I realize that this is an op ed piece, but I found the last sentence of the article very telling ("...Republicans have a Ted Cruz problem. The better he does, the more he could destroy the GOP. He thrills the right but is anathema to everyone else.").  Gee I thought the the GOP USED to be considered the "right", which just shows how derailed and defunct the party really is.

Cruz could destroy GOP

...Cruz today has virtually no influence to get things done in the Senate Republican Conference or among House Republicans. They remember the epic disaster he inflicted on the GOP the one time he did have influence, when he championed the government shutdown in October 2013 that voters despised...

"The big question for Republicans is whether Cruz will be nominated for president, wage his war against all Republicans of moderation, and try to purge them from his party, or whether the rest of the GOP will understand the disaster Cruz could impose on them and purge him from the corridors of power first, a process that has already begun. A Cruz campaign in 2016 promises ugly primary attacks against GOP opponents, and if he is nominated, ugly attacks against Democrats...

...Republicans have a Ted Cruz problem. The better he does, the more he could destroy the GOP. He thrills the right but is anathema to everyone else.

http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/213178-cruz-could-destroy-gop

If this piece were any more pfluffy, I'd lay my head on it 'n fall-sleep.

Quote from: suzziY on July 24, 2014, 04:36:01 AM
I realize that this is an op ed piece, but I found the last sentence of the article very telling ("...Republicans have a Ted Cruz problem. The better he does, the more he could destroy the GOP. He thrills the right but is anathema to everyone else.").  Gee I thought the the GOP USED to be considered the "right", which just shows how derailed and defunct the party really is.

Cruz could destroy GOP

...Cruz today has virtually no influence to get things done in the Senate Republican Conference or among House Republicans. They remember the epic disaster he inflicted on the GOP the one time he did have influence, when he championed the government shutdown in October 2013 that voters despised...

"The big question for Republicans is whether Cruz will be nominated for president, wage his war against all Republicans of moderation, and try to purge them from his party, or whether the rest of the GOP will understand the disaster Cruz could impose on them and purge him from the corridors of power first, a process that has already begun. A Cruz campaign in 2016 promises ugly primary attacks against GOP opponents, and if he is nominated, ugly attacks against Democrats...

...Republicans have a Ted Cruz problem. The better he does, the more he could destroy the GOP. He thrills the right but is anathema to everyone else.

http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/213178-cruz-could-destroy-gop

The first paragraph is pure bull shit! In his mind it may have been despised, which means this is nothing more than a thinly veiled hit piece.

He's right about the last line, though I wonder who he means by "everyone else", meaning the minority opinion?

Yea, we need a candidate who wont attack democrats.

Quote from: Solar on July 24, 2014, 05:39:06 AM
The first paragraph is pure bull shit! In his mind it may have been despised, which means this is nothing more than a thinly veiled hit piece.

He's right about the last line, though I wonder who he means by "everyone else", meaning the minority opinion?

Get ready for more of these type pieces. The long knives will be out for any true conservative that shows any promise. It will get worse after November.

Quote from: supsalemgr on July 24, 2014, 06:50:04 AM
Get ready for more of these type pieces. The long knives will be out for any true conservative that shows any promise. It will get worse after November.

Bingo!!!
It'll be like an invasion of locust.
This is the time when everyone needs to be extra vigilant,  turn on critical thinking, and above all else, turn off the TV.

Quote from: Solar on July 24, 2014, 06:53:47 AM
Bingo!!!
It'll be like an invasion of locust.
This is the time when everyone needs to be extra vigilant,  turn on critical thinking, and above all else, turn off the TV.

How easily some people are duped. 
Follow your candidate of choice, not what the tabloids are saying or LSM spouts.
Why not post some derogatory articles about whatever Democrat is in the running.?  There's enough crap about the liberals so that we'll never find a conservative that could even begin to be as far down in the gutter.  There's an old saying that rings true, "a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link". 

This reply was quoted from Solar's comments in error.  It was mean't to be quoted from the author of the thread.  My bad, Solar.

Interesting.  The 'zine is called "The Hill."

Quote from: red_dirt on July 24, 2014, 07:36:10 AM
Interesting.  The 'zine is called "The Hill."

I follow your lead precisely.   

Quote from: red_dirt on July 24, 2014, 07:36:10 AM
Interesting.  The 'zine is called "The Hill."

Yep, and well known for it's far leftist bent.

 

Yes. He could destroy the Boner/McConnell GOP. That's a bad thing?

Quote from: keyboarder on July 24, 2014, 07:22:20 AM
How easily some people are duped. 
Follow your candidate of choice, not what the tabloids are saying or LSM spouts.
Why not post some derogatory articles about whatever Democrat is in the running.?  There's enough crap about the liberals so that we'll never find a conservative that could even begin to be as far down in the gutter.  There's an old saying that rings true, "a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link". 

This reply was quoted from Solar's comments in error.  It was mean't to be quoted from the author of the thread.  My bad, Solar.

Your mention of the tabloids brought to mind another potential candidate in 2016. Let's add John Edwards to the list and really make it a circus for the dem nomination.

Quote from: supsalemgr on July 24, 2014, 08:29:32 AM
Your mention of the tabloids brought to mind another potential candidate in 2016. Let's add John Edwards to the list and really make it a circus for the dem nomination.

Ooooooh.  I forgot about Johnny....

BUDOWSKY: and take the GOP down to a defeat as catastrophic as the one Barry Goldwater suffered in 1964.

He never explains that Goldwater probably lost because he expressed possibly dropping nukes on North Vietnam, then he never mentions Goldwater again.  That's effing odd, since Budowsky was a former aide to former Texas Senator/Democrat vice-presidential candidate; Lloyd Bentsen Jr., who expressed possibly dropping nukes on North Korea in 1952.



 

 

Cruz is a credible threat to both the GOP AND DEMS.         This is only the beginning!