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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahaha - the chosen one was not chosen (Original Post) malaise May 2016 OP
Which one? nt Smarmie Doofus May 2016 #1
Oh My!!! malaise May 2016 #3
That was a serious question! ozone_man May 2016 #62
It can.....sadly. SammyWinstonJack May 2016 #65
It can n/t malaise May 2016 #91
i look forward to an entire summer... Takket May 2016 #2
Join the line malaise May 2016 #5
Hillary beating Trump is NOT a guarantee. retrowire May 2016 #34
If Republicans turn out the vote, Hillary's negative approval rating might well sink her/Congress. marble falls May 2016 #39
And who's been breaking voter outcome records this year? retrowire May 2016 #45
I agree with you. Independents would more than make up for the Democratic vote shortfall .... marble falls May 2016 #55
And I, along with many other independents joined this party only because of Bernie. retrowire May 2016 #61
If Democrats would stop trying to force rancid pablum down out throats Maedhros May 2016 #88
I'm happy with the status quo fun n serious May 2016 #114
Hillary will basically say how great things are and will be as she follows the establishment RKP5637 May 2016 #64
It's not over yet malaise May 2016 #90
Yep, I have to keep thining that. Thanks! RKP5637 May 2016 #99
There is NO WAY Plucketeer May 2016 #96
I certainly hope not. A trump election win would be disastrous to the future of the US! n/t RKP5637 May 2016 #98
oh my Skittles May 2016 #106
and you're sure Sanders could beat Trump? Skittles May 2016 #105
I'm much more certain. nt retrowire May 2016 #108
You know what ELSE the Donald has? fred v May 2016 #117
The Hillary or bust fools can also be the problem. nt retrowire May 2016 #119
Why do I hear the theme music to.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #4
Good pick malaise May 2016 #22
Happy one thousanth post, First Shirt! I was just tom_kelly May 2016 #92
Thank you...! CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #113
K&R... spanone May 2016 #6
Sweet malaise May 2016 #10
You cannot stop him, while supportig gun-control Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #7
I am anti-gun malaise May 2016 #8
Cruz scared me much more than Trump did... First Speaker May 2016 #9
Which is my only point here malaise May 2016 #11
Hear the giant sucking sound?.......It's TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #12
I can't freaking wait to hear him malaise May 2016 #13
He'll be so 2naSalit May 2016 #14
The Tedtanic went down at the dock. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #15
Too good malaise May 2016 #17
He's battling Carly for the only lifeboat seat. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #19
I think this is the end malaise May 2016 #37
Damn. I thought he was found in a dumpster. TheCowsCameHome May 2016 #42
On Prom Night? N/T Throckmorton May 2016 #59
I guess Gawd is a liar! n/t n2doc May 2016 #16
Yes indeed malaise May 2016 #18
i would love to be a fly on crups wall demtenjeep May 2016 #20
Stuck? malaise May 2016 #24
yea i did demtenjeep May 2016 #27
I can't believe I'm saying this but... bdwker May 2016 #21
They are twins malaise May 2016 #23
Who are twins? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #26
Trump and Cruz malaise May 2016 #28
Grab an extra spoon, will ya? Laffy Kat May 2016 #30
And pour some chocolate sauce on the top, love my coffee ice cream w/sauce..n/t monmouth4 May 2016 #31
Yummers! nt Laffy Kat May 2016 #32
Put some walnuts malaise May 2016 #35
I'm pretty good - try not to have more than two tablespoons nightly malaise May 2016 #36
Right on. This is a celebration..n/t monmouth4 May 2016 #38
Yep he's pulling out malaise May 2016 #40
You are so bad and so good at it...Bwahahahaaa..n/t monmouth4 May 2016 #41
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise May 2016 #43
Daamn!! Third Doctor May 2016 #56
Wink malaise May 2016 #109
Uh-oh, you'll get a Cruzy-spanky if you're naughty! Hekate May 2016 #81
And all media is noting that he even smacked his wife in public malaise May 2016 #110
Ted Drops out wallyworld2 May 2016 #73
twin sons of different mothers...... lastlib May 2016 #82
Cruz also projects a lot. Ilsa May 2016 #25
+1,000 malaise May 2016 #29
K&R jazzwinders May 2016 #33
Jebus rejected them all malaise May 2016 #48
Ha ha! mcar May 2016 #44
It's over malaise May 2016 #46
Dude is terrifying mcar May 2016 #50
Good riddance malaise May 2016 #52
I'll drink to that! mcar May 2016 #53
I must protest Nac Mac Feegle May 2016 #72
I exhaled Mira May 2016 #47
A major threat to women, to secularism malaise May 2016 #49
So, did god make a mistake???? stopbush May 2016 #51
No his snake oil daddy is just another asshole malaise May 2016 #54
But but but God told him to do it LiberalElite May 2016 #57
Glad he was able to ,,, Cryptoad May 2016 #58
That's racist fascist misogynist Islamophibe Jack Rabbit May 2016 #60
God'a annointing must have missed rpannier May 2016 #63
They made it all up malaise May 2016 #74
I don't think they made it up. They misunderstood rpannier May 2016 #75
LOL malaise May 2016 #77
God pissing on Cruz. 3catwoman3 May 2016 #102
Did you hear the lemonade stand bit? C Moon May 2016 #66
I missed that malaise May 2016 #80
Cruz was giving his speech... C Moon May 2016 #104
Baby Jesus is crying tonight. Kaleva May 2016 #67
Scariest of a scary bunch suffragette May 2016 #68
God likes fun and games too I see. Chicago1980 May 2016 #69
Amazing. Trump knocks out Cruz. Nt NCTraveler May 2016 #70
You know Cruz was really beaten yesterday malaise May 2016 #83
i love it demtenjeep May 2016 #71
The real problem is that if Trump was prepared to destroy an entire party malaise May 2016 #76
I'm sipping on Cruz tears tonight FLPanhandle May 2016 #78
Seriously I hate Trump malaise May 2016 #79
Hate isn't a strong enough word FLPanhandle May 2016 #84
+1,000 malaise May 2016 #85
Maybe... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #103
Ditto. The ones who do it for religion are the scariest of all... Hekate May 2016 #86
Yep - they are the progeny of the ReTHUG party from Nixon to Bush malaise May 2016 #87
creepy Cruz drove me to booze, now that he's gone I may hit the bong. elmac May 2016 #89
I thought Bernie was always predicted to win IN. Open primary...it's his. Why so much about this? Jitter65 May 2016 #93
No malaise May 2016 #95
Oh snap I thought you humbled_opinion May 2016 #94
Bye bye Lucy!!! LostOne4Ever May 2016 #97
Tomorrow's Daily News malaise May 2016 #100
Whoops I thought this was a thread gloating about Hillary losing... Kalidurga May 2016 #101
Did you see him jab his wife? What the hell is wrong with him? Rex May 2016 #107
Damn - it was clearly accidental malaise May 2016 #111
Horrible, I hope he apologized to her immediately. Rex May 2016 #116
Hey Carly, Come On And Quit With Me! ProfessorGAC May 2016 #112
They deserve each other malaise May 2016 #115
Ted Cruz was too creepy to save the GOP from Donald Trump Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #118

Takket

(21,565 posts)
2. i look forward to an entire summer...
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:25 PM
May 2016

of trump being the official spokesperson of GOP values to the entire world. by the time Hillary finishes him off, there will be, i hope, nothing left of the GOP.

malaise

(268,987 posts)
5. Join the line
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:30 PM
May 2016

although one has to ask how desperate are they to stop the rot in their party?

Fractured is not the word for ReTHUG = this is looking like smashed to smithereens.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
34. Hillary beating Trump is NOT a guarantee.
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:27 PM
May 2016

Trump has passion.
Hillary doesn't.

Trump has a following that trusts him.
Hillary has high untrustworthy numbers and Trump's following is larger in trusting him. Compare the rallies. :/

Trump may be atrocious and is totally controversial, but it only seems to help him.
All of Hillary's controversy hurts her.

It's not the best recipe for victory.

Plus, Hillary supporters whine when Bernie points out truths about her.... Imagine Trump using that same true ammunition with a flare of lying.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
45. And who's been breaking voter outcome records this year?
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:37 PM
May 2016

Not Democrats.

Republicans.

I've been saying it for months and nobody seems to talk about it, but we need voter output to beat Trump.

But here our party goes, allowing voter suppression and other corrupt shit to pass by. Actively suppressing Bernie and shining light on Hillary despite the obvious enthusiasm gap.

My vote for Bernie is still my most important one.

marble falls

(57,081 posts)
55. I agree with you. Independents would more than make up for the Democratic vote shortfall ....
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:47 PM
May 2016

if Bernie is our candidate.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
61. And I, along with many other independents joined this party only because of Bernie.
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:51 PM
May 2016

His ideals are what brought me into the fold. Not Obama's, not Hillary's. Bernie was the only one to make me feel that my involvement mattered.

But we've got Bill Clinton calling me the tea party of the left sooo... Fuck us Bernie supporters am i right?

 

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)
88. If Democrats would stop trying to force rancid pablum down out throats
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:58 PM
May 2016

maybe their turnout would be better?

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
64. Hillary will basically say how great things are and will be as she follows the establishment
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:55 PM
May 2016

line which millions are fed up with. Hillary has a lot of baggage which Trump will use fully to his advantage. IMO it will be an excruciating close race to the WH 2016. We might even in up with Trump in 2016. I still think the DNC/DLC/DWS/HRC are clueless about the mood of this country by millions.


tom_kelly

(959 posts)
92. Happy one thousanth post, First Shirt! I was just
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:06 PM
May 2016

going through an old box looking for something else but came across a picture of Butch Fitzpatrick (Eddie Munster) and me from back in the early 90's. He was a VIP guest at a NJ bar for the weekend. I was a cop in town at the time and stepped in and got a picture. I'm not kidding you... we got a call from a local hotel on the following Monday about someone walking off on their bill. It was him! He was all drugged up - unfortunately.

 

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)
113. Thank you...!
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:20 AM
May 2016

I did not realize...... 1K.

Looking back at the two months I've been here, I think half my posts are imploring people to calm down and lighten up.

'Shirt'..... I always know I'm going to see an Air Force uniform or logo somewhere when I hear that!

As a cop, you may want to go over to Gun Control/RKBA and lend some input. I'm working on two series of articles right now.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
7. You cannot stop him, while supportig gun-control
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:32 PM
May 2016

I didn't say anyone should blow his damned head off. I don't even own a gun.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
9. Cruz scared me much more than Trump did...
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

...that he will not be the GOP nominee in 2016 is a piece of unambiguous good news for the country...

2naSalit

(86,597 posts)
14. He'll be so
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:47 PM
May 2016

beside himself that he will probably tweet his concession like drumpf did that time he lost and had sad/tantrum.

malaise

(268,987 posts)
18. Yes indeed
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:51 PM
May 2016

The chosen one was not chosen - hope the snake oil salesman daddy's megachurch goes down with his loser son. The never of these people - the size of their egos - the non-stop bullshit that they spew. I'll never get it.

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
20. i would love to be a fly on crups wall
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:54 PM
May 2016

when he realized all of his antics were for nothing and now he is stuck with carly

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
27. yea i did
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:00 PM
May 2016

he calls trump a narcissist but we have known all along about trump

what this campaign has brought into focus is crumps narcissist behavior

 

bdwker

(435 posts)
21. I can't believe I'm saying this but...
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:54 PM
May 2016

I actually have one iota of sympathy for that nutjob Cruz.

He's fighting against a psychotic bastard who will lie, cheat and say anything to win.


malaise

(268,987 posts)
28. Trump and Cruz
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:00 PM
May 2016

Both are lying ReTHUG scumbags who will say anything to achieve power.

Cruz is a theocratic ideologue who is really bad for America. Trump is a racist fascist.

Let me get some coffee ice cream to celebrate

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
30. Grab an extra spoon, will ya?
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:06 PM
May 2016

Coffee ice cream is like my #1, favorite thing in the world and I can't keep it in my house because I will eat an entire cartoon by myself. It's a perfect celebratory concoction.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
25. Cruz also projects a lot.
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:58 PM
May 2016

Cruz will also lie, cheat, and say anything to win, and he's as much a narcissist as Thrump.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
60. That's racist fascist misogynist Islamophibe
Tue May 3, 2016, 08:50 PM
May 2016

I can't recall if Trump has said anything homophobic. Maybe he forgot to say anything about gays.

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
75. I don't think they made it up. They misunderstood
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:21 PM
May 2016

The thought God pissing on Cruz was an anointing

malaise

(268,987 posts)
77. LOL
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:25 PM
May 2016

Fugger is playing the unity crap now - he's making it up too - pissing on all of them.
He anointed himself

C Moon

(12,213 posts)
104. Cruz was giving his speech...
Tue May 3, 2016, 11:51 PM
May 2016

and he said (some like...), "I was given an envelope full of change from 2 boys. They said they wanted me to have it for my campaign. It was all the money they made from a lemonade stand."

I guess there's a possibility it happened, but considering the source...

malaise

(268,987 posts)
83. You know Cruz was really beaten yesterday
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:44 PM
May 2016

by those Trump supporters - the white supremacists who tore him a new one. It was a metaphor for today and the entire Trump campaign. But Cruz is so detestable and despicable that I laughed when they did it.

malaise

(268,987 posts)
76. The real problem is that if Trump was prepared to destroy an entire party
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:24 PM
May 2016

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to take over, what will he do to beat Hillary. The last thing he could tolerate is being beaten by a woman.

Shit this sudden praise of Cruz is vulgar.

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
84. Hate isn't a strong enough word
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:47 PM
May 2016

Cruz was a psychopathic true believer. He would have pushed the button to bring about the "end times".

That man is truly dangerous.

Hekate

(90,676 posts)
86. Ditto. The ones who do it for religion are the scariest of all...
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:51 PM
May 2016

They find witches to burn in every kitchen and cradle.

Now let's deal with the wannabe Mussolini.

malaise

(268,987 posts)
87. Yep - they are the progeny of the ReTHUG party from Nixon to Bush
Tue May 3, 2016, 09:56 PM
May 2016

Both demonstrate the three worst tendencies of their base - fundie shit, contempt for women and racism

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
93. I thought Bernie was always predicted to win IN. Open primary...it's his. Why so much about this?
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:08 PM
May 2016

There will be hardly a dent in the delegate count.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
101. Whoops I thought this was a thread gloating about Hillary losing...
Tue May 3, 2016, 11:13 PM
May 2016

My bad. I am still happy about Carnival Cruz sinking though.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
107. Did you see him jab his wife? What the hell is wrong with him?
Wed May 4, 2016, 03:37 AM
May 2016

He gave his wife an elbow to the face after his concession speech...that guy is creepy deluxe.

malaise

(268,987 posts)
111. Damn - it was clearly accidental
Wed May 4, 2016, 07:02 AM
May 2016

but damn he's one clumsy ReTHUG scumbag.

Cruz will never ever be president.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
116. Horrible, I hope he apologized to her immediately.
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:16 AM
May 2016

Poor lady. Cruz can crawl back under his rock in Texas.

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
118. Ted Cruz was too creepy to save the GOP from Donald Trump
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:59 AM
May 2016

Ted Cruz was too creepy to save the GOP from Donald Trump
Trump's conquest of the Republican Party is nearly complete. This has left an awful lot of conservative Republicans in a state of shock. Instead of the ideologically pure candidate they have longed for since Ronald Reagan rode off into the sunset, primary voters have given them a standard-bearer who is soft on gays and Planned Parenthood, all over the map on foreign policy and eager to wield the power of government to enforce his quirky ideas.

Conservatives have only themselves to blame for their predicament. For years they have happily ridden the wave of anger and paranoia churned up by talk radio and other right-wing media. When Trump came along and offered himself as the avatar of that unhinged rage, they waited too long to stop him from stealing their base. And they made a bad calculation. They reckoned that if they could get a true conservative in a position to go one-on-one with Trump, all the forces of the right would coalesce and defeat the usurper. Instead, conservatives learned a couple of hard lessons.

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The second thing they learned is that a purist conservative will not automatically win the hearts and minds of Republican voters — at least if that person is Ted Cruz. People vote with their gut as much as with their brain and, in their gut, a lot of Republican voters felt queasy when they looked at Cruz. Smarmy, obsequious, self-righteous, calculated, creepy — whatever the precise assessment, most voters just did not like Ted Cruz. His victory in Wisconsin was a high water mark. After that, the more people saw of Cruz, the more they voted for Trump.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-cruz-creepy-20160503-story.html

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