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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 20, 2021 12:05:41 GMT
The kid thing pisses me off so much as I detest when people bring up politicians' kids. I am a huge advocate of leaving them out of it! So the idea that he was going to bring up his 10 and 12 (I don't think she's actually had her birthday yet, but is either newly 13 or almost 13) wanting to go to Mexico with friends was just beyond the pale for me. He was absolutely insinuating that he needed to go and settle his teens who were going solo to Mexico - hoping people didn't realize how young they are or that his WIFE was going with them. Perhaps he thought he could finally leverage that old viral video by his "daughter" to his advantage. It's utter bullshit and he should be ashamed of himself. Agree. Jake Tapper tweeted to leave the kids out of it, and I was astonished to see replies asking why, or disagreeing. If it has to be explained to you why you don’t attack kids, then I don’t know what to tell you. |
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Post by Merge on Feb 20, 2021 12:18:40 GMT
The kid thing pisses me off so much as I detest when people bring up politicians' kids. I am a huge advocate of leaving them out of it! So the idea that he was going to bring up his 10 and 12 (I don't think she's actually had her birthday yet, but is either newly 13 or almost 13) wanting to go to Mexico with friends was just beyond the pale for me. He was absolutely insinuating that he needed to go and settle his teens who were going solo to Mexico - hoping people didn't realize how young they are or that his WIFE was going with them. Perhaps he thought he could finally leverage that old viral video by his "daughter" to his advantage. It's utter bullshit and he should be ashamed of himself. Agree. Jake Tapper tweeted to leave the kids out of it, and I was astonished to see replies asking why, or disagreeing. If it has to be explained to you why you don’t attack kids, then I don’t know what to tell you. I feel badly for them. They’re getting old enough to know what other people think of their dad. It would be mortifying for a teen, and even if the Cruz parents are shielding them pretty heavily, I’m sure they hear about it at school. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 20, 2021 12:21:31 GMT
We have some friends who went to Mexico recently. They were within the 90 days of having had Covid, so could use that paperwork as proof to get on the plane. But their resort gave them a paper that said they had a negative test results anyway. Even though they didn’t take a test. Interesting We all tested positive for Covid in Nov, but have zero “paperwork” Just a phone call from the health department I think it was just the email or letter saying you are positive and the date. I don’t know of anyone that got a call here. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 13:28:00 GMT
Agree. Jake Tapper tweeted to leave the kids out of it, Ted should have heeded that advice. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 20, 2021 13:32:42 GMT
Agree. Jake Tapper tweeted to leave the kids out of it, Ted should have heeded that advice. Yes, and so should everyone else. Ted is a tool, and his kids are stuck with him. I can’t imagine. 😳 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 13:36:45 GMT
Ted should have heeded that advice. Yes, and so should everyone else. Ted is a tool, and his kids are stuck with him. I can’t imagine. 😳 His foolish behavior at putting his children in the center of this makes it hard to discuss w/o reference to that. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 20, 2021 13:40:14 GMT
Yes, and so should everyone else. Ted is a tool, and his kids are stuck with him. I can’t imagine. 😳 His foolish behavior at putting his children in the center of this makes it hard to discuss w/o reference to that. True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 13:47:12 GMT
His foolish behavior at putting his children in the center of this makes it hard to discuss w/o reference to that. True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. |
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Post by Really Red on Feb 20, 2021 13:57:02 GMT
True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. I haven't seen anyone blaming the kids. I didn't realize the oldest was only 12. It makes it even more ludicrous that he shifted blame to them. What a tool. Also, supremely happy one of the parents on the email chain threw him and his wife under the bus |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 20, 2021 13:59:00 GMT
But hey, it depends on the "socialism".  Yeah, it’s only socialism if you’re a *Democrat*. IOKIYAR. Totally!  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 20, 2021 14:05:19 GMT
True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. Exactly this. Old Ted was the one who dragged his kids into this nationwide debate. He brought all of this on HIMSELF. Of course people are going to report on it and follow up with it for that one simple fact. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 20, 2021 14:11:53 GMT
I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. I haven't seen anyone blaming the kids. I didn't realize the oldest was only 12. It makes it even more ludicrous that he shifted blame to them. What a tool. Also, supremely happy one of the parents on the email chain threw him and his wife under the bus I saw it on Twitter, on a post by Jake Tapper. I think that most people realize that kids should be left out of it, but there were some tweets that were asking why. Link |
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Post by mollycoddle on Feb 20, 2021 14:12:42 GMT
True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. We can agree on that. He is a despicable tool. |
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Post by elaine on Feb 20, 2021 15:07:37 GMT
True, but even more reason to have empathy for those kids. I think that the oldest is 12. It’s hard enough to be a teen, let alone having a jackass for a dad who will do or say anything to further his career. I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. I have made it clear in a number of my posts - before the wife’s texts were leaked - that I *never* believed that this was the kids’ idea. I knew from the start that the responsibility lay with Ted & his wife. I think that it is totally appropriate to comment on how despicable and cowardly it is for Ted to blame his abominable choices on his tween daughters in order to avoid taking responsibility for those choices. The focus is on Ted, they are simply part of the collateral damage that Ted leaves behind in his wake. Like Darcy Collins, I am livid that an adult male politician would do this publicly to his own children. |
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Post by maryland on Feb 20, 2021 15:19:40 GMT
What a teaching moment this could have been for his kids. You know, where you help your neighbors and constituents, kinda like how Beto O'Rourke is doing.
Right?  "Sorry kids. Our state is in crisis and Daddy needs to be available here. Let's think of some ways we can help others in the community......."
In my experience, kids that age love feeling useful and making the world a better place. They just need the adults in their lives to set the example.
I saw a story on the news about a man who owns a furniture/mattress store in Texas opening the doors for people to come in for shelter. He said he wants to show his 10 yr. old granddaughter how important it is to help others. To bad Cruz doesn't show his kids that staying and helping others in a crisis is more important than taking a vacation.
(I know it was his idea for the trip, not the kid's idea. But he could have set a good example for them on help to help fellow Texans, who he is supposed to represent). |
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Post by maryland on Feb 20, 2021 15:26:49 GMT
I agree that no one should blame them or get pictures of them. But they are part of his lying and scheming to avoid the consequences of his stupidity. He threw them under the bus. People that are reporting on the throwing are fine w/me - so long as they don't blame the kids for being under the bus or takes pics of them there. I haven't seen anyone blaming the kids. I didn't realize the oldest was only 12. It makes it even more ludicrous that he shifted blame to them. What a tool. Also, supremely happy one of the parents on the email chain threw him and his wife under the bus I haven't either. They are minors, so they don't get to make the decisions. Everyone is blaming the parents. |
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Post by Merge on Feb 20, 2021 15:40:05 GMT
Right? "Sorry kids. Our state is in crisis and Daddy needs to be available here. Let's think of some ways we can help others in the community......."
In my experience, kids that age love feeling useful and making the world a better place. They just need the adults in their lives to set the example.
I saw a story on the news about a man who owns a furniture/mattress store in Texas opening the doors for people to come in for shelter. He said he wants to show his 10 yr. old granddaughter how important it is to help others. To bad Cruz doesn't show his kids that staying and helping others in a crisis is more important than taking a vacation.
(I know it was his idea for the trip, not the kid's idea. But he could have set a good example for them on help to help fellow Texans, who he is supposed to represent). Mattress Mack opens the doors of his furniture stores for people to stay every time we have some sort of weather crisis. And he’s a conservative. Cruz could definitely learn from the example. |
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Post by maryland on Feb 20, 2021 15:53:35 GMT
I saw a story on the news about a man who owns a furniture/mattress store in Texas opening the doors for people to come in for shelter. He said he wants to show his 10 yr. old granddaughter how important it is to help others. To bad Cruz doesn't show his kids that staying and helping others in a crisis is more important than taking a vacation.
(I know it was his idea for the trip, not the kid's idea. But he could have set a good example for them on help to help fellow Texans, who he is supposed to represent). Mattress Mack opens the doors of his furniture stores for people to stay every time we have some sort of weather crisis. And he’s a conservative. Cruz could definitely learn from the example. That is such a nice thing for him to do. I loved hearing his story on the news. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2021 16:00:51 GMT
Agree. Jake Tapper tweeted to leave the kids out of it, Ted should have heeded that advice. flyin' Cruz brought the kids up using them as his excuse. He has opened a very big door!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 16:04:07 GMT
Or he could learn from Al Franken
Oh wait the Democrats, lead by Kirsten Gillibrand, railroaded him out of the Senate instead of letting the voters decide if they wanted him to continue to represent their interest in Congress.
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Post by femalebusiness on Feb 20, 2021 16:16:13 GMT
The kid thing pisses me off so much as I detest when people bring up politicians' kids. I am a huge advocate of leaving them out of it! So the idea that he was going to bring up his 10 and 12 (I don't think she's actually had her birthday yet, but is either newly 13 or almost 13) wanting to go to Mexico with friends was just beyond the pale for me. He was absolutely insinuating that he needed to go and settle his teens who were going solo to Mexico - hoping people didn't realize how young they are or that his WIFE was going with them. Perhaps he thought he could finally leverage that old viral video by his "daughter" to his advantage. It's utter bullshit and he should be ashamed of himself. 😂🤣😂 He has no shame! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2021 16:41:12 GMT
He best be prepared, he put his kids out there for all to see!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 17:41:29 GMT
To be fair, Ted probably realizes the benefits of working remotely. I mean planning an insurrection over the Internet has been shown to be able to be done. So why should he stay in the US when he can do his primary work from Mexico?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 20, 2021 20:27:16 GMT
It's pretty clear that his first thought wasn't "hey, what could I be doing for my state right now?" He didn't even consider that he was in a PUBLIC SERVICE role and that he *should* be doing something to help. He said that he "felt regret as soon as he got on the plan." If that is true, it is probably because he knew people were taking pictures and/or got messages from his staff telling him that Beto was actually out there doing the work. Then he though, "Oh, Shit. What should I be doing right now?" Since he has been back, what has he been doing besides lying?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2021 21:22:35 GMT
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Post by casii on Feb 20, 2021 21:26:50 GMT
It's pretty clear that his first thought wasn't "hey, what could I be doing for my state right now?" He didn't even consider that he was in a PUBLIC SERVICE role and that he *should* be doing something to help. He said that he "felt regret as soon as he got on the plan." If that is true, it is probably because he knew people were taking pictures and/or got messages from his staff telling him that Beto was actually out there doing the work. Then he though, "Oh, Shit. What should I be doing right now?" Since he has been back, what has he been doing besides lying? He has called upon the Biden admin to remedy a report on Nord Stream 2 pipeline cause priorities... BTW, not a rumor Linda's. |
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Post by Layce on Feb 21, 2021 12:42:54 GMT
Anyone else stay up late for the SNL Cold Open O.M.G they nailed it. 🤣
Maybe someone will come along and post it for us, eh?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 21, 2021 14:12:51 GMT
He tweeted a picture of himself handing out water!
Much too late!!!
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Post by elaine on Feb 21, 2021 14:17:44 GMT
Anyone else stay up late for the SNL Cold Open O.M.G they nailed it. 🤣 Maybe someone will come along and post it for us, eh? Layce Ask and ye shall receive! |
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"Sorry kids. Our state is in crisis and Daddy needs to be available here. Let's think of some ways we can help others in the community......." 
