Ted, They’re Laughing at You
Ted Cruz is cruising for a bruising and it’s going to come from his own party.
Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger from Illinois did not take kindly to Cruz’s wiseguy comment that he was against intervention in Syria because — “we should be focused on defending the United States of America. That’s why young men and women sign up to join the military, not to, as you know, serve in Al Qaeda’s air force.”
Kinzinger, who is a member of the Air Force National Guard, was kinda queazy at seeing pretty boy Ivy League Cruz act so smarty.
“I believe that is a cheap line by some people to garner headlines and not a serious discussion of what’s going on in Syria,” the Illinois Republican said.
Cheap line? Well hell, Son, that’s Ted Cruz’s middle name.
Pass the popcorn. It’s Republican Rumble!
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Thanks to John for the picture and David for the heads up.
Ted Cruz’s father, Raphael, is going to be speaking at the Hangar Hotel in Fredericksburg on Sept. 12. He’s the one who told Ted he’s been chosen by God for greatness.
This shindig is sponsored by the local Tea Party—you know, the old white folks who listened to Greg Abbott’s spiel amongst the cuckoo clocks. They sure know how to pick ’em.
1“Tail Gunner Ted” follows in the footsteps of Tail Gunner Joe McCarthy. Such military lions, they. McCarthy lied about and exaggerated his military exploits, while Cruz has no military service to speak of whatsoever. That prevented neither of these self-anointed military geniuses from shooting off their mouths.
McCarthy, so full of himself in the 1950s after years of exploiting anti-Communist demagoguery, finally overplayed his hand in Congressional hearings when he was questioned by Joseph Welch, an attorney for the Army, when McCarthy launched a smear against a staff member in Welch’s Boston law office. On live television, Welch cut down McCarthy where he sat, saying, “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness …” When McCarthy resumed his attack, Welch interrupted him: “Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
And so it is with Tail Gunner Ted. Cruz has no military experience to offer beyond the tin soldiers he might have played with in his closet when he was a child. His soldiering prowess compares with that of Saddam Hussein, of whom General Norman Schwarzkopf famously remarked: “As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he’s a great military man, I want you to know that.”
2I’m taking bets now. Cruzer will be done in – toast! – by his own mouth. And dammit I wanna see the signed documents for relinquishing his Canadian citizenship.
3If I see Ted Cruz in that “defund Obamacare” ad one more time on MSNBC…..
4Cruz is incapable of having a “serious discussion” on any subject, except himself.
5I think Ted has the Donald Trump Syndrome. They both have gigantic egos and like to hear themselves talk so much, they don’t notice when people stop listening to them and just start pointing & laughing at them.
Kind of like the entire group of 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates.
Popcorn, please.
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