IndependentinWis
Mayor
I think so, but the GOP will never go along with censoring one of their own no matter what hateful thing they do.
Should the Senate censor Ted Cruz
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Ted Cruz is an obnoxious jack ass...From Texas (no surprise there)...He thinks by being "in your face" he is convincing the brain dead red necks that voted him in, that he taking charge, getting things done...He will only make the Republican Party look like a backward group of Neanderthals....Babbling non sense....For that reason alone...I say....Let him Speak!
MaryAnne
Governor
No, Cruz was handed his head after his innuendo's, not only by Leahy,but Ben Nelson let him have it.
Then McCain did too. McCain was so upset because he knew he started this hate fest against a War Hero,he rushed off to pee.
Them McCaskill not only blasted Cruz,she key Inhoffe have it too. Both insinuated Hagel was in bed with Foreign Interests. She told Inhoffe he better be careful that a group he did not like might endorse him!
Iran wants Hagel,and I think it is because they think he is level headed,and will not rush into war,like the Neocons do.
Then McCain did too. McCain was so upset because he knew he started this hate fest against a War Hero,he rushed off to pee.
Them McCaskill not only blasted Cruz,she key Inhoffe have it too. Both insinuated Hagel was in bed with Foreign Interests. She told Inhoffe he better be careful that a group he did not like might endorse him!
Iran wants Hagel,and I think it is because they think he is level headed,and will not rush into war,like the Neocons do.
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PACE
Guest
If the GOP really wants to succeed and they won't, they will learn that the general sensibility of this country has changed, those that were Reagan Democrats do not have the loud voice they once had, they are drowned out by the faction which wishes to destroy this federal government.
Ted Cruz, is a six week old senator, he has violated the sacred rules of the Senate and is trying to turn the Senate into another bar room brawl fest like the House.
it won't work, he will be outmanuveured by the Democrats, but if the Senior members of the Republican Senate can't "control low" their newest Senator, they will find themselves on the wrong side of the Senate very quickly.
This filibuster of Hagel is unbelievable; and to insinuate that Hagel's private finances should be investigated since he has left the Senate is the stuff of Joe McCarthy; a morphine addict with a fatal ambition.
Look, while it may be fashionable to rout out the REDS in government, it really points to a deeper problem in the GOP's newly minted Tea Party faction; they will eventually cease to amuse the arm chair warriors who enjoy watching these guys "chop down trees to make themselves appear taller"
Cruz has already been repuked by leaders in the Latino community; they are saying he is a Senator "who just happens to be hispanic", so there goes the GOP's latest tool.
Down the drain.
I thought Rubio struggled with a message after the SOTU; he didn't say anything new, and it's more of the "under dog" mentality, people get tired of hand wringers very quickly.
certainly the vote in the presidential election attests to that.
If you aren't moving and doing something you are either dead or dis-engaged.
And the irony is? Cruz is now making a living off the corpse he fantasizes this government to be soon.
That won't happen, Cruz will be gone and the federal government will live on.
Regards
Pace
Ted Cruz, is a six week old senator, he has violated the sacred rules of the Senate and is trying to turn the Senate into another bar room brawl fest like the House.
it won't work, he will be outmanuveured by the Democrats, but if the Senior members of the Republican Senate can't "control low" their newest Senator, they will find themselves on the wrong side of the Senate very quickly.
This filibuster of Hagel is unbelievable; and to insinuate that Hagel's private finances should be investigated since he has left the Senate is the stuff of Joe McCarthy; a morphine addict with a fatal ambition.
Look, while it may be fashionable to rout out the REDS in government, it really points to a deeper problem in the GOP's newly minted Tea Party faction; they will eventually cease to amuse the arm chair warriors who enjoy watching these guys "chop down trees to make themselves appear taller"
Cruz has already been repuked by leaders in the Latino community; they are saying he is a Senator "who just happens to be hispanic", so there goes the GOP's latest tool.
Down the drain.
I thought Rubio struggled with a message after the SOTU; he didn't say anything new, and it's more of the "under dog" mentality, people get tired of hand wringers very quickly.
certainly the vote in the presidential election attests to that.
If you aren't moving and doing something you are either dead or dis-engaged.
And the irony is? Cruz is now making a living off the corpse he fantasizes this government to be soon.
That won't happen, Cruz will be gone and the federal government will live on.
Regards
Pace
LeRoy_Was_Here
Senator
Censure him, yes. Censor him, no.
as seen on tv
Senator
this is an example of political jack at its most mindless. not only does the poster confuse "censor" with "censure", the reasons for advocating censure are nowhere provided.
for the record, in the past 50 years only 3 senators have been censured - 2 democrats and 1 republican. and ted kennedy was NOT censured for his role in the death of mary jo kopechne, and his attempts to conceal the death and leaving the scene of the fatality.
censure has become a political tool wielded by the majority party to protect its own, and harass the minority.
the senate by all means should debate the censure of this guy, whoever he is. they haven't passed a budget in 4 years, and apparently have nothing better to do.
for the record, in the past 50 years only 3 senators have been censured - 2 democrats and 1 republican. and ted kennedy was NOT censured for his role in the death of mary jo kopechne, and his attempts to conceal the death and leaving the scene of the fatality.
censure has become a political tool wielded by the majority party to protect its own, and harass the minority.
the senate by all means should debate the censure of this guy, whoever he is. they haven't passed a budget in 4 years, and apparently have nothing better to do.
LeRoy_Was_Here
Senator
One of those censures was for Joe 'TailGunner' McCarthy, for impugning the patriotism of loyal Americans.
Ted Cruz should be censured for PRECISELY the same reason.
The demand by GOP/TP senators for more information about Hagel's finances is bizarre in light of their lack of interest in previous conflicts of interest by DOD nominees. For example, Condoleeza Rice had an oil tanker named after her by Chevron in honor of her being named NSA. When this highlighted the close nature of the Bush administration's ties to the oil and gas industry, the tanker was quietly renamed but the deeper potential conflicts of interest were never explored.
In the case of Hagel, the GOP/TP is extracting revenge for Hagel's heresies (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, endorsement of Obama) and setting Hagel as an example of the price heretics will pay in the new inclusive GOP/TP. The other source of resistance to Hagel is the Benghazi killings and the GOP/TP insistence that the WH lied and is covering up information about the killings for political reasons.
When Romney tried this approach in the second debate, he moved away from the issue rapidly in the aftermath. In the absence of such objective reality checks, the GOP/TP senators feel free to embrace their inner psychoses that had the true nature of the Benghazi attacks come out, the WH would have been caught in a politically motivated lie at the height of the fall election campaign.
In the case of Hagel, the GOP/TP is extracting revenge for Hagel's heresies (Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, endorsement of Obama) and setting Hagel as an example of the price heretics will pay in the new inclusive GOP/TP. The other source of resistance to Hagel is the Benghazi killings and the GOP/TP insistence that the WH lied and is covering up information about the killings for political reasons.
When Romney tried this approach in the second debate, he moved away from the issue rapidly in the aftermath. In the absence of such objective reality checks, the GOP/TP senators feel free to embrace their inner psychoses that had the true nature of the Benghazi attacks come out, the WH would have been caught in a politically motivated lie at the height of the fall election campaign.
Arkady
President
Presumably you mean censure. Sadly, the GOP won't censure a colleague for anything short of clear-cut felonies.
MaryAnne
Governor
That is why this Congress rating is so low. People see old men spitting,sputtering and frothing at the mouth while they do nothing to make the Country better!
Old Dan Coates is now spluttering about Obama! I thought that old coot had shuffled off long ago! ow,he is a Senator from Indiana? They must be really desperate in Indiana! He is ranting that because they cost so much,we have nothing for Infrastructure! Guess he forgot about 2 wars!
