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If you could get rid of one GOP candidate whom would it be? (Original Post) Texas Blues Jan 2016 OP
Cruz hands down. yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #1
+1 Jarqui Jan 2016 #5
Easily! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #39
This question is not fair. Kalidurga Jan 2016 #2
Another vote for Cruz. nt MH1 Jan 2016 #3
I can only pick one? In that case it is Cruz doc03 Jan 2016 #4
Cruz. Texasgal Jan 2016 #6
what the hell, cruz. restorefreedom Jan 2016 #7
Cruz Skittles Jan 2016 #8
Ted Cruz, without a doubt. Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #9
Define "get rid of" tularetom Jan 2016 #10
Nothing violent, I'm a peaceful person Texas Blues Jan 2016 #16
Down an open manhole hifiguy Jan 2016 #23
Mail him to his spiritual comrades: ISIS Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #40
Cruz NorthCarolina Jan 2016 #11
There is really not one half decent candidate. Kingofalldems Jan 2016 #12
I need to clarify something Texas Blues Jan 2016 #13
Cruz grasswire Jan 2016 #14
You mean win the primary, not the election, right? Texas Blues Jan 2016 #17
Bush. bigwillq Jan 2016 #15
Rubio (nt) Mike__M Jan 2016 #18
Trump. femmocrat Jan 2016 #19
Cruz NV Whino Jan 2016 #20
Trump. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #21
Cruz, hands down. hifiguy Jan 2016 #22
Cruz. No question. truebluegreen Jan 2016 #24
Cruz can't win a GE. I'd get rid of Trump. ecstatic Jan 2016 #25
Rubio. stage left Jan 2016 #26
Trump. Celebrity is the most powerful force in the USA. It moves dumb people to do things. nt TeamPooka Jan 2016 #27
Michael Bloomberg leveymg Jan 2016 #28
TRUMP ..... because he wants to shoot us all trueblue2007 Jan 2016 #29
Cruz. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #30
Cruz Blus4u Jan 2016 #31
bye, bye Cruz Jim Beard Jan 2016 #32
Since Cruz has been mentioned a time or two ... lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #33
Decisions, decisions Retrograde Jan 2016 #34
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2016 #35
Cruz would do "well" in debates and convince teh stupid flamingdem Jan 2016 #36
Definitely Cruz. He's running to turn the country into a theocracy. Vinca Jan 2016 #37
Cruz. A RW religous extremist in the WH with his finger on the big trigger Zorra Jan 2016 #38

Jarqui

(10,150 posts)
5. +1
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:27 PM
Jan 2016

He'd probably flunk a good psych test to own a gun. But he dreams of being able to walk around with a briefcase with launch codes. Makes my head spin.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
9. Ted Cruz, without a doubt.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:40 PM
Jan 2016

Trump's a buffoon, but Cruz is dangerous. Nothing worse than a Dominionist true believer.

 

Texas Blues

(55 posts)
16. Nothing violent, I'm a peaceful person
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:45 PM
Jan 2016

Just seeing the one candidate whom would give us the most trouble in the general, and eliminating him from the list (or her).

Kingofalldems

(38,631 posts)
12. There is really not one half decent candidate.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:42 PM
Jan 2016

On could say Romney or McCain was at least semi-reasonable but these people are off the charts. All are inherently dishonest too.

Cruz would not hesitate to nuke a country I am afraid. And then claim Jesus told him to do it.

 

Texas Blues

(55 posts)
13. I need to clarify something
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:42 PM
Jan 2016

I should have made this clear, though it may not make a difference.

I said if you could get rid of one GOP candidate, I meant that if you could get rid of the one candidate whom would cause the most problems agains our candidate (preferably Sanders, but Clinton as well). I still would feel that Cruz would be the pick that would give us the most trouble, but wanted to make sure that it wasn't just a personal thing, but a pragmatic one that would give our candidate the best chance.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
14. Cruz
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jan 2016

This is shocking, but I would rather see Jeb win than Cruz. Very shocking, because I hate the Bushes.

 

Texas Blues

(55 posts)
17. You mean win the primary, not the election, right?
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:48 PM
Jan 2016

If you believe Bush would have a better chance of losing to our candidate than Cruz, then Bush would be the choice. I myself feel that Cruz is our greatest threat in the general election (albeit still small).

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
15. Bush.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jan 2016

No more Bush and no more Clinton, please.

Bush is trending low but he's still in the race, and anything can happen. Yuck.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
21. Trump.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 10:03 PM
Jan 2016

Because I think he's the most likely to start a nuclear war through his stupid blustering ignorance.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
22. Cruz, hands down.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 10:06 PM
Jan 2016

That goofy fuckwit actually thinks he's the second coming of jeebus. That's World Class crazy/dangerous.

ecstatic

(32,933 posts)
25. Cruz can't win a GE. I'd get rid of Trump.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 10:37 PM
Jan 2016

He's a bully and loose cannon.

Cruz would be the most dangerous if he could actually win.

stage left

(2,977 posts)
26. Rubio.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 10:48 PM
Jan 2016

Because, as a hispanic gentleman told me when I was phone banking last week, "he can almost sound sane."

lpbk2713

(42,857 posts)
33. Since Cruz has been mentioned a time or two ...
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 01:10 AM
Jan 2016



I'll say Rubio.

And Jebbie is just wasting his time and his donors' money at this point.

Retrograde

(10,245 posts)
34. Decisions, decisions
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 01:16 AM
Jan 2016

I think Cruz is the most evil. Rubio seems like an empty suit: if he's the candidate he'll be controlled by the PTB. Cruz thinks for himself, which IMHO makes him more dangerous. So, yeah, Cruz.

Response to Texas Blues (Original post)

Vinca

(50,410 posts)
37. Definitely Cruz. He's running to turn the country into a theocracy.
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 09:00 AM
Jan 2016

And pad his pockets along the way.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
38. Cruz. A RW religous extremist in the WH with his finger on the big trigger
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 09:10 AM
Jan 2016

is the last thing the world needs right now.

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