The left-wing media complex has found its new bete noir for the 2013/2014 political news cycle, and that dubious honor goes to Republican rising star, Ted Cruz. Note that the left always targets those they perceive to be the greatest threat to its Statist goals, and even though Cruz is only a freshman Senator, he’s been off to a rip-roaring start.
Because he dared to ask hard questions about the President, Benghazi, Chuck Hagel, and Feinstein’s gun bill, Ted Cruz earned himself the top spot as the left-wing media’s favorite whipping boy.
As we know from past experience, those who earn that top spot don’t even have to do anything particularly controversial for the media to go on the attack. The mere act of eating, drinking, breathing, or looking over bills before they pass them, is enough to inspire a blizzard of media attacks.
Consider these recent headlines from Wonkette, Raw Story, Daily Kos, and others in the left-wing fever swamps:
“Hero Senator Ted Cruz Will Death Panel Everyone With M.S.”
Ted Cruz: Multiple sclerosis commemoration is part of a Democratic plot to ‘malign’ me
Ted Cruz objects to Multiple Sclerosis resolution
Crazy Ted Cruz Opposes Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week …
Crazy Tea Party Guy Ted Cruz Opposes Honoring Multiple Sclerosis …
There’s much more, but you get the idea. What on earth are they talking about?
Michael Bates from Batesline looked into it:
Politico, at least, posted Cruz’s side of the story, albeit under the false and misleading headline, “Cruz opposes MS resolution.”
“The Senator, like many of his colleagues, will not grant
consent to call up and pass a resolution or bill at the last minute
without time for review,” spokesman Sean Rushton said in a statement.After the story was posted about Cruz’s opposition to the resolution, his office pushed back harder.
“Senator Cruz does not oppose the substance of the MS resolution, and
he never did,” his spokesman said. “Unfortunately, the sponsors of
this resolution circulated their request for unanimous consent less than
48 hours before they wanted it passed. A member of Sen. Cruz’s
staff–who herself suffers from MS–asked for time to review the
language, and to perhaps suggest revisions to the language, as is
typical. It appears that Senate Democratic staff, instead of working to
ensure unanimous consent, instead decided to leak this story to try to
malign Senator Cruz.”I know this must shock a lot of people, but there are elected
officials who believe they have an obligation to their constituents to
read legislation, even routine legislation, before they vote on it. It’s
a hallmark of the Tea Party movement.
Was that story really worth all of those clownish headlines? They really can’t help themselves…
DaTech Guy explains why:
The left and the MSM want to destroy Ted Cruz, They hate him for his
Tea Party Connection, his Sarah Palin connection, His backstory, his
Latino heritage, his connection to the Rand Paul filibuster and his
battles with Hagel and Feinstein but all of this would mean nothing if
it wasn’t for one thing:
Ted Cruz is effective and for that he must be stopped.
That’s the long and short of it.
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