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Quote from Ted Cruz
First Cruz tells (in his book A Time for Truth) how the Democrats AND (strangely) some Republicans wanted to change the 60-vote requirement (rule) to take up a motion for RAISING the Debt ceiling; they wanted to change it to a 50 vote requirement. That way, the motion to take up raising the Debt ceiling would pass, since there were 55 Democrats (@ that time). They always want to raise the Debt ceiling so they can spend more, more more of YOUR money. With only 50 votes required, there would be no Republican fingerprints on the deal, therefore, Republicans could tell their constituents that none of them voted for it.
Of course, a proposal enabling Democrats to do it is the same thing.
It’s called Deception
Ted Cruz and Mike Lee refused to go along
Ted Cruz:
“Telling the truth in Washington… is a radical act. And it earns you the enmity of career politicians in both parties. When you tell the truth about Washington—when you expose the fact that elected officials are misleading the voters… when you admit publicly that many of those in your own party are complicit in the problem… the long knives come out.
The leadership in Congress has two ways of punishing members who speak the truth. First, they go after the “lifeblood” of politics: money. Without campaign money, you cannot get elected, and you cannot get your message out. Especially in this modern media age, communicating is expensive… Once I demonstrated that I would stand up to party leadership [the money] stopped—cold. Members of the GOP leadership made it clear to K Street lobbyists and [PAC] committees that if they continued to support me, then they would be frozen out. Our PAC fund-raiser quit… They did the same thing to Mike Lee.
Want to know why so many elected officials listen to party bosses instead of their constituents? Washington is corrupt and control over DC money is a big part of it.
Fortunately, my campaign was never dependent on financial support from giant corporations or K Street lobbyists… our campaign contributions came instead from tens of thousands of citizens in all 50 states… young people, small business owners, little old ladies sending in five or ten dollars so that we could stand together and change Washington. They weren’t susceptible to threatening phone calls from leadership aides… The second method of punishment the GOP elites use is public flogging. Anonymous quotes appear in Capital Hill publications…
[such as:] 'Ted Cruz came here to throw bombs and fund-raise off of attacks on fellow Republicans.
He’s a joke…'
'He’s an amateur.'… 'hypocrite'… 'wacko bird.'
…Bob Woodward went on one of the Sunday shows and said “Mitch McConnell… thinks that Cruz is literally the most selfish senator he’s ever seen.” There was almost a Freudian projection at work here. It seems to me that the “selfish” thing… would have been to go along to get along: go to the Washington parties, raise money, stay in office for life, and never rock the boat. Who in their right mind would “selfishly” choose to endure the vilification, the personal and nasty attacks? In the curious lexicon of Washington, what is perceived as “selfish” is doing what you said you would: honoring your commitments to your constituents.
Because, I suppose, that selfishly makes it uncomfortable to others who do not wish to do the same"
:think:
First Cruz tells (in his book A Time for Truth) how the Democrats AND (strangely) some Republicans wanted to change the 60-vote requirement (rule) to take up a motion for RAISING the Debt ceiling; they wanted to change it to a 50 vote requirement. That way, the motion to take up raising the Debt ceiling would pass, since there were 55 Democrats (@ that time). They always want to raise the Debt ceiling so they can spend more, more more of YOUR money. With only 50 votes required, there would be no Republican fingerprints on the deal, therefore, Republicans could tell their constituents that none of them voted for it.
Of course, a proposal enabling Democrats to do it is the same thing.
It’s called Deception
Ted Cruz and Mike Lee refused to go along
Ted Cruz:
“Telling the truth in Washington… is a radical act. And it earns you the enmity of career politicians in both parties. When you tell the truth about Washington—when you expose the fact that elected officials are misleading the voters… when you admit publicly that many of those in your own party are complicit in the problem… the long knives come out.
The leadership in Congress has two ways of punishing members who speak the truth. First, they go after the “lifeblood” of politics: money. Without campaign money, you cannot get elected, and you cannot get your message out. Especially in this modern media age, communicating is expensive… Once I demonstrated that I would stand up to party leadership [the money] stopped—cold. Members of the GOP leadership made it clear to K Street lobbyists and [PAC] committees that if they continued to support me, then they would be frozen out. Our PAC fund-raiser quit… They did the same thing to Mike Lee.
Want to know why so many elected officials listen to party bosses instead of their constituents? Washington is corrupt and control over DC money is a big part of it.
Fortunately, my campaign was never dependent on financial support from giant corporations or K Street lobbyists… our campaign contributions came instead from tens of thousands of citizens in all 50 states… young people, small business owners, little old ladies sending in five or ten dollars so that we could stand together and change Washington. They weren’t susceptible to threatening phone calls from leadership aides… The second method of punishment the GOP elites use is public flogging. Anonymous quotes appear in Capital Hill publications…
[such as:] 'Ted Cruz came here to throw bombs and fund-raise off of attacks on fellow Republicans.
He’s a joke…'
'He’s an amateur.'… 'hypocrite'… 'wacko bird.'
…Bob Woodward went on one of the Sunday shows and said “Mitch McConnell… thinks that Cruz is literally the most selfish senator he’s ever seen.” There was almost a Freudian projection at work here. It seems to me that the “selfish” thing… would have been to go along to get along: go to the Washington parties, raise money, stay in office for life, and never rock the boat. Who in their right mind would “selfishly” choose to endure the vilification, the personal and nasty attacks? In the curious lexicon of Washington, what is perceived as “selfish” is doing what you said you would: honoring your commitments to your constituents.
Because, I suppose, that selfishly makes it uncomfortable to others who do not wish to do the same"
:think:
