Republican Slow Slog - Poll Updates

[WstateU]

She looks like one of the aliens in John Carter

Spot on!






Here's another scary alien look-a-like...

[Kung Wu]

The whole Boehner calling Cruz "Lucifer" is moronic. Boehner needs to just stop with that crap. If he wants to call out Cruz as uncooperative, fine. Just leave it at that. And to be honest, it's Cruz' history of not bowing to the establishment that makes him interesting.

[WuDrWu]

The whole Boehner calling Cruz "Lucifer" is moronic. Boehner needs to just stop with that crap. If he wants to call out Cruz as uncooperative, fine. Just leave it at that. And to be honest, it's Cruz' history of not bowing to the establishment that makes him interesting.

It makes one wonder exactly how out of touch the insiders are with their own party. I'm a pretty hard core GOP member. I can hardly think of someone that supported Boehner at the start, and none at the end.

It's beyond a hot mess right now.

[shocka khan]

Kung, I like Boehner about as much as I like Nancy Pelosi. Calling Ted Cruz an idiot would be an insult to idiots.

Ted singlehandedly (and rather petulantly) shut down the federal government and cost us taxpayers $24 billion dollars. He has refused to accept any responsibility for doing this. Subsequently, he conspired behind Boehner's back on other issues in an obvious attempt to undermine him. What would you expect Boehner to do? Ted is not a house member. He needs to respect Boehner's leadership and authority of Boehner's position, whether he likes him or not. What he should have done is publically agitate for Boehner's removal (or maybe even sponsor a caucus of house members as a vehicle for undermining Boehner), but other than that, what goes on in the House of Representatives is none of his business. He was elected to be a senator. Since he is my senator, I want him to do the job I sent him to Washington for (i.e. represent Texas) and not go around butting his nose into every nook and cranny that is not his responsibility.

I have never seen a senator interfere as much in house business as Ted. Ted reminds me of your typical out of control teen-ager. Goes out and gets drunk, brings the car home with dents and denies he did it. Gets failing grades in school and blames the teachers. Fails to accept responsibility for anything he does. Then tells everyone he's an honor student who is religious, so he never drinks.

I think Trump has him nailed spot on......'Lyin' Ted Cruz'.

[im4wsu]

Kung, I like Boehner about as much as I like Nancy Pelosi. Calling Ted Cruz an idiot would be an insult to idiots.

Ted singlehandedly (and rather petulantly) shut down the federal government and cost us taxpayers $24 billion dollars. He has refused to accept any responsibility for doing this. Subsequently, he conspired behind Boehner's back on other issues in an obvious attempt to undermine him. What would you expect Boehner to do? Ted is not a house member. He needs to respect Boehner's leadership and authority of Boehner's position, whether he likes him or not. What he should have done is publically agitate for Boehner's removal (or maybe even sponsor a caucus of house members as a vehicle for undermining Boehner), but other than that, what goes on in the House of Representatives is none of his business. He was elected to be a senator. Since he is my senator, I want him to do the job I sent him to Washington for (i.e. represent Texas) and not go around butting his nose into every nook and cranny that is not his responsibility.

I have never seen a senator interfere as much in house business as Ted. Ted reminds me of your typical out of control teen-ager. Goes out and gets drunk, brings the car home with dents and denies he did it. Gets failing grades in school and blames the teachers. Fails to accept responsibility for anything he does. Then tells everyone he's an honor student who is religious, so he never drinks.

I think Trump has him nailed spot on......'Lyin' Ted Cruz'.

All this time I thought he was a Republican and not a Democrat!

[shocka khan]

All this time I thought he was a Republican and not a Democrat!

I voted for him. I'm not a 'true believer' for either party and consider myself more a moderate republican and less anything else. I will admit I have what may appear to you to be some rather liberal notions, but that's mainly because I have lived in large urban areas (Dallas, Austin and Houston) for the last 35 years or so.

The neighborhood I live in was a very culturally mixed area (gays, minorities and so forth) when I moved into it 20 years ago. They were my neighbors and I found that most people will treat you the same way you treat them.

Here's an example: I was in Dallas the last few days for meetings. On the last day we went to a Meditteranian restaurant that was full of fundamentalist muslims...no, not the Al-Queida or ISIS types, but there were tables of women wearing the Chadors (?) - head scarves that you see so much. I would venture to guess there were probably 20 of them in the restaurant and it looked like most of them had some coin (it was in Frisco, Texas on Preston Road - a rather upscale area). One of the women in our meetings also wore a head scarf and was obviously Muslim. At first, she was standoffish to me, so I made a deliberate attempt to engage her and be kind to her. I found her to be extremely pleasant and I would bet my next paycheck that she is a great mother to her children if she has any.

My point is that once you get to know these people, other than the fact that they look different than you, when you get down to feelings, communications and opinions, if you don't talk politics, you might find you have a lot in common.

These experiences shape our thoughts, feelings and opinions. Since you may live in a rural area, you might not have been exposed to a multicultural environment and may have different feelings, thoughts and opinions.

And that's probably the most difficult part regarding putting labels on people. Plus, I have friends that are republican, we relate on a lot of issues after you get past some of the politics, and I have been known to vote for the person whom I feel is best qualified.

I made a mistake in voting for Cruz. I will not make that mistake again. I believe there are a lot of people in Texas who share my opinion.

I will apologize to people on this thread for writing a book, but I hope this answers your question.

[shocka khan]

Spot on!

Don't forget that Carly extorted $120 million out of HP, first on future commissions on the shaky fiber optic cable deals (many ended up being worthless) she negotiated while at AT&T, followed by her parting gift after cutting 30K jobs at HP.

She is a climber, a fraud and as big an idiot as Cruz. For some strange reason (maybe all 3 in the last sentence) they make a good pair.

[shocka khan]

Will Carly be a game changer? I think she's old news now, but it's hard to say.

I vote for old news. She was a loser who generated brief interest in her candidacy, which quickly faded away after people realized what she was about.

This is like merging Studebaker and Kaiser and hoping you get General Motors. Ain't gonna' happen.

[Kung Wu]

What in the heck is Ted thinking? He just got destroyed by some dude on the street!

http://www.snappytv.com/tc/1841747/884714

[Play Angry]

Yea, you rarely look smart when engaging bellicose imbeciles. Poor strategy.

[WstateU]

What in the heck is Ted thinking? He just got destroyed by some dude on the street!

http://www.snappytv.com/tc/1841747/884714

[Kung Wu]

Yea, you rarely look smart when engaging bellicose imbeciles. Poor strategy.

I don't know what bellicose means, but I agree with you!

[MoValley John]

I don't know what bellicose means, but I agree with you!

It's of German origin, translated verbatim: whale's vagina.