Houston Chronicle: "We're sorry we endorsed Cruz"

[scheming daemons]

Oopsies!

http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/Why-we-miss-Kay-Bailey-Hutchison-4898405.php?cmpid=opedhprr

[factsarenotfair]

1. Sorry isn't good enough.

What are they going to do to repair the damage?

[kentauros]

8. Probably nothing.

It is a Hearst publication after all...

[ffr]

40. Exactly! Fuck you GOP. Vandals! Terrorists against Democracy!

Fuck you and everyone who carried your water throughout this siege, this latest governing by crisis.

How much did your miscalculated hostage taking cost our country this time???

FUCK YOU!

[gopiscrap]

2. Wow it's very rare for a newspaper to take back an endorsement.

[Heather MC]

24. indeed.

I think that's a powerful admission. seriously did Bush jr ever get an endorsement retraction ever?

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. He Will Still Be Around Until The End Of His Term, Too Late Now.

The dum dum Texans would have still elected him anyway. And they will probably re elect him.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Too bad Texas can't keep all their crazies there: Cruz, Gohmert, Rove, Cheney, Bush, etc.

[efhmc]

42. Odd but not a single one of those "crazies" was born here.

Rove and bush created the hotbed for them to thrive, however. Must be noted that our Wendy wasn't born her either, but her upbringing was totally different. and she is not a white male.

[MNBrewer]

49. Louis was.

Gohmert was born in Pittsburg, Texas, the son of Erma Sue (née Brooks) and Louis Buller Gohmert

[efhmc]

57. My bad, I saw Pittsburg and overlooked the Texas at the end. I looked his name up before posting,

but my investigation was flawed. Thanks for the correction. I think my generation of Texans had many more open minded and generous people in it, thanks not only to the times but to great teachers. I feel for anyone who is a free thinker here and supposes he/she can make a difference. Saying that, I am still a precinct chair and am fighting the good fight.

[MNBrewer]

80. People want to blame MN for Michele Bachmann, but she was born in Iowa, so...

If TX gets to disavow Cruz, MN gets to disavow Bachmann.

[efhmc]

82. He is a reflection of his upbringing which was mostly in Houston around far right

religious kooks. Even though Houston is very diverse and has many Dems and liberals, he was mostly raised there. I really think both he and Bachmann need to be disavowed as responsible humans beings.

An example of his home life "Cruz’s dad, Carrollton pastor Rafael Cruz, riled up the crowd with a fire-and-brimstone speech about how Obamacare represents socialism which is also caused by gay marriage — or something like that."

Edited to add that last paragraph.

[Stallion]

56. Lt. Govenor Dewhurst Born in Arizona

nm

[efhmc]

59. Rove in Colorado. bush in Connecticut. Cheney in Nebraska. Sadly, we can claim Perry.

[Stallion]

67. Texas Aggys Have 2 from the Corp of Cadets

Gohmert and Perry

[efhmc]

76. Even worse. My husband and daughter both graduated from there.

[awoke_in_2003]

77. And Ann Richards...

and Jim Hightower were.

[efhmc]

78. Right.

[livetohike]

5. They helped make him. Now they can help "unmake" him. n/t

[HappyMe]

22. That's a plan.

Start with some recall editorials.

[TexasProgresive]

30. That would be great, except

I don't think Texas allows for recalls of state wide elected officials - WTF!

[HappyMe]

32. Really?

That's too bad. I guess we're stuck with this maniac.

[TexasProgresive]

39. If I'm understanding this right

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Laws_governing_recall_in_Texas

Recall of local elected officials in Texas is available only in political subdivisions that have their own charter, and only if their charter specifically authorizes recall of the local elected officials.

Texas has about 1,200 cities and 352 of those cities have their own charter. In the terminology of the state, these are known as the "home rule cities." To become a "home rule city" or a "charter city", the population of the city must be over 5,000 and its voters must have held an election to adopt a home rule charter. Over 90% of the state's home rule cities, or close to 320 of them, do include a local recall provision.[1]

[efhmc]

58. Told someone here last weekend who was from California and they were shocked.

[TexasProgresive]

83. So, I am understanding it correctly?

[efhmc]

84. Yes, please see post 60.

[UTUSN]

6. R#5 & K for, like those who supported Shrub's illegal wars then "regretted" it

How come us insignificant nobodies can see these disasters at the time without all the sophisticated resources at our disposal, just what we SEE WITH OUR LYING EYES?!1

[UTUSN]

50. I spoke too soon

I saw a headline, “Houston Chronicle regrets endorsing CRUZ,” and I reacted with, how-come-us-plebs KNOW BETTER at the time than the Elite that have all the resources at their command.

I hadn’t read the actual Chronicle editorial. Now, reading it, it's much worse than I thought. Not only did they endorse CRUZ, they did it with the expectation that he take Kay Bailey as his model, and their actual FIRST choice was DEWHURST, whom they claim is a Moderate (“in the TX GOP”). Yeah, moderate compared to the rest of the NUTCASE TX GOP.

And continuing their CRACK INSIGHT, they now say DEWHURST is being pitiful and is facing THREE STRONG wingnuts, so the Chronicle will be doing its bit to see to it that one of the THREE WINGNUTS will win over any “moderate” that they claim to support.

[ananda]

7. Lol. That bad genie is well out of the bottle.

And who owns the Houston Chronicle?

Is the news outlet even relevant any more?

[kentauros]

10. Hearst Corporation owns the Houston Chronic

They bought out the failing (yet superior quality) Houston Post decades back and made the Chronic our only subscription newspaper. I stopped reading the Post when even their writing standards slacked off in the early 80s. The Houston Press has been where I tend to get most of my local news anyway, and they're owned by the Village Voice.

[seabeyond]

9. ha ha. excellent. nt

[libodem]

47. Is that your neck of the woods?

Seems like Texas either has superior representitives or the most horrid. I can count on mine to be in the horrible category most of the time, I'm a blue woman in a red state, for sure.

[seabeyond]

48. nope. totally different direction. mine is much more red. red red red. oh so red. lol

up in the panhandle. the thing? we are right there by artsy new mexico and pot smokin colorado. lol

[libodem]

55. I know your pain

It is as if Oregon and Washington are taunting me from near by with their cool liberalness.

[tapermaker]

64. stop it stop this right now!!!

We already have trouble keeping Californians from invading from the south , We had to come up with that nonsense that it rains too much to discourage them. You start poping off about our sweet liberalness and before you know it we will have to come up with some other nonsense to avoid being overrun.

[seabeyond]

75. wow. i went thru your next of the woods this summer. from spokane, on thru to montana and down.

you know what. beautiful. i ran into a lake across the wa border that was the most beautiful that i had seen in many states.

so, do not grip all that much. lol. you can put your little toe over to liberal

fun that.

[leftyohiolib]

11. oops sorry for steering the titanic into an iceberg , my bad ok

fire your entire editorial staff

[ProSense]

12. Wonder why?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/ny-daily-news-ted-cruz-world-war-2-shutdown_n_4029194.html

Gallup: Cruz’s favorability rating plunges
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023823685

The Eight Craziest Things Ted Cruz Said Today
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023832917

Ted Cruz Conducts Own Poll To Show Things Aren't So Bad For GOP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023817171

Cruz is a nut!

[spanone]

13. screw you HC

[cali]

14. what a half-hearted, half-assed, full of shit "apology"

[SansACause]

45. Oh, if only Ted Cruz had done what we wished he'd do...

This is hardly an apology. More like "Oh, my pitbull killed your baby? My bad. If only I had him on a leash..."

[cali]

79. perfect analogy.

[bahrbearian]

15. Now write something about a recall .

[efhmc]

60. People: Listen up. THERE ARE NO STATE RECALLS IN TEXAS!!

Recalls are limited to chartered political subdivisions with recall provisions. Actually I think only 18 states have recall options for state officials. No one would do it here anyway. The nut jobs are much too powerful and have bundles and bundles of cash.

[bahrbearian]

65. OK, write something about Tar and Feathers.

[efhmc]

71. Actually had 2 gentleman come to the Dem Women's group last Sat. at a

local festival and say they couldn't walk by the repug group's booth with a huge Cruz sign on the front of it and be responsible for their actions. One was an avowed Dem and the other one stated that he "was a vet and was not a fan of the commander and chief". In other words he didn't vote for him. Both men were livid at Cruz.

[Gothmog]

16. I predict that Dewhurst will not be the GOP nominee for Lt. governor

The Houston paper is having some remorse

[factsarenotfair]

28. Whoa--their second choice was Dewhurst and they're having second thoughts about him too!

from the editorial:
...While we're on the topic, we'd like to think our first choice to succeed Hutchison in the Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, would have been more amenable to following Hutchison's example than Cruz has been. But these days, we're not so sure. Dewhurst, long considered a moderate in the Texas GOP, clearly was rattled by his unexpected loss to Cruz for the Senate seat.

Since the defeat, the lieutenant governor has attempted a full-blown political makeover designed to make him the darling of the conservative wing of the Texas party.

Faced with the impossible task of outflanking three strong conservative challengers, the traditional moderate Dewhurst does not seem like a man comfortable in his own skin. It's painful to watch.

[Gothmog]

52. Dewhurst lost to Cruz and is now running for re-elcection as Lt. Gov

Due to his loss to Cruz, Dewhurst has moved to the right and is now calling for the impeachment of President Obama http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/10/15/the-dew-jumps-into-the-pits-of-hell/

Here’s the best part: By Texas political standards, Dewhurst is considered “the moderate” in the race to keep his Lt. Governor seat. He lost to Ted Cruz for the senate seat because he wasn’t able to produce a clown hat, a funny nose, and Sarah Palin’s endorsement quick enough.....

Yep. God wants Barack Obama impeached. And David Dewhurst knows all there is to know about bags of feces, bottles of urine, tampons, and bygawd God.

What the Lt. Governor of Texas has to do with impeaching President Obama, I dunno. Hell, I still don’t even know what he has to do with tampons.

One of Dewhurt's opponents is crazier than Cruz and far less intelligent.

[Orsino]

17. Shoulda gone with the saner-looking corrupt sociopath. n/t

[Nye Bevan]

18. I give them a lot of credit for this.

It's embarrassing to admit that you were wrong, and I don't remember a newspaper ever doing this regarding a previous endorsement.

[Jackpine Radical]

19. Ah, the Houston Chronicle--a classic case

of delusions of significance.

[cuchulain316]

20. I guess the figured...

He's Canadian how crazy can he be. Now we know.

[Chief D]

21. Insulting!!!!

Where were you two weeks ago, a month ago, a year ago. Doesn't take a lot of courage now that the winds have changed. Reminds me of the part of "bystander effect" where eventually someone comes to the aid of a victim, when they see that it's safe to speak-up.

[calimary]

31. Welcome to DU, Chief D!

Glad you're here! I could not agree more! Go get bent, Houston Chronicle. He was one of YOURS and you did not see this coming? Were you not watching back then? Did you not notice ANYTHING? Did you simply get drunk on the swagger and bluster? WTF is with you guys in Texas, anyway? You just love those phony-ass alleged cowboys with their swagger and bluster, don't you? dubya. rick perry. tom delay. And now THIS ass. And those are just the ones off the top of my head. Oh yeah, and the plain-ol' dumshits like gohmert. You love those guys, don't you. Think they're paragons of virtue and some kind of wonderfulness. What a bender YOU'VE been on. Unfortunately it's left all of the rest of us with one hell of a hangover.

[russspeakeasy]

38. 100 %

[RiffRandell]

23. Fuck off HC. nt

[denvine]

25. I guess they would never consider a Democrat.

That's right Houston Chronicle, you are also part of the problem.

[calimary]

33. Welcome to DU, denvine!

Good to have you with us! ANYONE who endorsed or voted for or otherwise enabled these assholes bears FULL blame. Enablers. Excuse-makers. Liars. Self-deceivers. Deniers. Delusionists. Seditionists. Flat-out, full-on TRAITORS.

[denvine]

53. Thanks

[TBF]

63. Maybe do some research before spouting off -

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Our-pick-for-mayor-of-Houston-4889296.php

I am a transplant to Houston and not always very fond of things I see in Texas. The Chron though tends to be more liberal than some.

[Snake Plissken]

26. Houston ...

We have a motherfuckin problem

[ecstatic]

27. Screwing women, minorities, and poor people was perfectly OK... but now that their

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business and portfolios are on the line... oops?

[polichick]

41. That's the truth of it.

[workinclasszero]

29. So the mad scientist is sorry for creating the Frankenstein monster?

Great.

The bastard has years and years and years to burn down the village and murder the inhabitants.

Thanks so much Houston Chronicle! Who will be the next teabag jihadist you endorse?

[calimary]

34. No shit.

[Kingofalldems]

35. They're a bunch of dirty liberals!

Casting asparagus on such a great man.

[ZRT2209]

36. .

[hobbit709]

37. A day late and a dollar short according to JuanitaJean.

http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/10/16/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/

[magical thyme]

43. I missed the apology part.

All I see is 'we endorsed him with reservations and the recommendation that he follow in the footsteps of Hutchinson.

He didn't follow our advice, so really it's not our fault.

Also, it's amazing, but they really do seem to equate Texas with the center of the universe. They're all worried about how he's not helping Texas. Not one whit of concern about his damage to the entire country.

[efhmc]

44. Kristof: Governing by blackmail is a dangerous political game

This was a good oped elsewhere in that edition.

[LibGranny]

46. So, they're PARTLY to blame for

foisting this idiot Cruz on America! If I had a subscription to that paper I would cancel it! Sorry isn't good enough!

[KinMd]

51. Do any newspaper endorsements make a difference?

[Gothmog]

54. Juanita Jean has some choice words about the Houston paper

http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/10/16/a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short/

Well, thanks a bunch Houston Chronicle. And if I can pull my tongue out of my cheek, I’ll tell you why your big ole pile of festering idiocy makes you look even dumber than you suspect.

Back at election time, you endorsed Ted Cruz and now you’re sorry that you did. Well, isn’t that special?

First off, by endorsing Ted Cruz you endorsed a man whose supporters can’t read. Well, maybe they can read the Drudge Report but even at that their computer screens are covered in Cheetos smudge marks because they have to point at the words as they read them. So what’s the point of endorsing a man in the damn newspaper when you’re just gonna piss off people who can, indeed, read.

Second off, hollering whoa way past the saloon door leaves you and your horse looking mighty dumb. Did you just now notice that Ted Cruz is a box of crayons short of a full fledged kindergarten class? You just came around to that way of thinking yesterday? Where the hell have you been?

And on the freekin’ front page you have the unmitigated dumbassery to ask, “Coup for Cruz, At What Cost?” Oh, I dunno, the United States of America? Go find whoever writes things for your newspaper and fire them. Right now. Before they break something else.

Third off, by endorsing Cruz you have caused David Dewhurst to move from moderate to raging tea party drooler. Well done. Why didn’t you just go get a stick and beat all the moderates into submission?

[TBF]

66. Sometimes they get it though --

they also endorsed Parker for Mayor yesterday --

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Our-pick-for-mayor-of-Houston-4889296.php

Maybe a wide variety of writers ...

[samsingh]

61. but they did and they should have known bettter

the media has looked the other way when the repugs have gotten more and more extreme.

a oops doesn't cut it. f off

[flamingdem]

62. rock 'n roll!

Though it would have been a nice easy 2014 for Dems with Cruz running for pres.

[Javaman]

68. going back to wishing for KBH is like saying...

"If I had only stopped when I broke my legs..."

KBH while not as insane as cruz, but by and far one of the biggest glad handing morons in the senate.

[hatrack]

69. Well TOO FUCKING BAD

Dumbasses - what on God's green Earth did they expect?

[Skidmore]

70. Wonder if they shared their "great reservations" about endorsing him with the public

at the time.

[EC]

72. Now they think Dewhurst would have been better?

not much difference...so we know who they'll endorse for governor.

[Dash87]

73. Career over. Goodbye and good riddance!

[Zorra]

74. Sucks for you, HC. All your cred is shot forever. nt

[Berlum]

81. America is also sorry

Cruz needs to sit down and STFU.

[Blue Owl]

85. If God forbid the 'Pukes "won" the HC would be patting itself on the back

Go fuck yourselves and take your shitty "journalism" with you.

[indepat]

86. While I miss Kay Hutchison about as much as having herpes sores all over my face and a

jock itch to boot is missed, on a scale of 1 to ten with ten being the highest, score Hutchinson 2, Cruz 1, with Hutchinson getting a 2 because the 1 is reserved for that foreign s*it-head, Cruz.

[Cha]

87. This is Freaking HUGE! that cruz' actions affected a rw Newspaper

like the Houston Chronicle so negatively that they UNENDORSED him!?!!!!1111111

OUCH!

"When we endorsed Ted Cruz in last November's general election, we did so with many reservations and at least one specific recommendation - that he follow Hutchison's example in his conduct as a senator.

Obviously, he has not done so. Cruz has been part of the problem in specific situations where Hutchison would have been part of the solution.

We feel certain she would have worked shoulder to shoulder with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in crafting a workable solution that likely would have avoided the government shutdown altogether"

thanks scheming

[47of74]

88. You can't unfuck someone.

[Rex]

89. Bullshit, but nice try.

nt.

[tenderfoot]

90. Their first question: Does anyone else miss Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison? Uh no.

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