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The Velveteen Ocelot

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15. Good point. Trump is a demagogue but

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #14)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 06:00 PM

Apr 2016

his only agenda is self-aggrandizement; he doesn't have a definable political ideology. His awfulness derives mainly from his ability to whip up his followers' hate and racism. Cruz does have an agenda, which is the furtherance of a really nasty sort of religion-based ultraconservatism. I also think he's probably smarter than Trump. However, there's something so repellent about him that I really think he'll crash and burn in the GE if he gets that far. He creeps out almost everybody but his hard-core supporters.

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RNC hints the nominee will be Cruz [View all] Bluerome Apr 2016 OP

The end? Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #1

I wonder what it would take Bluerome Apr 2016 #2

The ones I talk to still believe in trickle down. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #3

Yeah my cousin still thinks trickle down works Bluerome Apr 2016 #7

I can't imagine what would be uglier than a Cruz presidency but your right, there are plenty AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #4

I think we have to wait for the racists and bigots to stop reproducing, etc. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #5

i have found that though the odds go up on children inheriting thier parents prejudices AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #10

I also think community, neighborhood friends, school friends, etc., can really Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #11

True, social surroundings play an important part of ones growth but as you just said AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #12

I gotta go! I need to get a fallout shelter built before July liberal N proud Apr 2016 #6

: ) Bluerome Apr 2016 #8

Hardly an improvement - just a different variety of awful. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #9

Cruz is actually much worse tha Donald Bluerome Apr 2016 #13

Cruz and his campaign manager Jeff Roe are a really dangerous mix liberal N proud Apr 2016 #14

Good point. Trump is a demagogue but The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #15

All of what you said. Double that. nt Nay Apr 2016 #16