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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:32 PM Jun 2015

Cruz: Any Candidate Unwilling To Repeal Obamacare 'Should Step Aside'

Source: TPM

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told his fellow Republican candidates for President on Thursday that if they still aren't concentrated on wiping out Obamacare, they should drop out of the race.

“I have made repeal of this disastrous law a top priority since the first day I arrived in the Senate and have made its repeal central to my campaign," Cruz said in a statement. "Any candidate not willing to do the same—and campaign on it every day—should step aside," he added.

The rest of the statement was a colorful condemnation of the Supreme Court's "nakedly political" decision to uphold Obamacare's tax subsidies in King v. Burwell.

&quot C)rocodile tears are flooding our nation’s capital today over the Supreme Court’s decision to illegally rewrite Obamacare, which has been a disaster since its inception," he said. "These robed Houdinis transmogrified a ‘federal exchange’ into an exchange ‘established by the State,'" Cruz added.

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Cruz: Any Candidate Unwilling To Repeal Obamacare 'Should Step Aside' (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2015 OP
Any candidate unwilling to lose the election should step aside. savalez Jun 2015 #1
These punks have been told to shut up by their superiors, yet they continue to flap on randys1 Jun 2015 #2
Sad but true. savalez Jun 2015 #4
So says the asshole Liberalagogo Jun 2015 #3
Excellent point. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2015 #13
Grifters Liberalagogo Jun 2015 #15
Cruz is such an ass. lark Jun 2015 #5
I'm hoping that Cruz sort of winds up like his mentor 47of74 Jun 2015 #7
I think the Wisconsin spawned candidate, murielm99 Jun 2015 #16
Him, I'm hoping that he winds up having to face justice for his crimes. 47of74 Jun 2015 #19
Psst, Ted: here's an idea. Shut down the Government again! brooklynite Jun 2015 #6
i wouldn't put it past them restorefreedom Jun 2015 #17
Angry rants are great campaign material bucolic_frolic Jun 2015 #8
The saddest thing is that the media give this guy even a minute of their time. n/t cosmicone Jun 2015 #9
Someone needs to ask him what "Obamacare" is. Bet he gets it wrong. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #10
I wish Cruz would step aside. Third Doctor Jun 2015 #11
No no....Teddie is RIGHT [ as in FAR right]! Bigmack Jun 2015 #12
because cruz has given himself the right to mandate this samsingh Jun 2015 #14
Aw, Teddy. You do not like it, so you say. Try it! Try it! And you may. tanyev Jun 2015 #18
Cruz has guaranteed a Democratic victory! Shoonra Jun 2015 #20
SCOTUS saved the Republicans from themselves. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #21
Reince was shitting a brick the last few weeks Ruby the Liberal Jun 2015 #23
Didn't his wife quit her Wall Street job and jump on his Obamacare coverage Ruby the Liberal Jun 2015 #22
Haha. the idiot wants to double down and go down with the ship! Pres Obama's message to Cha Jun 2015 #24

randys1

(16,286 posts)
2. These punks have been told to shut up by their superiors, yet they continue to flap on
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:36 PM
Jun 2015

This victory for humans gives these other world aliens a reason to get money from their ignorant followers.

There are people out there who will send their last dime in if it means the killing of a good legacy of the Black man

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
3. So says the asshole
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:36 PM
Jun 2015

that's actually ON Obamacare.

Keep digging that hole, GOP, nice and deep, so you'll never, ever get out.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
13. Excellent point.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:28 PM
Jun 2015

But is this guy really running for President?

Every day I hear news of other candidates holding events, rallies, being interviewed and such. Santorum even held a couple of events where only a couple of people showed up.

But Cruz? I haven't seen much from him. I suspect he doesn't really have the support/money to run for President, and he is just pretending his campaign. Running against something that everyone wants is a loser's game.

So...he needs to just shut up.

lark

(23,203 posts)
5. Cruz is such an ass.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:38 PM
Jun 2015

Don't know who's the bigger ass, him or Trump? They're both total clowns, but think Cruz is by far the more dangerous because he just doesn't care who gets hurt in the wake of his stupid stunts. He's actually part of the government, so is capable of doing lots more harm than Trump. They should be #1 and #2 to exit the clown car with Jindal #3.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
7. I'm hoping that Cruz sort of winds up like his mentor
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:50 PM
Jun 2015

Joe McCarthy, who ol Rafael resembles in more ways than one.

I do not mean the drinking himself to an early demise part.

Instead the part where McCarthy takes it a little bit too far and winds up getting his ass in trouble with his fellow Senators who respond by censuring him, and the part where everyone ignores him.

murielm99

(30,790 posts)
16. I think the Wisconsin spawned candidate,
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:40 PM
Jun 2015

Walker, is far more dangerous. He is beginning to resemble McCarthy far more than Cruz is.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
19. Him, I'm hoping that he winds up having to face justice for his crimes.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:53 PM
Jun 2015

And has a new mailing address of a certain ADX place out in Florence, Colorado.

brooklynite

(95,060 posts)
6. Psst, Ted: here's an idea. Shut down the Government again!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:38 PM
Jun 2015

That way, they won't be able to provide subsidies to the ACA exchanges. Brilliant, right?

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
17. i wouldn't put it past them
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:41 PM
Jun 2015

i already heard someone on a show today saying that congress may try and fight it by defunding anything remotely connected to it..edit..it is called reconciliation. don't know much about it but some will try and use it apparently.

they ain.t done yet...at least the wackos aren.t

bucolic_frolic

(43,548 posts)
8. Angry rants are great campaign material
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:52 PM
Jun 2015

Telling others to step aside is sort of like political censorship

Ideologue

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
12. No no....Teddie is RIGHT [ as in FAR right]!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:07 PM
Jun 2015

We only want the GENUINE Republican idiots running for the Repuke nomination! Ms Bigmack

Shoonra

(523 posts)
20. Cruz has guaranteed a Democratic victory!
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 05:48 PM
Jun 2015

By declaring that the 2016 Election is actually a referendum on ACA, Cruz has guaranteed that Every voter who is glad to be covered (or who wishes to be covered) by ObamaCare will not vote Republican - and not only for President.

SunSeeker

(51,824 posts)
21. SCOTUS saved the Republicans from themselves.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 07:39 PM
Jun 2015

With the ACA still in tact, Republicans don't have to figure out how to cover all those millions who would have lost coverage. Now Republicans can heave a big sigh of relief and go back to posturing about the ACA. And posturing is what Cruz is all about.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
23. Reince was shitting a brick the last few weeks
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:23 PM
Jun 2015

terrified that the SCOTUS would give them the victory.

I admit that there was a part of me that hoped they had. Sadly, in order to fix this for-profit health-insurance scam, we will need a trigger of some sort to justify the outcry for single payer.

For today, I will take the victory and be glad that 6mm people aren't buried in medical bills - 2/3 of which are reportedly Republicans.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
22. Didn't his wife quit her Wall Street job and jump on his Obamacare coverage
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:20 PM
Jun 2015

so that he could run for office without "conflicts of interest"?

Cha

(298,139 posts)
24. Haha. the idiot wants to double down and go down with the ship! Pres Obama's message to
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 08:49 PM
Jun 2015
the GOP on #ObamaCare's 6-3 SCOTUS win.



LOLGOP ?@LOLGOP
So heartwarming to see Republicans consoling themselves over the bad news that thousands of people won't go bankrupt if they get sick.
5:09 AM - 25 Jun 2015
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