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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#120801: May 3rd 2016 at 11:28:32 AM

I think Politifact called Trump out on his bullshit regarding the Iraq War quite a while back. They probably have clearer sources, if you can dig up the appropriate article.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#120803: May 3rd 2016 at 12:06:48 PM

Trump has really gotten under Cruz's skin.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#120804: May 3rd 2016 at 12:41:30 PM

This? "Narcissist", "pathological liar", "bully", "has a problem with women" and so on...

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#120805: May 3rd 2016 at 12:42:19 PM

They all sound like pretty accurate assessments to me.

Oh really when?
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#120806: May 3rd 2016 at 12:46:08 PM

It probably won't help him and he's no better than Trump in several of these aspects, especially the first...

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#120807: May 3rd 2016 at 12:50:00 PM

Gallup reported Donald Trump is growing in favorability among the GOP while more Republicans see Ted Cruz negatively than positively for the first time this election.

edited 3rd May '16 12:50:28 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#120808: May 3rd 2016 at 12:50:35 PM

Trump and Cruz always become instantly more sympathetic to me when they criticise each other.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#120809: May 3rd 2016 at 1:06:04 PM

I honestly feel bad for Cruz. He's fringe, but he is consistently fringe. He should have been the Tea Party darling this primary, but they've (mostly) abandoned him in favor of a opportunistic snake-oil salesman.

Now he is the adulterous, Canadian RINO whose parents helped kill Kennedy.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) has signed into law a bill that automatically registers eligible residents to vote when they apply for a driver's license.

edited 3rd May '16 4:00:10 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
optimusjamie Since: Jun, 2010
#120810: May 3rd 2016 at 1:07:30 PM

parents helped kill Kennedy

Wait, what?

Direct all enquiries to Jamie B Good
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#120811: May 3rd 2016 at 1:07:33 PM

[up][up] Awesome, Vermont.

As for Cruz, I feel sorry for him to the extent that I sympathize with someone who was relentlessly bullied as a kid for being "weird". But that's as far as I go; he sublimated that rejection into becoming the biggest asshole in the entire nation

edited 3rd May '16 1:07:39 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#120812: May 3rd 2016 at 1:09:54 PM

[up][up]

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#120813: May 3rd 2016 at 1:10:20 PM

I think Cruz's unfavorability is purely due to the fact that Republican voters do not want a brokered convention, since that would mean some Establishment Republican getting the nomination rather than Trump or Cruz. At this point, the only way a brokered convention will be avoided is if Donald Trump gets an absolute majority in delegates. Republican voters still like Cruz, but they understand that he has lost and thus they are pushing all their support onto Donald Trump who, in their eyes, has won.

Wizard Needs Food Badly
optimusjamie Since: Jun, 2010
#120814: May 3rd 2016 at 1:11:21 PM

@ DB: Oh, it's just Drumpf being Drumpf. Still, not cool for him to try and invoke JFK like that.

Direct all enquiries to Jamie B Good
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#120815: May 3rd 2016 at 1:16:06 PM

[up][up] Actually, they don't really like Cruz. Nobody does. He's just the "not-Trump" who has more than a snowball's chance in Hell of winning. He is uniformly reviled by every major player in the GOP — John Boehner recently compared him to Lucifer, which prompted an outcry from Satanists that the comparison was unfair... to Lucifer.

edited 3rd May '16 1:16:49 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#120816: May 3rd 2016 at 1:30:23 PM

[up] I said Republican Voters like Ted Cruz, not the Republican Party. If the Republican Party had their way, it would be Jeb Bush facing off against Marco Rubio instead of Donald Trump facing off against Ted Cruz.

edited 3rd May '16 1:31:11 PM by GameGuruGG

Wizard Needs Food Badly
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#120817: May 3rd 2016 at 1:33:01 PM

The Tea Party likes Cruz. Most Republican voters - nevermind non-Republican ones - don't.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#120818: May 3rd 2016 at 1:43:18 PM

Something that might be of interest:

"U.S. prosecutors consider more charges against ex-CEO Shkreli" - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0XU1O0

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#120819: May 3rd 2016 at 2:27:45 PM
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#120820: May 3rd 2016 at 2:42:52 PM

@120809: And may be the Zodiac Killer

Trump delenda est
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#120821: May 3rd 2016 at 2:43:33 PM

He was born too late to be the Zodiac Killer, actually. And too far away as well.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#120822: May 3rd 2016 at 2:47:42 PM

You ignore the possibilities of time travel at your own risk.

Trump delenda est
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#120823: May 3rd 2016 at 3:04:24 PM

Why is the whole Zodiac Killer a thing?

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#120824: May 3rd 2016 at 3:05:51 PM

It isn't. Somebody's just carrying a joke too far.

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#120825: May 3rd 2016 at 3:15:09 PM

Took it so far that Cruz's own wife made an appearance to say he's not the Zodiac


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