re: Why are people mad at Cruz? What the hell is he going to do?

You're all right. The best thing for literally any situation is for Ted Cruz to get the hell out of the way.

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Again, he's a Senator. There is nothing for him to do. It's not like he could even physically give a hand, like someone might do after a hurricane, tornado or earthquake. It's a deep freeze. You just wait it out and let maintenance crews do what they can, when they can.

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I'm not saying it's wrong. I am saying the optics are bad. In a lot of facets of life, perception can be as important as reality.

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In case you haven't figured it out the thing that is and soon to be was keeping this coalition on the left going is a unified hatred for President Trump. They don't have that now and they think that they can rally hatred around Ted Cruz and it will not work, he doesn't move the needle like Trump does. Trump is right to go silent and I give it a few months to watch this coalition implode.

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The Cruz thing is irrelevant on a national level.

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No it wasnt. It was shitty leftist narrative that is as dishonest as YOU apparently are...

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Wrong.

There's a time and place for everything. If a major college coach gets hammered at home, no one cares. If he gets hammered in some popular bar on campus and is filmed falling down drunk, people will care.

Same behavior but different time and place. This isn't a story if Cruz goes to Cancun in two weeks.

There's nothing "wrong" with what Cruz did. It was just ill-advised under the circumstances. If it costs him even one vote in his next election - which is possible - it was a bad move.

Go to Cancun some other time.

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NONSENSE. Ted Cruz could do nothing - NOTHING AT ALL - to remediate ice storm problems. The ONLY thing Ted Cruz is guilty of is being seen as a leading presidential contender for the opponents of PERVASIVELY LYING DEMOCRAT TRASH.

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All that matters is what his constituents think. Not you, not me, not CNN, not the national as a whole. It's not a good look for a politician to be seen as above the problems of the everyday American for a totally unnecessary reason.

People who have spent the last few days in an ice box cutting up baby cribs to keep a fire going and melting snow for water might not appreciate Cruz living it up on the beach in another country at the same time they were suffering.

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I support Ted Cruz' vacation completely

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It doesn't make a shite what you think. All that matters is what Texans think at the voting booth and it's possible some may hold it against him.

This probably won't cost him his Senate seat, but it's certainly not helping his image.

I'm pissed because he left his fricking little poodle by itself in a cold house. Who the frick does that?

Why did you quote so many comments from other people in your reply to me?

And I don't give a crap about the "optics" on this one. I'm not some political noob. I know all about the optics, and the entire leftist narrative is an optical illusion. They will make a mountain out of any mole hill, and as far as the people who actually voted for Ted Cruz in that state, I highly doubt this changes any of their opinions. They know he's not the Governor, and there isn't anything for him to do about this situation.

So the only people who are even pretending to care about the "optics" are the people that never voted for him, in the first place.

I don't care where politicians go. The only time I criticize a politician for going on vacation is when it's a lefty who has spent much of their time complaining about a republican going on vacation. It's the hypocrisy that I criticize. Otherwise, what do I care if they leave and never come back?

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They will make a mountain out of any mole hill, and as far as the people who actually voted for Ted Cruz in that state, I highly doubt this changes any of their opinions.

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People vote for and against candidates for lots of reasons. You don't think a lot of people voted against Trump in 2020 because of his crude behavior rather than his policies?

I don't think it will cost Cruz his Senate seat, either, but it's certainly an episode he could have done without and should have avoided.

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Why are people mad at Cruz? What the hell is he going to do?

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Ive been screaming this...what is he going to do that the STATE government cant

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Why are people mad at Cruz? What the hell is he going to do?

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I cannot understand why people are so mad at him. Texans finally caught a break when His Nutcaseness, Senator Fled "Cut and Run" Cruz, left the state.

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Bro, let’s just be honest here. If it was a democrat icon like Pelosi running to Mexico, conservative media Pundits would be losing their mind

I mean they made fun of Nancy when she got her haircut.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle are slime balls. You don’t have to excuse their behavior just because they are on your side. If they screw up, call their asses out

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This

Politician worship is real, and it's just so silly when you consider those politicians don't give a shite about you.

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I'm pissed because he left his fricking little poodle by itself in a cold house.

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This is what is really going to hurt him.

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If the Senate's not in session, he can go wherever he pleases!

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I mean, if I had a choice between him sipping tequila on the beach or helping to advocate for donations, federal relief, talking on the news about best practices to get through this and maybe taking a CEO or two to task - I think we know the latter is probably the right choice, even if the former is not the end of the world.