If Elvis has any mercy left to spare us, then this guy will burn out before he has a chance to do anything like the damage done by the paranoid, alcoholic junior Senator from Wisconsin. Pure Maoists, both of ’em.
. . . with his latest attack on Hagel, Cruz has gone too far. Cruz has every right — indeed, he has an obligation — to question Hagel vigorously. He has a right to demand relevant information. He has a right to vote against Hagel; indeed Republicans are now filibustering the nomination.
But he doesn’t have the right to smear Hagel, with no supporting evidence, with insinuations that the nominee received money from foreign governments or extremist groups.
“We do not know, for example, if he received compensation for giving paid speeches at extreme or radical groups,” Cruz told the Senate Armed Services Committee before it voted Tuesday to approve Hagel’s nomination. “It is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from Saudi Arabia, came directly from North Korea.”
The “only reasonable inference” to draw from Hagel’s refusal to provide additional financial information, he said, is that “there was something in there that they did not want to make public.”
I have seen quite a bit that reminds me of a rise in what could be construed as the New McCarthyism. Some comes from politicians like Cruz here but also from right-wing comments and blogs I’ve come across. It’s a bit scary and does give a glimpse to what could be if the current crop of Republicans do regain significant power.
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The comparison with Joseph McCarthy is right on target, Moe. Some things never change.
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His performance, if one can call it that, was jaw dropping. This guy went to Princeton and Harvard. Hard to know if he’s real or tea party short-lining.
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Whatever he is Doug – he’s going to be a headliner for a long time . . .
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Doug….
It doesn’t matter WHERE the guy went….
His peformances so far are one of a bull in a china shop….
Something newbie Senator’s DO NOT Due….
One can only hope that his fellow Senator’s will tire of his grandstanding and take him out to woodshed for a good talking to…..
I’m sure he thinks he’s helping the Conservative cause….
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I’m sure many of actions and comments WILL become Due later….
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Oh his day will come james, his day will come. . . . guys like him always self immolate..
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I’m hoping the Senators tire of him and all RETIRE. A more useless bunch of ineffectual self interest promoting careerist politicians would be hard to find outside of Liberia or maybe Somalia. I actually glad he’s stirring things up after the last two decades of the Senator’s accepted standards of failure and mediocre. Even if it’s just to unite the RNC and DNC together against him. At least it gets these failing public servants working together on something…. anything. At least that would be a start. Maybe they’d figure out that they could actually work together on something and actually get some work done.
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It’s an interesting thought POTR – sometimes it takes just that – one person or group ‘crossing the line’ makes other people come together. It’s the old ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’. Statecraft if you will.
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Exactly. These folks inside the beltway need something to get them remembering that they have a job to do together beside throwing useless ideological rocks at each other.
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Until we fix the damn system of closed primaries, I don’t see how we ever start having reasonable majorities in Congress again.
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By next election cycle I’ll most likely have changed my state of residence. If I end up as a Marylander I only get two choices anyway, socialist or fascist. Both tax to death no matter what.
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Lamont Cranston to the Senate! (know who that is?)
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Nope. Can’t say I do.
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He was the actor who played “The Phantom” on radio a gajillion years ago. The program intro was “who knows what evvil lurks in the minds of men? The Phantom knows.” I figure he’d make a fine Senator.
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Close, Moe, but no cigar. The Phantom was the masked, muscular guy in gray and purple tights wearing a skull ring, dual pistols, and riding a white stallion. Lamont Cranston was the guy who by using mysterious asian powers could become “The Shadow” by “clouding men’s minds” so as to become invisible. 😉
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AAAAAhhhhh, I hope this doesn’t mean I have to hand back my membership card for the Old Farts Club!!! So Lamont was Clark Kent . . . the memory is unreliable.
Years ago before my sister married her husand, he reminded her one night that she owed him – whatever, say $50 – when he got up next morn (she left early) a check was on hte dresser. When he tried to depsit it the teller handed it back, pointing to the signature . .. it read “Lamont Cranston”.
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@ Moe,
😆 😆 😆 😆
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I am struck by how much he even LOOKS like ol’ Joe.
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He does.
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Ed beat me to it. I think he does too.
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That was/is Bruce.
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The guy actually reminds me of Bill Maher. Same smug look.
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Cruz does it from a powerful seat in the United States Senatre, the place where they make the laws. All Mahar has power to do is make us laugh. I’ll take Mahar’s verson T4T.
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Au contraire, I think politicians make me laugh the hardest. 😉
And as far as the power goes it sure as shit aint in their hands.
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Too too true. . . sometimes I’d rather forget about the ones behnd the curtain!
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There are some who can see behind the curtain. It might not be your style of music but they are quite good and pretty accurate. 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzqYAnViAwM&list=FLdWp9UqelG08ENxEsm_3GBw&feature=mh_lolz
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“We got a counter culture you can buy off a shelf”. Brilliant lyric . . . are these guys popular?
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In Canada, very, though it did take them a while to get there………not sure about the rest of the world. They are a little dark with their lyrics but I like that they are very aware. 🙂
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I’m glad the video showed lyrics . . . as is often the case for those of a certain age, I have a hard time making out rock lyrics . . . good stuff. Reminds me of Bruce’s last album.
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