cevans_40 said:

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Magic City Wings said:

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larry culpepper said:

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richardag said:

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annie88 said:

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Not the best optics I have to say.

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Most everyone agrees this is bad optics, unfortunately.

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Not true at all. There are dozens of posters who are furiously defending Ted over this.

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And literally hundreds of stars.

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OMG think of the stars!!

What are your LEADERS telling you to do?

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Post insulting things about Cruz. They're bots for the fringe on their side. That's what it's all about. Stir up trouble when there's a crisis but give no solutions.

Leftists finally have their talking points

It's not Wind Power
Ted Cruz Bad
Beto Awesome

All of them parroting the same thing.

deddog said:

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Leftists finally have their talking points

It's not Wind Power
Ted Cruz Bad
Beto Awesome

All of them parroting the same thing.

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The NPC meme exists for a reason.

BallerStaf2003 said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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BallerStaf2003 said:

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bad_teammate said:

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lol Ted

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There's always a tweet for Ted. Always.

Maybe he's not as smart as everyone seems to think?

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Ted is smarter than nearly all of his voters. He wouldn't have gotten an education most can't even fathom of getting if he wasn't smart. The thing is the Twitter is forever, especially when each side has people dedicated to saving every tweet the other side does. So over time, what goes around comes around, and this is just another example of that. The interesting thing is that this is twice for Ted in a few days.

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I've heard that at least 20 times on this thread alone.

If he was really that smart, you wouldn't feel the need to defend him by saying how smart he is.

He just wouldn't get his face kicked in all the time.... if he was smart.

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False argument, you get a failing grade in debate.

Throughout history smart people routinely get "their face kicked". Same thing with moral people.

It may be possible Senator Cruz made a bad decision in this case based on optics, nevertheless the Democratic Party leadership and MSM will beat the drum continually. Senator Cruz may make decisions based on false information, ignorance, but to say he isn't smart is ludicrous.

Pretty bone headed move Ted

Rapier108 said:

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deddog said:

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Leftists finally have their talking points

It's not Wind Power
Ted Cruz Bad
Beto Awesome

All of them parroting the same thing.

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The NPC meme exists for a reason.

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A way underutilized meme...

Gigem314 said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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Gigem314 said:

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Average Guy said:

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larry culpepper said:

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B-1 83 said:

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larry culpepper said:

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B-1 83 said:

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larry culpepper said:

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and there it is. goalpost moving.

SJL and Joaquin, and Beto for that matter, are doing a hell of a lot more for Texans in need while not getting anything in return when they certainly don't have to. They could post up in their nice houses and drink martinis all day and fly back to DC when congress resumes the session.

But keep defending your boy Ted aka Trump's lap dog because omg guys he stressed he need vacay. He confirm right wing judges, that enough 4 me.

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There's no goal post moving. What are they doing that Cruz can/is not?

Now sit down for a while. All this fake outrage has obviously taken its toll on your cognitive powers.

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working on helping struggling Texans.

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And the only way to do that is from Washington DC? You do realize that this is 2021 and there are really cool things called "telephones" and "computers", don't you? Ahh.....yes......it's all about symbolism over substance. Classic.

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At this point you are just making an ass of yourself as you continue to bend over backwards to defend Ted. You and I both know what you just said makes no sense in context and that Ted absolutely could be helping his constituents right now

Anyway I'm done. I know I wont change your mind and you will continue to support this man no matter what.

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"working on helping struggling Texans". We need power turned on. In the meantime, "struggling Texans" are dealing with it. Not much for a senator to do. Nor should we want him to.

That's what we have mayors and governors for.

Good gosh.

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But that would require our resident "moderates" to criticize democrat mayors of our larger cities...and they're too afraid to go there.

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They're both hypocrites who were wrong.

That was easy.

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How is Cruz a hypocrite here? Sounds like you're trying too hard to be funny and only focusing on him.

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Well this thread is about him.

And Ted calling someone a hypocrite, and then doing something very similar, does seem a bit hypocritical, but if there's a more appropriate word I'll be happy to change the wording.

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larry culpepper said:

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richardag said:

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Not the best optics I have to say.

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Most everyone agrees this is bad optics, unfortunately.

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Not true at all. There are dozens of posters who are furiously defending Ted over this.

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I thought you said you were done

You rose from your fetal position and took your thumb out of your mouth one more time to make a post?

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With that one particular poster.

It's funny how you insult me like that, while not offering anything substantive. That's pretty much all the GOP is today thanks to Trump. Just a sad group of angry people who insults anyone different from them as "*******"

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Why?

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As a visible elected official and Senator (de-facto rep) for his state's leadership/political party, it gives the impression/appearance of apathy to the suffering of his constituents. The left eats this kind of stuff up (as seen on Twitter).
The news cycle is quick so it will likely be old by mid-March but come election time, these photos and his response may come back to bite him and the party (assuming he chooses to run for re-election).

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esteban said:

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Honestly, the state is better off with him in another country.

Excellent use of resources.

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Still better use of resources than leftists.
Leftists have no redeeming value. None.

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Why is there so much hate in your heart?

polarice said:

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Pretty bone headed move Ted

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Agreed
Bad optics.

Here's the truth though - most republicans don't give a F!@! about optics.
All that liberals care about is optics

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svaggie said:

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Why?

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As a visible elected official and Senator (de-facto rep) for his state's leadership/political party, it gives the impression/appearance of apathy to the suffering of his constituents. The left eats this kind of stuff up (as seen on Twitter).
The news cycle is quick so it will likely be old by mid-March but come election time, these photos and his response may come back to bite him and the party (assuming he chooses to run for re-election).

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If this is the deciding factor in someone's vote, then we are screwed.

However, I guess we already are seeing as how mean tweets were the deciding factor for many in 2020.

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deddog said:

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esteban said:

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Honestly, the state is better off with him in another country.

Excellent use of resources.

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Still better use of resources than leftists.
Leftists have no redeeming value. None.

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Why is there so much hate in your heart?

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Not hate. Fact.

I grew up in a socialist country where people are still put in prison when they say something against the government.
I absolutely detest socialism and all those who foist it upon us. That means every single leftist.
They have ZERO redeeming value.

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Old McDonald said:

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always funny watching "conservatives" trip over themselves defending an east coast Ivy League educated member of the elite political class doing these things when their entire political identity is being against those institutions

flyin' ted really is a political genius

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Yet you will defend an east coast educated bartender who creates policy that actively hurts the country.

Forgive me for not really caring what you think of Cruz.

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i see you're maintaining your long and distinguished streak of posting absolutely nothing of substance

show me on the doll where AOC hurt you

polarice said:

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deddog said:

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esteban said:

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Honestly, the state is better off with him in another country.

Excellent use of resources.

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Still better use of resources than leftists.
Leftists have no redeeming value. None.

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Why is there so much hate in your heart?

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You reap what you sow.

Every heard that old saying?

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polarice said:

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deddog said:

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esteban said:

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Honestly, the state is better off with him in another country.

Excellent use of resources.

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Still better use of resources than leftists.
Leftists have no redeeming value. None.

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Why is there so much hate in your heart?

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Not hate. Fact.

I grew up in a socialist country where people are still put in prison when they say something against the government.
I absolutely detest socialism and all those who foist it upon us. That means every single leftist.
They have ZERO redeeming value.

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POTD

The problem with "bad optics" is that those optics will be magnified x10 in the coming days. The entire GOP will suffer from Cruz's dumb decision to go Mexico while his constituents freeze their asses off. Unbelievable.

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No Spin Ag said:

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larry culpepper said:

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larry culpepper said:

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B-1 83 said:

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larry culpepper said:

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and there it is. goalpost moving.

SJL and Joaquin, and Beto for that matter, are doing a hell of a lot more for Texans in need while not getting anything in return when they certainly don't have to. They could post up in their nice houses and drink martinis all day and fly back to DC when congress resumes the session.

But keep defending your boy Ted aka Trump's lap dog because omg guys he stressed he need vacay. He confirm right wing judges, that enough 4 me.

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There's no goal post moving. What are they doing that Cruz can/is not?

Now sit down for a while. All this fake outrage has obviously taken its toll on your cognitive powers.

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working on helping struggling Texans.

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And the only way to do that is from Washington DC? You do realize that this is 2021 and there are really cool things called "telephones" and "computers", don't you? Ahh.....yes......it's all about symbolism over substance. Classic.

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At this point you are just making an ass of yourself as you continue to bend over backwards to defend Ted. You and I both know what you just said makes no sense in context and that Ted absolutely could be helping his constituents right now

Anyway I'm done. I know I wont change your mind and you will continue to support this man no matter what.

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"working on helping struggling Texans". We need power turned on. In the meantime, "struggling Texans" are dealing with it. Not much for a senator to do. Nor should we want him to.

That's what we have mayors and governors for.

Good gosh.

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But that would require our resident "moderates" to criticize democrat mayors of our larger cities...and they're too afraid to go there.

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They're both hypocrites who were wrong.

That was easy.

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How is Cruz a hypocrite here? Sounds like you're trying too hard to be funny and only focusing on him.

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Well this thread is about him.

And Ted calling someone a hypocrite, and then doing something very similar, does seem a bit hypocritical, but if there's a more appropriate word I'll be happy to change the wording.

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Cruz was violating no restrictions he was forcing on other people so it's really not similar at all.

Is it a "gotcha" moment for the Twitter peanut gallery? Of course. But these are many of the same people that wanted him removed from office for questioning the election results.

I'm just amused at the people on here who magically found standards for elected leaders on this one issue. I'm sure they'll magically disappear once the weekend is through.

It's just amusing to see the overreaching responses and the blind hatred of Cruz. I think after he's through in the Senate he should go into real estate...because he owns a lot of property in the heads of democrats.

Old McDonald said:

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Old McDonald said:

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always funny watching "conservatives" trip over themselves defending an east coast Ivy League educated member of the elite political class doing these things when their entire political identity is being against those institutions

flyin' ted really is a political genius

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Yet you will defend an east coast educated bartender who creates policy that actively hurts the country.

Forgive me for not really caring what you think of Cruz.

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i see you're maintaining your long and distinguished streak of posting absolutely nothing of substance

show me on the doll where AOC hurt you

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Please enlighten me to as the great substance contained in the post I replied to.

Edit: Is this one of those posts I am supposed to flag so someone gets a ban?

deddog said:

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polarice said:

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Pretty bone headed move Ted

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Agreed
Bad optics.

Here's the truth though - most republicans don't give a F!@! about optics.
All that liberals care about is optics

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Agreed. The people that care about this hated Cruz to begin with...and are quick to ignore their fellow democrats who, unlike Cruz, actually violate the restrictions they put in place.

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The problem with "bad optics" is that those optics will be magnified x10 in the coming days. The entire GOP will suffer from Cruz's dumb decision to go Mexico while his constituents freeze their asses off. Unbelievable.

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If it wasn't this , they'd find something else. Look at what they did to Trump.
Leftists are absolutely miserable people - they build nothing. All they have is hate and taking down things.

Even Trump knew better than to play golf during natural disasters. Our state really needs a villain to blame and mock. Well played.

I think we need a Ted Cruz forum...


Sounds like there is a lot of CDS pent up as well...

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Not the best optics I have to say.

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Most everyone agrees this is bad optics, unfortunately.

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That pretty much summarizes the crux of all the faux outrage. None of the "Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" crowd has been able to name a single thing he couldn't do from his present position that could be done in Washington, and now it's about "appearance". I'll take results every time.

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And then the REEE crowd complains about how politicians are just in it for the optics but also complain when Cruz comes back. Shouldn't he be coming back or is it just about optics now, again... I'm not a super Cruz guy but the anti-Cruz crowd is trying to have it both ways. Their lack of principles and purpose is showing

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Honestly, the state is better off with him in another country.

Excellent use of resources.

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Such a shame nut case libs make this a necessity

Wish i could go to Cancun right now. Lucky guy.

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I think we need a Ted Cruz forum...


Sounds like there is a lot of CDS pent up as well...

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There are more threads and references to AOC than Ted, and he's our senator, and not a single person here lives in AOCs district.

good grief we've got some absolute morons posting here, and this board skews heavily towards "educated".

no wonder why there is such a lucrative life to be had by solely playing on the emotions of non-thinkers.

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The left eats this kind of stuff up

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The left makes up crap. Who cares?

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texag_2011 said:

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I signed up to voice a valid opinion. I've yet to hear a valid counter.

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Cared enough to reply though...

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You asked, I answered. Don't care at all that Cruz is headed on a vacation. Hope he and his family have a great time. I was without power for three days at my house and business and Ted Cruz had nothing to do with it going off or coming back on.

There's plenty of blame to go around, but taking shots at Ted Cruz is disingenous and way off the target. It's nothing more than political opportunism for consumption of the well conditioned sheep.

really gotta hand it to cruz, he's a swamp creature who's really good at pretending he's not. so funny to see so many "drain the swamp" types defend him

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no wonder why there is such a lucrative life to be had by solely playing on the emotions of non-thinkers.

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Is going to Cancun while your constituents suffer part of this lucrative life?

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Are you this dense? Where should he be, and why? There are slugs in Washington while their constituents suffer. But......hey......they're churning out paper in person there.

lil99chris said:

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.....some people don't have to live in front of a camera like Sheila Jackson Lee.

BTW, if you think an elected government official is going to make things better right now.....I got some tough news for ya!

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She's sent several communiques to our astronauts on Mars asking them to fax her some extra power for her mansion.