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Ted Cruz plans to occupy Nevada and steal it from the Feds. Sound Familiar? (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2016 OP
Oh God passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #1
Didn't we fight a Civil War over this crap? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2016 #2
That war isn't over for many rightwingers Red Knight Feb 2016 #6
The "issue" is best described as robbery. Hate and fear are tools of the political robber class. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #7
MALADJUS-TED tomm2thumbs Feb 2016 #3
This really pisses me off. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #4
Fuck You !!! SamKnause Feb 2016 #5
If he wants to return it to..... markj757 Feb 2016 #8
Yeah, he wants to give it back to Mexico. NOT. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #9
Rachel Maddow Show 2/23/16 = Ted Cruz targets 'the Bundy vote' in Nevada L. Coyote Feb 2016 #10
Like to see Supremes rule on "natural-born" snowy owl Feb 2016 #11

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
1. Oh God
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 02:39 AM
Feb 2016

Not this shit again!

I wonder if there is room at the Inn for Cruz...you know to share a cell with the Bundys.

2. Didn't we fight a Civil War over this crap?
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 03:36 AM
Feb 2016

Wasn't it about slavery and something about the federal government having power over the states? Cruz, et al., want to go back to a confederacy, where each state is its own independent entity. Except for Social Security, of course. Keep the federal government out of my Social Security!

Red Knight

(704 posts)
6. That war isn't over for many rightwingers
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:15 AM
Feb 2016

and never will be.

Their issues are fueled by hate and fear and greed.

But of course they're all God loving Christians.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
7. The "issue" is best described as robbery. Hate and fear are tools of the political robber class.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:25 AM
Feb 2016

God is their cover story, to hide that they are greedy, lying, robbing bastards.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
5. Fuck You !!!
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 09:08 AM
Feb 2016

You are worse than a cattle rustler.

Those lands belong to everyone in the United States of America, not Nevada ranchers.

 

markj757

(194 posts)
8. If he wants to return it to.....
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:40 AM
Feb 2016

its rightful owners, I think we all know who that truly is, and it's not the citizens of Nevada. It just sounds so stupid and insensitive to say "rightful owners." But honestly, I think his campaign does that on purpose, to thumb their nose at the Native American tribes of Nevada and throughout west where the Koch political machine has decided to make this a signature issue. And the people like the Bundys and others are nothing more than pawns of a much bigger chess match by big business, in an attempt to wrestle control of federal land away federal government in several western states. It's much easier to manipulate state and local governments, than it is the federal govenrment, which is why they want state control of the land. I'm sure most likely for natural resources and "for profit" land development.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
9. Yeah, he wants to give it back to Mexico. NOT.
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 10:51 AM
Feb 2016

Last edited Fri Feb 19, 2016, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)

The rightful owners, in his warped view, are not the native peoples of the Nation of Mexico who threw off the European Catholics Royals and liberated the largest country in the Americas at the time from slavery, no in his warped mind it belongs to the white slave owners who wanted to overthrow the Native Mexica regime and restore European dominance and slavery. In other words, he wants to give it to people with the same skin color as God's skin, while denying his own Native heritage.


L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
10. Rachel Maddow Show 2/23/16 = Ted Cruz targets 'the Bundy vote' in Nevada
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 12:08 AM
Feb 2016
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ted-cruz-targets-the-bundy-vote-in-nevada-629715011727

The Rachel Maddow Show 2/23/16
Ted Cruz targets 'the Bundy vote' in Nevada
Rachel Maddow reports on Nevada State Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore and the federal land management issues that are important to a specific constituency that Ted Cruz hopes to win. Duration: 5:11

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
11. Like to see Supremes rule on "natural-born"
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 01:03 AM
Feb 2016

Cruz was born on Canadian soil without benefit of military or US Government ties. Per Tribe, Founders would not find him a 'natural-born" which they described as born American through and through. He was born Canadian through and through. Do our laws and Constitution mean anything any more?

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