Is Trump somehow worse than Cruz?

[liberalnarb]

[Trust Buster]

1. I think Cruz is the most dangerous politician we've seen since Joe McCarthy.

He wants to turn this country into a theocracy. A very dangerous fool.

[leveymg]

9. What's scarier about Cruz is that it's not an act. He BELIEVES the crap he says.

Zealots are always far more dangerous than pitchmen.

[ladjf]

10. That's it. Plain and simple. nt

[monicaangela]

2. I believe both would be detrimental to the nation

Which one would be worse is like trying to decide which would do more harm. Problem is, they would both do harm so why consider either of them?

[liberalnarb]

5. Detrimental is an understatement.

I still think cruz is more dangerous because trump would do something stupid enough to get himself impeached.

[ladjf]

12. If Trump is elected, the key is the Vice President because the

VP is likely to become the President after Trump is impeached.

[monicaangela]

14. Believe me

I would never want to see a dominionist in the White House, don't even want to see him in congress but because our system is so flawed he's there. I agree with you on Trump, he appears to be the type that is impulsive, however I do believe he would solidify his control over the defense department and criminal justice in this nation and make it very difficult for anyone to impeach him. He is just as dangerous as Cruz. He appears clownish and unintelligent but I don't believe that for a minute. I would say crafty and criminal to say the least and someone that should never gain the type of power the office of the president would afford him. I also think he would probably bring in someone like Christie to head the DOJ, and our gooses would be cooked if that happened.

[djean111]

6. I think we are just considering the effect each would have. If we run a candidate that cannot beat

Trump, then it is interesting, at least, to consider what would happen to this country. It is not like we can control who will be their nominee.

[monicaangela]

24. that is true djean111

It appears they can't even control who will be their nominee. The Republican party that is.

[djean111]

25. Hopefully, that is also true of the Democratic Party, n'est-ce pas?

Although they are giving that their very best shot.

[monicaangela]

26. You got that right..

If it were left up to Wasserman Shultz there wouldn't even be a primary election. I believe she would have preferred to go right to the coronation of her candidate. Sad day in America.

[djean111]

3. Well, Cruz believes the US, and then the world, should be run as a theocracy, and that all

money, power, and property should be turned over to Christians.

If you say hey, Congress would never let a president do anything like that - then why care who is president?

I do think Trump is horrible, but he is also not as horrible as the rest of that terrible line-up.

[liberalnarb]

15. Yep.

[freebrew]

18. Anyone that says:" Congress would never let a president do anything like that "...

must have missed the * years...

[djean111]

19. True, that!

[Gman]

4. Somehow?

Cruz IS The MOST dangerous, no question.

Kasich is himself dangerous.

[djean111]

8. Yes, Kasich is dangerous. He would eliminate the safety nets as soon as he could, and

he does not care for gay marriage, either. Nothing scarier than a calculating financial and social hit man, who looks like a reasonable accountant.

[ladjf]

13. ALL of the Republicans are bat sh..t crazy and very dangerous. nt

[2naSalit]

20. Exactly!!!

[randr]

7. Cruz may be crazy

but congress would remain opposed to him.
Trump is crazy and he would run right over congress.

[liberalnarb]

11. I think cruz is diabolical.

He doesn't exactly surround himself with the most lovely people.

[serbbral]

16. Both would be detrimental

I really do not know. Cruz might be a little more dangerous.

[ruralsteve]

17. Suicide for the GOP, death for America

I can't watch video with my slow connection, but didn't Lindsey Graham (who I am no fan of) say it best when he said something like his party having to chose between a Trump and a Cruz was like choosing between committing suicide with a gun or with poison?

If either of them actually became president, everything America should stand for will be in mortal danger.

[zebonaut]

21. Is Arsenic worse than Cyanide?

[homegirl]

22. Cruz: The Chosen One

http://www.thomhartmann.com/bi...

The world with Cruz as President as proposed by his father.

[johnnyrocket]

23. Trump is worst than Cruz....

....if only by the simple fact that Cruz is so repugnant, and unlikable...there's no way in hell he could win in the general.

Trump, however, is such a loose cannon, that fucker could do or say anything and throw the entire political map into chaos.

[Zambero]

27. Flip sides of an evil coin

One side is a Dominionist theocrat looking for an "End Times Solution" in the Middle East.
The other side is a neo-Fascist who employs a toxic mix of racism, nativism, sexism, fear mongering, and violent rhetoric to pit people against one another.
Unlike a Kasich or Rubio, I don't perceive any "lesser evil" between these two.

[Warpy]

28. One is a secular fascist, the other is a religious fascist.

Would you rather be shot in the head or stabbed in the heart?

[snowy owl]

29. Trump money - R establishment cannot control him

I'm not afraid of Trump but the republicans sure are. I think he says whatever will suffice at the time to stay on top. i don't think he'd do all that crap that he says. Yes, I could be wrong. And I know Trump is no friend to the working person. Is any republican? But I know what Cruz has done. I don't think he should be allowed to run for President.

But, Cruz is evil. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutalism-of-ted-cruz.html?_r=0

In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.

Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley go for time served, Cruz took the case to the Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full 16 years.

Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some rule that you can’t confess error in your state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court system did finally let Haley out of prison, after six years.

The case reveals something interesting about Cruz’s character.

I think we are all being manipulated against Trump to the benefit of the republican establishment who does not want to lose control of candidates in the pockets of big money.