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PoliGAF 2016 |OT5| Archdemon Hillary Clinton vs. Lice Traffic Jam
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Joe Shlabotnik
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Trump's been grinding levels for ten months.
Most states on the east coast and midwest have too many counties. Counties are dumb.
OH SHIT
Trump is using a +10 Fume Great Sword and Cruz is stuck with a Broken Straight Sword
plagiarize
Banned
Rightly so. His refusal to get out of the way of any true establishment republican is a huge part of why Trump has won. A fundamental part I would argue even. Meanwhile Trump was given all the time he needed to finish evolving to his final form.
His final form being capable of accusing Cruz's dad of conspiring with Oswald to kill JFK.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I understood that reference.
This honestly made me laugh out loud. The Republican primaries have been so, so entertaining this time around - I don't think anyone or anything could have prepared us for this.
User 85168
Banned
Lets goooooo
Michael LaRosa
‏@MichaelLaRosaDC
.@tedcruz: "there's a reason why Donald builds really high buildings and puts his name on them everywhere he goes."
Michael LaRosa
‏@MichaelLaRosaDC
.@tedcruz: "there's a reason why Donald builds really high buildings and puts his name on them everywhere he goes."
Future generations of PoliGAF will gasp in awe and jealousy at the stories and references of old-timers here who were able to witness this season firsthand.
Trump's reached levels of fuckery that I never even dreamed could exist, let alone be reached.
Nazgul_Hunter
Member
So if I understand this correctly:
Trump basically does an IRL retweet of the National Enquirer;
Cruz rightfully so has an outburst that such an accusation was even considered, never mind said out loud by a major party front runner;
And somehow Trump ended up winning that argument?
plagiarize
Banned
Convincingly too.
Brawndo Addict
Banned
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
Skiptastic
Member
I'm guessing it's because that area has the highest confluence of the warring parties. I'm thinking the people who thought David Long isn't conservative enough (Cruz voters) combined with the manufacturing history of the area (Trump voters).
So if one of them wins that county big, it means that message is resonating with the state the most clearly and they will likely take the state.
plagiarize
Banned
I'm watching this Morning Joe segment, and I had to shut my door at work because I'm laughing too loud at the Donald Trump voter who Ted decided to go talk to.
Cruz "America is a better country..."
Voter "Without you.
Cruz "Here's the one question everyone should ask..."
Voter "Are you Canadian?"
This guy is quick.
Cruz "America is a better country..."
Voter "Without you.
Cruz "Here's the one question everyone should ask..."
Voter "Are you Canadian?"
This guy is quick.
Mind games. Breaking your opponent psychologically is a tactic.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
He offers a legitimate Republican governor. Right now, Trump is hoping for, maybe a state representative or an alderman or something?
I hate Christie, but considering the push against Trump, he'll be the best person. He'll cause havoc at the VP debate. He'll do a hell of a lot better than Ryan did in 2012. Two northeast candidates won't help but who in the South or Midwest can Trump select to prevent some states from flipping?
Its the old LBJ pigfucker story. He's dragged Cruz down to his level, and Cruz really, REALLY struggles with the moral outrage defense. It's the same reason Rubio failed - you cannot beat an idiot by being an idiot.
Oddly enough, I think you bat him by being someone like Hillary Clinton - she just needs to stay calm, stand there and outline sensible policy and sensible policy in detail whilst he blusters and talks crap.
ThLunarian
Member
Fighting back directly against Trump is definitely not the way to go. You have to bait and troll him to come out ahead, like a matador against a bull. I think we saw Clinton do that with the Woman Card thing recently, which is a good sign that she knows how to approach him in the general.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Cruz had a total meltdown.
RustyNails
Member
I'm using poligaf lingo at work now. Our temp worker system is crap and underwent an upgrade and is more crap. Keep telling everyone it's a mess.
"Hey rustynails, independent contributors can't approve their time sheets now"
"Mess"
"Hey rustynails, independent contributors can't approve their time sheets now"
"Mess"
I think it also works less when he resorts to gendered attacks. I mean, even though I think Carly Fiorina is completely unqualified, when Trump talked about her looks ("Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?"), it engendered sympathy for her.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
So it sounds like Ted Cruz is imploding spectacularly.
It's fitting that he falls to such a fool as Donald Fucking Trump.
It's fitting that he falls to such a fool as Donald Fucking Trump.
plagiarize
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The Trump ticket *badly needs* a female VP to make gender less of an issue in November, because otherwise it's going to completely sink not just the presidential race, but many seats in the house and senate.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Ted Cruz is going into the Rubio territory of not being able to come back from a defeat this humiliating and a meltdown so complete.
Time for pundits to crown Scott Walker for 2020 again before Ted Nugent takes the nomination.
Time for pundits to crown Scott Walker for 2020 again before Ted Nugent takes the nomination.
SAD!
Who would go for the job, though? I mean, a shot for VP isn't something to sneeze at, but Trump faces an uphill election fight and I can't imagine a lot of people who are smart enough to be considered for the job are dumb enough to know Trump will be saying similar stuff about you behind your back. It's the "hey do you want to go on this business trip with the skeevy account exec?" question.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Cruz campaign: Trump is Hillary Clinton with a penis.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/278539-cruz-surrogate-trump-just-hillary-clinton-with-a-penis
Ted Cruz is obsessed with Trump's penis. Sad!
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/278539-cruz-surrogate-trump-just-hillary-clinton-with-a-penis
Ted Cruz is obsessed with Trump's penis. Sad!
The Lamonster
Member
It wouldn't be so easy if Ted didn't talk so pastorlike and dramatically pause every half sentence or so. Rush Limbaugh does that shit too. So obnoxious.
Ultimately I think this is just a "Republican primary voters are terrible people" thing again. The reason Trump won the exchange is that enough Republican primary voters love a bully. It's not about Clinton being better at responding to this than Cruz, it's about more than half of the general electorate disapproving of the attack in the first place.
RustyNails
Member
If you're on predicit, now's the time to buy Trump.
Orbis Tabula
Member
j_k_redtail
Member
Well, there it is.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Primary preview:
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
He's very high. I think it's too late.
Macho Madness
Member
Amazing.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
You're a lot better at this than he is.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
It's always time to buy Trump.
Might even be time to buy trump for general election because I'm sure there'll be at least one moment everyone can Diablos over when you can cash in.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Are we watching a man lose his sanity in real time?
Cruz is falling apart. It seems maybe everything just suddenly hit him at once, all that wasted time, all that wasted effort, the deals, the money, everything he's worked for over the last 8 months is crashing down before his eyes due to Donald Trump. And it seems to be breaking him.
This feels like the start of a comic book villain's back story.
Cruz is falling apart. It seems maybe everything just suddenly hit him at once, all that wasted time, all that wasted effort, the deals, the money, everything he's worked for over the last 8 months is crashing down before his eyes due to Donald Trump. And it seems to be breaking him.
This feels like the start of a comic book villain's back story.
holy shit omg
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Ted Cruz was the chosen one. Tea party favorite and hero to anyone who wanted to watch the washington playbook burn. He was supposed to destroy the liberals.
VendettaRed07
Member
Come back to the union where you belong, West Virginia, it is your destiny.
That's what happens when you honestly think God wants you to be president. He thought that he could win if he believed hard enough, but it turns out reality doesn't work like that.
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