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CBS Host Laughs In Ted Cruz's Face For Repeatedly Denying He Shut Down Government

CBS host Bob Schieffer's was driven nearly to a fit of giggles on Sunday after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) repeatedly refused to take responsibility for last year's government shutdown.

The veteran newsman led off his Sunday interview by simply asking if Cruz would be willing to once again hold the government hostage to try to get concessions from President Barack Obama.

"Well, Bob, with all due respect, I don't agree with the premise of your question," Cruz replied. "Throughout the government shutdown, I opposed a government shutdown. I said we shouldn't shut the government down. I think it was a mistake that President Obama and the Democrats shut the government down this fall."

"The question I asked you was, would you ever conceive of trying to shut down the government again?" Schieffer pressed, clearly not buying in to the alternate reality.

"As I said, I didn't threaten to shut down the government the last time," Cruz insisted. "I don't think we should ever shut down the government. And I repeatedly voted..."

"Well," Schieffer interrupted, laughing out of frustration. "If you didn't threaten to shut down the government, who was it that did?"

"President Obama," Cruz said.

Schieffer dropped his head as the Republican senator's rant continued: "I understand the White House said over and over again that the shutdown is the Republicans' fault. And I understand that's what you're repeating. But the reality is, I voted over and over again to fund the federal government."

"Senator, I know what Republicans were telling me -- like [House Speaker] John Boehner -- that this was a disaster and never again," Schieffer shot back, frustrated but also clearly amused at the senator's talking points.

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Yup, just posted this one ("Cruz makes a funny"). Amazing how people like Cruz can lie so blatantly with such a bland, straight face.

I disagree about Rap, however; what he does is quite deliberate and it's been the same M.O. for years now. This description is in one of the .gifs I post regarding trolls. If it's not a perfect description of Rap, I don't know what is:



What would YOU call it?

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Comparing anything to Nazis is the product of an uncreative mind, too ignorant to have any other (more accurate) references. Yes, this rather whiny and unsympathetic member of Rupert Murdoch's inner circle has his head on straight and he's discovered, shockingly, that America's rich are in danger.

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You may well find it interesting to know that tensions in the French Revolution were caused primarily by war debts, government created inflation relative to unchanging wages, and the fact that the clergy and nobility, who had 90% of the wealth and represented 1% of the population, paid NO TAXES whatsoever, and often received kickbacks from the taxes taken from the rest of the population. What's more, giving more money to the employers of the French nation did not necessarily result in a better lifestyle or income for those they employed but rather reduced money in circulation and social mobility, which in those times due to social pressures was never very good to begin with. The hostility of the other classes was exacerbated by the contempt that the aristocracy showed any member of the working classes who did not have the sense to be born with the same wealth and connections they had.

History repeats itself, and those who could pass on the lessons of the past are usually dead by the time they are sufficiently taught. Reality does not suffer fools.

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Originally posted by second: I'd call it fraud. Senator Cruz is a fraud -- wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Senator Cruz caused billions in damage with the shutdown. Then he defends himself by claiming he didn't say what he said, he didn't do what he did. And the Tea Party wonders why it is disrespected when Cruz is its leader.

And AURapture repeats Cruz's fraudulent statements. That makes AURapture a fraud, too, which is worse than a troll.

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Only this time, the top earners are paying almost ALL of the taxes

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Your #'s are inverted. The top 10 % pay MOST of the taxes, some paying as much 50% of their income. Most of the lower income folks pay NO federal taxes.

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The Nazi comparison is apt, if one knows their history, and how the Jews were cast as scapegoats of the woes of the people of Germany.

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Byte, I hate to see you wasting your time actually trying to communicate with, much less debate, our resident troll.

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:

Because he is not a troll, just someone who believes differently, and no one else will give him the time of day.

I give everyone every chance to let themselves be heard, and allow me to then troll them.

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Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
And now Jongs is back. Decided not to hide in her "Kaneman" skin, I guess.

Oh, the rancid smell of desperate trolls...

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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:

just someone who believes differently, and no one else will give him the time of day.

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'Obama is a tyrant'

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
They desperately and maniacally seek to marginalize and dismiss AURaptor at every turn, but all they're doing is displaying their juvenile frustration at being schooled by him every day.

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