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Texas Senator Goes on Attack
and Raises Bipartisan Hackles
New York Times, by Jonathan Weisman
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Posted By:StormCnter, 2/16/2013 5:09:35 AM
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| WASHINGTON — As the Senate edged toward a divisive filibuster vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be defense secretary, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, sat silent and satisfied in the corner of the chamber — his voice lost to laryngitis — as he absorbed what he had wrought in his mere seven weeks of Senate service. Mr. Hagel, a former senator from Mr. Cruz’s own party, was about to be the victim of the first filibuster of a nominee to lead the Pentagon. The blockade was due in no small part to the very junior senator’s relentless pursuit
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
miceal, 2/16/2013 5:17:41 AM (No. 9179315)
God Bless Senator Ted Cruz! I wish Mississippi was represented by such a Patriot!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
CEP, 2/16/2013 5:18:11 AM (No. 9179316)
We could sure use a few more Ted Cruz´s in the Senate. Hang in their Senator your doing your job.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/16/2013 5:18:58 AM (No. 9179318)
The Slime conveniently ignores the fact that Hagel was a toxic and foolish candidate to begin with.Cruz is supposed to approve this clown because he´s in the same party?
They´ve already targeted Rubio for drinking water and now it´s Cruz´s turn for vilification for daring to block an Obama lackey..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mauiaggie, 2/16/2013 5:19:49 AM (No. 9179319)
Proud to be a Texan who voted for Mr.Cruz. Keep up the good work Senator.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 2/16/2013 5:29:10 AM (No. 9179326)
~~....and raised the hackles of colleagues from both parties.
He could not be more pleased. Washington’s new bad boy feels good.
“I made promises to the people of Texas that I would come to Washington to shake up the status quo,” he said in e-mailed answers to questions, in lieu of speaking. “That is what I intend to do, and it is what I have done in every way possible in the responsibilities that have been granted to me.”~~
Bravo!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mws50, 2/16/2013 6:02:38 AM (No. 9179351)
We have elected an Excellent Senator for our US Congress. I like everything he has done since arriving in the DC echo chamber. Senator Cruz needs to continue doing what he is doing.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
artman1746, 2/16/2013 6:26:21 AM (No. 9179374)
Poor, poor NY Times. " Waaaaahhhhhhh! Boo Hoo Hoo. Those wascal Wepublicans have ewected a baaaad, baaaad boy! He´s thwowing sand in evweybodies face!"
" in a body known for its comity". Really? Really? Reid is known for his comity? Kennedy, the swimmer, was known for his comity when accusing Republicans of starving children, accusing Bork of being a racist?
Cruz is doing what I elected him to do. He´s doing the job the NY Times and this a$$wipe "reporter" refuses to do.
NY Times and their usual one-way street stories. We don´t need their lying stories posted here and simply give their propaganda a wider audience.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
steveracer, 2/16/2013 6:39:29 AM (No. 9179389)
Good for you Ted Cruz. Keep doing what you are doing. One day you will be as useless as John McCain but until that day comes .....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/16/2013 6:44:47 AM (No. 9179395)
Relentless attack...bipartisan hackles... Hee, hee. Too bad the rest of the republicans didn´t have a backbone to do the same thing. Frankly, I´m sick and tired of the republicans caving and playing nice all the time.
God bless Cruz.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
reilly, 2/16/2013 6:59:20 AM (No. 9179417)
I like this Cruz guy. He´s no Karl Rove clone.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hamrman, 2/16/2013 7:17:59 AM (No. 9179443)
We the People love Ted...you go Senator!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bubby, 2/16/2013 8:01:40 AM (No. 9179516)
I voted for him to do just exactly what he is doing. Amazing a politician doing what he said he was going to do. Read the comments at the end of the article. The readers of the NYT are complete left wing nuts there is no way to compromise we people who want to destroy the Constitution and this country!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 2/16/2013 8:03:51 AM (No. 9179520)
Good for Cruz. Washington Democrats have needed a good kick in the nads for a long time. Keep up the good work. The Democrat Party is the real enemy of America.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BarryNo, 2/16/2013 8:21:39 AM (No. 9179562)
I´ve never noticed the GOP demanding a litmus-test of its members. Maybe it should. Hagel is an prime example of the ´RINO´.
A pity when, philosophy-wise, he barely qualifies as an American.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ziel, 2/16/2013 8:34:21 AM (No. 9179596)
Time to turn it around and say:
NYT are racists bastards dare to criticize Latino men.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
chillijilli, 2/16/2013 8:53:59 AM (No. 9179632)
FTA/ Cruz: the very junior senator
Gee. Amazing that Hillary landed in the Senate as an instant powerhouse, somehow leapfrogging over the "very junior senator" phase.
OK. I admit that Hillary leapfrogging is a bad visual. Sorry.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
JimS, 2/16/2013 8:55:59 AM (No. 9179635)
Ted, please release a statement in response to this smear.
"Those were racist comments by the Latino-hating NY Times. First an attack on Mark Rubio, and now upon myself. Very clearly, the NYT has a deep bias against Latinos"
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Judith, 2/16/2013 9:10:58 AM (No. 9179666)
I´m getting rather fond of Senator Cruz. I hope he doesn´t disappoint me. Why does it seem that Texas makes strong men? And they usually have a strong core of principles.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 2/16/2013 9:11:39 AM (No. 9179667)
Another Texan here who voted for Cruz hoping for this. There is no reason for the great State of Texas to behave as "very junior" to any other state or the limp men they send to represent them.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
gabula, 2/16/2013 9:16:30 AM (No. 9179676)
Mark Levin was on this last night. All the MSM have attack pieces on Sen. Cruz. Journalolist (sp) never died.
Gabula
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
rabid wombat, 2/16/2013 9:59:22 AM (No. 9179796)
If he is upsetting the likes of the Times, Hagel, and Boxer - he is doing EXACTLY what I voted for......
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 2/16/2013 10:19:40 AM (No. 9179853)
FTA-- - - - - - - -
Without naming names, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, offered a biting label for the Texan’s accusatory crusade: McCarthyism.
It IS McCarthyism !
Sen. Joe was brow beaten and demonized for speaking the truth just like Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Penelope@work, 2/16/2013 10:28:14 AM (No. 9179865)
I wrote to my new Senator and thanked him for having a spine. Finally! Someone who is proud to be a conservative. Hope he keeps it up.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
harper, 2/16/2013 1:25:06 PM (No. 9180259)
A general rule is that when the NYT screams, good things are happening. And, as the pitch increases so does the goodness. When they are making noises a dog can´t hear, civilization is advancing.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
typhoon, 2/16/2013 2:29:00 PM (No. 9180343)
I, as a Texan, believe that Cruz is doing a great job. He has my support.
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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