Pachyderms

Published October 28, 2013

by Carter Wrenn, Talking About Politics, October 24, 2013.

The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers.

 

It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult.

 

Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so immature.

 

Now the Pachyderms feel about the Grand Old Party the same way Eskimos feel about totem poles – that it’s a lofty and, in some ways, sacred institution. And their heart’s desire boils down to making the GOP more powerful. By electing more Pachyderms. And Ted Cruz is no blind-loyal-party-firster.

 

Even worse, Cruz has a pesky creed. He just plain loves spending cuts. And he actually believes if Washington keeps on running up debt the economy is going to flip over and tank.

 

But to Pachyderms, after a fortnight of getting out-foxed by President Obama on government shutdowns and debt ceiling votes, Cruz’s infatuation with spending cuts is spawning storm clouds with alarming swiftness.

 

To a Pachyderm cutting spending’s a fine sentiment. And saving the economy is a lofty goal. But electing Republicans comes first.

 

So, post-shutdown, Pachyderms are out for Ted Cruz’s scalp. But, for all their guile and cunning,  they’ve missed an important fact: Miles from the Pachyderms’ homeland in Washington, in the hamlets and small towns out in Republican Primaryland, Ted Cruz is Horatio at the Bridge – battling the villains on Capitol Hill single-handedly.

 

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October 28, 2013 at 9:56 am
TP Wohlford says:

I think that the Pachyderms (great term!) are pretty much where the Whigs were when the GOP was born.

October 28, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Norm Kelly says:

More Cruz's fewer Pachyderms. That's the real answer.

Democrats will never be controlled until they are made a minority. The budget will never get controlled until Democrats and Pachyderms are made minorities. The federal debt will only continue to balloon while Democrats and Pachyderms are in control.

Not too long ago, Mr. Obama was heard to say some of the most stupid words he's ever uttered. While the list of stupid utterings is quite long, the one I reference is the one where he said that just because the debt ceiling is raised doesn't mean the debt would also go up. I'm guessing that only Washington Democrats and die-hard liberals in the hinter land actually believed that. Oh, and of course, minor media outlets as well. (msnbc, cnn, abc are no longer major media outlets. the major media outlet, foxnews, didn't believe obama when he uttered that stupidity, so they didn't show up in my list.)