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babylonsister

(171,102 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:08 PM Apr 2015

Sen. Ted Cruz Humiliates Himself By Getting Key Senate Rules Wrong

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/30/sen-ted-cruz-humiliates-key-senate-rules-wrong.html

Sen. Ted Cruz Humiliates Himself By Getting Key Senate Rules Wrong
By: Jason Easley
Thursday, April, 30th, 2015, 6:46 pm

While trying to defend blowing off Loretta Lynch’s confirmation vote, Sen. Ted Cruz humiliated himself by getting the Senate rules on confirmation wrong.

Politico reported Cruz’s exchange with reporters:

In explaining why he missed the vote for the fundraiser, Cruz stumbled over the Senate’s confirmation rules. Senate Democrats lowered the filibuster threshold from 60 votes on nearly all nominees to a simple majority in 2013, and they remain there today.

“Cloture was the vote that mattered, it required 60 votes,” Cruz said. Informed by reporters that’s not true, Cruz paused briefly and responded: “Fair point.”

Ted Cruz is a United States Senator. The rules of the confirmation process are something that he really should know. It is shameful that Cruz doesn’t seem to know the rules of his own job. After he blew off the confirmation vote, Sen. Cruz’s attendance record has come under scrutiny. Not only is Cruz taking a salary from the taxpayers while not bothering to show up for work, the Texas Republican appears to not know what he is being paid to do.

Cruz can make up any number of excuses, but none of them can hide the fact that one of his main duties as a United States senator is to vote on the president’s nominees. It isn’t difficult. All Cruz had to do was show up and vote yes or no.

It is bad enough that Sen. Cruz could be bothered to come to work; it is even worse that he doesn’t understand the basic rules of the job.

Ted Cruz wants to be the next president in the worst way, but if Cruz can’t figure out what his job is as a senator, he is not fit to be president.

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Sen. Ted Cruz Humiliates Himself By Getting Key Senate Rules Wrong (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2015 OP

How can someone so objectively smart hifiguy Apr 2015 #1

I'm sure you know to not mistake these things Gman Apr 2015 #9

That is the only explanation I have been able to think of. hifiguy Apr 2015 #11

Yep, that's our boy but he can read Dr Seuss. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #2

All teaparty politicians are morons, actual morons. Maybe Cruz isnt but he has no interest NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #3

Ell Em Eff Ay Oh! He's pathetic. nt stillwaiting Apr 2015 #4

We had 47 Senators get schooled by the Iranian government Politicalboi Apr 2015 #5

This won't hurt Cruz with his base gratuitous Apr 2015 #6

I don't begrudge this. These are things Cruz does while NOT being an asshole. immoderate Apr 2015 #7

Considering this blowhard has one of the worst attendance records in Congress,... BlueStater Apr 2015 #8

Ted Cruz is a fugging fraud malaise Apr 2015 #10

They'll ask us to excuse these mistakes... After all, he's a Canadian still learning our system! :) cascadiance Apr 2015 #12

"Wants to be the next President in the worst way"… Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #13

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

1. How can someone so objectively smart

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:14 PM

Apr 2015

(Princeton grad with honors and magna cum laude from my ol' alma mater, Harvard Law) be such a fucking IDIOT? In three years at HLS I saw a fair number of cutthroat assholes, a couple of dingbat Maoists and even a Pol Pot apologist, but I didn't see anyone STUPID.

Must be religulous insanity.

Gman

(24,780 posts)

9. I'm sure you know to not mistake these things

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:31 PM

Apr 2015

For being an idiot. Cruz is brilliant. Stuff he says that the normal (ie not wing nut right wing) people think is insane is not intended for us anyway. Those things are carefully wordsmithed to target the base. In tbe immediate instance I think he just got careless. He probably thinks he's smarter than everyone else, and most of the time when he deals with his base, he is., and gets away with it. He got called on it this time.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

11. That is the only explanation I have been able to think of.

Reply to Gman (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:34 PM

Apr 2015

He's a smart person who intentionally says imbecilic things to advance his career. Only in America.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

2. Yep, that's our boy but he can read Dr Seuss.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:14 PM

Apr 2015

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)

3. All teaparty politicians are morons, actual morons. Maybe Cruz isnt but he has no interest

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:17 PM

Apr 2015

in rules or the Senate, he is there to make money and get famous

Horrible situation for us adults

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)

4. Ell Em Eff Ay Oh! He's pathetic. nt

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:20 PM

Apr 2015

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

5. We had 47 Senators get schooled by the Iranian government

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:28 PM

Apr 2015

The GOP don't care about knowledge. Nukular!!!!!!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

6. This won't hurt Cruz with his base

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:29 PM

Apr 2015

They won't care that he doesn't know how to do his job. But I can't help wondering how most folks feel towards a person who can't be bothered to show up for work, is publicly angling for another, better job, but still wants to be getting paid for his no-show job?

If this demagogue somehow emerges with the Republican nomination, I hope the Democrats won't feel too squeamish to point this out at every opportunity.