◼ 'Times,' 'WaPo' Launch Racially-Coded Attack Against Ted Cruz - John Nolte/Breitbart
Apparently, the "Washington Post" and "New York Times" don't like the idea of a non-white U.S. Senator acting all uppity. It's fine for the lily-white Elizabeth Warren to immediately come out guns blazing, but over the past couple of days both news outlets ripped into in Texas Senator Ted Cruz for not knowing his place.
As we all know, the base of the Democratic Party is made up of union workers, who see Hispanics as a threat to their jobs, and rich, white, coastal liberals whose only contact with the Latino community is on grass-mowing day. And so, in what can only be interpreted as a racially-coded dog-whistle attack designed to appeal to the worst instincts of the Democratic base, the "Post" and "Times" have come together hoping to put an Hispanic back "in his place."
◼ Texas Senator Goes on Attack and Raises Bipartisan Hackles - NYT
◼ Ted Cruz, making quite an entrance - WP
Since being sworn in fewer than two months ago, the 42-year-old tea party darling has:
●been one of three senators to vote against confirming fellow Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) as secretary of state.
●expressed “deep concerns” with a bipartisan immigration-reform blueprint crafted by, among others, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla).
●introduced his first bill, to “repeal every last word of Obamacare.”
●tangled with Rahm Emanuel over the Chicago mayor’s “bullying campaign” to have the city’s pension funds divest their investments in gun manufacturers....
Cruz has taken the wear-their-scorn-as-a-badge-of-honor approach with his liberal critics. As he told Glenn Beck last month, “I view all of that as a sign that maybe we’re doing something right.”
◼ Discussion at Lucianne
