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Ms. Toad

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18. I'm not concerned about hitting the right over the head with fact.

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 04:42 PM

Mar 2015

I'm concerned about the message it sends to hispanic individuals when a hispanic first name is used as part of ridiculing or putting someone down.

If you really want to join the birthers' cause - directed at Cruz, rather than Obama, you can make that point directly, and much more effectively, than by using his first name the same way they used Barack Obama's middle name, "Hussein." After all there are many, many U.S. citizens, born in the US, with the first name Rafael. So having the first name Rafael doesn't even make the point.

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Rafael Edward Cruz [View all] H2O Man Mar 2015 OP

It's definitely a measure of the pathology that infects our political life cyberswede Mar 2015 #1

Right. H2O Man Mar 2015 #10

Well, my state just elected Joni Ernst cyberswede Mar 2015 #17

He was elected Senator malthaussen Mar 2015 #2

Right. H2O Man Mar 2015 #25

I do not feel the media will choose him. mmonk Mar 2015 #3

The media peddles H2O Man Mar 2015 #26

ki ki ki kickin' Faux pas Mar 2015 #4

Stick a fork in him, he's done. Octafish Mar 2015 #5

he's the new Santorum bigtree Mar 2015 #6

He really doesn't want to be President yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #7

Thanks, H2O Man. There's a lot about him I didn't know, but I do know he's not a funny clown. Hekate Mar 2015 #8

Absolutely. WaitWut Mar 2015 #9

It was Texas Hulk Mar 2015 #22

I agree. WaitWut Mar 2015 #32

Yep. His lunacy is coldly calculated to appeal to the hifiguy Mar 2015 #24

A king of one of the 7 Mountains. Motto: "Beyond Salvation is Occupation" madfloridian Mar 2015 #11

Is it really any more appropriate Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #12

I refer to Willard Romney H2O Man Mar 2015 #15

Last I checked, "Willard" was not associated with a racial or ethnic minority. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #19

You are scraping H2O Man Mar 2015 #23

No - I'm reacting to your comments the same way I do Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #28

Desperate, eh? H2O Man Mar 2015 #29

Maybe not any more appropriate... mtngirl47 Mar 2015 #16

I'm not concerned about hitting the right over the head with fact. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #18

Recommend, thanks. nt Zorra Mar 2015 #13

Pardon my language, but... jjblazes Mar 2015 #14

Of course, he is bad for America, but that is not the point. world wide wally Mar 2015 #20

He IS a joke. Hulk Mar 2015 #21

Ted Cruz is spine-chilling scary to me. democrank Mar 2015 #27

Recommend.. KoKo Mar 2015 #30

… is an anagram for "El crazed war fraud". 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #31