GOP Senators Furious: Cruz Sold ‘Snake Oil,’ ‘Never Had a Strategy’

[deminks]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-senators-furious-cruz-sold-snake-oil-never-had-a-strategy/

Republican Senators met with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a private lunch on Wednesday to demand he produce an strategy for getting the GOP out of the political impasse he’d engineered, and then fervently denounced him when he was unable to produce one.

“It was very evident to everyone in the room that Cruz doesn’t have a strategy—he never had a strategy, and could never answer a question about what the end-game was,” one senator told Politico. “I just wish the thirty-five House members that have bought the snake oil that was sold could witness what was witnessed today at lunch.”

“He kept trying to change the subject because he never could answer the question,” the senator said. “It’s pretty evident it’s never been about a strategy—it’s been about him. That’s unfortunate. I think he’s done our country a major disservice. I think he’s done Republicans a major disservice.”

Politico reported that the meeting got extremely tense when Cruz refused to repudiate attacks made against the senators by the Cruz-affiliated group Senate Conservatives Fund. Asked “point blank,” Cruz said, “I will not.”

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How did they not recognize snake oil? The GOPers are the world's foremost snake oil experts.

[gopiscrap]

1. Stupid fucking repukes

you should have reined him in a long time ago!

[Coyotl]

13. They majored in Political Science for Creationists

[gopiscrap]

15. No kidding

[Arugula Latte]

20. You took the words right out of my brain.

[gopiscrap]

21. why thank you

[Happyhippychick]

2. Cruz has a strategy. He wants to destroy his own party.

[jeff47]

8. No, he wants to be governor of Texas.

If it requires destroying the national Republican party, so be it.

[Shrike47]

10. He wants to be something, anyway. Maybe president? But you're right, all he cares about is himself

[jeff47]

14. Probably not President

This strategy isn't' playing well nationally. But it's been widely reported he expected to not win the Senate seat, but was only running to build credibility for a run for Governor.

[gopiscrap]

22. How in the hell can he win the governorship

I would hope and pray that folks in the State of Texas are smarter than that by now. "Fool me once: shame on you! Fool me twice: shame on me!"

[gopiscrap]

16. fucking asshole

[ladjf]

24. I believe that he is trying to help his father accomplish the Dominionists dream of a total

theocracy in the U.S.

[hobbit709]

3. The easiest person to con is another conman.

[snagglepuss]

12. That oughta be a bumper sticker.

[roamer65]

4. One term senator.

He's toast. There will be millions of Rethuglican and Democratic dollars thrown at the effort to unseat him.

[Mopar151]

5. The GOP relationship to snake oil is similar to GWB's relationship with alcohol.

[phantom power]

6. WTF, did they think he had some magic move up his sleeve?

What "strategy" is there after you thrown down and pull out the pistols? It's a mexican stand-off now, bitches, and it's one you started.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

7. We may be witnessing the beginning of an exit strategy

Where Republicans put all the blame on Cruz, politically isolate him, and provide no party support to anything he may do.

Then they back their wrecked party out of this cul de sac and move on down the road.

[FSogol]

9. And all those clowns happily followed him down the sewer hole.

Now they are complaining about the crap.

I'd laugh at them, but they are destroying the fragile economy.

[freshwest]

11. NOPE. They're deflecting the heat off Boehner and themselves. GOP Nihilists don't have plans.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. They are a bunch of ignorant lemmings

for following him right off the cliff.

Rethug Senators - meet your Pied Piper of Texas.

[Berlum]

18. "We don't need no steenkin strategery. We are RepubliWankers." - The Annointed One (R)

[mindwalker_i]

19. ...

[Orsino]

23. They not only recognize snake oil...

...they are experts in disavowal when the crowd catches on.

If Cruz' little semistance had worked well enough, they'd be applauding him. The plan, however, was to use him to get the shutdown they had to pretend not to want.