Ted Cruz quits Republican race; Trump is presumptive nominee

Remember the good old days when Republicans nominated candidates who were only mildly insane, limited their excesses to things like car elevators, went through the trouble to use dog-whistles instead of overtly racist commentary and had perfectly respectable hair?

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Why does the browser allow it to be taken over in the first place!>@!

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In all fairness, he had Reed Richards hair and did much worse things to dogs than whistle at them.

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OK, Trump v Clinton.

It looks like US politics has finally dissolved into fantasy, I think Trump might win.

It was nice while it lasted. Will it be slightly more satisfying to complete your descent into a fascist corporate surveillance state without suffering any illusions of hope about your elected Presidentā€™s intentions?

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Iā€™m surprised to hear this, because my dad lives there and he gets an outrageous number of auto-dialed recordings.

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boundless optimism for the long term future of our nation,

Is Turd Cruz referring to Canada or the USA?

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If youā€™ve been following his blog for the last year (as I have) most of his posts about Trump were emphasizing how unlikely it was that heā€™d be able to nab the nomination. That was my go-to source for hope until the last six weeks or so. Now Iā€™m terrified because the ā€œTrump could never beat the Democrats in a general electionā€ assurances seem much lessā€¦ assuring.

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Vote for Clinton! (That means you, Libertarian and Green party people.)

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I donā€™t get to vote, I just get to watch this shit show unfold and then deal with the consequences on the other side of the planet!

Iā€™ll be watching this election through squinted eyes with my fingers in my ears and my teeth grinding togetherā€¦

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Better hope Clinton comes up with policies and a veep to inspire Green-leaning people to vote for her rather than rely on them being scared into it.

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Ha,

Thereā€™s some scary comments there, echoed elsewhere.

Cruz for SCOTUS Cruz for SCOTUS

HAHAHA, and when Trump wins the Whitehouse while the GOP, or whatever they are, still has itā€™s dick in one half of the legislature and itā€™s fist in the otherā€¦ whoā€™s gonna give olā€™ Cruz a consolation prize? Daddy Trumpbucks & Co.

You know they will, itā€™s bad movie hilarious!

Anyone who thought Trump as Pres was a step up from Cruz as Pres. count yourself Incorrect.

This would all be much funnier if Clinton werenā€™t such a ripe target for defeat in teh general.

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Probably originating overseas. But US polling companies donā€™t want to risk the possible fines, which are a whopping $5,000 per call.

Rachael did a segment on this the other night on TRMS. Also this.

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This is simply the best news Iā€™ve heard all week.

Look- nobody should be happy about the prospect of a Trump presidency, but on its worst day, the infantile, cro-magnon garbage fire that is Trump is still less frightening than Cruz by a degree of separation so large it can only be expressed in scientific notation.

Trump is a moronic bullshitting blowhard, but Cruz is a dominionist crusader with a small army of people who believe heā€™s doing the lords work. Trump could crash the economy, but Cruz could initiate a holocaust and take pride in it.

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And lookit that turnout,

Indiana voted Obama in the last election, but that was an anomaly. Clinton wonā€™t get that state.

Question I donā€™t feel like googling, does anyone hear who Cruz is throwing his supporters to? Not that it matters, Cruz supporters arenā€™t swing voters, like, at all.

I lost a lot of respect for him when he really seemed to phone it in during the last football World Cup. I just canā€™t tell when he knows what he is talking about and when he is relying on his brand and confidently pulling things out of his ass.

Well, thereā€™s always ā€œTrump to Fiorino: Youā€™re Fired!ā€, but that is probably premature until Trump has chosen a running mate. Maybe he wants CF to sing to his children on the campaign trail.

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Iā€™d vote for getting an ā€œanal dipā€ (whatever that may be) from Mr. Punt well before Iā€™d ever consider actually voting for tRump.

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IĀ“m actually scared right now.

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