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mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
2. Why doesn't he just go back to Canada where he was born?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 08:56 PM
Aug 2013

Or Cuba, where his dad came from after helping Fidel Castro come to power.

Why Texas?

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
3. It will be a great opportunity for Texans to see him a court jester. Democrats have been too nice
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 09:02 PM
Aug 2013

to liars and deceivers in the Republican Party.

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
4. Nah, jesters are clever and entertaining. He's just stupid and paid for.
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 09:06 PM
Aug 2013

LBJ knew how to handle things.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
5. Stupid as in, "Interstate Compact," as his way of interpreting the Constitution?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 09:30 PM
Aug 2013

Or trying to bring another suite before the Supreme Courts 5 member Ruling Class?

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2010/12/04/176974/interstate-compact/

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
6. Yeah, I'd say his notions about interstate compacts are, as the link suggests,
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 12:37 AM
Aug 2013

completely wrong and serve the financial masters who would benefit from his actions.

He also has a lousy personality.

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
8. Not really all of it. The 140,000 population city I live in
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 12:11 PM
Aug 2013

is 67% Hispanic or self-identified Mexican heritage, 9% Black, 3% Asian or Pacific Islander.

That really only leaves 21% eligible, and I am evidence that someone wants him to leave the state.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)
9. I've lived in Texas for decades
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 05:55 PM
Aug 2013

teabagger assholes are everywhere and very well represented in government

mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
10. Sure, but you live east of I-35, right?
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 06:38 PM
Aug 2013

That 80% of the state living on 20% of the real estate runs the statewide elections.

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
12. Senators Cornyn and McConnell are facing the People in 2014, for reelection.
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 11:51 AM
Aug 2013
http://www.redstate.com/2013/08/02/finger-lickin-frauds/

The ACA is already making life better. Ted Cruz is shinning a light on Texas political decisions that will bring separation in healthcare between Texas and other states that embraced ACA from the beginning.

Keep up with Ted Cruz's tag, Don't Blink, at the RedState meeting in Colorado August 2-3, 2013.

Seems to me that Cruz really does not stand for any party. I see him as a black upside down pentagram, rising over the elephant.

RussBLib

(9,037 posts)
14. zero Town Halls
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:03 AM
Aug 2013

I've been watching and waiting at this link - http://www.accountablecongress.com/ - to find a Town Hall for John Cornyn or Ted Cruz, or my House rep, Ted Poe, but so far, not ONE Town Hall meeting is on the schedule. All Cruz is doing is attending fundraisers. Not one listing for Cornyn or Poe. I think they're afraid of their constituents.

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