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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Cruz, you do not speak for me, or many other Texans like me
I am that single parent you love to talk about...the one who is somehow being "harmed" by "Obamacare."
The "harm" that is being done to me is that I can purchase a policy for $176 a month.
The "harm" is that I don't have to order prescription meds from other countries.
The "harm" is that I can drop my son's $500/quarter temporary high risk policy in favor of a new policy that actually offers coverage and preventative care.
No, Mr. Cruz, get my name out of your mouth...
Thank you.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,635 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)TBF
(32,064 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)I can't stand his voice and cadence.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)My father (born 1944-Milwaukee) just now when Cruz was on.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)with the words;
McCarthy Rebirth send it viral.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)I'm in North Houston. It's not so bad...and then the rural Pubbies go out and vote.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)At times I like it here at times I dislike it here.
austinlw
(54 posts)and I was born here and have lived here most of my life. Good food, lots of stuff to do, mild winters, nice people, and relatively affordable housing make it a pretty decent place to live, despite summers that are too long and hot and some really awful politicians.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)It is the best move I have made.
Hopefully, the politics are changing.
mahannah
(893 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)We have to rely on the U.S. Senate to do that for us.
So, all of y'all in all the other states out there, see if you can convince your Senators to garner a two-thirds majority to expel Cruz, for the good of the country, and for individuals like ScreamingMeemie!
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)At least I think he's killing his chances of reelection (from the segment of people I've talked with).
He's a pox.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)footnote, at best.
mc51tc
(219 posts)K R!!
Moral Compass
(1,521 posts)They_Live
(3,234 posts)+ 1000
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Your state is broken, in need of major repairs.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Check out the cities. It's getting rather lame "Doctor."
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I didn't realize when I read the OP that this was a vanity thread, and thus that no dissent was allowed.
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)Texas, like the majority of Southern states, is very broken. But, the good news is that their demographics are changing more rapidly than other states and Texas has the possibility of becoming blue soon.
Paladin
(28,264 posts)shireen
(8,333 posts)Did Texans who voted for him know what they were getting, or has his antics taken them by surprise? Just curious ....
He needs to get out of the Senate. Expulsion. Recall. Whatever legal means possible. This guy is TOXIC.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)are a minority who only win through trickery and theft. I also was a single mother although I was married and then divorced.
CapnSteve
(219 posts)...oh, and thanks for waking up the democratic majority in Texas! We WILL flip Texas blue in 2014, thanks to Gov. Wendy Davis on the plus column, and Mr. cruz on th minus....
hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)I am that single parent that you talk about (wink wink) as if there is something wrong with ME for not staying in an abusive marriage. I am that single parent who worked her ass off so that her children could have college educations and because of that, they have been able to apply for and get good paying jobs.
It just burns the shit outta you, Mr. Cruz, that I chose to live my life the way that *I* saw fit and didn't succumb to your stupid religious rhetoric and remain barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. Well, welcome to the new Texas, Mr. Cruz. It's turning back blue and I'm going to rub that BLUE all over your sorry ass every chance I get.
Sorry...regaining control here. But I simply despise what this asshole has done to my beloved Texas!
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)thanks for posting, Meemie
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)Th1onein
(8,514 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)a point where the state is no longer conservative enough for people like him and he loses by a huge amount.