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[quote=Anonymous]I am a Democrat, but have many Republicans in my life that I love and respect. We may not agree on everything but we have far more in common than our differences. So, when someone from the Republican party behaves like Ted Cruz (freshman senator from Texas) has, I wonder if Republicans feel embarrassed by him? His actions and comments really seem beyond the pale to me – Republicans, do you think he is the future of your party? Or is he the fringe that doesn’t really represent the present day GOP? (FWIW, I’ve certainly disavowed and rebuked Democrats that have behaved badly) For anyone that doesn’t know about Senator Cruz, here are a few choice quotes/facts regarding his short time thus far in the Senate: *one of the 22 senators who voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act *among the 34 who voted against raising the debt ceiling *one of 36 who opposed a relief package for the regions hit by Hurricane Sandy *one of 3 who voted against John Kerry’s confirmation as Secretary of State *stated regarding why he voted against Kerry’s confirmation, “ I was compelled to vote no on Senator Kerry's nomination because of his longstanding less-than-vigorous defense of U.S. national security issues” (John Kerry is a highly decorated Vietnam War Veteran; Mr. Cruz has no military service) *criticized Chuck Hagel by stating that he had been ‘endorsed’ by Iran; his basis for this assertion was a statement from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast in which he had expressed the hope that Hagel, as Secretary of Defense, would help to improve relations between Iran and the United States, noting that Hagel has opposed the use of a military strike to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program (Chuck Hagel is also a highly decorated Vietnam War Veteran) *suggesting that Mr. Hagel might have received compensation from foreign enemies, although gave no evidence supporting his assertion [/quote]
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