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Texas used to have a Liberal senator - hard to believe, but true - named Ralph YARBOROUGH. Part of the JFK scenario in going to Dallas was to tamp down ill will between John CONNOLLY and him. We're so used to modern day hatred from TeaBaggers and Wingnuts that the myth has been flourishing that there used to be a Camelot of bipartisan good will very foreign to today's polarization. I remember the John Birch Society and GOLDWATER before he resurrected himself, and remember how Texas Repukes were just as sick as they are now, and they used to call Ralph "The Little Embarrassment."
Well, here's back-atcha, Cankie CRUZ:
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https://nypost.com/2022/05/10/trevor-reeds-dad-accuses-embarrassment-cruz-of-lack-of-action/
. He didnt do anything, Reeds father, Joey, told the Dallas Morning News. Hes an embarrassment to the state of Texas, let me just say that. I dont care what or who runs against him, I will work for their campaign to defeat that son of a bitch. .
Joey Reed told the Dallas Morning News that he and his wife had reached out to Cruzs office several times since Trevors arrest. During one phone call, they claimed, one of the senators staffers told them Cruz would be unable to offer public help. .
Cruz also reportedly called the Reed family to congratulate them, but his message was not well received.
And I told him right on the phone, I said, Where have you been for the last two and a half years? Joey Reed recounted. I hit him point-blank: We are not appreciative. He said, Well, anything I can do, and I said, We needed your help two and a half years ago, not now. .
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)After all the time Sen. Cruz spent scouring the alleys and byways of Cancun searching for Reed, and what thanks does he get? The back of Joey Reed's hand! Does Joey Reed appreciate at all how many donkey shows Sen. Cruz sat through, allegedly, hoping to find Joey's son?
Kid Berwyn
(14,904 posts)His mum was born in USA. Havent seen the birth certificate, though.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)because of the then Red hysteria, and they hop-skipped right past other groups (Mexican-Americans, Asians) - how many Mexican American high office holders and presidential candidates are there? And the Exiles were native wingnuts in their wingnut dictatorship before coming here, and they hated JFK and the Democratic Party. What else.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Cruz did oppose Putin's Nordstream 2 pipeline for years, but that was in cynical service to his petroleum donors and he's otherwise been as useful an asset to Russia as most Republican senators. (Very!)
Carlitos Brigante
(26,501 posts)phone, but you know what I mean )
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)About that worthless ass 🤡 clown