[2ndDivisionVet]

Rubio and Cruz were separated by less than 1,000 votes in a state of more than four million people. That’s essentially a tie for second place.

[HoosierWordsmith]

“Rubio and Cruz were separated by less than 1,000 votes in a state of more than four million people. That’s essentially a tie for second place.”
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...and a tie in delegates...much more important than a 0.02% difference in vote count...

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Cruz is also wider support.

Treat every county in South Carolina like every county from Wyoming to Florida Cruz has more wide support than Rubio.

[SamAdams76]

Rubio and Cruz were separated by less than 1,000 votes in a state of more than four million people. That's essentially a tie for second place.

Well at least you can say that Rubio and Cruz were exactly tied for second place in terms of delegates. And for that matter, so was Kasich, Bush and Carson.

A five-way tie for second place in delegates. Please excuse me while I go and tally those delegates up...

[Patton@Bastogne]

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2016-02-21


As an Aerospace Mechanical Engineer, I "paint by the numbers" ...

The vote tally difference between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio was 0.20 percent ... a minor difference ...

a "statistical tie" in the eyes of folks who work with numbers (such as engineers, navigators etc) ...


That being said, as a staunch Ted Cruz Florida campaigner, I'm nevertheless compelled to congratulate Rubio (whom I despise) for his mathematical second place South Carolina finish ...



All that being said, I'll also say that it's a "mathematical certainty" that Donald Trump ...

benefited by South Carolina's open primary where many (exact number unknown)

Code Pink, 9-11 Truther Lunatics, Abortion Mill Planned Parenthood supporters and Black Lives Matter "Community Organizers" voted for ...

The Donald.


And whether they openly admit it or not ...

EVERY Donald Trump supporter (with any intelligence) quietly knows that I speak "da truth" on this subject.


Nevertheless ... my "genuine" political battlefield congratulations to Donald Trump ...

for enlisting the Armies of Mordor to defeat "Reagan Conservatism" in South Carolina


As General George S. Patton, Jr. would opine ...

Victory is victory ...


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Ted Cruz invested significant time (one year), money and organization in fighting to win South Carolina ...

I was personally invited to campaign there as a volunteer ...


Somehow, Ted Cruz came in third ... DEEPLY disappointing ... even though it's a statistical tie with Marco "Amnesty" Rubio ...

I would project tonight that Ted Cruz feels as badly as General Washington after one of his many Revolutionary War defeats ...

or as badly as General Eisenhower after the NAZIs kicked America's @ss at Kasserine Pass ...



Will Ted Cruz learn to effectively counter-punch to VICTORY like the U.S. Navy at the Battle of Midway ?

Ten Million still-fightin' and PRAYING Ted Cruz campaigners say "YES" !



Wonderfully ...ALL of America's Conservative Patriots have tasted VICTORY in South Carolina where the "unsinkable" U.S.S. Jeb Bush juggernaut ...

was SUNK with HEAVY ($ 100 million) losses ...


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