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The masters of the GOP universe: How Trump & Cruz have seized the Republican primary by the throat
Salon ^ | December 14, 2015 | Heather Digby Parton

Posted on 12/14/2015 8:14:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

As the first primary dates approach, the establishment is on its heels, and two terrifying choices stand out.

Another weekend, another series of Donald Trump interviews in which he runs circles around anchors who are simply flummoxed by the candidate, unable to get him to respond to questions like a normal person. Not that you can blame them. He’s one slippery guy. And it has to be tough to keep your concentration when trying to talk to someone who is wearing such an odd color of make-up.

So, for the most part, Trump was Trump and they were stumped. But one question did elicit some real news. When asked about Ted Cruz’s comments to some donors last week in which he called Trump’s qualifications to be Commander in Chief into question, for the first time Trump went on the attack against his little buddy:

“You look like the way he’s dealt with the Senate, where he goes in there like — frankly like a little bit of a maniac. You’re never going to get things done that way. You can’t walk into the Senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. He’ll never be able to get anything done, and that’s the problem with Ted.”

It’s unnecessary at this point to even point out how ridiculous that sounds coming from Donald Trump, the man who has insulted literally millions of his fellow Americans and most of the world, as well as the entire Republican leadership. But that’s him. He’s the only presidential candidate in history who actually believes he is the Green Lantern....

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TOPICS: Iowa; New York; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; elections; immigration; iowa; newyork; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpwasright

1 posted on 12/14/2015 8:14:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go, Cruz, go!

Go, Trump, go!

We win, they lose.


2 posted on 12/14/2015 8:16:11 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She wrote “seized the republican primary by the throat” instead of “by the balls.” Probably because no one associates “republican” with “balls.”


3 posted on 12/14/2015 8:20:57 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All the while the supporters of each are trashing the other on this forum. I’m praying for a miracle.


4 posted on 12/14/2015 8:24:40 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: Jim Robinson

Here’s hoping they strangle the GOPe.


5 posted on 12/14/2015 8:29:09 PM PST by Salamander (It's your world, but it's my street....)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Maybe The Nuge will let Donald use “Stranglehold” as his campaign song, now.


6 posted on 12/14/2015 8:29:59 PM PST by Salamander (It's your world, but it's my street....)
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To: Jim Robinson

Five Reasons Why The Ted Cruz Surge Is For Real
http://nation.foxnews.com/2015/12/14/five-reasons-why-ted-cruz-surge-real


7 posted on 12/14/2015 8:32:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For the most part you can thank the more terrifying POS
currently occupying the White House for the popularity of
Cruz and Trump. Obama is such an extreme PC lefty that
millions of Americans are thinking that the only way to
counter his destructive policies is to pull hard in the
opposite direction.


8 posted on 12/14/2015 8:32:56 PM PST by Sivad (Juan Corona would vote for Democrats)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Digby is the pseudonym of liberal political blogger Heather Parton (known also as Heather Digby Parton[1]) from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the progressive blogosphere.

Personally, why would I give a crap what she thinks? She and the rest of the left want to do a hit job on both Cruz and Trump because they don't play the PC game and the Left wants to determine who the GOP candidate is.

9 posted on 12/14/2015 8:35:02 PM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If the guys both grabbed the throat, what part of the Democrat nomination’s anatomy has Hillary got hold of?


10 posted on 12/14/2015 8:40:24 PM PST by nevergiveup (When in Rome, speak Roman.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thank you sir for keeping everyone’s heads straight on that point.


11 posted on 12/14/2015 8:46:10 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (0bama "more interested in promoting homosexuality in the military than he is in defeating our enemy")
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To: Sivad

So give America a full snort of conservatism. They want it. Don’t give them bush....


12 posted on 12/14/2015 8:47:29 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (0bama "more interested in promoting homosexuality in the military than he is in defeating our enemy")
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Don’t give them bush...”

Sure as hell hope you don’t think I was going there!


13 posted on 12/14/2015 8:55:13 PM PST by Sivad (Juan Corona would vote for Democrats)
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To: Sivad

Nah. Not you. Speaking generally


14 posted on 12/14/2015 9:11:01 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (0bama "more interested in promoting homosexuality in the military than he is in defeating our enemy")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
unable to get him to respond to questions like a normal person.

What is that supposed to mean? How is a normal person SUPPOSED to answer their questions? Who decides what normal is and when do we find out what the normal answer is supposed to be?
15 posted on 12/15/2015 12:49:43 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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