I think. Firefighters would show up when needed, driver's licences would be renewed, the snow would get plowed, cops would continue shooting unarmed black people.

Trump's, or Cruz's ability to FUBAR things would be limited to the federal level, and even those bureaucracies would chug along normally, for the most part.

As scary as an ideologue as Cruz is, I get the sense the worst we'd see is a whole lot of whining because no one--not even his own party--would want to work with Slappy the Dummy just because he's so unlikeable and spiteful. So we'd probably get a lot of dysfunctional politics, but the normal day to day runnings of the federal government would probably continue as usual.

Trump, though, is a Cluster B headcase with absolutely no elective experience and with a track record of failing miserably at just about anything he touches. I shudder to think what someone of his infamous track record would do if he gets a hold of the US government.

The President has the nuclear launch codes. There's no taking that back.

Bad for real estate values, and the Dumbold has always been interested in those. And he prides himself on being the deal-maker supreme.

Cruz, OTOH, would unleash armageddon in a second if he thought it would help bring baby jeezus back.

I worry about Trump. I am scared to death of Cruz.

Would Cruz's insane end-days theology or Trump's pathological bullying be more likely to get us killed?
The answer of course is that it doesn't matter cause you're dead.

Cruz is a walking smorgasbord of mental pathologies - megalomania with a messiah complex, anti-social personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, sadism, religulous delusions, and that's just a start.

Trump is a garden-variety loudmouthed, blowhard bully who will back down if the stakes are high enough. He doesn't want to blow himself up and deny his "magnificence" to the rest of us. I honestly think he only believes about 60% of what he says. He's a terminal attention hog, and the more outrageous he is the more attention he gets.

The country survived Richard Nixon and Ronald Raygun. It could, institutionally speaking, survive the Vulgar Talking Yam. I doubt it could survive Cruz, though.

Said he would definitely take Trump over Cruz, cause the courts and Congress would neutralize him, but he said Cruz is the most fanatical ideologue he has seen since Joseph McCarthy.

agree completely. some people are going over the top on the "end of America" stuff.

And it's being mirrored on the other side as well.

Even Gwb did, for that matter.

Trump has nada. Which wouldn't be fatal except that he's also a raging narcissist who cannot take a single word of criticism.

Inexperienced, stupid and mentally ill. It's a perfect recipe for disaster.

Trumps spokesperson actually came out and said back in December-"Why bother having nuclear weapons if you're afraid to use them".

He would have almost zero to do with running the country. He's a media star and would continue to be. Lots of TV time, lots of photo ops but little actual work. Trump doesn't worry me at all really (no more than any other Republican, and probably less since he's not really a Republican at all). Bob Dole gave an interview and pretty much said that the GOP could work with Trump because he would have good advisers (aka people doing the real work). Cruz actually thinks he is capable of being president, thinks he is doing God's work, and would not listen to the advice of anyone. He is dangerous. Fortunately, the GOP wants nothing to do with him so they will crush him before he can get to the nomination.

Trump not so much.

Whether it's building that wall along the Mexican border or cutting trade with all of our allies. This would be the worst. And yes Ted Cruz also scares the crap out of me.

I wouldn't be here when he takes office.

We Carter fans must stick together.
How about a mass exodus to somewhere warm instead?
How bout Australia?

Of course, with global warming and all, I'll expect it all to even out.

I think my husband would be open to it if any of the Repugnants win.

so we'd survive. Although a lot would depend on who he'd pick for VP. If some more or less regular Republican, things would muddle on under that person's leadership. If he picked a non-politician, maybe some one of his cronies, if he has any, and I haven't a clue about that, things could move from bad to worse.

The curse of living in interesting times would fall on us all.

who could get as much or more media coverage as Himself.

trying to figure out what the hell she means every time she speaks.

It's as if no human language is her native one.

earth has the option of just ignoring her.

that most Americans would finally learn a foreign language, Palinspeak.

I think we can survive a Trumping.

nominate might make it difficult for most of us to survive for a very, very long time.

Fascists never admit mistakes. It's always the fault of the liberals, gays, minorities, Jews and non-Christians.