Tom DeLay: 'Real' Americans Think Ted Cruz 'Is A Hero'

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The Republican Party's approval ratings hit a record low this week, and Sen. Ted Cruz's hometown newspaper slapped down the Texas Republican. But former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) insisted on Thursday that most people in the "real world" consider Cruz and the House Republicans to be heroes.

"When you're in a fight, people just don't like the fight, so they're going to respond negatively," DeLay said on CNN. "It's who wins and comes out of the fight that has long-lasting effects. And I got to tell you right now, out here in the real world, outside of New York and Washington, D.C., these people think Ted Cruz is a hero. They think that those Republicans in the House are heroes. And they think that Obama is destroying this country."

Cruz helped kick off the congressional chaos by speaking on the Senate floor for 21 hours in a symbolic filibuster of the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans then joined the fight, refusing to pass a spending bill to prevent a government shutdown unless it included a provision defunding or at least delaying parts of Obamacare.

When the shutdown finally came to an end on Thursday, most Republicans conceded they had lost the fight and came out with almost nothing.

But DeLay blamed the media for "completely trash[ing]" Cruz and congressional Republicans generally and said polls are "run to push a media narrative." He also said that polls are "not dynamic" and therefore, he argued, do not accurately reflect people's changing attitudes toward certain politicians.

"Ted Cruz is a leader," DeLay said. "People in this country for years have been begging for leadership, and Ted Cruz filled the void of leadership."

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[joeybee12]

1. I find it ironic that the most delusional people somehow are convinced that only they live...

...in the "real world."

[LisaLynne]

2. So, there are only like ...

three 'real' Americans?

[bunnies]

3. Nice to see he hasnt lost his crazy.

[kydo]

4. wasn't he just released from jail and left office in disgrace?

of course this slime ball love cruz they are made from the same oil slug

[Aerows]

7. It's amazing to me

that he thinks he has the right to judge anybody with the crap he did. He's a thief and a con-man, and was convicted of being both and sent to jail where he belonged.

[kydo]

9. I confess

I was doing a happy dance all day when they convicted piece of poop

[Aerows]

11. I don't think

anyone shed a tear over that idiot going to lockup, they just pretty much expected all along that he'd end up there.

[DefenseLawyer]

19. Tom Delay never spent a day in jail

He was convicted and sentenced to three years but was allowed to remain free pending appeal, you know like most people who are convicted of felonies (yeah right). This year his conviction was overturned by the Texas Court of Appeals for insufficient evidence. Shockingly, it was two Republican judges who voted to reverse.

[Solly Mack]

5. Blah, blah, blah, bullshit, says the bugman

[Aerows]

6. "Real" Americans

found you guilty of fraud, abuse of office and embezzlement you crook. You shouldn't be judging a wad of gum under someone's shoe, you con-man!

[last1standing]

8. "Real Americans" are our problem.

These "real Americans" believe we are the enemy and need to be destroyed. I don't mean that figuratively, either. One of the first signs that someone wants to eliminate you is when they use derogatory names to dehumanize you.

[blueknight]

10. jesus

what a fucking clown he is.

[malaise]

12. Real America is a figment of their imagination

Ask Karl Rove

[kentuck]

13. And they don't have to convince you or I that they are right...

They only have to convince the Republican base. They could give a crap what we might think.

[Buddha_of_Wisdom]

14. Hey asshole, since you are "above the law" getting the Republicans Justice to dismiss your case

has struck a nerve.

You are going to pay big.

I'm going to find Abramoff and grab him by the balls and make him sing more. He has more dirt on you than you would ever imagine.

[Southside]

23. Haha...wow...go get him

That kind of fire is inspiring!

[JI7]

15. so most americans are not "real' americans according to him

[gollygee]

16. So most Americans are not "real" Americans

Interesting. That's how they justify to themselves bypassing democracy.

[Mz Pip]

17. Sorry Tom,

You don't get to decide who "real" Americans are.

Never let creeps like DeLay define who we are.

[City Lights]

18. Asshole.

Fuck him and his "real" American bullshit.

[Arcanetrance]

20. Real America interesting if I remember correctly in the real version of America a majority reelected

President Obama. So there's that

[Pisces]

21. I just saw Delay on CNN and he was definitely drunk. Dull the pain fool.

[RagAss]

22. Get Back in Your Fucking Cell !

[Paladin]

24. It would take a sub-human like DeLay to hero-worship Cruz, at this point.

You guys, enjoy one another's company. You definitely deserve one another.....

[distantearlywarning]

25. I don't live in NY or DC

And I think Ted Cruz is a dangerous, deluded whack-job.

Also, I'm really fucking tired of being told I'm not a "Real American" (or whatever variant of that meme the asshats have been vomiting out since the beginning of the Dubya years). I'm just as "real" as nitwit redneck from Bumfuck, Texas who voted for Ted Cruz, and my opinions count too. STOP FUCKING TELLING ME I'M NOT A 'REAL' CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY!

[ananda]

26. Well, real criminals like Delay might, that's for sure.

..

[exlrrp]

27. Real americans think Delay should be in jail