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GOP is officially a horror film: Welcome to a world where Trump & Cruz are last men standing
Salon ^ | February 10, 2016 | Heather Digby Parton

Posted on 02/11/2016 5:12:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Trump won in dominant fashion and Cruz met expectations as Rubio fell completely apart. This is scary stuff.

I've been writing about the Donald Trump phenomenon several times a week for seven months now. As his candidacy evolved from a bizarre spectacle to a serious campaign, it's become clear that this is a pivotal moment in American politics. It's not just that we have a shocking demagogue or a profane performer topping the polls in the Republican presidential race. It's the alarming notion that a crude authoritarian white nationalist is appealing to a very large section of the American people. Even worse is the realization that there is a path for him to actually win the presidency.

Last night he won the New Hampshire primary and he won decisively. His effect on the GOP electorate is already profound:

Meet the Press

NH EXIT POLL: 66% of GOP primary voters support banning Muslims from entering the U.S. #Decision2016

Only 40 percent of New Hampshire Republicans support deporting millions of Latinos, so that's what passes for good news in all this. They didn't ask about summary execution or torture or killing terrorist suspects' families, but it stands to reason that at least the 35 percent who voted for Trump are for it. Those aren't the kind of issues people easily overlook when they vote for someone....

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TOPICS: New Hampshire; New York; South Carolina; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; demagogicparty; election2016; heatherdigbyparton; memebuilding; newhampshire; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; salon; southcarolina; tedcruz; texas; trump
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To: digger48

She TOTALLY looks like Garth!


21 posted on 02/11/2016 5:21:40 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can’t wait to light off the fireworks on election night...


22 posted on 02/11/2016 5:22:10 PM PST by SC_Republican (Has it really been THAT long??)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is her job title “Creative Writer for Hit Piece Articles”???

She has some weird hangup about every single person who deigns to dabble in Republicanism...


23 posted on 02/11/2016 5:22:22 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

GOP is officially a horror film

Two valiant crusaders appear over the horizon to save the country form the progressives and the goop want a be progressives.


24 posted on 02/11/2016 5:23:24 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Only freaks could write an article like this.
25 posted on 02/11/2016 5:23:40 PM PST by Vision (Obama is not a well man.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Salon

Ha!

Heather Digby Parton

Ha ha ha!

26 posted on 02/11/2016 5:23:47 PM PST by ojeffers
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Somewhere, in the bowels of liberal hideout, pictures of Trump and Cruz are hanging. The liberals are listening to Bach’s Fugue in d minor, and quaking in their boots.


27 posted on 02/11/2016 5:24:42 PM PST by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
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To: nascarnation

Let me take a wild guess

Hillary supporter ?


28 posted on 02/11/2016 5:25:04 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump won in dominant fashion and Cruz met expectations as Rubio fell completely apart. This is scary stuff.

The thing is, I believe that the writer actually is scared and that's great. When was the last time the Republican primary front-runners scared liberals? Was anyone afraid of Romney or McCain? About time.
29 posted on 02/11/2016 5:25:24 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Only 40 percent of New Hampshire Republicans support deporting millions of Latinos

Illegal aliens of ALL ethnicities. And yeah, I was hoping that # would be a lot higher.

30 posted on 02/11/2016 5:25:58 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is scary stuff.

I have a feeling the author is really scared of Hillary's ineptitude.

31 posted on 02/11/2016 5:26:40 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Reagan scared the crap out of them.


32 posted on 02/11/2016 5:27:58 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

BTW I see Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin endorsed Ted Cruz today.


33 posted on 02/11/2016 5:28:42 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny, I’ve been saying that about Sanders and Clintin.


34 posted on 02/11/2016 5:28:47 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (We are in the time where telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: QuinqueViae

This woman is an especially odious breed of liberal bint.


35 posted on 02/11/2016 5:30:31 PM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: digger48

I guess being a Three Named DemoncRat Vampire means you can’t see your reflection in a Mirror.

Looks like she got the Specs from the Oversized Woody Allen Collection at Walmart.

Oh yeah, Rock On Garth!


36 posted on 02/11/2016 5:31:09 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Get the CDS and TDS Vaccines before it's too late.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Only a little better than one with a hyphenated last name.


37 posted on 02/11/2016 5:33:04 PM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Heather Digby Parton”. With a name like that, I’d be mad at the world, too.


38 posted on 02/11/2016 5:33:46 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: nascarnation

GARTH BETTER LOOKING.


39 posted on 02/11/2016 5:34:55 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hate to pick on Dolly’s sister; but, we are sick of GOPe
and willing to at least consider SOMETHING ELSE entirely.
We’re tired of the games and utter disconnect of that GOB
(Good Ol’ Boy) Washington club. It can’t be much worse than
Hussein has been, nor than Hitler-y WOULD be.


40 posted on 02/11/2016 5:35:16 PM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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