Cruzified!

[FistedSister]

But the GOP is soo afraid of him. They're not fit to lead. If you're too stupid to realize you created a monster, you can't lead. Hand in your oversized toy gavel. Bring it back to the carnival where you got it.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Retard Ruse will be in here shortly to declare this a glorious victory for Republicans, and a stunnin' loss for President Obama.

 

[richard_daily]

But the GOP is soo afraid of him. They're not fit to lead. If you're too stupid to realize you created a monster, you can't lead. Hand in your oversized toy gavel. Bring it back to the carnival where you got it.

First they fund al qaeda, and now this...

 

[Killswitch]

Carnival Cruz.

 

[Midnight_Man]

Carnival Cruz.

Very catchy.

 

[renard_ruse]

The rightwing is back in business, despite what you think. Cruz has reinvigorated the conservative movement. They will always win seats and be part of government.

The only losers are liberal Republicans. They are in deep trouble if they think their base will forgive them for dissing Cruz and the Tea Party.

 

[richard_daily]

The rightwing is back in business, despite what you think. Cruz has reinvigorated the conservative movement. They will always win seats and be part of government.

The only losers are liberal Republicans. They are in deep trouble if they think their base will forgive them for dissing Cruz and the Tea Party.

the right wing is funded by big business.... you're on point there.

 

[Wrong Element]

I might need a "Don't Blame Me -- I Didn't Vote For The Canadian" bumper sticker.

 

[renard_ruse]

I might need a "Don't Blame Me -- I Didn't Vote For The Canadian" bumper sticker.

Why are you racist toward Latinos?

 

[1sickbastard]

I might need a "Don't Blame Me -- I Didn't Vote For The Canadian" bumper sticker.

Okay, that was funny.

 

[RobDownSouth]

The rightwing is back in business, despite what you think. Cruz has reinvigorated the conservative movement. They will always win seats and be part of government.

The only losers are liberal Republicans. They are in deep trouble if they think their base will forgive them for dissing Cruz and the Tea Party.

Cruz exposed the soft white underbelly of the Tea Party: their dirty little secret is that, even on their best days, they cannot muster more than 20% of the population.

They'll never be a majority, and they know this.

They'll have stunts like this shutdown again, that's all they can do to subvert Democracy.

 

[renard_ruse]

Cruz exposed the soft white underbelly of the Tea Party: their dirty little secret is that, even on their best days, they cannot muster more than 20% of the population.

They'll never be a majority, and they know this.

They'll have stunts like this shutdown again, that's all they can do to subvert Democracy.

I don't know where you were in the 80s and early 90s, but there are pendulum swings. Just as Goldwater set the stage for Ronald Reagan, the Tea Party is setting the stage for the next pendulum swing to the right. Its inevitable. Politics are always cyclical.

The majority is against Obamacare, I don't even hear the media trying to deny that they just change the subject.

 

[richard_daily]

Holy shit, ted cruz just gave a "defiance" speech that was totally incoherent and moronic... looks like the pubs are throwing in the towel if he's the best they've got.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Retard Ruse will be in here shortly to declare this a glorious victory for Republicans, and a stunnin' loss for President Obama.

Believe it or not, The Nation has an even more pessimistic take.

Because the deal only includes minor concessions, the Beltway consensus is that it represents a resounding defeat for Republicans, who “surrendered” their original demands to defund or delay Obamacare. In the skirmish of opinion polls, that may be true, for now. But in the war of ideas, the Senate deal is but a stalemate, one made almost entirely on conservative terms. The GOP now goes into budget talks with sequestration as the new baseline, primed to demand longer-term cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. And they still hold the gun of a US default to the nation’s head in the next debt ceiling showdown.

Surrender? Any more “victories” like this and Democrats will end up paying tribute into the GOP’s coffers.

This debate started in 2011 when the president accepted that he couldn’t get support for jobs programs and instead called for “balanced” deficit reduction that included tax increases on corporations and the wealthy and spending cuts. In response, Republicans threatened to default on America’s debts, forcing through the Budget Control Act, which cut nearly $1 trillion in spending over ten years with no tax increases and exacted another trillion in cuts either by agreement of a “supercommittee” or, failing that, automatic across-the-board cuts of $1.2 trillion over ten years. Now the Republicans’ “surrender” locks in that sequester while pushing for further reductions to basic safety net programs—all while tax increases remain off the table and the threat of default is still pointed at the country’s head. Tea Party zealots may have lost their bid to torpedo healthcare reform, but the right continues to set the terms of the debate.

This is particularly perverse because austerity only adds to the country’s troubles. More than 20 million people still need full-time work. Incomes are still stagnant. The top 1 percent continue to capture what little growth there is. The International Monetary Fund says even that will slow, projecting a rate of 1.6 percent growth in the coming months. We are closer to a renewed recession than a healthy recovery. Meanwhile, deficits are falling more rapidly than at any time since the demobilization after World War II. More spending cuts will only cost jobs and slow growth.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I don't know where you were in the 80s and early 90s, but there are pendulum swings. Just as Goldwater set the stage for Ronald Reagan, the Tea Party is setting the stage for the next pendulum swing to the right. Its inevitable. Politics are always cyclical.

The majority is against Obamacare, I don't even hear the media trying to deny that they just change the subject.

You keep claiming "The majority is against Obamacare", but last November you had an opportunity to seat a Congress and President who would undo Obamacare and you failed miserably to do so.

Ergo, the majority of Americans don't want Obamacare repealed.

Feel free to try again in 2016!!

 

[KingOrfeo]

I don't know where you were in the 80s and early 90s, but there are pendulum swings.

There is not really any "pendulum" in politics. Demographic changes change the narrative for each generation.

 

[1sickbastard]

You keep claiming "The majority is against Obamacare", but last November you had an opportunity to seat a Congress and President who would undo Obamacare and you failed miserably to do so.

Ergo, the majority of Americans don't want Obamacare repealed.

Feel free to try again in 2016!!

2016 hell. Even money says they try again in January.

 

[RobDownSouth]

2016 hell. Even money says they try again in January.

Won't get past the Senate.
Won't get past the President.
Won't stop 'em from trying, sadly.

It's "all about the optics".

 

[KingOrfeo]

2016 hell. Even money says they try again in January.

And Obama says . . .

 

[phrodeau]

The rightwing is back in business, despite what you think. Cruz has reinvigorated the conservative movement. They will always win seats and be part of government.

The only losers are liberal Republicans. They are in deep trouble if they think their base will forgive them for dissing Cruz and the Tea Party.

They can puff up all they like. They still have bupkis chance of being re-elected after the past three weeks.

All it takes is a little reminder of how they fucked up our country.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The majority is against Obamacare, I don't even hear the media trying to deny that they just change the subject.

If you'll recall, at least half of those who are against Obamacare are against it because it does not go far enough and they want a public option or Canuckistani-style single-payer or something.