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Cruz scares me more than Trump (Original Post) brettdale Dec 2015 OP
trump is Old Codger Dec 2015 #1
I agree.I'm from WI Lifelong Protester Dec 2015 #2
Chris Matthews said the same Protalker Dec 2015 #5
Yes,exactly - also Wisconsin here elfin Dec 2015 #8
They are both horrible in their own distinctive ways. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #3
If you rated them? imanamerican63 Dec 2015 #4
It looks like Huckabee's on his way out Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #9
Cruz is a such special kind of evil Nyan Dec 2015 #6
I have the same reaction to Cruz as I had with Cheney Marie Marie Dec 2015 #7
Cruz was an ideologue even in his early teens. His father fed him religious and political Turn CO Blue Dec 2015 #10
My concern is either one of them playing kingmaker... JHB Dec 2015 #11
Cruz's religious beliefs scare me a lot more than Trump's bluster. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #12

elfin

(6,262 posts)
8. Yes,exactly - also Wisconsin here
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:25 AM
Dec 2015

Plus he looks like a giant sewer rat with a lard ass.

Always have been more scared of him than Trump because he is even meaner and much smarter.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
3. They are both horrible in their own distinctive ways.
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:06 AM
Dec 2015

So earlier this evening I stopped at a local burger joint for a quick supper. They had a TV news program on with the sound off, and a chyron came up that said "TRUMP CALLS CRUZ A MANIAC." Old guy at the next table harrumphs, "Pot's callin' the kettle black."

I don't think either of them is actually insane in the medical sense of suffering from a psychosis, although a psychiatrist might diagnose various personality disorders. Trump, at least, is spectacularly narcissistic, and Cruz is said to be just a mean bastard. Both of them would be disastrous presidents - Trump, because he's a loose cannon who doesn't think he has to answer to anybody, and Cruz because he is a religious fanatic and a mean bastard. I can't really decide which one scares me more.

imanamerican63

(13,798 posts)
4. If you rated them?
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:13 AM
Dec 2015

I agree about Cruz, but Huckabee is right there with Cruz! Cruz just scares me for all man kind! Each in their owns way are creepy.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
9. It looks like Huckabee's on his way out
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:33 AM
Dec 2015

His campaign manager just quit, not a good sign for the Huckster.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
6. Cruz is a such special kind of evil
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:22 AM
Dec 2015

I can't stand seeing or listening to him. Every time he opens his mouth, I feel like a huge serpent is licking my brain.

Turn CO Blue

(4,221 posts)
10. Cruz was an ideologue even in his early teens. His father fed him religious and political
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 01:00 AM
Dec 2015

propaganda his whole life, but in their charismatic, prophesying churches, they took the teaching of Christian Dominionism even further - telling Ted about prophesies that God planned to use Ted to bring his Kingdom to earth, and Teddy would rule one of the Seven Cultural Mountains. That is a mindjob, for sure.

Christian Dominionists are a heretical brand of fundamentalist/literalist Christians that believe that Christians must infiltrate and take over in seven major cultural areas of modern western life in order to set up God's Kingdom on Earth: business, government, media, arts, entertainment and sports, education, the family and religion.

The guy was groomed to be a despot for God.

He is more dangerous than Trump by a factor of 100.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
11. My concern is either one of them playing kingmaker...
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 07:34 AM
Dec 2015

...for the other. Either way, Cruz gains power.

The Donald has no driving vision of The Way Things Ougt To Be beyond plastering his name everywhere and making hyoooj piles of money. And he has no infrastructure to back him up.

Cruz does have those things, so him gaining more power, either as president or as the guy the president owes big favors to, is very bad news for the country.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
12. Cruz's religious beliefs scare me a lot more than Trump's bluster.
Tue Dec 15, 2015, 08:21 AM
Dec 2015

Trump is a loud mouthed con man with delusions of grandeur but Cruz is a seriously nasty piece of work with delusions of Godhood.

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