It should be clear by now that Sen. Ted Cruz didn’t come to Washington to make friends, and he’s certainly not there for the rave reviews in the press. Amanda Carpenter, Cruz’s new senior communications advisor, noted her boss’s name popped up quite a few times today in the media.
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302479585772195840
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302509721296977921
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302509993591197696
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302528280614039553
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302529397632663552
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302529670249865216
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/302530021883527169
“Bomb throwing”? Is that sort of violent rhetoric necessary? Apparently so. Check out these headlines: “The G.O.P.’s Nasty Newcomer” and “A Very Junior Senator’s Bomb-Throwing Debut” — and those are just the New York Times’ contribution. But what are reporters saying about Cruz off the record?
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/302531561096634369
Not to be left behind, MSNBC hosts Martin Bashir and Chris Matthews also piled on this afternoon, with Matthews insisting that Cruz is Sen. Joe McCarthy reincarnated.
Is Ted Cruz taking a page out of McCarthy's playbook? We discuss now with @Niawapo and @WayneSlater
— Hardball (@hardball) February 15, 2013
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Way to be late to the party, Chris.
"A blustering bullying opportunist, Cruz's physical resemblance to Joe McCarthy is an act of justice on Nature’s part" http://t.co/p5fyJwfC
— Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) February 1, 2013
Ted Cruz's week: “classic McCarthy tactics … aggressively inaccurate … mendacious demagoguery at its finest" http://t.co/kXJav3QN
— Jason Stanford (@JasStanford) February 3, 2013
Sen. Cruz's performance as Sen. McCarthy is approaching the Oscar-worthy realm.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/jamespmanley/status/301464209567404032
Ted Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard to become a Teabagger McCarthy Fox News Rush character. How sad. Ted, you smell like Texas & hate.
— Wylie Jones (@Wylieknowords) February 15, 2013
Freshman Senator Ted Cruz (T-Bag Darling) is Joseph McCarthy Reincarnate! Why does the SCUM of The GOP ALWAYS RISE 2 THE TOP?
— Cher (@cher) February 15, 2013
So, we’re on the right track, then?
https://twitter.com/rsmccain/status/302543535931027456
Trying to marginalize him bc they know unabashed conservatism works. "@amandacarpenter: NYT: Cruz's "bomb throwing" http://t.co/Fn9Lqejp"
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) February 15, 2013
More evidence that @SenTedCruz is doing it RIGHT ===> http://t.co/wkmGuzsI #teaparty
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 15, 2013
Listen you psychotic, biased, socialist press members, @tedcruz is smart, sane, and the future.
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) February 15, 2013
Pop some popcorn and pour a big ol’ Texas-sized cup of tea.
News for the left: Ted Cruz will be the Senator from Texas for as long as he wants. Enjoy!
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) February 15, 2013
CruzDerangementSyndrome is going to be the best for the next three decades.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) February 15, 2013
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