Salon’s Joan Walsh: Bush’s Poll Numbers Are Up Because…Obama’s Doing a Good Job
Posted on 05/01/2013 6:22:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
During the 2012 election cycle I occasionally ran stories declaring that various Republicans being touted as White House material “will never be president.” Sarah Palin after her narcissistic Gabby Giffords meltdown; Newt Gingrich early in his race-baiting campaign; Mitt Romney after his British Olympics screw-up.
I batted 1.000 for that cycle, but it was easy. In 2016, Republicans won’t be facing a Democratic incumbent, so somebody has a shot. I recently wrote that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will never be president, due to his out-of-control anger issues, but candidly, I think that’s my riskiest one yet.
I feel no risk in stating unequivocally that despite the delusions of his Senate staffers and supporters, who told the National Review’s Robert Costa that they expect him to run in 2016, far-right Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will never be president. Costa is a good reporter with excellent sources; it’s a good story. I’m not doubting its veracity. So far he’s been more circumspect about his 2016 plans than Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, which some people attributed to questions about his eligibility for the presidency (he was born in Canada but his mother was a U.S. citizen). The story states clearly that Cruz’s legal advisers say he’d have no problem with eligibility. So there are unlikely to be Cruz “birthers”; Democrats don’t do xenophobia and racism quite like the far right, which loves Cruz.
And according to Costa, the Cruz boom isn’t just delusion within his office, or on the outer fringe of the Tea Party. “If you don’t think this is real, then you’re not paying attention,” an unnamed “Republican insider” told Costa. “Cruz already has grassroots on his side, and in this climate, that’s all he may need.”(continued)
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Anybody can write a magazine article and say anything they want. Doesn’t make it so. This Joan person is just wishing.
Tea Party bully is a useful and needed role too.
I wonder how many Xanax Joan had to pop to keep her hands from trembling long enough to type this out.
Good to know who scares Salon sh*tless at this early stage. Time to start donating to Cruz’s campaign.
Does this idiot realize Hilary Clinton started the birther movement?
Ted Cruz terrifies the Left.
Yes, Cruz sounds like a terrible, terrible guy. Not. Go Ted!!
Birthers who do not support Cruz on that issue are idiots and should be ignored.
All 12 of you.
They are right.
All they have to do is find something he did wrong in High School and they can easily split the conservatives into three camps.
I predict the same Freepers that didn’t support George W , mccaine and mitt will not support any GOP nominee in the coming National elections.
LOL like I give a flying sack of dog poo what some idiot from Salon has to say
Likely an ever increasing number.
Seems to me predicting someone will not be President is a pretty high percentage bet.
If you’re so smart Joan, tell us who the next one will be.
Ted Cruz in 2016!!
I think that's quite a safe bet actually. Christie's a heart attack or stroke waiting to happen. The man is a walking, ticking time bomb.
Who’s Joan Walsh and when was her TBI?
Salon’s Joan Walsh: Bush’s Poll Numbers Are Up Because…Obama’s Doing a Good Job
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Salon’s Joan Walsh gives right-wingers tips on ‘how not to seem racist’
March 26, 2013 by Twitchy Staff
You don’t want to seem like a racist, do you? You’re in luck then, because Salon’s Joan Walsh, author of “What’s the Matter with White People,” has published a handy guide for racist right-wingers who want to hide their true nature. You’re welcome to read the whole thing, but in short, your best bet is to not criticize the first family, especially about their spending habits.
Walsh writes:
The theme of most right-wing stories on Sasha, Malia and Michelle Obama’s vacations and leisure-time activities seems to be that they’re entitled princesses, when they do exactly the same kinds of things other presidents’ families have done throughout history. There’s only one difference I can see.
30 years in the senate without going RINO is plenty good.
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