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Should Sen. Ted Cruz be recalled?

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OneOfTheseDays said:
LMAO at anyone that thinks Ted Cruz could ever be President.

When will Republicans learn that no far right candidate has a shot at winning a National election. The fringe is killing them, but they are too stupid to see this.
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Many people said the same thing about Reagan in the 70's.
 
zinfamous said:
In fact, it very much has every thing to do with all of us, which is the real problem.

This child-man single-handedly put a noose around the entire country after his small-minded constituents electing him.

There is simply no reason that a single representative from a tiny part of the country should have so much influence to throttle the democratic process.
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Gosh, I don't think I agree. What about Mr. Smith Goes To Washington?
 
Cruz is, in my view, a perfect illustration of what is wrong with contemporary partisan politics. He is a craven narcissist, and an embarrassment to his state. That being said, I am not a Texan, and did not and could not have voted for him. As such I don't really see what difference it makes what I think regarding whether he should be recalled even if the Constitution permitted that, which it does not.
 
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I gotta say all this crying over govt being shut down is a bit much, the comment about two lost weeks of "progress" is a hoot, like anything gets accomplished in govt in a two week span.

Even worse is putting all the blame on one individual...as others said, there is plenty of blame that is due to the prez and the libs for refusing to even consider talking things out.
 
you should come work for my company, and I can show you how much work we accomplish in two weeks. I am estimating around $80K to ramp up the project again after the shutdown, just for my projects along, and we lost $800,000 worth of capitalizable assets during this shutdown. We also had to prepare for days prior to the shutdown, and that was a big waste of tax dollars too.

If you have no clue, don't act like you do.
 
Texashiker said:
Ted is the only person who is standing up for his values.

And he should be removed from office because of it?

Absolutely not.
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If you seriously believe this had anything to do with Ted Cruz "standing up for his values," the hucksters of late-night TV must love you because you are one of the most gullible people alive. Ted Cruz is, even by Washington standards, uncommonly mercenary and self-interested, and in this case his actions were nothing but a publicity stunt intended to heighten his visibility for a 2016 Presidential run. Fortunately his stunt was spectacularly ill-advised and strategically myopic - all he did was make a fool of himself.

Even if I thought Ted Cruz believed in his own BS, and I agreed with him on it (neither of which is the case), I would be upset by this stunt because it suggests he is an uncontrolled narcissist with less strategic vision than a fruit fly.
 
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Ted Cruz only looks like an idiot right now. House just passed the bill.

All that nightmare for nothing, at the expense of tax payer money.
 
How about we compromise and just make Ted reimburse us for the damage he's caused? $26B, as I understand it. I'm sure the Koch brothers can cover it for their best servant.
 
Matt1970 said:
Sure, and while we're at it: http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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I don't think the Kochs can cover that.

Oh wait, I get it. You're trying to deflect again. You hero is being justly criticized for costing Americans $26 billion -- purely wasted, no value returned whatsoever -- and you're trying to cover for him. That's really sweet of you. Useless, as usual, but sweet.


Edit: My error, $24B, not $26B
 
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Bowfinger said:
I don't think the Kochs can cover that.

Oh wait, I get it. You're trying to deflect again. You hero is being justly criticized for costing Americans $26 billion -- purely wasted, no value returned whatsoever -- and you're trying to cover for him. That's really sweet of you. Useless, as usual, but sweet.
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That's not deflecting, that's putting things into perspective.
 
another brilliant liberal circle jerk thread.

To sum up the lib position...

'If only republicans were democrats life would be a fairy tale'
 
openwheel said:
True. It's very ironic, as a moderate republican, I am embarassed to see these bafoons' actions. A government shutdown is the most wasteful of all government waste. It almost feels like the extreme right does not understand how government works, or want to understand. At some point, ideology has to take a step back to reality.

Ted Cruz, John Boehner, and the likes are absolutely embassing to my conservative ideologies. They are doing more harm than good imho. I hope we elect more moderate conservatives next time.
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That'll never happen as long as the Tea Party "out-primaries" the moderate conservatives.
 
michal1980 said:
another brilliant liberal circle jerk thread.

To sum up the lib position...

'If only republicans were democrats life would be a fairy tale'
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Actually I for one welcome your party electing as many unappealing blowhards, a la Ted Cruz, as possible. Where I take issue is when it elects people who are willing to sacrifice the long-term economic interests of his country and even the world to prove a political point. These Tea Party people are dangerously rigid and foolish - it's like negotiating with terrorists. I am endlessly annoyed by my bleeding-heart hippie relatives, but at least the Democratic party is not electing them to federal office.
 
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Don Vito Corleone said:
Actually I for one welcome your party electing as many unappealing blowhards, a la Ted Cruz, as possible. Where I take issue is when it elects people who are willing to sacrifice the long-term economic interests of his country and even the world to prove a political point. These Tea Party people are dangerously rigid and foolish - it's like negotiating with terrorists. I am endlessly annoyed by my bleeding-heart hippie relatives, but at least the Democratic party is not electing them to federal office.
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Obama negotiates with terrorists, but wont with Cruz or the tea party.

therefor the tea party cannot be a terrorist.
 
What is this? The beginning of the hunt for the fall guy or an attempt to pacify Ted Cruz (and other Teahadists) so they don't pull the same stunt again? IMHO, Cruz was just following orders and the real leaders are elsewhere (Heritage, rep from Ohio)...
 
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