Ted Cruz Embarrassingly Whines About Fact-Checking Site That Constantly Exposes His Lies

[TexasTowelie]

f you follow politics fairly regularly, you’ve probably heard of the fact-checking website Politifact. While not always perfect, I would say they’re pretty fair in their findings. Though I will say that sometimes they’re too literal in their conclusions. By that I mean I’ve seen them rate statements as “True” or “False,” simply based on technicalities of the comment that they were researching.

But that’s not really a big deal. For the most part they do great work.

Well, it seems Texas Senator Ted Cruz isn’t a fan. Shocking, I know.

While Cruz was discussing the broken promise made by President Obama when he told Americans that they would be able to keep their old health insurance plan (which was “only” true for 95% of Americans), he said:

“There’s a reason PolitiFact — an institution of which I am not a fan — but there is a reason PolitiFact rated that statement the Lie of the Year.”

Read more: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/ted-cruz-embarrassingly-whines-fact-checking-site-constantly-exposes-lies/

[blkmusclmachine]

1. Bwahaha

[Half-Century Man]

2. Lets see....

2009 Winner Sarah Palin, with "death Panels.
2010 Winner Mitt Romney, with "ACA = government take over of health care."
2011 Winner DCCC, with "republicans voted to end Medicare"
2012 Winner Mitt Romney, with "Chrysler had moved Jeep production to China".
2013 Winner President Obama with "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it" In 2009 and 2012 this was rated Half True based on the original statement "If you're one of the more than 250 million Americans who already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance." When the 02% of plans that failed the most basic of regulations had to be replaced; The administration poorly chose to double down and compounded the generalization into an outright lie.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/dec/12/lie-year-if-you-like-your-health-care-plan-keep-it/

Ted Cruz himself has been an runner up before. He just needs to work harder.

[TexasTowelie]

3. What you said at the end...

is Ted Cruz is #2. Uh-huh, piled high and deep.

[Gothmog]

4. Carnival Criz has issues with facts

Carnival Cruz does not like facts

[DhhD]

5. Pathological Lying (in Facet 1 below). Seems Father and Son are umbilical (in Facet 2).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist

The two factors[edit]

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised: Factors, Facets, and Items[10]


Factor 1

Factor 2

Other items


Facet 1: Interpersonal
Glibness/superficial charm
Grandiose sense of self-worth
Pathological lying
Cunning/manipulative

Facet 2: Affective
Lack of remorse or guilt
Emotionally shallow
Callous/lack of empathy
Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Facet 3: Lifestyle
Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Parasitic lifestyle
Lack of realistic, long-term goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility

Facet 4: Antisocial
Poor behavioral controls
Early behavioral problems
Juvenile delinquency
Revocation of conditional release
Criminal versatility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_lying

[DhhD]

8. Facet 3: Shutting down the government of the US while speaking between himself and his children,

in an empty arena, for hours, costing the taxpayers.

Facet 4: Abuse of the government, himself and family, abuse on the Floor and R-Party, while insisting on destroying the American government (also in Texas Churches) and liberal taxpayers.

[RussBLib]

6. how did we let this frikkin pinhead into the US Senate?

Texas continues to amaze, and not in a good way.

[Vogon_Glory]

7. Ted Got Elected Because The Wing-nutz Were Organized And Motivated

Ted Cruz got elected Senator because the Texas GOP's right wing was organized, motivated, and went to the polls and voted.

Unfortunately, in November, centrist Texans (And I include what used to be moderate conservatives back when Daddy Bush was President) as well as progressives were all too often apathetic and didn't even bother to go to the polls. Add to that too many Texans' two decades-long bad habit of reflexively voting Republican and you get people like Louie Gohmert and Ted Cruz getting elected.

I personally think that one of the ways Progressives and Centrists could make a comeback in Texas would be through a little basic political education. Too many Democratic ads look like someone has forgotten to include very basic political ideas like "vote your interests," "your vote counts," "the other guy's vote cancels out yours if you don't vote," and even the more cynical "you get what you vote for, and if you don't vote, you get their agenda, not yours."

If middle-class and shirt-sleeve Texans remembered to vote for their interests, the Texas GOP would be out in a political wilderness that (I hope) would last longer than the 12 Tribes' trip from Egypt to Canaan.