Time for Cornyn to go

[V-Tach]

Consider emailing Ted Cruz and thank him for fighting for freedom, also message Fox News to complain for there work in trying to marginalize Cruz. As for me Fox has passed my red line with there progressive commentators, Rove, Hume, O'Reilly.

Done........and done!

 

[Odiferous]

E-mailed him and told him I'm glad he wasn't at the Alamo. Sometimes standing up for a "lost cause" is better than simply rolling over.

 

[XinTX]

 

[jordanmills]

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their what?

 

[MikePotts]

Louis Gohmert is apparently going to run against that piece of crap Cornyn - no contest for my vote there! don't forget snail mail if you can't get through to these guys. I just sent a single piece of paper to Cornyn giving my name and address and a one word message "Resign"...... Senator John Cornyn, 517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510

 

[Jeffrey]

If Gohmert is going for Cornyn's job, I may run for Gohmert's.

 

[stdreb27]

This cloture thing is key, when writing Cornyn let him know that you view the cloture vote as the real vote. A vote for cloture with obamacare funding in the bill is a Benedict Arnold moment for any republican.

 

[mitchntx]

Using the link above, I sent Cornyn a note explaining that his actions today will directly affect his re-election and my vote. Instead of trying to mute a person who stands behind their words, maybe he should sit back and learn how to do it.

 

[bowserb]

One last comment. The best action at this point would be to follow Rand Paul's thinking. The defunding is not going to happen. While that is a lost cause, the administration can be put on the spot with an amendment requiring that all federal employees--senate, house, staffs, plus all federal departments and agencies be required to participate in the ACA and that there be no special exemptions, subsidies, or postponements for anyone, any group, any UNION, or any entity that is subject otherwise to the laws of the US. There is no way the Democrats can oppose that without admitting that the law is bad. It's either good for everyone, or it's bad for everyone.

 

[bowserb]

Did you click the second link in my post that you quoted? It lists fax numbers for the eight offices he has. I dont have access to a fax machine or they'd be getting a personalized hand written letter.

A lot of computers still come with faxmodems installed, or they can be had for cheap. Windows has a program called "Windows Fax and Scan" which will nicely handle sending faxes, including scanned documents, in case you want to send a hand written letter. With my $20/yr MagicJack phone line, I have unlimited domestic long distance, so it is an easy and cheap procedure to fax my representatives, although I generally still use their online forms most of the time.

Related: Has anyone seen a fax number for Ted Cruz? His web page only lists phone numbers and a contact form.

FYI: Here's an external USB-connected faxmodem from Amazon.com for $22.51. Could it get easier or cheaper?
Amazon.com : TRENDnet 56K USB 2.0 Phone, Internet and Fax Modem, TFM-561U : Electronics

 

[1slow01Z71]

One last comment. The best action at this point would be to follow Rand Paul's thinking. The defunding is not going to happen. While that is a lost cause, the administration can be put on the spot with an amendment requiring that all federal employees--senate, house, staffs, plus all federal departments and agencies be required to participate in the ACA and that there be no special exemptions, subsidies, or postponements for anyone, any group, any UNION, or any entity that is subject otherwise to the laws of the US. There is no way the Democrats can oppose that without admitting that the law is bad. It's either good for everyone, or it's bad for everyone.

I agree. Cruz made a statement though and its really getting on the nerves of the republican establishment
Peter King: ?Vile? phone calls by Ted Cruz allies - Tal Kopan - POLITICO.com

A lot of computers still come with faxmodems installed, or they can be had for cheap. Windows has a program called "Windows Fax and Scan" which will nicely handle sending faxes, including scanned documents, in case you want to send a hand written letter. With my $20/yr MagicJack phone line, I have unlimited domestic long distance, so it is an easy and cheap procedure to fax my representatives, although I generally still use their online forms most of the time.

Related: Has anyone seen a fax number for Ted Cruz? His web page only lists phone numbers and a contact form.

FYI: Here's an external USB-connected faxmodem from Amazon.com for $22.51. Could it get easier or cheaper?
Amazon.com : TRENDnet 56K USB 2.0 Phone, Internet and Fax Modem, TFM-561U : Electronics

My office has a fax machine I just need to find time to actually get by there.

 

[Coop45]

I asked the good senator for a picture of him clearing out his desk in DC and coming back to Texas for selling out.

 

[Texasjack]

A lot of computers still come with faxmodems installed, or they can be had for cheap. Windows has a program called "Windows Fax and Scan" which will nicely handle sending faxes, including scanned documents, in case you want to send a hand written letter. With my $20/yr MagicJack phone line, I have unlimited domestic long distance, so it is an easy and cheap procedure to fax my representatives, although I generally still use their online forms most of the time.

Related: Has anyone seen a fax number for Ted Cruz? His web page only lists phone numbers and a contact form.

FYI: Here's an external USB-connected faxmodem from Amazon.com for $22.51. Could it get easier or cheaper?
Amazon.com : TRENDnet 56K USB 2.0 Phone, Internet and Fax Modem, TFM-561U : Electronics

Fax? People still use fax?? Do they have to get someone to mind the horse-and-buggy?

 

[TheDan]

I'm not even going to bother contacting Cornyn; he doesn't care anyways... I'm looking forward to voting for someone new in the primary.

 

[bowserb]

Fax? People still use fax?? Do they have to get someone to mind the horse-and-buggy?

I think there is the idea that sending a fax produces a piece of paper at the other end, and that piece of paper carries more weight than an electronic form message. I've not been in any senators' or congressmen's offices, so I don't know if they use old-time fax machines with thermal printers, new Konica-Minolta BizHub machines, or whether their faxes are answered by faxmodems in a computer. It's very possible that using the online form does the most good, because it can be easily parsed for subject and keywords for purposes of sorting into subject and position.

I understand that U.S. Post Office mail has become the slowest way to contact the congress, because mail has to be scanned and irradiated, and probably put in a vacuum container for 48 hours, plus flash frozen and then microwaved back to room temp, to be sure there are no microbes in the envelope.

Oh yes, and after the Democratic Socialist-induced Armageddon, those people with horses and buggies may be the only people with the ability to get around. Of course, they'll need to be armed to hold onto that horse. I wonder if any of those WWI horse drawn cannons are still available...or are they on the Obama no-import list?

 

[Texasjack]

...Oh yes, and after the Democratic Socialist-induced Armageddon, those people with horses and buggies may be the only people with the ability to get around. Of course, they'll need to be armed to hold onto that horse. I wonder if any of those WWI horse drawn cannons are still available...or are they on the Obama no-import list?

Sadly, I think you're 100% right about that.

 

[mitchntx]

I wonder if any of those WWI horse drawn cannons are still available...or are they on the Obama no-import list?

My dad built a 1880s era cavalry cannon 25 years ago.
Makes a heckuva boom ...

 

[jordanmills]

This cloture thing is key, when writing Cornyn let him know that you view the cloture vote as the real vote. A vote for cloture with obamacare funding in the bill is a Benedict Arnold moment for any republican.

Except that there hasn't been one. I doubt there will be.

 

[jordanmills]

A lot of computers still come with faxmodems installed, or they can be had for cheap. Windows has a program called "Windows Fax and Scan" which will nicely handle sending faxes, including scanned documents, in case you want to send a hand written letter. With my $20/yr MagicJack phone line, I have unlimited domestic long distance, so it is an easy and cheap procedure to fax my representatives, although I generally still use their online forms most of the time.

Related: Has anyone seen a fax number for Ted Cruz? His web page only lists phone numbers and a contact form.

FYI: Here's an external USB-connected faxmodem from Amazon.com for $22.51. Could it get easier or cheaper?
Amazon.com : TRENDnet 56K USB 2.0 Phone, Internet and Fax Modem, TFM-561U : Electronics

How do I plug that into my cell phone?

 

[oldguy]

Sen Ted Cruz again refuses to back Sen John Cornyn in his upcoming reelection bid

Ted Cruz again refuses to back John Cornyn

When Cruz is asked about Cornyn, he says he's staying out of | AP Photos

By KATIE GLUECK | 9/27/13 9:30 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz refused point-blank to endorse his Texas Republican colleague Sen. John Cornyn in his upcoming reelection bid at an event here Friday.

“I think it is very likely I’m going to stay out of all incumbent runs,” Cruz responded, when posed with an endorsement question at the annual Texas Tribune festival.

Moderator Evan Smith, the head of the Texas Tribune, said that the junior Texas Republican’s failure to endorse Cornyn had inspired tea party activists to call for Cornyn’s head.

“You could put a stop to this,” Smith said of grassroots unrest. “Endorse him right now. Will you do it?”

Cruz’s rebuttal brought sighs and groans from the crowd, which in the blue-hued state capital represented a more liberal section of his home turf.

”Texans are perfectly capable of assessing every elected official, assessing our record,” Cruz said when asked about their relationship, speaking from Washington via a live-satellite link. “I like and respect John Cornyn, and I’m honored to serve with him.”

Their dynamic came under extra scrutiny this week, when Cornyn and Cruz parted ways over the best approach on a spending bill, in which Obamacare was a key sticking point.

Cruz pointed to his own Senate primary contest, nodding to the “thousands upon thousands of grassroots activists” who propelled his campaign to victory.

“You’d mentioned a minute ago, the typical thing in Washington to do would be to endorse every Republican,” he said. “And frankly, I feel I owe a commitment to the men and women all across Texas. I think every incumbent owes it to the grassroots activists of their state to make the case why he or she should be reelected.”

He added, “If I went to Washington and became just another Washington politician who immediately endorses every incumbent, I think I’d be breaking faith with the men and women who worked very hard to elect me.”

But he bristled at the suggestion that he personally opposes Cornyn.

“That’s not remotely the case,” he said.

Cruz has also declined to endorse Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in his primary contest. He then dismissed the idea that he was planning to endorse McConnell’s primary challenger, businessman Matt Bevin, who has been embraced by the tea party, insisting that he’s planning to stay out of such contests.

The Texas senator’s remote appearance capped a week of intense national scrutiny of Cruz, following his 21-hour talk-a-thon designed to hold up movement on the spending bill.

He met a mostly skeptical audience here, as evidenced by the mutterings he generated after saying a government shutdown would only occur at the behest of President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). But he also earned a smattering of applause as he outlined his disagreements with Obamacare.

He spoke to the crowd hours after a Public Policy Poll indicated he leads the 2016 GOP presidential field — another issue that generated audience scoffing.

“I don’t put a whole lot of stock in polls,” Cruz said, when asked whether he would run for president. “I gotta tell ya, my hands are full with the U.S. Senate and what we’re doing right now.”

But he didn’t shy away from answering an audience question about whether his message was too conservative for the rest of the country. He suggested that outside of Washington, his views on issues like spending and Obamacare are mainstream.

“My focus, my top priority every day since I have been elected, has been working for economic growth, restoring economic growth,” he said, adding, “Economic growth, restoring opportunity, I think that is the essence of mainstream American values. The problem is, Washington has stopped listening to common-sense American values.”

He noted that of the last four elections, Republicans only did well when the party “didn’t paint in pale pastels; we instead drew a clear, positive, optimistic message.”

“I think the key to electoral victory is painting a different path than the path we’re on,” he said. “Because the path we’re on isn’t working.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...492.html?hp=r4​