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So Dem leaders get to eat out at restaurants but Cruz can't travel?

Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:56 am
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:56 am
Trying to understand this

New some
Pelosi
NV Gov
Cuomo

And other Dems get to go out to eat and drink maskless while their consituents suffer at home under laws and rules put in place by them.

But Cruz travels south and the left is up in arms?

Sound logic
Posted by Crangis mcbasketball
Member since Feb 2021
100 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:57 am to
It doesn’t look right bad optics on both sides
Posted by Scorpio58
Da Bayou
Member since Oct 2020
702 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 8:59 am to
Optics is for pussies!!
Posted by marchballer
The Greatest Country on Earth
Member since Aug 2008
4121 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:00 am to
Cruz was an idiot. You don’t leave the state during a crisis.

The others were bad too. They were attacked by the media as well which is why you know about them. There is a fricking petition to remove Newsom in California as a result.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:00 am to
The Left is fundamentally dishonest. So is the press.

Never, ever expect anything "fair" or "decent" to come from them. They're not good people. They don't do "fair" or "honest".

Until you understand that, you will be tempted to call them "stupid". Sure, most of their Facebook soldiers are complete idiots, just regurgitating the talking points given to them. But most on the Left are happily deceptive, proud liars, and simply bad people.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:00 am to
quote:

So Dem leaders can do anything they want and the press will cover for them but Repubs can do nothing right?



FIFY
Posted by Chad504boy
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Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:01 am to
Ted Cruz didn't tell anyone they couldn't travel neither.


Still kind of bad optics during emergencies.
Posted by LSUTigerFan247
Member since Jun 2017
3747 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:03 am to
Pelosi, the 3rd most powerful person in our country, was set up... by a stylist.
Posted by 93and99
Dayton , Oh / Allentown , Pa
Member since Dec 2018
14400 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:04 am to
quote:

But Cruz travels south and the left is up in arms?



It's not just the left.

Look at all of the Republican pussies on this board whining about it.
Posted by Jbird
In Bidenville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
84866 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:04 am to
Politico is pleased to report that ‘Ted Cruz proved this week that’ the political scandal isn’t dead (unlike thousands of elderly New Yorkers)

From Politico:

THE RETURN OF THE WASHINGTON SCANDAL — There is something refreshingly normal about the TED CRUZ scandal.

The drama of Cruz returning from sunny Mexico — chastened and apologetic for fleeing Texas while 3 million of his constituents remained without power — was a kind of throwback to an era when politicians could be embarrassed.

The Trump years were dominated by one figure defined by his inability to be shamed and supporters defined by their unwillingness to be outraged by his behavior.

A lot of observers wondered if the age of political scandal was dead — if partisans on both sides were so defined by hatred of their rival political tribe that they would let their own leaders get away with just about anything.
Posted by Redleg Guy
Member since Nov 2012
2536 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:06 am to
You know who thinks it was a mistake for Ted Cruz to travel?

Ted Cruz himself. He flew back early, apologized, and said it was a mistake. If it doesn’t really matter, he could be sitting on the beach right now.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
62605 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:07 am to
quote:

But Cruz travels south and the left is up in arms?

And it's not like Cruz ordered the cold weather.
Posted by blafayette
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
722 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:08 am to
Didn’t know that Cruz was an esteemed electrical engineer that could have fixed all of Texas’ problems if he had just stayed home.


Posted by Concernednewguy7
Texas
Member since Dec 2020
1073 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:09 am to
We are all equal, but some of us are more equal than others.
Posted by JJJimmyJimJames
Southern States
Member since May 2020
18496 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:11 am to
I fully support the Cancun vacation of Ted Cruz.

This is absolutely nothing except

1. bending the knee to the fascist leftist narrative creation machine

OR

2. BEING a fascist leftist trying to twist their narrative to fit reality.

Nothing else - and anyone actually saying he shouldnt vacation is a moron
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
16024 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:16 am to
Dems only care about this shite when it makes conservatives look bad.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31823 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:23 am to
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And it's not like Cruz ordered the cold weather.



this is my gripe with all the hoopla.

bad optics? sure. bone headed move? sure.

but the NV governor, Cuomo, Newsom, Pelosi, Whitmer, Denver Mayor, Adler in Austin, etc. all did the opposite of what they told their constituents to do, or worse, violated their own rules.

i don't get mad about rich douche bags doing rich douche bag things. i get mad when they tell others what to do while doing things that their rich douche bag selves can ignore.


to the "staying and helping out..." narrative. i gave heaters to my neighbors without central heating, and helped them shore up some drafty walls Sunday night.

i did what i could. we lost power and there was really nothing i could do. i made sure they had options, food, and water, and then took my family to a friends house with heat.

i have and will continue to take care of my more in-need neighbors, but my priority is always going to be my family.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 9:27 am
Posted by Crangis mcbasketball
Member since Feb 2021
100 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:26 am to
If optics is for “pussies” why is anyone mad at democrats doing things normal citizens aren’t allowed to do. It’s bad optics for both parties
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31823 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:28 am to
quote:

If optics is for “pussies” why is anyone mad at democrats doing things normal citizens aren’t allowed to do. It’s bad optics for both parties




bad optics and hypocrisy are different animals.
Posted by Crangis mcbasketball
Member since Feb 2021
100 posts
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:37 am to
No there not. (typically in a political context) the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public.
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