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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:01 PM Oct 2018

The plight of the SECOND HOMEless is so overlooked. Thank God Heidi Cruz is bringing it to light.

Joan Walsh

Poor Heidi Cruz is whining about being the "primary breadwinner" when her husband makes $174K as a US Senator: "We're not buying a second home anytime soon." My heart hurts for them.

Lizz "Angry Democratic Mobster" Winstead?

The plight of the second homeless is so overlooked. Thank God Heidi Cruz is bringing it to light.

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tanyev

(42,589 posts)
2. Oh, yes. When we want a vacation getaway, we can only afford to rent a cabin for a few days.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:15 PM
Oct 2018


Thank you, Heidi.



Raster

(20,998 posts)
3. Heidi Cruz should be thanking her lucky stars...
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:20 PM
Oct 2018

...she only has to cohabitate with Grandpa Munster during Congressional recesses.

Hotler

(11,433 posts)
7. what's she going to do when he loses his job.....
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 07:50 PM
Oct 2018

and has to go back to pulling himself up by his bootstraps?

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
9. I read the complete Atlantic article and am convinced she's he's perfect match.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 08:28 PM
Oct 2018

She does feel the "sacrifice" is worth it when something like kavanaugh getting onfirmed happens.

ya, she said that.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
14. So did I, this morning
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:12 PM
Oct 2018

It didn't take much time in it to realize she is ...like.....a Valley girl.
THEN I understood her world view.
Her poor kids.

Ohiogal

(32,026 posts)
4. Republicans are so unbelievably tone deaf
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:22 PM
Oct 2018

Remember Mitt Romney telling us that if we want to start a small business, "borrow the money from your parents!"

Mariana

(14,858 posts)
15. Yes, and Mitt's wife told us
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:18 PM
Oct 2018

they were so poor when Mitt was going to school, that they actually had to sell some of the stock Mitt's father had given him, just to survive!

delisen

(6,044 posts)
5. Median earnings at her Goldman Sachs gig was $650000 years ago
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:41 PM
Oct 2018

Wonder what she is earning now. she won't tell us.

She needs a 2nd home in Mexico Beach or Puerto Rico where she can learn something useful.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,528 posts)
8. There is a great Beta ad that should play this angle.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 08:06 PM
Oct 2018

Poor, entitled, white folks can't buy that 2nd home on $470K income a year. We can all not relate.

dchill

(38,512 posts)
10. Ted-o could do a lot better in the private sector.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 08:30 PM
Oct 2018

His profile better fits a lobbyist than a senator, anyway. Be best, Ted-o!

Stuart G

(38,438 posts)
13. OUTSTANDING POST.....,SECOND HOMEless....yes, well said, THANK YOU HEIDI CRUZ. OH ONE MORE..
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 08:46 PM
Oct 2018

THANK YOU....because that one statement could and may cost Ted Cruz the election...

so selfish and so stupid and so ignorant........

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