Posted on 12/24/2015 1:05:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The American people won't elect a vulgar/bullying/blowhard for President even if the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party manages to nominate him. We have never before seen the kind of campaign we are seeing this year within the Republican Party. All their chickens are coming home to roost. The worst excesses and policies of those running as Tea Party candidates in the past few years are combined in the two leading candidates, Donald Trump and Canadian born Rafael 'Ted' Cruz.
Trump and Cruz are espousing policies and positions appealing to the worst instincts in our nation in an effort to heighten people's fears over terrorism and the economy. They are playing to existing racism and the intolerance of the religious right in America. They think nothing of lying to excite a crowd or gain a vote.
Trump is speaking to the least educated in the nation. Cruz is speaking to them and evangelical voters consciously displaying a total lack of respect for our founding fathers who understood what they were doing when they opted for a clear separation of church and state. They understood people came to America to escape religious persecution and to be allowed to practice religion, or not practice it, as they saw fit and not have government pass laws favoring the beliefs of one religion over another....
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Author is a liar, they elected Obama and Clinton.
Go there and comment, it`s the least we can do.
Good term, but I have begun to like "Mrs. Bill" better, nearly as demeaning to her too.
author on the left...
Oh, I do not know, Alan Grayson sits in Congress, does he not?
Sounds a lot like the “That’s not who we are!” meme.
Peter has issued his edict to the unwashed masses, now obey, dammit!
Seems like an attempt to make people feel guilty and unsophisticated to vote for someone who wants to fix the country, doesn’t it, Peter?
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