Scotty Appleton 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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Oh cry me a friggin' River

Conservatives have tried to engage liberals in policy debate on this forum for years, and of course liberals never show up

Well unless they are taking a shot at the character of conservatives on this board and in general

But hey look at this! Cruz goes to Mexico and suddenly it's a who's who of whiney liberals bawling over all over themselves

And like clockwork they'll disappear and be nowhere to be found when Biden, AOC, or some other liberal says or does something stupid (and trust me, they will), or a policy debate actually arises here

Where have you been during the dozens of threads dealing with actual policy? I mean, other than weed?

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Settle down, you dont have to get so emotional and worked up.

I want a senator who serves his constituents and does work he isn't required to do to help the people who are hurting. Beto is doing that right now. Ted isn't.

He's some policy for you. We also need to scrap our own power grid and connect to a larger grid under federal jurisdiction. This whole idea of an independent, deregulated power grid didn't work out for us and we had to learn it the hard way. Winterize our power plants like it was recommended 10 years ago. Fire the entire board of ERCOT. Actually, may as well shut down the whole thing.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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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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To the people who think Texas operating as a 3rd world country is no big deal while our most powerful leaders take off for vacation:

You are the non-thinkers. I don't expect govt to provide for my family. What I do expect is the govt I pay taxes to functions better than the Congo. That is not unreasonable or "non-thinking".

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Funny I don't recall you people getting angry this past year when leaders were imposing draconian covid restrictions on states, cities and counties which killed a lot of businesses while those leaders played by their own rules for themselves.

But now you're upset about a Senator going on vacation?

K.

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Yes, I am still pissed at the draconian measures and continues face mask mandates.

Look, I'm not pissed or demanding Cruz do anything. I just recognize that he has given liberals a colossal target and it won't hurt just Ted Cruz.

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liberals are going to hate Republicans, they are going to hate America, they are going to hate capitalism no matter what you do. They are vile, worthless, despicable people, no need to worry about what they say or do.

larry culpepper said:

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Scotty Appleton said:

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larry culpepper said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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larry culpepper said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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larry culpepper 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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Oh cry me a friggin' River

Conservatives have tried to engage liberals in policy debate on this forum for years, and of course liberals never show up

Well unless they are taking a shot at the character of conservatives on this board and in general

But hey look at this! Cruz goes to Mexico and suddenly it's a who's who of whiney liberals bawling over all over themselves

And like clockwork they'll disappear and be nowhere to be found when Biden, AOC, or some other liberal says or does something stupid (and trust me, they will), or a policy debate actually arises here

Where have you been during the dozens of threads dealing with actual policy? I mean, other than weed?

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Settle down, you dont have to get so emotional and worked up.

I want a senator who serves his constituents and does work he isn't required to do to help the people who are hurting. Beto is doing that right now. Ted isn't.

He's some policy for you. We also need to scrap our own power grid and connect to a larger grid under federal jurisdiction. This whole idea of an independent, deregulated power grid didn't work out for us and we had to learn it the hard way. Winterize our power plants like it was recommended 10 years ago. Fire the entire board of ERCOT. Actually, may as well shut down the whole thing.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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None of that is worth that piece of **** taking our guns and putting liberal judges on the bench

The Left's America is Bizarro World.

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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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This is an important if not the leading point of liberal leftist progressives because their policies continue to be for the expansion of the federal government and control of the population. Used to be the liberals believed in individual liberty, freedom and free speech. Somewhere along the line they became the antithesis of liberty and freedom.

Could be why they hid President Biden in his basement for the campaign. Could be why President Biden refused to answer a simple question about packing the Supreme Court, they were afraid of bad optics. Avoid policy at all cost is the message.

Soviet Nomenklatura and Dictators pull this type of crap, you don't have to be liberal or conservative to see this as crappy behavior.

But hey seven Fridays in a week, eh comrades!

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Soviet Nomenklatura and Dictators pull this type of crap, you don't have to be liberal or conservative to see this as crappy behavior.

But hey seven Fridays in a week, eh comrades!

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They effectively do their jobs then go on vacation?

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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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Exactly, mean tweets over policy.

larry culpepper said:

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larry culpepper said:

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larry culpepper 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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Oh cry me a friggin' River

Conservatives have tried to engage liberals in policy debate on this forum for years, and of course liberals never show up

Well unless they are taking a shot at the character of conservatives on this board and in general

But hey look at this! Cruz goes to Mexico and suddenly it's a who's who of whiney liberals bawling over all over themselves

And like clockwork they'll disappear and be nowhere to be found when Biden, AOC, or some other liberal says or does something stupid (and trust me, they will), or a policy debate actually arises here

Where have you been during the dozens of threads dealing with actual policy? I mean, other than weed?

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Settle down, you dont have to get so emotional and worked up.

I want a senator who serves his constituents and does work he isn't required to do to help the people who are hurting. Beto is doing that right now. Ted isn't.

He's some policy for you. We also need to scrap our own power grid and connect to a larger grid under federal jurisdiction. This whole idea of an independent, deregulated power grid didn't work out for us and we had to learn it the hard way. Winterize our power plants like it was recommended 10 years ago. Fire the entire board of ERCOT. Actually, may as well shut down the whole thing.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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LOL if you think he's doing this out of the goodness of his heart and not to use for political ads.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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Sounds like O'Rourk should maybe focus on charity work then instead of running anything in government. We'd all be better off.

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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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The liberal leftist progressives turn to false canards, in this case turning your statement into an act of "hate". It's their underlying platform, turn everything into emotions and throw out critical thinking.

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Basically liberals think we should vote for someone that wants to take our guns (his words), raise our taxes, put millions of O&G Texans out of work, enable reparations, and a host of other **** because...







Ted Cruz, a senator, went on vacation.

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Exactly....

Bravo STM!

As The Hildebeast says....."What difference does it make!"

after everything we now know about him, and how big of a failure he's been in the past....there are still Beto supporters? really? is this real life?

Aim higher. You deserve a better candidate....not a 'trendy' name.

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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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Oh cry me a friggin' River

Conservatives have tried to engage liberals in policy debate on this forum for years, and of course liberals never show up

Well unless they are taking a shot at the character of conservatives on this board and in general

But hey look at this! Cruz goes to Mexico and suddenly it's a who's who of whiney liberals bawling over all over themselves

And like clockwork they'll disappear and be nowhere to be found when Biden, AOC, or some other liberal says or does something stupid (and trust me, they will), or a policy debate actually arises here

Where have you been during the dozens of threads dealing with actual policy? I mean, other than weed?

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Settle down, you dont have to get so emotional and worked up.

I want a senator who serves his constituents and does work he isn't required to do to help the people who are hurting. Beto is doing that right now. Ted isn't.

He's some policy for you. We also need to scrap our own power grid and connect to a larger grid under federal jurisdiction. This whole idea of an independent, deregulated power grid didn't work out for us and we had to learn it the hard way. Winterize our power plants like it was recommended 10 years ago. Fire the entire board of ERCOT. Actually, may as well shut down the whole thing.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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LOL if you think he's doing this out of the goodness of his heart and not to use for political ads.

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wgas what the reason is. at the end of the day, you are either making a difference or you are not.

Trump is the straw man argument that liberals like to hide behind, because, like with minorities, they don't believe that anyone who doesn't think like them has no agency.

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Trump has successfully brainwashed you into believing that 50% of America is your enemy and want to destroy your way of life. And the only way to keep that from happening was to keep him in power.

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OR...and stay with me here...we have our own f'ing eyes and brains and pay attention to the eo's and policies put forth by this administration (which were directly lied about during the campaign btw). policies that are currently destroying thousands of livelihoods. in other words, we pay attention to actions and not words. we don't need trump or any other politician to tell us what we can plainly see.

not many here give two f's about trump the man. what you don't understand is trump getting into office was a symptom of what we've witnessed through 8 years of o and now harris, i mean biden.

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Lets face it, the areas most affected by this are the major cities which tend to run liberal. Cruz knows his powerbase resides in the small rural areas and in turn doesn't care about his "commie-socialist" constituents. After Trump mercilessly insulted him, his wife, and his family he crawled back like an abused dog to keep his seat at the table. After he survived re-election re realized as long as he bows down to Daddy Trump he'll have his Senate seat regardless if the agenda is actually conservative or good for Texans or Americans.

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The sad thing is, some of you are actually crazy enough to believe this kind of nonsense.

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Really? After fours years of Trump spouting off that liberals are destroying America, that all they do is bow down to China and "steal" American jobs. That they want to turn this country into a Venezuela-like failed state?

Trump has successfully brainwashed you into believing that 50% of America is your enemy and want to destroy your way of life. And the only way to keep that from happening was to keep him in power. Trump was bad for America. He's a New York huckster who made you believe that your success depended on his success, and as January 6th proved he was as best passive about things turning violent to stay that way.

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So, 50% of the population do not vote for pieces of shat that want to take guns, raise taxes, open borders & shower w/ taxpayer funds, kill O&G while funneling money into their pockets through phony "green" companies, etc, etc, etc? We don't need Trump to point out what that 50% of the population is enabling. **** them all

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So much hate.

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that's all you got? a drive-by post? are you not intelligent or articulate enough to debate his points?

**** Ted Cruz. Betrayer and turncoat. And I say this as a far right near nazi. The captain goes down with the ship. He doesn't go to ****ing Mexico

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**** Ted Cruz. Betrayer and turncoat. And I say this as a far right near nazi. The captain goes down with the ship. He doesn't go to ****ing Mexico

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Yeah...right.

LOL random dip****s on twitter are upset..WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

15 pages?
I knew I should've known better and done a page Juan.

Not a great look but I don't blame him. Could have had the trip planned months in advance

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**** Ted Cruz. Betrayer and turncoat. And I say this as a far right near nazi. The captain goes down with the ship. He doesn't go to ****ing Mexico

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Yeah...right.

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What ****ing world do you live in where you use a "scheduled vacation" to desert your constituency in a time of crisis? **** him. I'm helping demo my employees houses and was without power for 48 hours. **** him. And I voted for his asss twice

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**** Ted Cruz. Betrayer and turncoat. And I say this as a far right near nazi. The captain goes down with the ship. He doesn't go to ****ing Mexico

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Yeah...right.

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What ****ing world do you live in where you use a "scheduled vacation" to desert your constituency in a time of crisis? **** him. I'm helping demo my employees houses and was without power for 48 hours. **** him. And I voted for his asss twice

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Yeah...right

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This thread is getting famous.

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Ru-oh, me thinks this thread is not long for this world

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**** Ted Cruz. Betrayer and turncoat. And I say this as a far right near nazi. The captain goes down with the ship. He doesn't go to ****ing Mexico

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Yeah...right.

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What ****ing world do you live in where you use a "scheduled vacation" to desert your constituency in a time of crisis? **** him. I'm helping demo my employees houses and was without power for 48 hours. **** him. And I voted for his asss twice

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You are delusional would you be pissed if he was in DC? Why does it matter where he is?

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If US Senators are absolutely useless during times of great need especially during one of the worst natural disasters this state has ever seen, then why do we need him ever?

The basics in life are not there right now - power and water for much of the state.

He could be working with Fema to get us even more resources. He could be working on getting us the aid we are going to need to get back up.

The food supply chain is shut down for the next month. Refineries have shut down and we are low on gas everywhere. Dairy farmers in Texas are losing $10M a day - they are going to need aid.

I mean, if a senator can't be there for his constituents during times like this, why do we ever need him?

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The Senate (you know, where he actually works) is in recess right now. What exactly can he do when the Senate is not meeting to get us aid?

That being said, a vacation right now is obviously bad optics...

Even if there's not much for him to do individually by staying, just a horrible ****ing look for him. Especially for someone with presidential ambitions. Idiotic

LOL Jane Coaston is a "Journalist" at VOX...Snicker.

Let's hunt down all of the politicians and publicize where they are so we can needlessly harass and shame them...It has become the American way.

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larry culpepper 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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Oh cry me a friggin' River

Conservatives have tried to engage liberals in policy debate on this forum for years, and of course liberals never show up

Well unless they are taking a shot at the character of conservatives on this board and in general

But hey look at this! Cruz goes to Mexico and suddenly it's a who's who of whiney liberals bawling over all over themselves

And like clockwork they'll disappear and be nowhere to be found when Biden, AOC, or some other liberal says or does something stupid (and trust me, they will), or a policy debate actually arises here

Where have you been during the dozens of threads dealing with actual policy? I mean, other than weed?

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Settle down, you dont have to get so emotional and worked up.

I want a senator who serves his constituents and does work he isn't required to do to help the people who are hurting. Beto is doing that right now. Ted isn't.

He's some policy for you. We also need to scrap our own power grid and connect to a larger grid under federal jurisdiction. This whole idea of an independent, deregulated power grid didn't work out for us and we had to learn it the hard way. Winterize our power plants like it was recommended 10 years ago. Fire the entire board of ERCOT. Actually, may as well shut down the whole thing.

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WTF is Beto doing other than tweeting and trying to exploit a situation? Jesus...

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I actually explained earlier. He's doing a lot. He's making sure food, water, blankets, resources, etc get delivered to people in need while he has a bunch of volunteers phonebanking to check on people. And spreading word on how people can donate to food banks.

He's doing a hell of a lot more than Flyin' Ted is, that's for sure.

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LOL if you think he's doing this out of the goodness of his heart and not to use for political ads.

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wgas what the reason is. at the end of the day, you are either making a difference or you are not.

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"Making a difference" in order to further your political career...yeah, that's what I want. Some guy who half asses it for points. Give me the guy that shows up when there's nothing to gain vs. the guy that will abandon me the moment it's inconvenient.

Can't find CMs on any threads that discuss Biden's policies
Can't find CMs on any threads that discuss Biden's racist comments
Can't find any CMs on threads that discuss the "unexpected" jobless claims.

Ted Cruz flies to Cancun, suddenly everyone wakes up.
Emotion filled tantrums >> Policy

Clearly Black Lives don't matter anymore
I've also learn on this thread that Mexico>>>>Texas

But none of these folks want to move there.

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This thread is getting famous.

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Ru-oh, me thinks this thread is not long for this world

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so when you can't win an argument based on merit, you take it to twitter as a threat to expose/dox?

what a pathetically sad world this has become.

and this tweet is from a "journalist". so now our "journalists" have no interest in government corruption but instead spend their time scouring random message boards for people who dare question their dear leaders. and you cheer it on...