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immoderate

(20,885 posts)
1. He really has the gift of saying nothing.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:00 PM
Apr 2015

I think I even detected a wave of from his audience.

He won't accept an Iran solution unless there is verification...

--imm

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
15. No kidding. 5 mins of his blather and I was both
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:34 PM
Apr 2015

disgusted and bored. He has all of these generalized statements with absolutely NO plan or policy to achieve his blather.

Vinca

(50,319 posts)
2. The problem with Rand Paul and Ted Cruz is that they have a cult-like appeal to the dim bulbs.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:03 PM
Apr 2015

They'll probably be around as long as a camera is pointed in their direction and the loot is still flowing into the till. Neither has a chance in hell of having an office in the White House.

TeamPooka

(24,273 posts)
4. I'm pretty sure that was the exact argument used when I was told GW Bush would never be President.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:06 PM
Apr 2015

He was stupid and didn't have a chance either.
I'm fucking scared at what America will do next.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
16. Cruz could conceivably be a VP choice for
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:43 PM
Apr 2015

Jebbie or Snotty Scotty. The pukes long ago sailed into "here there be monsters" territory and anything is possible after Princess Sparklemoose in '08.

Cosmocat

(14,576 posts)
18. I think Palin will be a point of reference why Cruz will NOT
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:50 PM
Apr 2015

be a VP pick.

No chance someone is going to put him on the ticket to think he is bigger than they are after watching the McCain/Palin train wreck.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
3. You can just stop with "This is going to be a long election season"
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:04 PM
Apr 2015

The real circus is just getting started. And the infighting on the D side isn't going to be pretty either.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
6. I gotta wonder which clown wins the nomination by knowing when to shut up.
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:10 PM
Apr 2015

By default it'll be the one the money lines up behind, which means Jeb, I guess.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
7. NPR seems to love the wanker .
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 01:10 PM
Apr 2015

why do people think that a profession is a mark of intellegence and morals ?

Johonny

(20,918 posts)
12. What is harder still is listening to the media pretend he is new and brilliant
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 02:10 PM
Apr 2015

just like they did with Paul Ryan. Everything Paul Ryan proposed was "BOLD" and "NEW"... F the media.

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