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Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?
Jackson Hole News & Guide ^
| December 5, 2015
| Susan Estrich
Posted on 12/05/2015 10:33:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?
Being nice is, for better or worse, not a qualification for the presidency. âNiceâ is not a term one often heard associated with Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, both â in their ways, and with obvious limits â highly effective presidents.
But I donât remember reading quotes about either Nixon or Johnson from those close to them describing them as unqualified for the presidency on account of being just too mean, too arrogant and too self-centered.
After all, most nice people are not nearly so in love with the sound of their own voices as most politicians are; most of us donât crave the adoration most politicians do; and frankly, being nice is often not consistent with the willingness to use people and then jettison them when they become a liability, which has become a hallmark of modern politics....
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; demagogicparty; election2016; elections; jacksonhole; jacksonholenews; memebuilding; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; susanestrich; tedcruz; texas; wyoming
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To: crosdaddy
It is. Get off the floor. You look silly.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:08:35 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So this shrivelled prune mummy-hag is still alive?
Go back to smoking your Camels, Susie. No one cares what you think.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:08:44 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: Uncle Miltie
I knew there was a reason my brain saw her name as Susan Ostrich! Looking at that picture proves my brain was right.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:09:38 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Susan piles one assertion on another without providing any facts.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:11:54 PM PST
by
monocle
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Look, I don’t have the patience to figure out what this twit is talking about and, frankly, I don’t care.
We need a tough, honest president. If he has to be not nice, so be it. So what?
Get over yourself, Susan, you’re an idiot.
Further more, you’re writing is convoluted.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:14:26 PM PST
by
Calpublican
(B.O. stinks--not an elegant sentiment, but heartfelt nonetheless.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I want a bare-knuckled, street-fighter to kick ass in Washington, intimidate our trading partners, and nuke the Muslim pricks trying to kill Americans.
Reagan's Rule: America should be respected by our allies and feared by our enemies.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:17:08 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common anymore.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Write in clear, declarative sentences.
The first rule of journalism is you must be understood.
Actually I don’t know if that’s the first rule, but it should be.
Sorry, Hon, you have the voice of a man, the face of a witch, and the writing clarity of someone who probably needs a teleprompter when they speak.
We don’t GAS what you think.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:18:52 PM PST
by
Calpublican
(B.O. stinks--not an elegant sentiment, but heartfelt nonetheless.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Scary when she makes Bruce Jenner look more feminine.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:21:52 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: shibumi
Obama possessed by Satan:
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:22:32 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common anymore.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:24:59 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
(It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They’re really searching. How lame.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:27:52 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Cobra64
Your best caption would be from the Gospel of Mark 1:5-13 -
"My name is Legion, for we are many."
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:29:05 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm so mean, I had a dream of beatin' myself up.
Broke my nose, I broke my hand, I wrestled myself
to the ground and then, I choked myself to death
and broke the choke and woke up. Argh! I'm mean.
You know what I mean. If you know what I mean,
you'll know what I mean! I'm mean! Meaner than...,
I sure am mean! Yeah, mean. I'm meaner than that.
You know what I mean. I'm so damn mean! I'm mean!
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:36:43 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Susan Estrich, now that’s mean in a bottle. Like anyone listens to her anymore.
Anyone who’s seen pics of Ted with his kids knows he isn’t mean
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:00:41 AM PST
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: Viking2002
She used to show up as a pundit on Fox News. I don’t watch that channel anymore, so I don’t know if she’s still around.
Used to turn off the TV when Susan came on. That voice grated on me. Ugh!
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:02:30 AM PST
by
Lera
(1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What many Republicans who know him are asking is not whether Cruz would make a good president (they think that's an easy one) but whether the American people will ever see the side of him that they dislike. The short answer, in this age in which anyone with a phone is a videographer, is: How could they not?OK, Susan, if it's not possible to hide then why haven't we seen his meanness? I sure haven't.
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:18:34 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: fatnotlazy
Yeah, she looked and sounded like she hit the unfiltered smokes and Jim Beam a good bit, even back then.
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:30:37 AM PST
by
Viking2002
(The Avatar is back by popular request.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is Susan Estrich too ugly for anything?
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:35:20 AM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
(In Missouri, and coming to a State near you, #BlackLiesMatter)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama is mean soooo....next excuse!
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posted on
12/06/2015 1:12:56 AM PST
by
RginTN
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