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Mika

(17,751 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2015, 04:02 PM Dec 2015

I see virtually no outrage over Ted Cruz' advocating genocide by the US.

Never mind that carpet bombing is classified as a war crime by the Geneva Convention on War.

In SC, Ted Cruz blasts Obama’s ISIS plan for mistakenly aiming at 2d Amendment
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/in-sc-ted-cruz-blasts-obamas-isis-plan-for-mistakenly-aiming-at-2d-amendment.html/

On Saturday, Cruz told a tea party gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that he would “utterly destroy” the Islamic State, and even hinted that he would use nuclear weapons: “We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out,” he said.

On Monday, Cruz stuck by that tough talk.

Crickets on the comments by the GOP's #2 man.

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I see virtually no outrage over Ted Cruz' advocating genocide by the US. (Original Post) Mika Dec 2015 OP

Trump is their Harriet Miers LittleBlue Dec 2015 #1

An apt analogy hifiguy Dec 2015 #6

I know, right? We can only hope that the media realizes giving him LittleBlue Dec 2015 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #2

With a candidate talking aboutsand glowing, not a desirable requirement for a president. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #3

I hadn't even heard of this sharp_stick Dec 2015 #4

The next election will probably be the worst in my lifetime. cpwm17 Dec 2015 #5

he's one sick bastard and just a few degrees away from trumpeting spanone Dec 2015 #7

Trump steals all the "outrageous statements" oxygen. Others' outrageous statements pampango Dec 2015 #9

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)

1. Trump is their Harriet Miers

Reply to Mika (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 04:06 PM

Dec 2015

Remember how after Miers, almost anyone looked reasonable by comparison? The media stopped doing their job because Bush appointed someone "moderate". That's how we got Alito.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

6. An apt analogy

Reply to LittleBlue (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 05:06 PM

Dec 2015

but Il Douche/Der Trumpenfuhrer may not be disappearing the way Miers did.

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)

8. I know, right? We can only hope that the media realizes giving him

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 05:52 PM

Dec 2015

1000x the coverage of his rivals helps him in a field of nobodies. His base hates the media so much that any criticism of him is practically an endorsement of his conservative cred.

This has been handled badly.

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Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

3. With a candidate talking aboutsand glowing, not a desirable requirement for a president.

Reply to Mika (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 04:19 PM

Dec 2015

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

4. I hadn't even heard of this

Reply to Mika (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 04:44 PM

Dec 2015

that kind of lets you know how much the walking hairpiece has taken over the media.

"Donald Trump has stopped to take a dump. We're hoping for a statement from his campaign on its consistency before we return from the next commercial break. Back to you Randy"