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Blue_Roses

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37. well, we are now, but at the time when he and David Dewhurst

Reply to TBF (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 04:10 AM

Oct 2013

were fighting over this spot, I never thought Ted Cruz had a chance. From the look of David Dewhurst's shocked face on election night, neither did he.

I guess the lesson from this is: Never under-estimate the "looney" candidate, ESPECIALLY if they have looney supporters!

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Want to know why this is happening? The bottom line? This. [View all] WilliamPitt Oct 2013 OP

Republican Economic Terrorism. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #1

Exactly gopiscrap Oct 2013 #7

You're spot on with this - TBF Oct 2013 #2

well, we are now, but at the time when he and David Dewhurst Blue_Roses Oct 2013 #37

Monty Python did a sketch about Mr. Cruz once Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #38

That's a really good point - TBF Oct 2013 #39

And after the default? nt Buddaman Oct 2013 #3

after the default, the economic woes get blamed on Obama, just as they were before. robinlynne Oct 2013 #15

Crappy economy we left you there, Mr Obama-be a shame if it got worse while you were still president NCLefty Oct 2013 #34

Yep. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #4

Add 25 years of wingnut radio/TV & a decade+ of internet echo chamber nonsense displacedtexan Oct 2013 #5

Won't all those donors be really sad when Cruz is kicked to the road at his next election. Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #6

You may be overestimating the presence of any brain matter inside their skulls. calimary Oct 2013 #10

Well you do have a point there. Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #23

Yup. What can you depend on in DC?-Me first, always. MichiganVote Oct 2013 #8

Nah, sorry man. this is a probe into the global economic systems fragility. tillikum Oct 2013 #9

The goal is destruction of representative democracy in the US. roamer65 Oct 2013 #11

Another grifter, risking the nation's People to rake in a few dollars. Now his PAC can buy his book. Scuba Oct 2013 #12

And nonsensical gerrymandering. Common Sense Party Oct 2013 #13

Let me check today's mail... spinbaby Oct 2013 #14

Wow, those "surveys" sure have a large number of surveyed. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #18

Oh, they're not emails spinbaby Oct 2013 #24

I can't remember what it was Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #26

I think it's money, but it goes way beyond that. Sparkly Oct 2013 #16

No tinfoil hat there daleo Oct 2013 #17

That's what I 2naSalit Oct 2013 #25

You got it. This is the gist of it: Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #36

What's "inconvenient for all of them"? annabanana Oct 2013 #40

Sounds like libodem Oct 2013 #42

Actually ... "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil" (1 Timothy 6:10) eppur_se_muova Oct 2013 #19

He's running for Fox TV. Passing a clean bill will be his exscuse to quit the Senate. And .... marble falls Oct 2013 #20

Amen. redwitch Oct 2013 #21

I have been saying this from the beginning, Will BeatleBoot Oct 2013 #22

ask Karl Rove about money weissmam Oct 2013 #27

If money is number one, stupidity is number two bhikkhu Oct 2013 #28

bingo B Calm Oct 2013 #30

I think they legitimately wanted to get rid of ACA jazzimov Oct 2013 #29

Sounds right to me dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #35

Love of money is the root of all evil--commonly known as GREED Demeter Oct 2013 #31

Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Oct 2013 #33

Spot on sistah libodem Oct 2013 #43

There is money to be made AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #32

Well stated Bro Pitt bluedeathray Oct 2013 #41