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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....

(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...


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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1 posted on 02/11/2016 5:12:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Alien VS Predator thing was used last time with a Mormon VS Muslim were running.


2 posted on 02/11/2016 5:14:47 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let’s see....uh...

and Hillary and Bernie as Dem candidates aren’t a horror film?


3 posted on 02/11/2016 5:14:51 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
it's become clear that this is a pivotal moment in American politics. . . . . It's the alarming notion that a crude authoritarian white nationalist is appealing to a very large section of the American people.

Uh, Heather -- even assuming your statement is correct, do you remember how the Dems kept power in the South from roughly 1875 through 1960?

5 posted on 02/11/2016 5:15:41 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Works for me.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

6 posted on 02/11/2016 5:16:13 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

3 namer female author from Salon. That tells me pretty much everything I need to know.


7 posted on 02/11/2016 5:16:31 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (The Democrats Must Lose In November)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Welcome to a world where Hillary and Bernie are last men standing


8 posted on 02/11/2016 5:17:06 PM PST by JJ_Folderol (Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well Heather three names, whyn't you get yourself down to brownsville and check out the situation.

Report back to us then.

And BTW, if this is all you are focusing on, re: the number of articles you are writing ? Get a life.

9 posted on 02/11/2016 5:17:09 PM PST by onona (Where are you tonight, my sweet Marie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And then you have two geriatrics one who needs a walker and the other an oxygen bottle.


10 posted on 02/11/2016 5:18:48 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The NAMBLA News is all upset.
The campaign is going well.


11 posted on 02/11/2016 5:18:50 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Almost as terrifying as a world where the DemocRATS can only get two old, Caucasian, 60s hippies, Clinton and Sanders to run.


12 posted on 02/11/2016 5:18:57 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Basement Dwellers for Bernie 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Libs, LOL. Always wetting the bed about something!


13 posted on 02/11/2016 5:19:10 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: The Iceman Cometh
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14 posted on 02/11/2016 5:19:13 PM PST by digger48
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Meanwhile, over at the Democrat party, voters are so repulsed by the preordained, inevitable nominee that they are voting for a 74 year old, white, socialist Senator from a small (almost entirely white) state because they have no one else to vote for.


15 posted on 02/11/2016 5:19:16 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: digger48

Lol...nailed it. 10/10


16 posted on 02/11/2016 5:19:46 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (The Democrats Must Lose In November)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is the establishments worst night mare. They are wailing and gnashing teeth at the fire coming upon them . It is Trup/Cruz united. If Cruz wins — Im in . Cruz has been and anti establishment leader with tremendous courage. Trump has put his damned money where his mouth is. We must back each other. I have made mistakes her on this. I now see that united we win. If they divide us we will lose the nomination. I think we have carson and Chistie ( the deal was made ) . We can win with the democrats in total chaos. Go TRUMP/CRUZ— CRUZ /TRUMP!! UNITE!!


17 posted on 02/11/2016 5:19:53 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Hipster glasses are always a good indicator.


18 posted on 02/11/2016 5:20:22 PM PST by nascarnation (Hillary: the Democrat version of Jeb Bush)
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To: QuinqueViae

Hah hah hah - run, bitches.


19 posted on 02/11/2016 5:21:32 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
and Hillary and Bernie are what, Salon?
Dracula Reseccitated?
20 posted on 02/11/2016 5:21:35 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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