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Related: About this forumCruz insists that he has ‘not remotely’ hurt the Republican Party brand
By David EdwardsSunday, October 6, 2013 10:20 EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday asserted that his crusade to kill President Barack Obamas health care law by shutting down the U.S. government had not damaged the Republican Party in any way.
During an interview on CNN, host Candy Crowley asked Cruz if he had hurt the GOP brand.
Not remotely, Cruz laughed. But I also think far too many people are worried about politics.
Listen, if we worry about whats impacting the American people, the politics will take care of itself, he continued. The politicians that are gazing at polls there is a reason why the most common sentiment across this country is that politicians arent listening to us, theres a reason why Congress has a 10 to 15 percent approval rating.
Candy Crowley pointed out that while polls showed that most people did not like the Affordable Care Act, a significant portion of those people thought the law didnt go far enough. And a vast majority of Americans disapproved of shutting down the government to stop Obamacare.
Why not just get out there and win elections and overturn it with a Republican Senate and a Republican House and a Republican in the White House instead of shutting down the government, which I think you would concede hurts people who had nothing to do with Obamacare? Crowley wondered.
But instead of answering that question directly, Cruz told a story about how Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) lectured and insulted CNN reporter Dana Bash after she suggested that Democrats were killing children with cancer by not funding the National Institute of Health as part of a Republican plan for piecemeal funding of the government, which did not include the health care reform law.
The response from the Democrats was, How dare you question us, were going to shut down everything and we dont intend to budge, the Texas Republican opined. Thats not a reasonable position.
According to a Fox News poll released last week, disapproval of the Republican Party has jumped from 46 percent in September of 2012 to 59 percent in October of this year.
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Cruz insists that he has ‘not remotely’ hurt the Republican Party brand (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2013
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ffr
(22,674 posts)1. He's right.
I think their brand pretty much speaks for itself.
Hatred. Old white male. Closet racists. Self-centered. Unpatriotic. Hypocrites. Low information types. Not critical thinkers. Backwards not forwards. Willing to chop one's nose off to spite your face.
Did I miss something?
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2. hahaha Cruz IS the republican brand. Rush must hate second place
BeyondGeography
(39,386 posts)3. Good question by Crowley
Would be nice if that was routine with the MSM.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)4. Carnival Cruz is in denial
Cruz either lives in a different world or is in denial
polichick
(37,152 posts)5. Teabagger reality is so warped!