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RagAss

(13,832 posts)
1. I was thinking that the other day... seriously.....
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:16 PM
Oct 2013

Could he be doing a better job for us if he was a paid plant ? I don't think so.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
7. I have to start reading more closely, I thought you wrote
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:28 PM
Oct 2013

"demonic plan"-which also may be true.

He looks like "Tailgunner Joe" to me. And he seems to act like him.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
8. I like the Fidel Conspiracy
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:29 PM
Oct 2013

In a way it's true because Ted Cruz learned extreme attitudes about social programs from his dad, Rafael, who supposedly supported the revolution at one point and turned against it.

So we can thank Fidel for this current Dem gift!!!

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
9. At some time, I thought Reagan was a joke. I mean, only a joke.
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:31 PM
Oct 2013

Ted Cruz can remind one of a a Joe McCarthy, at a time that he has nostalgic followers.

We live in the time of Poe's Law.


--imm

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
10. His father says that Ted is an ' ANNOINTED KING'
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:36 PM
Oct 2013

-snip-

In a sermon last year at an Irving, Texas, megachurch that helped elect Ted Cruz to the United States Senate, Cruz' father Rafael Cruz indicated that his son was among the evangelical Christians who are anointed as "kings" to take control of all sectors of society, an agenda commonly referred to as the "Seven Mountains" mandate, and "bring the spoils of war to the priests", thus helping to bring about a prophesied "great transfer of wealth", from the "wicked" to righteous gentile believers.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017152422

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
11. No. Disagree. Too perfect.
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:46 PM
Oct 2013

Don't give that little turd any credibility. He represents what the repigs really stand for -- treason, subversion, destruction. The best writers in Hollyweird couldn't have dreamed him up. He's all theirs. He's what they say at the dinner table on sundays after church, just like Phelps.

He's a "king," dedicated to taking over the gubmint for dominionism. King of bullshit mountain.

bluesbassman

(19,374 posts)
13. Oh he's a plant alright...
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:57 PM
Oct 2013


The titan arum, nicknamed the corpse flower, carries the unfortunate designation of being "the worst smelling flower in the world." It smells like — you guessed it — a stinking, rotting corpse. It does its job well enough, since its principal pollinators are flies and beetles that prefer to lay their eggs in dead things. The flower is also clearly titanic, with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. This is one massive, smelly bloom. Its vase-like exterior contains thousands of flowers inside, all puffing their fetor into the air. The inside of the spathe is the color of red meat, for added effect. The only good news is that the flower's bloom doesn't last very long, only about 24 to 48 hours, after blooming only once every four to six years.


Let's just hope Ted's political cycle matches his namesake.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
20. Why don't we take up a collection and send him one when it is in bloom
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 02:06 AM
Oct 2013

I would happily contribute. Maybe we should send two - one for the home, one for the office.

Sam

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
15. That's exactly why I don't buy it.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:38 AM
Oct 2013

There's no Democratic Party entity that would be capable of designing such a scheme, let alone pulling it off.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
16. I know
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:43 AM
Oct 2013

But it's a fun idea, don't you think. He sunk the Republican Titanic. It was going down anyway, he just helped. A lot.

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
18. I dunno...for some reason I can see Biden coming up with that plan.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:27 AM
Oct 2013

There's something behind his grin.

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