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Breaking News : Reuters- Texas Senator Ted Cruz to announce presidential run [Weirddave]
It isn't often that we open bloggers get to break news stories on weekends, but Reuters published a story this morning that it has confirmed that Ted Cruz will announce tomorrow at Liberty University that he's running for the office of President of the United States.
ETA He announced on Twitter at 12:10AM. It's official. He's running.(Reuters) - Republican Senator Ted Cruz plans to announce on Monday that he will run for president in 2016, the Houston Chronicle reported on its website. The newspaper, citing senior advisers to the Texas senator who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported that Cruz would launch a presidential bid outright rather than the traditional path of forming an exploratory committee. He would become the first Republican presidential candidate to announce a run for the 2016 election. Cruz, a leading conservative who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, is slated to make a speech on Monday at Liberty University in Virginia. "You're going to want to be there," a member of Cruz' staff told the Daily Beast web site but declined to reveal the specific nature of the address.Story here. I believe at this stage it's only a Reuters report, citing the Houston Chronicle as a source. I haven't seen confirmation from the Cruz camp yet, but Scott Walker was asked about it on Fox and Friends, he responded gracefully with a subtle jab at Jeb (Cruz comments at 6:30): So, I guess its "Game On" for 2016.
ETA: You can buy the above graphic as a T-shirt from Sabo's Etsy store
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Here we go.
Who's conservative enough to not have any flaws, nor any stumbles between here and the White House?
The real answer is 'nobody,' but that won't stop the Horde (and the entirety of the Right) from devouring itself in a series of one-upmanship that should be recorded for all posterity.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at March 22, 2015 05:21 PM (2L0WZ)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:23 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Captain_Cookie at March 22, 2015 05:23 PM (qJPSp)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:24 PM (MQEz6)
Ted Cruz is a Mexican from Toronto, Mexico and that makes him ineligible for the Presidency of the United States. Verdad!
Posted by: Hairy Reed, D-Nevada at March 22, 2015 05:24 PM (P330y)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:24 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:24 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:25 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:26 PM (MQEz6)
Ted Cruz and family were named after the Mexican beer Cruz Blanca, preferred by most putas in the houses of ill repute.
Posted by: Hairy Reed, D-Nevada at March 22, 2015 05:26 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:26 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: LiV at March 22, 2015 05:27 PM (MMC8r)
Sally is mainstream. OK.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 22, 2015 05:27 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2015 05:28 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 22, 2015 05:28 PM (MMC8r)
That haircut is. Same as 80 million males.
And Rachel Maddow.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:29 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Boots at March 22, 2015 05:29 PM (l9mF2)
Posted by: Willy at March 22, 2015 05:30 PM (ersJc)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:30 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at March 22, 2015 05:30 PM (U4QC6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 22, 2015 05:30 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:31 PM (MQEz6)
Sally Kohn is the freak who wishes her daughter is ghey. She should be castrated for crimes against children.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 22, 2015 05:31 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Boots at March 22, 2015 05:31 PM (l9mF2)
Posted by: Genghis Cohen at March 22, 2015 05:32 PM (fLKzW)
Since the whole thing is going to burn anyhow, I also support the 24/7 entertainment provided by watching the MFM cry and go full retard during a Cruz administration and the potential for him to come out and call them all a bunch of racists for opposing him on shutting down the EPA and such.
I approve.
Posted by: Damiano at March 22, 2015 05:32 PM (AEQXb)
Posted by: Cornsocialist at March 22, 2015 05:33 PM (AZy57)
Election? Unfortunately, the free shit army wins elections.
Posted by: redgrains at March 22, 2015 05:33 PM (7GI9v)
He will own the narrative. Don't expect any gaffes from him.
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:33 PM (48QDY)
He merely needs to move their offices to Alaska.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:34 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:35 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Huma Abedin, Aide to Hillary Clinton at March 22, 2015 05:35 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 05:35 PM (2cS/G)
I'm digging the Churchill on his bicep. I like to think he has a portrait of Maggie Thatcher as a tramp stamp.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2015 05:36 PM (KH1sk)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at March 22, 2015 05:36 PM (7cZhk)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:37 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:38 PM (MQEz6)
The Sabo poster was brilliant. Pop culture art isn't really a sewer, but the gatekeepers try to make it one. You have to go around them (like simply posting your art on the street) to get academically unconventional art out.
The lower the bar to entry (street art, uncensored web galleries), the more diversity, have you noticed that?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 22, 2015 05:38 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Willy at March 22, 2015 05:38 PM (ersJc)
Wonder how much they pay? How do they pay? By the hour? By the post?
Posted by: Golfman in NC at March 22, 2015 05:39 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2015 05:40 PM (KH1sk)
I'm voting for the candidate who is most likely to issue me a Federal Pardon for my misdeed of loving my boyfriend to death. Or something.
Posted by: Jody Arias at March 22, 2015 05:40 PM (P330y)
Posted by: Republican Establishment at March 22, 2015 05:40 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:41 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 05:41 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Luap Nor at March 22, 2015 05:43 PM (P330y)
Does he have an actual Churchill tat?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 22, 2015 05:44 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 05:45 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: redenzo at March 22, 2015 05:46 PM (WCnJW)
Posted by: t-bird at March 22, 2015 05:46 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:47 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2015 05:47 PM (F1jFR)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:47 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Hillary at March 22, 2015 05:48 PM (IH3+v)
Posted by: Longbranch 303 at March 22, 2015 05:48 PM (3g/a8)
"I don't consider him a mainstream candidate, and usually to win you've got to be inside the 45-yard lines," said Greg Valliere, a political adviser to Wall Street firms who believes that if Cruz did earn the nomination, he would not win more than a dozen states in the general election. "The enthusiasm for him will be tremendous in maybe a third of the party, but another third of the party will be strongly opposed and another third of the party will be wary."
Yep, this is gonna be fun. Team Electable grooming their polo ponies for another charge.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 05:49 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2015 05:49 PM (KH1sk)
Posted by: SGT York at March 22, 2015 05:49 PM (4nN8R)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 22, 2015 05:49 PM (Perx6)
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at March 22, 2015 05:50 PM (74McK)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 05:50 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at March 22, 2015 05:50 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Ditto.
Bartender, when you you get a chance we'll have another round down here.
Posted by: fairweatherbill at March 22, 2015 05:50 PM (xrURQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 05:51 PM (2cS/G)
A Philadelphia man out for a walk last week was gunned down by three Black teens in cold blood. And when police found the man's body, they made a heartbreaking find right next to it.
According to NBC Philadelphia, the three black teens got "bored" playing basketball and decided to go rob someone. After seeing one man with a large dog, and deciding not to rob him, they then saw 51-year-old James Patrick Stuhlman walking his terrier.
Stuhlman typically walked his dog with his 13-year-old daughter. But on the night of his murder, March 12, he had told her to stay home because it was getting dark out, which very likely saved her life.
As he walked down the street, Stuhlman, who owned a local landscaping company, saw three teens approach him. Then they grabbed and robbed him, and shot him once in the leg. They could have just taken his money and ran at that point. But they did not.
"At one point, he did plead for his life," Captain James Clark said Thursday at a news conference, according to the New York Daily News. "He said, 'Please don't shoot me, please don't shoot me,' and they still shot him one more time."
That second shot took his life.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 22, 2015 05:51 PM (ZPrif)
This is awesome. I didn't think he'd run. He will elevate the quality of the debates by his presence. I expect he and Walker will have Jeb squirming and pouting and whining like Sweater Vest did in the last contest.
Posted by: L, Elle at March 22, 2015 05:51 PM (2x3L+)
______________
He's right.
I like Ted Cruz. But he has a 0% chance of winning a general. He's been Palinized past the point of no return. And after he gets trounced in 2016, the GOP will move even further to the left since the conventional wisdom during Hillary's 1st term will be "the GOP has to become more moderate".
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 22, 2015 05:51 PM (IH3+v)
Posted by: Adjoran at March 22, 2015 05:52 PM (QIQ6j)
Posted by: redenzo at March 22, 2015 05:52 PM (WCnJW)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:53 PM (MQEz6)
Cruzs campaign will be based in his hometown of Houston, where several aides are expected to start working at the end of the month. Among them: senior adviser Brian Phillips, digital strategist Josh Perry and spokespeople Catherine Frazier and Rick Tyler. Cruz also has recruited a number of advisers with national experience, including fundraising consultant Lauren Lofstrom, presidential campaign strategist Jeff Roe and communications guru Jason Miller. Jason Johnson remains Cruzs chief political adviser.
Have not checked, but please Lord -- no staff with "interesting" resumes like Liz the Wiz.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 05:53 PM (kdS6q)
CRUZ 16!
Posted by: Ruth at March 22, 2015 05:53 PM (HCw59)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2015 05:54 PM (KH1sk)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 05:54 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 05:55 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 22, 2015 05:55 PM (wQ7l/)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:55 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:55 PM (MQEz6)
Walker is OK, I want to believe him but I know better.
Cruz or bust for me. Im of the "let it burn" mindset anyway. Rubio, Jeb or Christie get the Nomination and ill vote straight demoshitter all the way down. Fvck em'.
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 05:56 PM (kf36l)
Posted by: billygoatpuke at March 22, 2015 05:56 PM (l5QMI)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 05:57 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 22, 2015 05:57 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 05:57 PM (2cS/G)
The Texas Revolution ticket...
I like Cruz... love his politics... but he has no executive experience...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 05:58 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 22, 2015 05:58 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 05:58 PM (BJLGz)
Obama won because there are a lot of LIV liberals, FSA, etc. I don't believe there's an army of secret conservatives going to overwhelm the polls and the media bias. I think the only way to win is to find an attractive, stealth conservative.
It seems we are a squishy, low info, center-left country now, whether we like it or not.
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 05:59 PM (DkXQB)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 22, 2015 05:59 PM (2x3L+)
Reagan was also regarded as too extreme, not a good choice, hated by the GOPe.
What you will hear about Cruz was said long ago about Reagan.
The gift Reagan had, and I hope Cruz also has it, was the ability to convince you to vote for him based on cnviction, good ideas, and faith in the goodness of the USA.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:00 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:00 PM (cbfNE)
What are you? Some kid of elitist 1% type?
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 22, 2015 06:00 PM (wQ7l/)
I mean, what the odds... really... of Cruz winning?
Yet, he is a very smart man, and I hope he challenges every stupid premise that the BS Media pre-supposes.
Every stupid premise created by Barry the Unicorn over the last seven years. Smarter than Barry? At least people actually remember going to school with him. He actually has a past.
Cruz is the anti-Soetoro.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:01 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: redenzo at March 22, 2015 06:01 PM (WCnJW)
Posted by: DaveA at March 22, 2015 06:01 PM (DL2i+)
I kinda like him where he is, fire-branding in the Senate, but he is about the most conservative thing going. And, too, not wild about another Senator as President.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (Perx6)
Walker marries Jindal
That gives us Perry as Prez, with Cruz as co-President
Walker as VP, with Jindal as co-VP
Four for the price of two.
And we pick up the same sex marriage vote as well.
Win-win.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (F1jFR)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (/9Mak)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 22, 2015 06:03 PM (V70Uh)
I think (hope) he's from the FYNQ wing of the party.
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at March 22, 2015 06:03 PM (7cZhk)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 22, 2015 06:03 PM (2x3L+)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:03 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 22, 2015 06:03 PM (Bl8Zy)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:04 PM (MQEz6)
A good thing.
And how much exec experience does he need to start dismantling stuff?
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:04 PM (cbfNE)
Yay! TEH TED!
And thanks to CBD for posting my model with the Fletcher's sign in the food thread. Yeah, Fletcher's ads were quite literally painted on virtually every NYC building facade for almost 40 years.
And mushy peas were a revelation to me when I first ventured to the UK.
GO TED!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 22, 2015 06:04 PM (St6BJ)
No. Reagan was attractive. Likeable. He was so charismatic that people just laughed at the media attacks against him.
I agree with every policy I've heard from Cruz, but I don't think he's the guy to sell it.
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 06:05 PM (DkXQB)
Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN, Strange Attractor at March 22, 2015 06:05 PM (y/p2Y)
This x1000
Common sense needs no executive experience. Cruz has common sense.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at March 22, 2015 06:05 PM (wQ7l/)
/s
Posted by: Willy at March 22, 2015 06:05 PM (ersJc)
Oh, let me add.......Yeeeeeee Haaaaaaaa!
Posted by: The Walking Dude at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (yGDnC)
We probably reached a tipping point anyway.
Winning w/ the establishment=2014 midterms. Who needs that?
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (kf36l)
Posted by: Carl at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (V7Zng)
Posted by: Carl at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (V7Zng)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 22, 2015 06:07 PM (W5DcG)
The first step in trying to win back the country is to stop being afraid. Stop being afraid of what the imbeciles in the "Media" might say about you.
Afraid? Vote for Jeb Bush.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:07 PM (+1T7c)
Well educated Asian friend brings up the topic of Cruz today.
She: So how about Cruz?
Me: He has solid conservative values that I find appealing
She: Yes, but what about all those....
Me:..
She: you know, all those things?
Me:....
She: ....
Me: I give...what things in particular are you referring to?
She: You know, those things he said.
Me:...
She:...
Me:....
She:..derp...
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2015 06:08 PM (F1jFR)
Posted by: toby928(C) at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (rwI+c)
I don't understand all the Walker love here...
He is pro amnesty... or at least he was until he wasn't..
What is his platform? Is he for the Flat Tax? Whats he think about the WOT and Islam? or Iran? Is he for bigger defense... or less?
I need some specifics... not just the generic "I'm for the 2nd amendment' type of stuff... what are his PROPOSALS?
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:08 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (V70Uh)
Your comments are like cognitive shortcuts.
Can't go wrong by assuming that you are.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (gB+QL)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (2x3L+)
Afraid? Vote for Jeb Bush.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:07 PM (+1T7c)
Fear is our worst enemy.
Stop being afraid.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo
We're due!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (+1T7c)
Personally, I'd prefer if Cruz had skipped this race, re-up as Senator where he could Darth the hopeless Jedi squishes in the upper house and save it for 2020.
Team GOP is going to drive a garbage truck full of money over whoever opposes them this year, and Ted could end up being another Phil Crane.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Al Sharptato at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (DKIZi)
Cruz has no passing game. Good defense, though.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (Bl8Zy)
The first step in trying to win back the country is to stop being afraid. Stop being afraid of what the imbeciles in the "Media" might say about you.
Afraid? Vote for Jeb Bush.
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+1000.
Reagan went out and talked directly to the American people.
Posted by: Willy at March 22, 2015 06:10 PM (ersJc)
As much as engaged activists like us appreciate honesty and sneer at flipfloppy compromise, the typical voter out there pretty much feels the opposite.
So while the hardcore on the right are upset over Walker hedging his bets and looking sorta mainstream-y, that actually is a huge plus in his general electability.
And at his core, we of course know he's solidly on our side. He's just testing out the skills to look "centrist" and "responsive" to the general public. I don't hold it against him -- it works over and over for politicians. Clinton flipflopped his way straight into the White House, as did Bush I, as did lots of 'em.
So I say:
Walker/Cruz is the killer-diller ticket.
Walker is the populist reasonable "I'm listening to the avergage American's concerns" face to soothe the LIVs, and Cruz is the maniacal firebrand to please people like me.
Posted by: zombie at March 22, 2015 06:11 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: goatexchange at March 22, 2015 06:11 PM (C+vOU)
Posted by: Carl at March 22, 2015 06:06 PM (V7Zng)
_________-
The yuuts of today are nothing like the yuuts of 1980. The one GOPer who talks to yuuts effectively is Rand Paul.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 22, 2015 06:12 PM (IH3+v)
Of course there are exceptions...Carter being one.
Perhaps Ted Cruz is the other exception?
We shall see.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 22, 2015 06:12 PM (08Znv)
Posted by: redenzo at March 22, 2015 06:01 PM (WCnJW)
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Ha! I stand corrected!
I would actually watch a show called "Morning Jew".
Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 22, 2015 06:12 PM (KH1sk)
Cause you know Obama is going to interject himself like never before.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 06:13 PM (BJLGz)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 22, 2015 06:13 PM (y/p2Y)
FIFY
There are photos of him as a young man smoking a cigar.
Posted by: fluffy at March 22, 2015 06:13 PM (Ua6T/)
I would vote for most of the Republicans in 2016 but I will donate, door-knock, lit drop, make calls, etc. for Sen. Cruz...
Posted by: Tony253 at March 22, 2015 06:13 PM (3yMFT)
Walker marries Jindal
That gives us Perry as Prez, with Cruz as co-President
Walker as VP, with Jindal as co-VP
Four for the price of two.
And we pick up the same sex marriage vote as well.
Win-win.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 22, 2015 06:02 PM (F1jFR)
Works for me!
Posted by: Diocletian at March 22, 2015 06:13 PM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Joanne at March 22, 2015 06:14 PM (indTK)
We are definately in the 'bread and circus' era or the republic (or Corn and Porn if u prefer)
We left the 'strength and honor' phase right after ww2. Which is ironically the last war this nation has won.
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:14 PM (kf36l)
That's the default setting for GOP. None of them has learned a thing since 1988.
Stupid party is stupid... and a shitty party with everyone wearing lampshades on their heads.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:14 PM (JBzwC)
Posted by: @votermom
Agreed.
To be completely frank here, I think Cruz announced his run NOT thinking he'll actually get the nod, but rather to position himself to be picked as VP.
And I think it's a good strategy.
Walker will bring in a big chunk of voters. Cruz will bring in a slightly smaller but DIFFERENT chunk of voters.
Combined, they push the total over 50%. Bingo.
Posted by: zombie at March 22, 2015 06:14 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: L, Elle at March 22, 2015 06:09 PM (2x3L+)
Actually... I disagree. A large part of our problems today are because his Government is out of control.
He chose Staff who were idiots... who also did not know how to run anything...
Which is why we are constantly getting blindsided.
From Hillary Clinton's emails, to Lois Lerner... to the Vet Hospitals... on and on basic MANAGMENT could have solved these problems... but there is no one actually running this Government.... its grinding forward on momentum.
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (qh617)
What I really want is an electable stealth conservative who spends his/her 8 years putting guys like Cruz on the Supreme Court.
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (DkXQB)
That backstory could make him the next President. Bonus points: Jimmah Carter and Fidel Castro made it possible. I helped too, a little.
Know the truth about the backstory because it is why he is the man he is. It is very compelling. Of course I expect and want him to be exposed to -- and rise above -- the firestorm which is sure to come.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 06:16 PM (1FBjV)
What I really want is an electable stealth conservative who spends his/her 8 years putting guys like Cruz on the Supreme Court.
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez
And that man is Scott Walker.
Posted by: zombie at March 22, 2015 06:17 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 22, 2015 06:17 PM (SmCFT)
Why can't we have smileys like everyone else?
Did you know there's a "coffee spit" emoticon? Yeah. And we can't have it here.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 22, 2015 06:17 PM (Bl8Zy)
Posted by: President Ted Cruz at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (BJLGz)
Holding Hairy Reid's severed head surrounded by liberated Cub Scouts.
Posted by: DaveA at March 22, 2015 06:18 PM (DL2i+)
If their boy wins , I'm voting libertarian .
Posted by: awkward davies at March 22, 2015 06:19 PM (Z+Mqb)
Why can't we have smileys like everyone else?
Did you know there's a "coffee spit" emoticon? Yeah. And we can't have it here.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed
☺
☻
Posted by: zombie at March 22, 2015 06:19 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (SmCFT)
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 05:31 PM (MQEz6)
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What I wouldn't give to see that.
I'd give him all my money, time and my first born. Second born too.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (A98Xu)
Though, I will be thoroughly amused if Jeb sticks around long enough to face off with Walker.
The only good thing that will come of 2016 is the sight of Jebba the Butt getting mashed into the dirt along with the crony, establishment wing of the GOP.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (JBzwC)
Did you know there's a "coffee spit" emoticon? Yeah. And we can't have it here.
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 22, 2015 06:17 PM (Bl8Zy)
Who needs an icon when you can do the real thing
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (1FBjV)
Slogan: FYNQ
I like it.
@@144 To be completely frank here, I think Cruz announced his run NOT thinking he'll actually get the nod, but rather to position himself to be picked as VP.
And I think it's a good strategy.
This was my first thought, as well.
Posted by: Gem at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (c+gwp)
Posted by: Soothsayer's imaginary twitter feed at March 22, 2015 06:20 PM (Bl8Zy)
Posted by: zombie at March 22, 2015 06:21 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:21 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Voice Of Reason at March 22, 2015 06:21 PM (TSm4f)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 22, 2015 06:21 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 22, 2015 06:21 PM (gB+QL)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:22 PM (A98Xu)
Coincidentally, we lost interest in "Race Together".
Posted by: Starbucks at March 22, 2015 06:22 PM (FcR7P)
142 Cruz is great i wish him well BUT.....do you guys really believe in your heart of hearts that voting is gonna get us outta this shit?
We are definately in the 'bread and circus' era or the republic (or Corn and Porn if u prefer)
We left the 'strength and honor' phase right after ww2. Which is ironically the last war this nation has won.
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:14 PM (kf36l)
The folks would would do best in preventing the collapse are also the folks you want in office when the collapse occurs.
So, pick folks of courage, conviction, and intelligence.
Either way, collapse or not, you want them.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:22 PM (MQEz6)
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Dude the first primary is 10 months away. Between now and then we will see about 1000 stories declaring Candidate X dead and Candidate Y the new front runner. It's all bullshit. Just recall that in July 2007, McCain was polling at around 2%.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (IH3+v)
I like Cruz... love his politics... but he has no executive experience...
and Walker is far too controversial to win.
Because of this I am supporting Eliazabeth Warben. She is clearly the woban for the jarb.
Posted by: Social Justice Barrista at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (t//F+)
We can point to all manner of people with executive experience who turned out to be either failures or disasters. Not just Carter, look at GHWB, GWB. Romney had executive experience and was a miserable failure at almost every aspect of running a campaign. Perry doesn't seem to be doing that well on the national stage, but I'm not opposed to him. The political, corporate, and military worlds are littered with examples of miserable failures of people who had ample amounts of executive experience.
Point is, we need a leader, not an executive manager. SUCCESSFUL executive management is more about intellect and talent than an arbitrary amount of time in a position.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Mmmm, steak ....
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (JBzwC)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (xQX/f)
I don't understand all the Walker love here...
Posted by: BB Wolf
There's his in-state boosters, and a segment of mid-westerners who've got a weird thing for Governors from that area. Mitch Daniels, Kasich and so on. Oddest bunch of fangirls.
That aside, Walker is a safety school. That he's the second choice of a lot of people of both the right and moderate* wings should send up some warning signs. But, whatever.
*until he Bobby Browned Liz the Wiz. That has permanently pissed of a number of her pals in gay friendly GOP and they'll just trash him incessantly from now on like the catty bitches they are.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 06:23 PM (kdS6q)
Im not out to bash Walker, I like the guy but i find his new positions on things highly suspect. I really wish he had been pushing for border control and an end to illegal immigration since 2002. Is that really too much to ask?
Whatevs, if we can only peal off some pro sodomy votes from the party of BAAL we can turn this ship around!
*sarcasm*
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:24 PM (kf36l)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 06:24 PM (1FBjV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:24 PM (JBzwC)
As was Hillary.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 22, 2015 06:24 PM (IH3+v)
Posted by: Joanne at March 22, 2015 06:24 PM (indTK)
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (DkXQB)
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Not a bad idea.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:25 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:25 PM (JBzwC)
you might need a White Old Man to attach your feeding tubes when you are sick, from been a Black, Jewish Lesbian...
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 22, 2015 06:26 PM (SmCFT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 22, 2015 06:27 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: jmel at March 22, 2015 06:27 PM (cfFqn)
So, pick folks of courage, conviction, and intelligence.
Either way, collapse or not, you want them.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:22 PM (MQEz6)
Amen.
Posted by: Joanne at March 22, 2015 06:28 PM (indTK)
So pick one.
But the next somnabitch that gives a rip roaring 'fight, fight, fight' speech and immediately turncoats will....will...something something mumble.
Eff it, what difference does it make anyway.
Posted by: Amos Quillpen at March 22, 2015 06:28 PM (bfwcE)
Who around here is quick witted and funny.....?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 22, 2015 06:29 PM (Perx6)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 22, 2015 06
Or spotted Dick
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 06:29 PM (1FBjV)
Cruz , Jindal 2016
Posted by: awkward davies at March 22, 2015 06:29 PM (Z+Mqb)
Like that matters any more...
We've got a guy in the White House with a Connecticut social security number who never lived in Connecticut, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Thor's Feather Duster at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at March 22, 2015 06:26 PM (SmCFT)
I thought it was Whoopi Goldberg?
Posted by: Country Singer at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (nL0sw)
He has already been crucified and parodied horribly in the press.
It'll be a disaster. A wipeout. A second Goldwater fiasco.
Trust us on this. You're throwing your vote away if you don't back the electable, sensible moderate.
George H.W. Bush in 1980.
Posted by: The GOP Establishment, 35 Years Ago at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (A98Xu)
I get the Soc Con love of Walker... and the Religious Right will be all over him...
But I really get the Compassionate Conservative vibe from him....
And while he says he supports most of the Right things.... I don't see ANY real proposals he is making...
And the fact is, this needs to be an issue election... we got a lot of stuff that needs fixing, and the only way that gets started is if the American people VOTE on it...
Like... Tax Reform... getting rid of Obama Care... what to do about Common Core and the fact that since we had an Education Dept. our test scores have consistently decreased...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (qh617)
So, pick folks of courage, conviction, and intelligence.
Either way, collapse or not, you want them.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 06:22 PM (MQEz6)
Tell me about it...
Posted by: Suppiluliuma II at March 22, 2015 06:31 PM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 22, 2015 06:31 PM (gB+QL)
Like that matters any more...
We've got a guy in the White House with a Connecticut social security number who never lived in Connecticut, for crying out loud.
Posted by: Thor's Feather Duster at March 22, 2015 06:30 PM (JgC5a)
And even better... he's like 100 years old!!!
Looks damn good for his age...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:32 PM (qh617)
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So what, fuck you GOPe
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 06:32 PM (1FBjV)
No, he chose staff who made different choices that you (and all of us here would have made). Like him or not, Obama is a two term POTUS who beat some seriously experienced political old timers and a guy who had lots of Executive Experience. He's been largely successful from his point of view.
Now, trash the guy all you want. Hell, I'll join you. But the guy has gotten his side's desired results and that's the ONLY thing that matters. And he had precisely JACK and SHIT for Executive Experience.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 22, 2015 06:32 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: MUMR at March 22, 2015 06:32 PM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:33 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:34 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Country Singer at March 22, 2015 06:34 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: dartist at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (ahBY0)
....seems to have never heard of Barack Obama and how irrelevant old political rules are when it comes to "historic" minority presidential candidates.
Posted by: Haydare at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (4HYng)
Its easy to create Chaos, which is what he wanted...
Its harder to bring a system back from the edge... THAT is what will take executive experience...
I'm not voting for someone who says all the right things... just because he says them... he also needs to be able to deliver....
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (qh617)
Posted by: BB Wolf
The average voter doesn't give a flying shit about issues. In fact, a platform candidacy is the surest way to lose a national election.
Check out Arthur Brooks' book for the reasons why. In short, the election is an emotional, 'morals' driven drama, not one of facts and figures.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (JBzwC)
He's a better debater than the others.
He's able to actually articulate positions coherently.
The only thing he does occasionally is he can be a little too schmaltzy.
You know the media is going to go balls to the wall on abortion, rape and "womans" issues so he's going to have to demonstrate his jujitsu 24/7.
I look at it this way Walker should stay in Wisconsin because there are no other Walkers on the horizon.
Christie for all his faults is perfect for NJ as there are no other Christies on the horizon in NJ.
Same goes for Jindal.
Perry had his shot and failed spectacularly and there is the indictment to defend.
And Jeb can go DIAF.
Texas can produce another Cruz.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (BJLGz)
Posted by: Do Bee at March 22, 2015 06:36 PM (DKIZi)
Posted by: Nascar at March 22, 2015 06:37 PM (48QDY)
Vlad Putin called.
He apologized for the mysterious absence last week.
He apparently tore a ligament in his shoulder while strangling a polar bear with his bare hands. Happens. Goes with the territory.
So he went off for a few days of quiet relaxation. Boffing his latest gymnast supermodel girlfriend six times a day, annexing Latvia, and firing a nuclear missile into downtown Copenhagen. You know. Down time.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 22, 2015 06:37 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: jmel at March 22, 2015 06:38 PM (cfFqn)
He had heard that Sarah Palin could see Russia from her house...
He took his binoculars to the Russian border... to see if he could check her out...
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:39 PM (qh617)
Posted by: spypeach at March 22, 2015 06:41 PM (/vbEv)
I really get the Compassionate Conservative vibe from him....
Posted by: BB Wolf
Ditto. Nice resumes, but he was topping the nominally conservative site's click-polls as the top Not Jeb, at the same time Jennifer Rubin and others were fluffing him.
Should give one pause.
That said, he still might be Not Jeb enough to hold the Right and Comfortable enough for slushies and Team Governing.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 06:41 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 22, 2015 06:41 PM (Z+Mqb)
Posted by: Chelsea Prolapse at March 22, 2015 06:42 PM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 22, 2015 06:42 PM (dkHoZ)
I'm not voting for someone who says all the right things... just because he says them... he also needs to be able to deliver....
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (qh617)****
We could argue over how Obama achieved his desired results, but it doesn't matter. It just matters that he did it.
No, what will get us back from the edge is real-life *leadership*, not some arbitrary credentialism. Again, I gave a dew examples upthread of people with loads of executive experience who did nothing but take us closer to the edge, regardless of their party affiliation or Executive Experience.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at March 22, 2015 06:42 PM (xSCb6)
With almost 20 trillion in debt and 100-200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, me thinks the Weimer Republic isnt a very stable place. I havent even touched on our decadent culture.
Most of the cities in the US (baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, Philly, Indy ect) already look like Mordor. "He dindu nuffin, he wuz going to free community college" seems to be our new national motto.
The only way any of this could be any worse would be if we were Europe. Fleeing would be the only option then.
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:43 PM (kf36l)
I really don't see how Cruz loses the general.
Posted by: Kreplach
Wins in a landslide. Democrats challenge in court because "natural born".
In a 5-4 decision, Justice John "Bob" Roberts reading the majority opinion from the bench.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 06:44 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 22, 2015 06:44 PM (Z+Mqb)
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:45 PM (A98Xu)
Nobody but us clingers watch debates. The stupid electorate read their local rag newspaper (Propaganda Organ of the Democratic Party) and/or watch the CBS Evening News (National Propaganda Organ of the Democratic Party).
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 22, 2015 06:45 PM (V70Uh)
A guy who, with just two questions, publicly reduced Dianne Feinstein to a shrill, sputtering, sex-card, age-card, and Moscone-card playing mess will eat Hillary and Candy Crowley alive.
Posted by: Haydare at March 22, 2015 06:46 PM (4HYng)
For this alone I will back him.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:46 PM (A98Xu)
Anyway, looking forward to the Cruz fanboys to duke it out with the "call every candidate I don't like an amnesty lover" wing of the party.
Posted by: Shoot Me at March 22, 2015 06:46 PM (EQcfE)
A Cuban in the WH and a cigar up every lib's backside!
Posted by: @votermom at March 22, 2015 06:46 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 22, 2015 06:47 PM (dkHoZ)
No, no, he's going to be on the national-unity ticket with Cankles.
After all, he did award her that "public service" prize and all.
They get on famously.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 22, 2015 06:47 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (qh617)
So you are saying the only safe thing is to have a man on a horse that everyone can rally to?
Posted by: José Sanjurjo y Sacanell at March 22, 2015 06:48 PM (t//F+)
Posted by: Shoot Me at March 22, 2015 06:46 PM (EQcfE)
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OFFS
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:48 PM (A98Xu)
Unfortunately I don't cry.
Posted by: Chuck Norris at March 22, 2015 06:49 PM (mDyuY)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 22, 2015 06:49 PM (Z+Mqb)
I like Ted Cruz. But he has a 0% chance of winning a general. He's
been Palinized past the point of no return. And after he gets trounced
in 2016, the GOP will move even further to the left since the
conventional wisdom during Hillary's 1st term will be "the GOP has to
become more moderate".
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at March 22, 2015 05:51 PM (IH3+v)
I think you are wrong. Dave Brat ran to the far right of Eric Cantor especially on immigration and not only got the nomination but won the general handily... he also actually won the parts Richmond City that are in VA Congressional 7 which always, ALWAYS goes Democrat.
I say that you can present a strong articulate conservative message and people will flock to it. I say Cruz can be the Tea Party's victory with Brat writ large on a national stage. Heck, you don't even have to look at Brat's victory... look at Cruz's own supposedly impossible win against the establishment in Texas (including Perry) to become US Senator.
I will also say that everything Presnit IWon McTantrumpants says he is (smart, a Constitutional lawyer, etc), Cruz actually is.
Posted by: redbanzai at March 22, 2015 06:49 PM (5DGKy)
Now you have a person that espouses everything that has been desired and with great intelligence and now half the commentors are against it. Wtf?
Posted by: Bob Belcher
Against? Not seeing that, but boy will you see it in the WSJ and NR tomorrow.
Here, even for people who have Walker or Perry as their first choice, Cruz should be no worse than acceptable. And the rest seem to like, even love, the idea of President Cruz.
Just a lot of well deserved skepticism that Team Republican would allow it to happen.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 06:50 PM (kdS6q)
I have supported Russian dissidents (Solzhenitsyn), Iranian dissidents (who I can't name as they have disappeared off the face of the planet), and would support Venezuelan dissidents if I could.
I'm kinda proud of the fact I once (long, long time ago) gave up a 'date night' (in some peripheral way) to help Ted Cruz's dad -- a Cuban dissident -- get into this country.
I'm hoping Ted remembers the sacrifice his own father made in pursuit of freedom from oppression under socialism/communism. Bring on the vetting.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at March 22, 2015 06:51 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2015 06:51 PM (EgOr3)
has been desired and with great intelligence and now half the commentors
are against it. Wtf?
Posted by: Bob Belcher at March 22, 2015 06:42 PM (dkHoZ)
Don't accuse people of being paid per post. It just makes them cranky.
Posted by: Gen. Jose Sanjurjo at March 22, 2015 06:52 PM (t//F+)
I haven't donated to a party or candidate in years. If Cruz runs, that'll change.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 22, 2015 06:52 PM (Perx6)
BTW, Kasich is a true POS. He completely failed in bringing public unions to heel, as Walker did. He oozes RINO and is quite unabashed about knifing Republicans who don't share his enthusiasm for spending tax dollars to achieve his version of Christian charity. i.e., Obamacare.
Posted by: Jim at March 22, 2015 06:53 PM (4HYng)
Posted by: Longbranch 303 at March 22, 2015 06:53 PM (3g/a8)
You think Palin took it up the ass dry, just you wait...
Posted by: President Prolapse at March 22, 2015 06:54 PM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 06:55 PM (BJLGz)
If everyone answers their phone when the RNC and tells them they donated to Cruz enough times maybe they'd get a clue???
Posted by: lindafell and doesn't want to get back up at March 22, 2015 06:56 PM (LbPGR)
Posted by: redbanzai at March 22, 2015 06:49 PM (5DGKy)
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That's for f'ing sure.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 22, 2015 06:56 PM (A98Xu)
I'm hoping Ted remembers the sacrifice his own father made in pursuit of freedom from oppression under socialism/communism. Bring on the vetting.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron
I can't wait to hear his Dad speak on the campaign for Ted. The guy is incredibly charismatic.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 06:57 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Haydare at March 22, 2015 06:58 PM (4HYng)
We certainly have not had that in years.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at March 22, 2015 06:59 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Kreplach at March 22, 2015 06:55 PM (BJLGz)
Someone has taken her out for a ryebread, surstromming and akvavit snack, and if she was really tough she suggested that fermented shark. I don't think you can top that.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 22, 2015 06:59 PM (t//F+)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 22, 2015 06:59 PM (gB+QL)
Posted by: lindafell and doesn't want to get back up at March 22, 2015 07:00 PM (LbPGR)
Go for the fucking touchdown or go home.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 07:01 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix
It will be uphill all the way.
Not terribly convinced about Cruz being a great President, or even getting the nomination. But I will relish the ideas and the debate he will bring to the primary campaign. He is fearless and will say a lot of things that need to be said.
He will definitely smoke out more of the GOPe and make them squirm in their seats.
Which is good.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 07:02 PM (+1T7c)
Grassroots candidates always think they're the only one that can save the Republic, they never step down to consolidate the vote.
If Cruz, Walker, Rand, and Jindal are all in, that's almost a guaranteed Establishment candidate like Jeb.
I'm normally a loyal Republican, warts and all, but if Jeb slips in, I do think that's the first time I will vote 3rd Party at a Presidential level.
Posted by: Kal at March 22, 2015 07:02 PM (P5x6u)
OT: I'm watching woman's curling on NBC and I want to do uspeakable things to the girl with glasses on team Sweden.
Posted by: Kreplach
Maybe you mean Swiss?
http://tinyurl.com/kgsfahc
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 07:02 PM (kdS6q)
I'm normally a loyal Republican, warts and all, but if Jeb slips in, I do think that's the first time I will vote 3rd Party at a Presidential level.
Posted by: Kal
I think the debate will galvanize the Party, and make Jeb look just like the bland loser he is. All the campaign money in the world can't make him an interesting candidate that will compel people to vote for him.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung at March 22, 2015 07:05 PM (+1T7c)
"Fleeing would be the only option then."
Those that have the financial means or have employable skill sets will. I have spoke with enough white South Africans and a few Venezuelans over the years. If it's apparent no counter-revolution is going to occur as your nation goes full retard, you pack up and leave.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at March 22, 2015 07:05 PM (mDyuY)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 22, 2015 07:05 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: dartist at March 22, 2015 06:35 PM (ahBY0)
Join us next year Buddy
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 07:06 PM (1FBjV)
Who?
Posted by: lindafell and doesn't want to get back up at March 22, 2015 07:07 PM (LbPGR)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative....spring is sprung
Yeah, sure, right
Sarcasm dripping
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 22, 2015 07:08 PM (1FBjV)
Pretty sure that's The Plan for those GOPe-a-dopes.
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2015 07:10 PM (EgOr3)
make Jeb look just like the bland loser he is. All the campaign money
in the world can't make him an interesting candidate that will compel
people to vote for him.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative
I hope so, but it's very easy to find 25% or so of Republicans that like the Bush familar name and pull the lever.
That's basically what's going for Hillary right now. Do you know a single Liberal that actually likes Hilary?
Posted by: Kal at March 22, 2015 07:10 PM (P5x6u)
With almost 20 trillion in debt and 100-200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, me thinks the Weimer Republic isnt a very stable place. I havent even touched on our decadent culture.
Most of the cities in the US (baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, Philly, Indy ect) already look like Mordor. "He dindu nuffin, he wuz going to free community college" seems to be our new national motto.
The only way any of this could be any worse would be if we were Europe. Fleeing would be the only option then.
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 06:43 PM (kf36l)
An MPC poster!
Posted by: President Ted Cruz at March 22, 2015 07:13 PM (oFCZn)
I'm normally a loyal Republican, warts and all, but if Jeb slips in, I do think that's the first time I will vote 3rd Party at a Presidential level.
Posted by: Kal at March 22, 2015 07:02 PM (P5x6u)
Some of the 'not-Jeb' candidates will implode well before Iowa
Posted by: Tim Pawlenty at March 22, 2015 07:22 PM (LoIJo)
Posted by: Casual Indifference at March 22, 2015 07:25 PM (kf36l)
Posted by: Tim Pawlenty
Definitely, but they'll keep running. That's the problem.
My hope is whoever runs has a pragmatic head on their shoulders and knows when to fold them. There's no question spite drives a lot of this.
Posted by: Kal at March 22, 2015 07:33 PM (P5x6u)
If Jeb wins the nomination, I will officially disavow the GOP and will never give another dime to a GOP candidate at any level.
Posted by: In Exile at March 22, 2015 07:36 PM (BzlD/)
But he should totes run for President.
I did have more to say, but someone posted some pics of ladies' curling teams, so I need some private time.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 22, 2015 07:38 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 22, 2015 07:41 PM (bLnSU)
Mitt won the primary because he was "most electable" and least likely to scare voters. That the the GOP strategy, that was his strategy, that was the MFM counter strategy (He tied his dog to the roof! Shaved that poor boy's head! Cold War mentality about Russia! Scary! Extremist!)
Mitt lost. Yes, his campaign sucked... because he went out of this way to be non-threatening and was trying to game the numbers with stupid ass consultants and ridiculous systems.
Do you know why Reagan won with a landslide? People voted FOR Reagan. You know why Obama won? Was he non threatening? Was he down the middle? Did he attract Conservatives? No. He won because he motivated people (yes, idiot people... but there are LOTS of idiots). He beat Hillary, who had the nomination locked for a year before it started. He had no experience in anything (and still doesn't).
Electablility doesn't come from being everything to everyone, non threatening, experience, or anything else. It comes from the ability to motivate the people who support you to frenzied levels and walk through fire for you.
Face it. No Democrat is going to vote for anyone to the right of Obama. Most will stay home (just like every Conservative did with Romney). There is no such thing and "Independent" voters and, even if there were, you'd need to spend 100% of your time and money trying to swing 2% in your favor see 2008 and 2012, the exponential increases in spending, the flat turn out... except for the frenzied nut cases who turned out at records levels to vote for Obama).
You win by getting out the majority of people who already support you and get them kicking the shit out of the their friends and neighbors to get them out.
Mitt lost because NO ONE except the friends and family of the GOP cronies that bought him gave a fuck about him.
But yeah... Let's look for someone "electable" that inspires no one again.
Posted by: Damiano at March 22, 2015 07:44 PM (AEQXb)
I enthusiastically supported him for Senator. I will not support him in the primaries.
Posted by: Courageous Fighter of Blind Kittens at March 22, 2015 07:45 PM (TqyFL)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative
I resemble that remark.
Posted by: Mitt Romney at March 22, 2015 07:46 PM (AEQXb)
Posted by: Dick Turpin at March 22, 2015 07:49 PM (Xcnae)
Posted by: jerry brown, Moonbeam, Commiefornia at March 22, 2015 07:53 PM (rF5ya)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 22, 2015 07:53 PM (TqyFL)
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (DkXQB)
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I like it. Cruz is a lot more valuable there than he would be as President. Especially since we're going to make the Presidency irrelevant to our daily lives. Right?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 22, 2015 07:56 PM (TqyFL)
I wonder who's going to be hardest on him? The DNC? The MFM? The GOPe?
It's going to be like one of those movies where the mafia bosses and city leaders makes a truce to get rid of the clean cop.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 22, 2015 08:00 PM (sH832)
At least Biden and Reid have the decency to molest them to their faces.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 22, 2015 08:02 PM (sH832)
Which is why 2016 is the year we burn the liberal GOP like a railroad car full of land deeds on a train stopped by Zapatistas.
Posted by: Chris Balsz at March 22, 2015 08:12 PM (8rRE+)
Walker was my last hope so I'm waiting for someone on the Right to accuse Cruz of not being a US citizen to amuse me. Oh, and Palin's latest non-run will be funny.
Posted by: Shoot Me at March 22, 2015 08:13 PM (EQcfE)
278 Too soon. Barely has three years in on his Senate seat, and he's already distracted by the next shiny thing. Not a lot of stick-to-it-ivness on display here. I'm pissed at him for this, and I wrote him to tell him so. Finish your term, Senator; then talk to me about it.
I enthusiastically supported him for Senator. I will not support him in the primaries.
Posted by: Courageous Fighter of Blind Kittens at March 22, 2015 07:45 PM (TqyFL)
Hah!
The Quitter Meme.
That didn't take long.
Posted by: eman at March 22, 2015 08:22 PM (MQEz6)
distracted by the next shiny thing. Not a lot of stick-to-it-ivness on
display here.
You do know that The Old Ways no longer apply, right? I can explain it to you, you wanna come sit by me. Might wanna wear a cup, though.
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2015 08:24 PM (EgOr3)
Oh, yeah, that's right, the media and libs went through the roof to explain he was born in America so it was okay.
Wait a sec, now I have to vote for a man who was born in Canada to a non-u.s. citizen father and u.s. citizen mother.
My head is spinning now.
Posted by: doug at March 22, 2015 08:27 PM (IYEs/)
And the GOP, the Constitution loving party? Hah! Born in Canada and they aren't going to fake any birth certificates. No, Cruz, you can't be president.
Posted by: doug at March 22, 2015 08:30 PM (IYEs/)
Posted by: doug at March 22, 2015 08:33 PM (IYEs/)
I consider Cruz officially endorsed!
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at March 22, 2015 08:39 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2015 08:43 PM (EgOr3)
Posted by: Peaches at March 22, 2015 08:44 PM (EgOr3)
Posted by: butternut at March 22, 2015 08:59 PM (F6ceQ)
Then I asked them what exactly is so funny about Cruz, and why do you think he's so horrible?
All they could come up with is that he was born in Canada, and goes by his middle name Ted instead of his first name, Rafael. LMAO! HAHAHAHA! [takes breath] Quite the comedy goldmine!
I have zero say in who gets the nom, so I really can't care, but I'd be happy if it happened to be Cruz, or one of several other not-Jebs.
Posted by: stace at March 22, 2015 09:03 PM (ImzkZ)
Posted by: concealedkerry or submitt at March 22, 2015 09:12 PM (kHv/o)
Posted by: Eromero at March 22, 2015 09:17 PM (go5uR)
Those are some damn good points. Maybe I'll wait and see on Cruz.
Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at March 22, 2015 09:27 PM (Lp6I1)
Go Cruz!
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 22, 2015 09:30 PM (1CroS)
Posted by: Voice Of Reason at March 22, 2015 09:50 PM (TSm4f)
Which is why we are constantly getting blindsided.
... but there is no one actually running this Government.... its
grinding forward on momentum."
Posted by: BB Wolf at March 22, 2015 06:15 PM (qh617)
You write that as though you think he chose those people by accident, and also as though you think he in even the tiniest way disapproves of what they've accomplished.
I disagree. He chose them to do what they've done. He is a dick, and he hates me, you, and America.
Posted by: revolting peasant at March 22, 2015 09:52 PM (MJ965)
Hey, and I like Cruz! I think he should spend the rest of his natural life on the Supreme Court. If we could only do a spine transplant from him to Walker, we would have the ideal candidate. However, he is the one person who is more likely to lose to killary than Bush. Bush would lose by the ballot box, but Cruz would lose by court order.
Posted by: algore at March 22, 2015 10:06 PM (B+ujR)
I'm not going to say that being Solicitor General is equivalent to running a large state or corporation, but he us a leader,an effective strategist, and knows how to get things done.
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at March 22, 2015 10:09 PM (0RdKg)
Posted by: Its a Cornucopia of Republicans at March 22, 2015 10:09 PM (x8Wor)
Personally, I wish it had been codified as meaning what I, and likely you, think it means, that would have saved us from Obama. But it hasn't been, and after Obama, that ship has sailed.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 22, 2015 11:27 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: Boby Sue at March 23, 2015 12:16 AM (mleV+)
Bring me my arrows of desire,
Bring me my spear -- O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire.
"I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
'Til we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land!"
-- William Blake
BTW: there's a fantastic version of this, the Last Night of the Proms on youtube, with the Queen at Albert Hall and all the people singing "Jerusalem" and "God Save the Queen" and waving English and British flags in a rapture of patriotic fervor: 2012.
Posted by: Beverly at March 23, 2015 01:18 AM (Q0LYr)
He is a genuine conservative; he's also very, very smart. And he's not a wild-eyed radical: I got the sense he considers his tactics and strategy thoroughly.
Walker is a bit less conservative than Cruz, but I agree with Limbaugh that they both have balls. And they're both willing to FIGHT, dammit.
Posted by: Beverly at March 23, 2015 01:21 AM (Q0LYr)
" Algore you're wrong because the term "Natural Born Citizen" is not defined in the Constitution, and the courts have never ruled on what it actually means."
The courts have ruled that in this case, it is up to Congress to define what "Natural Born Citizen" is. And they did. They defined it within 10 years of the constitution's ratification, and that definition held for some time before a new law voided the law that defined it. Since then no Congress has redefined it.
I'm pretty sure that the Supreme Court and they way they work, is that they would clearly rule that "natural born citizen" is defined by Congress and not having done so since the last time, the intent of the framers was clear with the last definition.
Rulings by the court are consistent on the idea that if a word or phrase is not defined within the constitution, then Congress defines it, and they did.
Posted by: doug at March 23, 2015 11:40 AM (IYEs/)
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