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SirBrockington

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2. Guys like Cruz

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 07:32 PM

Jun 2016

Are worse IMO because they can dog whistle and enact the same policies with a smile on their face. The difference with Trump is he says all the things out in the open that they do behind closed doors; and thats why they hate him. Before all of the bigoted comments, he did shed a lot of light on the inner machinations of the donor class. He called out a lot of the behind the scenes players and destroyed Bush before he got the momentum. The media was throwing nothing but softballs at Bush, just like his Brother. Trump ended that and didnt let them re-write the history on Iraq etc. For that I thank Trump. A Bush and a complicit media are a dangerous combination.

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4 years ago, I said that Mitt Romney was the worst presidential candidate I've ever seen in my life [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2016 OP

K&R irisblue Jun 2016 #1

Personally, I thought it was W... modestybl Jun 2016 #24

Guys like Cruz SirBrockington Jun 2016 #2

Cruz is a Theocrat, Gods own candidate, in his own mind. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #5

I would crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump if the other option was Cruz FLPanhandle Jun 2016 #14

I didn't mind Romney metroins Jun 2016 #3

I think that there is a good chance that the Republican Party will go Whig. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #4

Romney was just hopelessly out of touch. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #6

Romney is redeeming himself with me lately rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #7

He still ran a horrible, dog-whistling campaign Station to Station Jun 2016 #15

No doubt rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #18

I thought Romney was better than McCain. bigwillq Jun 2016 #8

You are absolutely right. brer cat Jun 2016 #9

Romney is pretty mild and tame. Lucky Luciano Jun 2016 #10

I still remember what I wrote about Romney four years ago MrScorpio Jun 2016 #13

Great piece, MrScorpio. Like you, I had a theory that they would put forward pnwmom Jun 2016 #11

The GOP has run a 'rich son of privilege' every election since 1996. House of Roberts Jun 2016 #12

Dan Quayle was a heartbeat away from the presidency and was the smartest valerief Jun 2016 #16

Bush was worse than Rmoney, but neither are tRump. n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #17

Please clap hibbing Jun 2016 #21

I didn't really follow Trump before this, but I expected something more circa 1992 Ross Perot herding cats Jun 2016 #19

Hillary is not as bad as Romney. n/t Herman4747 Jun 2016 #20

R#30 & K for, goes to show... n/t UTUSN Jun 2016 #22

I wouldn't worry about the center right. MisterFred Jun 2016 #23