Posted on 04/02/2015 8:49:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If I were to mirror the example of the delusional right-wing folks who have spent seven years creating apocalyptic fantasies about how Barack Obama is a communistic, Muslim Antichrist, I could probably manufacture some scary characterizations of the first announced candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Ted Cruz — but I won’t. Instead, I want to compare him favorably to his ideological soul mate, Sarah Palin, which may be even more scary..
Both the Texas senator and the former Alaska governor oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. They both want a smaller federal government and a more confrontational foreign policy. They want to repeal Obamacare and seal up the borders. Both are darlings of the tea party. Neither believes climate change is real. When they are in front of evangelical Christian crowds, they talk freely about salvation and prayer warriors. Both are so ambitious that they barely warmed the seats in their first major elected offices before jumping into campaigns at the highest level of national politics.
On just about everything, Cruz and Palin are on the same page. The difference is that the page Cruz reads from is in a law book, while Palin’s is in People magazine.
Palin is pretty much the embodiment of scatterbrained. Her off-the-cuff speeches are hilarious, nonsensical contortions of the English language. Her occasional stints as a pundit on Fox News are so daffy that even the sympathetic conservative hosts seem baffled by her blather. She is an attractive celebrity who is a good fit for a TV reality show, not for any position that would allow her to get her manicured fingers on the nuclear codes....
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What, and not golf?
He succeeded .
The liberals upset over Ted Cruz and attacking him are like baboons trowing their own feces with immpecible aim.
LOL!
You think the LIBERAL are BERSERK now, wait until Ted Cruz WINS !
Mega group think anurisms strokeifide.
I cannot imagine a more entertaining and deeply satisfying event.
liberals dismiss conservatives...as backwoods hicks with minds full of jingoism and Jesus.
That's us, folks. To them.
Love Sarah and Ted
“Both the Texas senator and the former Alaska governor oppose abortion and same-sex marriage”
ALL Christians oppose abortion and same sex marriage period.
No politician i9n American history has had a higher IQ than Gov palin. She is intellectually head and shoulders above all others, including Ronald Reagan.
They are still terrified of Sarah I see.
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