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Uh oh---Is Ted Cruz sniffing around for a shot at Trump's job? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Oct 2019 OP
I think so since I just saw this headline: TexasTowelie Oct 2019 #1
This will be fun. Kingofalldems Oct 2019 #2
I've actually been expecting this FakeNoose Oct 2019 #14
I saw he was sticking his nose in that. herding cats Oct 2019 #19
If ol' Teddie is anything leftieNanner Oct 2019 #3
Instead of "Blue Bayou" just tell Cruz "we don't buy you." DFW Oct 2019 #4
The vilest, ugliest fucker on the face of the earth...even more so than Dump... CTyankee Oct 2019 #5
I think I would take him over Trump at least nobody likes doc03 Oct 2019 #7
He's actually book-smart and a solid debater though Polybius Oct 2019 #17
No one likes Trump either, not even Republicans. herding cats Oct 2019 #20
And the most inauthentic malaise Oct 2019 #11
In finding his spine, Ted is transitioning from worm to reptile. Eugene Oct 2019 #6
He is the poster child for OPPORTUNISM ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #12
NO !!! They're setting Rudy G up to be the fall guy !! They're already saying RG was running his own uponit7771 Oct 2019 #8
He's vile. I would enjoy watching Cruz and Trump take each other out, however. hlthe2b Oct 2019 #9
Bearded Ted Cruz Imperialism Inc. Oct 2019 #10
He needs to be wearing a BURKA ChubbyStar Oct 2019 #13
Trump and Cruz combined: 70% of the votes in the 2016 Republican Primary. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #15
I rooted for Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries because I thought he'd be way easier to beat Polybius Oct 2019 #18
If not for Comey, voter suppression and foreign interference, Clinton would be president. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #21
The moist campaign slime trail Blue Owl Oct 2019 #16

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
14. I've actually been expecting this
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:55 PM
Oct 2019

It makes a lot more sense than Mitt Romney. Any GOP candidate will flop after the Chump shit-show.
So of course Ted Cruz thinks he should try for it.

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
19. I saw he was sticking his nose in that.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:03 PM
Oct 2019

He's not up for re-election this cycle, so he's definitely thumbing his nose at Trump, albeit a tiny one. The vultures are beginning to circle.

leftieNanner

(15,115 posts)
3. If ol' Teddie is anything
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:02 PM
Oct 2019

he is certainly opportunistic. That's kind of how he won his Senate seat in the first place.

He is such a disgusting creep!

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
5. The vilest, ugliest fucker on the face of the earth...even more so than Dump...
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:05 PM
Oct 2019

I can't even look at him without nausea...

Polybius

(15,428 posts)
17. He's actually book-smart and a solid debater though
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 10:59 PM
Oct 2019

That makes him pretty dangerous. He came close to beating Trump in the primaries, or at least the closest.

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
20. No one likes Trump either, not even Republicans.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:08 PM
Oct 2019

Yet look where we are.

Cruz is actually smarter than Trump and just as vile, except a slightly different flavor of vile. Cruz is more oily and slimy with a backend of fresh death, where as Trump is more decomp and new blood. Neither are less bad.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
8. NO !!! They're setting Rudy G up to be the fall guy !! They're already saying RG was running his own
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:12 PM
Oct 2019

... SD policy and trying to make it like it had nothing to do with Trump.

Imperialism Inc.

(2,495 posts)
10. Bearded Ted Cruz
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 06:16 PM
Oct 2019

In my mind the way that came about was he was asking a political consultant, "Why don't people like me?" and the answer was, "you know, I think its your face..."

Polybius

(15,428 posts)
18. I rooted for Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries because I thought he'd be way easier to beat
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:01 PM
Oct 2019

I'm not sure that was the right thing to do now.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
21. If not for Comey, voter suppression and foreign interference, Clinton would be president.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 11:10 PM
Oct 2019

One can't be blamed for thinking there was enough sanity in this country to keep that asshole out of the White House.

The media certainly didn't help matters. And 25 years of Hillary Hate took a serious toll. And the electoral college, a remnant of slavery, also didn't help.

Still, Trump is illegitimate. There can be no doubt that crimes were instrumental in his "winning."

The fact that he and Cruz combined for 70% of the votes is a testament to the madness of the GOP base.

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