It's not about "views" or policies. I agree with most of the TP stances.
It's the attitude of the TPers themselves, exemplified and embodied in someone like Ted Cruz, that turns me off. His ill-fated and stupid attempt to defund Obamacare in October, leading to the shutdown of the government, was one of the dumbest things I've ever observed from a politician.
Then, last week, he tried the same stunt again, and made sure he embarrassed as many fellow Republicans as he could.
That's not statesman-like behavior. That's bush-league prepubescent belligerence. Even his former cohort, Mike Lee, has decided to forgo juvenile antics.
And then, to see Cruz's risible foolishness applauded........let's just say it's not the TP policies that bother me, but the tactics.
Paul Simon wrote a song called "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor".
You see Cruz one way, and others see him differently.
You think that the shutdown move was stupid, I LIKED IT.
You object to the fact that Cruz embarrassed a number of fellow Republicans last week, many (me included) object to the fact that the GOP is an embarrassment so much of the time.
There comes a point in time when debate and procedural adherence simply stops working and there's nothing left to do but to take to the mat, and the old guard of the GOP ain't up to taking anyone to the mat. The Democrats however, are taking us to the mat and beating us silly.
Fiscal responsibility is one of the cornerstones of conservatism. I've not seen signs of fiscally responsible behavior from the GOPe in many, many years.
So, what's the worst that actually happened when Cruz "embarrassed" s number of the GOP congressional delegation?
They had to stand up and "own" their fiscally irresponsible position?
If owning their position is embarrassing, where do they get the balls to blame someone else for the embarrassment?
There's been some hard feelings here
About some words that were said
There's been some hard feelings here
And what is more
There's been a bloody purple nose
And some bloody purple clothes
That were messing up the lobby floor
It's just apartment house rules
So all you 'partment fools
Remember : one man's ceiling
is another man's floor
Remember: one man's ceiling
is another man's floor.