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Hortensis

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13. Think you guys're wrong--Cruz will come out on top.

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:58 AM

Jul 2016

Are you forgetting that both Trump and the party are going to lose, and probably more than just the White House? There will be great rage, but the bigger the loss the worse it'll be.

There are 2 big differences between Trump and Cruz:

* Trump would do dreadful damage to the U.S. at home and abroad by accident. Cruz would do it on purpose.

* Trump is an astonishingly ignorant, effectively very stupid narcissist. Cruz is an extremely well educated and brilliant sociopath.

One guess which is likely to be the bigger problem in the long run. Our biggest hope of avoiding that is something Cruz does have in common with Trump: A dysfunctional tendency to self destruction.

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Cruz Blocked From Adelson’s RNC Suite After Refusing To Endorse Trump [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

cruzy had a sad. Too bad! riversedge Jul 2016 #1

Cruz is just another self absorbed ReTHUG malaise Jul 2016 #2

It probably would have been smarter if he had just stayed away Siwsan Jul 2016 #4

He's incapable of thinking about anything other malaise Jul 2016 #5

St. Rafael of Cruz and Don the Con are different sides of the same coin, err, slug Siwsan Jul 2016 #8

You owe me a new keyboard malaise Jul 2016 #9

Lo siento mucho!! Siwsan Jul 2016 #10

Think you guys're wrong--Cruz will come out on top. Hortensis Jul 2016 #13

And every sign of discontent at the DNC will be played up to a catastrophe. DetlefK Jul 2016 #3

Got that right gratuitous Jul 2016 #6

Cruz is on GEM$NBComcast now malaise Jul 2016 #7

Yes, we'd better prepare for whole days of reporting Hortensis Jul 2016 #14

I don't think so. I'm betting Clinton has an iron grip and her team is on the ball Android3.14 Jul 2016 #23

Screw the faux 'family values' facade. Casino Republicans Rule RapSoDee Jul 2016 #11

Anyone see Weekend at Bernie's? Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #18

notice the subservient body language of his female "attendants" Raster Jul 2016 #20

I know Sheldon Adelson from back in the day Nevernose Jul 2016 #21

Being blocked from that dark money pit would be a badge of honor Zambero Jul 2016 #12

trouble in the sandbox.... dhill926 Jul 2016 #15

This is a huge reversal turn-around for the Adelsons. No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #16

the squabbling of fools for the last scraps of rotten food. nt Javaman Jul 2016 #17

They changed the secret handshake on him. lpbk2713 Jul 2016 #19

The Shunning has begun. LakeArenal Jul 2016 #22

Cruz will face a primary challenge next time. Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #24