. As a result, along with 24 other military cemeteries, the D-Day memorial in Normandy has been barricaded.
7. Obama Tries to Close Privately-Funded Mt. Vernon - Although George Washington's Mt. Vernon estate is privately funded, the feds blocked visitors from entering the parking area because the Park Service maintains the lot. Apparently, the New Media publicity resulted in the feds backing down.
8. Obama Closes Over 100 Privately-Managed Parks That Cost No Money to Run -  The U.S. Treasury actually makes money from the rent paid by a private company that "employs about 400-500 camp workers and managers across about a dozen states." No federal money is used to operate these parks. No federal employees are used to staff these parks. Taxpayers make a profit from these parks. Still, Obama had them closed and as a result 400-500 employees and a private business are taking it in the neck.
9. Obama Closes Self-Sustaining Colonial Farm It Hasn’t Supported Since 1980 - "For the first time in 40 years, the National Park Service (NPS) has finally succeeded in closing the Farm down to the public. In previous budget dramas, the Farm has always been exempted since the NPS provides no staff or resources to operate the Farm.”
10. Obama Tries to Close State-Run Parks in Wisconsin - "The park service ordered state officials to close the northern unit of the Kettle Moraine, Devil's Lake, and Interstate state parks and the state-owned portion of the Horicon Marsh, but state authorities rebuffed the request because the lion's share of the funding came from state, not federal coffers."
11. Obama Closes Vietnam Memorial - The GOP have passed compromise legislation that would fund national memorials and parks, and open them to the public. Obama threatened a veto. Apparently, the "essential" government employees are those erecting barricades, not those who could keep the memorial open.
12. Obama Closes Privately-Owned Hotel, Police Block Parking Lot - "The operator of a 51-room inn located on U.S. government-owned land in North Carolina abandoned his defiant stance on Thursday to keep the property open despite being ordered to close as part of the federal government shutdown."
October is this inn's prime season. The GOP have offered compromise funding opening the parks. Obama said he will veto that compromise.
State troopers blocked customers from entering the inn's parking lot.
13. Park Service Ranger: 'We've Been Told to Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can' - “It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.”
14. Obama Forces Residents Out of Private Homes - "The government shutdown is being felt close to home for some locals. They say they're being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land."
The GOP have agreed to fund the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
15. Acadia Park In Maine Shut Down - '"We’ve been training for two years at CrossFit for this hike — no kidding,” Hart said. She added that the shutdown should be as inconvenient for the Washington politicians who caused it as it is for average citizens.'
The GOP have agreed to fund the parks. Obama said he will veto.
16. Historic Restaurant Open During Last Shutdown Forced to Close - "An iconic Philadelphia restaurant has been forced to close its doors and turn away booked parties because of the government shutdown. …
"Restaurant public relations director Molly Yun said they were notified there was a possibility a closure might happen, but they were allowed to remain open during the last government shutdown 17 years ago."
The restaurant is part of the federal park system, which the GOP have agreed to fund. Obama said he will veto the funding.
17. Obama Shuts Down a Road Tha Goes Through CO Park: "The Forest Service announcement, in turn, led the Pitkin County commissioners to order that Maroon Creek Road be shut down at the height of the colorful leaf-changing season. Ahead of what is to be one of the busiest weekends of the fall, the road is to be closed to vehicles at T-Lazy-7 Ranch, pending a resolution to the government shutdown."
The GOP have agreed to fund the parks. Obama said he will veto that compromise funding.
18. Residents Plan Protest of Cape Hatteras Closing - "Businesses and residents on the Outer Banks have planned a peaceful protest of the closure of Hatteras Island's beaches due to the government shut down.
"The U.S. House Wednesday passed a measure to reopen national parks and monuments. It will now go to the U.S. Senate."
In the unlikely event the Democrat Senate passes the bill, Obama has threatened a veto of any compromise legislation opening the parks.
19. Obama Blocks People From LOOKING at Mt. Rushmore - "Blocking access to trails and programs at South Dakota’s most popular attraction was one thing, but state officials didn’t expect Congress’ budget stalemate to shut down a view of Mount Rushmore.
"The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument.
The cones first went up Oct. 1, said Dusty Johnson, Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s chief of staff. The state asked that they be taken down, and federal officials did so with some of them. The state was told the cones were a safety precaution to help channel cars into viewing areas rather than to bar their entrance."
20. Crucial USDA Websites Taken Down - "The U.S. Department of Agriculture has turned off its entire website in response to the government shutdown, leaving farmers, reporters and others with no way to access any of the agency's information online. …
"USDA's total website shutdown goes far beyond the response of other federal agencies, and seems to be part of an effort to make people feel the effects of the shutdown. Thursday morning calls to USDA's press office seeking an explanation were not answered."
This website is down and yet the ObamaCare and White House websites are up.
21. St. Louis Gateway Arch Closed - The GOP have agreed to compromise legislation funding the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
22. Park Shutdown Bounces Rowers from Potomac - "The ripple effect of a government shutdown has pushed rowers from the Potomac River.
"Multiple high schools rent space at the Thompson Boat Center in Georgetown. But like other places controlled by the National Park Service, it closed Tuesday morning."
The GOP have agreed to compromise funding opening the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
23. Thompson Boat Center Closed In DC - The GOP have agreed to fund the parks. Obama said he will veto.
24. Obama Closes Military Commissary - "Military members, veterans and families who shop at local tax-free store are shocked to discover the store's doors locked; no progress to end stalemate in Washington."
While the government has deemed the White House chefs "essential," working class military personnel have lost their tax-free store privileges.
Military personnel and their families tell me that they have never lost these privileges in previous shutdowns.
25. Arizona Offers to Fund Grand Canyon, Obama Says 'Drop Dead' - "Obama has ordered the Grand Canyon to stay closed, even after the state of Arizona and local businesses have offered to cover the costs necessary to keep it open. In other words, the shutdown isn’t about the money — it’s about hurting the American people just because he can."
26. Amber Alert Website Taken Offline - CNN reported that bad press was a factor in the site going back up.
Why would White House chefs and Obama's golf course be categorized as "essential," while the government classified as "non-essential" the Amber Alert website?
Of course, this is the same Obama threatening to veto cancer treatments for children.
27. Miramar Air Show Canceled With One-Day Notice -“The emotional and economic impacts of losing this year’s event are great, and I’m extremely disappointed in the political dysfunction that brought us to this point,” Gloria said.
"Proceeds from the event go to programs that support families of military personnel, he said."
28. At Start of Peak Season, Shutdown Closes Peaks of Otter Lodge - "Although the Blue Ridge Parkway remains open to travelers, the Peaks of Otter Lodge cannot stay open while the National Park Service is not operating during to the government shutdown. With no Congressional compromise reached by the end of the day Monday, the lodge’s restaurant shut down and guests were given 48 hours to find somewhere else to stay."
The GOP have agreed to compromise and fund the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
29. Federal Prison Guards Not Getting Paid, Inmates Are - "Most of the employees at the federal prison in Forrest City are working without knowing when they will get a paycheck because of the government shutdown, but some of the inmates who get paid for the work they do inside will have no problem collecting their money."
30. Family that Paid $2,000 for Permit Not Allowed to Raft - "Sorry for the inconvenience," it read.

That's when rangers told them they wouldn't be able to put in on the river the next day, despite having paid $2,000 for a permit to do so.

The news was shattering, Scott Lee said.
The GOP have agreed to fund the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
31. Although Privately Funded, Historic Ford's Theater Closed - "Ford's Theatre, which is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, does not use any federal funding or federal employees for its performances. During previous government shutdowns, the theatre has continued performances."
32. King Crab Season Threatened by Government Shutdown - "The Alaska king crab season is set to start soon, but all the fishing boats will have to stay docked because the government must sign off on permits and quotas.

"Fisherman stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars unless lawmakers make a compromise."
Obama's golf course is open. So is the website for Michelle Obama's "Let's Move."
33. Children Might Lose School Lunches - "Minnesotans are adjusting to the partial government shutdown, but if it lingers too long, there is a chance the 300,000 kids who rely on free or reduced lunches at school could go hungry."
The White House chefs have not been furloughed.
34. Feds Shut Down Major Roadway, Puts Children's Lives at Risk - "Nearly a third of Blount County is inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. So when the federal government shut down the park, it also shut down one of the area’s chief sources of revenue.
"The children live in the eastern Tennessee community of Top of the World – serviced by School Bus 49. Normally, the bus travels along the Foothills Parkway. Other roads leading to the isolated mountain community are impassible by bus.
"“It’s dangerous,” said Nancy Kemp, the spokesperson for Blount County Schools.”It’s very curvy and straight up the mountain. It’s just not a safe route.”"
The GOP have offered compromise legislation funding the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
35. Road to Brasstown Bald Closed During Peak Season - "It's not unusual for the road to the top of Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia, to be closed in the winter months but in early October, with "leaf-looking" season just around the corner?
"The Georgia Department of Transporation (GDOT) announced Monday, though, that it is, in fact, closed. Why? At the request of the U.S. Forest Service and because of the government shutdown. The forest service operates the facilities on top of the mountain as well as the visitors center at its base."
The GOP have offered compromise legislation to open the parks. Obama has threatened a veto.
36. Columbia Island and Washington Sailing Marina Closed - Email from reader: "My husband received an email from WSM saying that boat owners could only go to their boats to remove items. If they leave the slip with their boat they are not allowed to return to their (paid for) slip the government re opens."
37. IRS Collections Operational, Taxpayer Advocate Office Closed - Per an email from reader.
38. Eleven Hundred Square Miles of Florida Ocean Closed - Email: "You omitted the ban on Florida charter boat captains taking fishermen into an 1,100 square mile section of ocean of the coast of Tampa. Apparently, government resources patrol it."
39. Iwo Jima Memorial Closed, Barricades Erected - "Another open-air memorial in the Washington area is closed and barricaded off: the Iwo Jima Memorial, just across the bridge from D.C. in Rosslyn, Virginia. A source sends along this picture of the barricade set-up at the memorial, which is also called the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial."
40. Police Remove Vietnam War Veterans at Memorial Wall - "Via William Jacobson, NBC's affiliate in Washington, D.C. reports that police ordered tourists and Vietnam war veterans who were visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to leave the memorial at one point on Friday."
41. Shutdown Denies Death Benefits to Families of Fallen Soldiers - "The families of five U.S. service members who were killed over the weekend in Afghanistan have been notified that they won't be receiving the $100,000 benefit normally wired to relatives within 36 hours of the death. The “death gratuity” is intended to help cover funeral costs and help with immediate living expenses until survivor benefits typically begin."
42. Priests Risk Arrest for Offering Sacraments to Catholic Troops During Shutdown - "Some Catholic priests under contract or GS (general schedule) to the military are not allowed to offer the Catholic sacraments--including saying Mass, consecrating marriages, or performing baptisms--on military property during the government shutdown, and if they do, even on a volunteer basis, they risk being arrested, according to the general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA."
Meanwhile, the White House chefs, Obama's golf course, and the First Lady's "Let's Move" program remain essential.
43.  Priest: Obama Admin. Denied Mass to Catholics - "Apparently, a priest was denied access to a military chapel this weekend. Father Ray Leonard serves at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia but because of the government shutdown, he wasn’t allowed to go to celebrate Mass this past weekend.
"He is contracted by the Defense Department to meet the spiritual needs of Catholics, but not now. The chapel doors were locked and the sign said, “Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice.”"
44. Yellowstone: Tourists Locked In Hotel Under Armed Guard Thought They Were Under Arrest -  "Vaillancourt was one of thousands of people who found themselves in a national park as the federal government shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1. For many hours her tour group, which included senior citizen visitors from Japan, Australia, Canada and the United States, were locked in a Yellowstone National Park hotel under armed guard."
45. Man Jogging in National Park Fined $100 - "A Pennsylvania man who went jogging in a national historic park was slapped with a $100 fine because the area was closed due to Washington’s budget impasse, he said Tuesday."
46. Private Restaurant Owners Defy Govt. Shutdown Order, Fed Drop Hammer - "After a two-day return, the Cliff House will be forced to close again on Wednesday, and according to the restaurant, will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown."
47. NIH Stops Therapy Dogs from Visiting Sick Children - "It should be noted that on the list of the top 1000 salaries in the federal government in 2011, 23 of the top 28 were officials at the National Institutes of Health; all made over $290,000 per year."



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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2014, 08:23:20 pm »
I remember favorability or approval of both Republicans and the Tea Party dropping yet again.

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2014, 08:37:40 pm »
I remember favorability or approval of both Republicans and the Tea Party dropping yet again.

Just a tiny little detail, related to winning elections.
Were you singing this while you were having those "memories"?

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2014, 08:43:30 pm »
Funny.  What I remember is John Boehner caving and cowering from a battle he had no stomach for.

What I remember is Boehner allowing firebrands like Tim Huelskamp to lead the GOP House down a rabbit hole with the absolutely insane idea that Obama was somehow going to bend and defund HIS OWN HEALTHCARE LAW!!!

Cruz knew he couldn't prevail in the Senate so he whipped up the Tea Party partisans in the House. 

But, Cruz was shoving money in his pocket during the entire ordeal and tried to remove his fingerprints from the shutdown by blaming FORTY other GOP Senators for not following his brilliant lead.

Cruz is going to continue to pull these stunts as long as he can get away with them.  And he's going to get away with them as long as there are gullible tpers who admire his "burn it all down" brand of politics.
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Sorry 240B you know why I removed your post...although I do agree that some here are obsessed with bashing Cruz!!!!!
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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2014, 04:22:01 am »

Cruz is going to continue to pull these stunts as long as he can get away with them. 

Standing up to tyranny is a "stunt" and following quietly into the dark night is brilliant political strategy. 

Anyone wonder any longer why the Republican Party is headed the way of the Whigs? 

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2014, 05:28:57 am »
Standing up to tyranny is a "stunt" and following quietly into the dark night is brilliant political strategy. 

Anyone wonder any longer why the Republican Party is headed the way of the Whigs?

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2014, 02:25:22 am »
I remember favorability or approval of both Republicans and the Tea Party dropping yet again.

Just a tiny little detail, related to winning elections.

So who will win elections, the democrats?

"The Tea Party has a right to feel cheated.

When does the Republican Party, put in the majority by the Tea Party, plan to honor its commitment to halt the growth of the Federal monolith and bring the budget back into balance"?

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2014, 03:07:56 am »
Standing up to tyranny is a "stunt" and following quietly into the dark night is brilliant political strategy. 

Anyone wonder any longer why the Republican Party is headed the way of the Whigs?

Oh how silly!!  Obama and the Democrats were BEGGING the Republicans to risk a default.  They NEED a distraction from Obamacare, and were delighted that Cruz pulled his 60 vote stunt (and yes, it WAS a stunt).

Tell me, exactly, how the GOP would have prevailed on a debt ceiling vote when the Senate Democrats and Obama were not going to bend?

The Republican Party can't do anything from one-half of one branch of government.  Shutting down the government or defaulting WAS NEVER GOING TO WORK TO THE BENEFIT OF THE REPUBLICANS!!!

That you can't see that is strange.
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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2014, 03:26:01 am »
Obama shut down the government. 

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2014, 03:33:54 am »
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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2014, 04:12:05 am »
Obama shut down the government.

and The World War II Memorial

Obama inflicted the pain in hopes that his poll numbers would rise when republicans were blamed

The BLAME plan FAILED OBAMA!

So He used Our Taxpayer money to GROW more ACORN- AKA PROMISE ZONES to Cheat


Obama shut down the government.
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"The Tea Party has a right to feel cheated.

When does the Republican Party, put in the majority by the Tea Party, plan to honor its commitment to halt the growth of the Federal monolith and bring the budget back into balance"?

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2014, 04:16:13 am »
Obama shut down the government.

and The World War II Memorial

Obama inflicted the pain in hopes that his poll numbers would rise when republicans were blamed

The BLAME plan FAILED OBAMA!

So He used Our Taxpayer  money to GROW more ACORN to Cheat


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Obama shut down the government.

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2014, 04:19:53 am »
To HELP the middle class, my ass. more like to help ACORN bus people in to vote many times.

"The Tea Party has a right to feel cheated.

When does the Republican Party, put in the majority by the Tea Party, plan to honor its commitment to halt the growth of the Federal monolith and bring the budget back into balance"?

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Re: I Still Remember, Senator Cruz
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2014, 04:20:10 am »
Bravo, Gazoo!!!!
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