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Act_of_Reparation

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5. More or less.

Reply to Jakes Progress (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 03:14 PM

Feb 2021

Cruz—with degrees from Princeton and Harvard—is a particularly obvious huckster. There is no way he actually believes any of the shit he says. It's all an act. The only thing Ted Cruz cares about is Ted Cruz.

However...

People like Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, Marjorie Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert... they seem motivated by ideas as much as they are their own careers.

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Why do republican politicians act this way? [View all] Jakes Progress Feb 2021 OP

Acting is the actual problem. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #1

There should be a new comic strip called Waqqy Toons.. ananda Feb 2021 #2

I think so. It took me a long time, and reading some books, to accept this. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #3

I used to have republican friends. Jakes Progress Feb 2021 #4

More or less. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2021 #5

Cruz is such an obvious sneeze Jakes Progress Feb 2021 #6

This makes me think of the Al Franken quote about Ted Cruz... smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #7

I thought it was going to be the time he called Cruz a "world-class butthole" Act_of_Reparation Feb 2021 #8

The policies they want, that their backers want, are not popular... JHB Feb 2021 #9