He doesn't care if it's true. All that matters is if those he's addressing don't know it's not. (Reply #21)

In the discussion thread: Ted Cruz Makes Impassioned Plea For Repeal Of Federal Legislation That Does Not Exist [View all]

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Mon Mar 16, 2015, 03:48 PM

herding cats (17,006 posts)

21. He doesn't care if it's true. All that matters is if those he's addressing don't know it's not.

That's standard operating procedure for the Republicans. Lie. When corrected on your lie, claim the party doing so is a lying liberal trying to stifle the truth. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Before long no one will bother even correcting you, and you've won.

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ted Cruz Makes Impassioned Plea For Repeal Of Federal Legislation That Does Not Exist [View all]	DonViejo	Mar 2015	OP
Interesting.	ananda	Mar 2015	#1
And this idiot is a Senator ?	BlueJazz	Mar 2015	#2
Yes he is	atreides1	Mar 2015	#7
I have met any number of people who...	3catwoman3	Mar 2015	#38
A Republican Senator	rock	Mar 2015	#9
And a Princeton and Harvard Law grad, no less	KamaAina	Mar 2015	#11
And Cotton is a Harvard grad too.	Skidmore	Mar 2015	#12
That's because these morons spent all their time getting wasted.	AngryDem001	Mar 2015	#29
Amen to that!	7962	Mar 2015	#30
And a Canadian	MiniMe	Mar 2015	#23
I point that out every chance I get. I still don't understand how he claims to be able....	George II	Mar 2015	#33
I believe the law states...	gregcrawford	Mar 2015	#42
The big difference betweeen the two is that Obama was born in the US, Cruz wasn't.	George II	Mar 2015	#49
Between Cruz and Cottonball it is very clear that one does not need intelligence	liberal N proud	Mar 2015	#28
can we buy 47 pair of Rick Perry smart glasses for the GOP senators?	guillaumeb	Mar 2015	#3
Maybe we should make that 94 large corks just to eliminate all of the options. n/t	A Simple Game	Mar 2015	#35
I laughed	renate	Mar 2015	#61
Sarah Palin's long-lost twin brother.	kestrel91316	Mar 2015	#4
So so misinformed.	Lex	Mar 2015	#5
They govern through lying and cheating and sowing	Skidmore	Mar 2015	#15
Technically they have not governed. I don't know since when.	Rex	Mar 2015	#58
In other news....	AZ Mike	Mar 2015	#6
LOL. I heard about this too.	Lex	Mar 2015	#14
Canadians don't understand U.S. law. nt	TeamPooka	Mar 2015	#8
Nope, he's not Canadian thank heavens...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#19
The solution of Solomon says we have to split him and share.	TeamPooka	Mar 2015	#20
LOL! n/t	Spazito	Mar 2015	#22
I'd be happy if he just split. nt	Xipe Totec	Mar 2015	#25
When Bieber wins a seat in Parliament, we'll send our condolances.	Jack Rabbit	Mar 2015	#32
Well, seeing as idiots were elected last election in Canada, neocon idiots...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#37
I'll take Bieber over the Koch brother any day. nt	awoke_in_2003	Mar 2015	#62
You can denounce your birth place but you can never deny it!	A Simple Game	Mar 2015	#36
Yep, you can 'give it back', Conrad Black, the criminal, did...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#39
OOOOH.....NO!	A HERETIC I AM	Mar 2015	#40
LOL, good thing I scrolled down...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#41
As much as I can't stand Bieber, it would be better	Jamastiene	Mar 2015	#44
With Bieber, there's still a chance he will change his ways and grow up...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#48
Dammit!	Jamastiene	Mar 2015	#53
Cruz AND Swartzy, are you crazy???	Spazito	Mar 2015	#55
I'm pretty certain based upon	Aerows	Mar 2015	#50
It appears they don't even know the basics of the US Constitution...	Spazito	Mar 2015	#56
This is the same jeenyus who doesn't understand the core message of Green Eggs and Ham.	tanyev	Mar 2015	#10
Good point, tanyev.	sheshe2	Mar 2015	#16
He's in the car, but no one's sitting in the driver's seat.	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2015	#13
This may be the point - to make himself look like a dumb-ass teabagger.	erronis	Mar 2015	#24
Playing to the teabagger minority in Iowa and N.H., hoping to be Chosen, to be showered with Godly ad cash	Fred Sanders	Mar 2015	#26
As a "Cruz Stands up to DC" PR stunt, it was probably a smashing success to his brainless supporters	arcane1	Mar 2015	#27
That's the thing with Republicans.	Jamastiene	Mar 2015	#45
Is this guy stupid?	B Calm	Mar 2015	#17
Image from your link Don.	sheshe2	Mar 2015	#18
Haa that dumb look says it all.	misterhighwasted	Mar 2015	#51
Yup....	sheshe2	Mar 2015	#52
He looks like Pat Buchanan's love child.	Major Hogwash	Mar 2015	#57
He doesn't care if it's true. All that matters is if those he's addressing don't know it's not.	herding cats	Mar 2015	#21
That is exactly what they have been doing for ages now...	Jamastiene	Mar 2015	#46
Yeah, and they're winning. Again.	herding cats	Mar 2015	#54
more hysteria before the horse -	KT2000	Mar 2015	#31
MORON ALERT!! An especially MORANIC MORAN!!!	Elmer S. E. Dump	Mar 2015	#34
I want to watch him write a bill and call a vote to repeal this	marym625	Mar 2015	#43
Actually, he's not that far off.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2015	#47
Damn he's effective! He's already gotten it repealed!:P n/t	Bossy Monkey	Mar 2015	#59
Conversely, Cruz has shown full throated support for	The Animator	Mar 2015	#60
Well, there you go.	malthaussen	Mar 2015	#63
They make a bumpersticker like this for nothin'..	Cha	Mar 2015	#64

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