2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTed Cruz (R-TX): Joe McCarthy comparisons mean ‘we’re doing something right’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he must be doing something right when critics compare him to Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Republican politician who was officially censured in the 1950s for using false accusations of communism to smear opponents.
In a February report, The New York Times noted that Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had compared Cruz tactics to McCarthyism after he made the baseless suggestion that then-Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel was being paid by North Korea.
It was really reminiscent of a different time and place, when you said, I have here in my pocket a speech you made on such and such a date, and, of course, nothing was in the pocket, Boxer said. It was reminiscent of some bad times.
But in an interview published on Sunday, Cruz told The Dallas Morning News that he took the comparison to McCarthy as a badge of honor.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/25/ted-cruz-joe-mccarthy-comparisons-mean-were-doing-something-right/
Looks like The House is working on getting rid of Michelle Bachmann,
and the Senate will need to do something about Ted Cruz
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)So, I doubt the House has much to say about him.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)...I've seen the word fart typed into the interwebz.
It all started this morning with this:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tipping_tooting
(I'll bet Ted Cruz is a lousy tipper...)
Arkana
(24,347 posts)in disgrace, right?
Or did that little factoid slip Mr. Cruz's mind?
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)have been trying to rehab the image of Tailgunner Joe for years.
Fortunately most of his most heinous atrocities took place in full view of cameras so it's not likely to work.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)...Tailgunner Joe's Bullshit Slurpee is like Viagra to them.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Does this McCarthy wannabe know--or care--that he's being insulted as a vile excuse for a human being? He seems to think innuendo, character assassination, and destruction of innocent lives is a virtue.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)Rozlee
(2,529 posts)The stupid is strong with this one.
Buffalo Bull
(138 posts)I wish that I could say that stupid was only a Texas probem. Way up north wear we can see Canada from our back poarch stupid live's and breathes.
Were here in Buffalo are home to the word Famous Carl Paladino check some of his wisdom.
www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-dumbest-carl-paladino-quotes
Trumping that is Hisshoner the late `James Griffin elected to four terms.
Jimmie invited Rev. Randall Terry and his Spring of life campaign.
He was regularly 'florid' in his use of adjectives. He took great delight in using the terms 'fruit pies' and 'faires'
... slugged the Eriie County parks commissoner out side of the minor league ball park...
And then was unoppsed in the Democratic primary for his at fourth term.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Had the pleasure of voting against this "person," twice!