Well played, God.

surrounded by parents who parade their ignorance 24/7

...Cruz 2020 trial balloon.
You knew this was coming!

He is talking about jumping back into THIS rae!

No kidding....

I missed that one.

The idea that not only Ted, but his wife actually believed that god's will was for a couple of christian kooks to enter the White House is astounding. I realize that self-delusion has a large role in the christianist society, but rarely is it so much on display.

the "Nones" are coming, Heidi.

On a side note, 25 years to defeat slavery? What are you smoking, and do you have enough to share?

In 1789, the US ratified its constitution. It effectively institutionalized slavery and counted people of color as 3/5th of a white person.

In 1801, England banned the slave trade. In 1811, Spain outlawed the trade of slaves.
Sweden, France and others followed shortly.

By the 1840s, France, Brazil, and Spain outlawed slavery. Even the Danish West Indies banned slavery in 1846.

It didn't happen in the US anywhere as easily or so soon. One major change was technology. Whitney's cotton gin made the cultivation and cleaning of short fiber cotton far more efficient, allowing the South to grow this cash crop on marginal land. More than any other event, the Cotton Gin increased the demand for cheap labor in the south, made slavery a critical part of southern culture, and relegated two generations of blacks to torture, horrific conditions, and early death.

Not until 1865, when the quaintly named War Between the States began, did the USA face up to the horror that was slavery.

25 years? From which orifice did she pull that so-called fact?

there would have been a lot fewer blacks (and whites) *working* if Ted Cruz had been elected President.