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Rip wrote:As far as the employment goes, I wouldn't worry too much. We will need lots of military men and folks to guard and paint walls and such.
Oh, so an expansion of big government?

"Brownshirts - good jobs at good wages!"
Oh no, he will privatize most of it so we can feel good about it, like the prisons.

Good ol Christie has set a good example.

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Rip wrote:As far as the employment goes, I wouldn't worry too much. We will need lots of military men and folks to guard and paint walls and such.
I thought Mexico was supposed to do that? You mean we're going to be expected to steal jobs from poor Mexican workers?
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Rip wrote:As far as the employment goes, I wouldn't worry too much. We will need lots of military men and folks to guard and paint walls and such.
I thought Mexico was supposed to do that? You mean we're going to be expected to steal jobs from poor Mexican workers?
They are just paying for it. The Mexican government is far too corrupt to rely on them for personnel to guard. We could probably kick them a little cash to provide landfills for all the trash we will be taking out.
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Rip wrote:
Jeff V wrote:
Rip wrote:As far as the employment goes, I wouldn't worry too much. We will need lots of military men and folks to guard and paint walls and such.
I thought Mexico was supposed to do that? You mean we're going to be expected to steal jobs from poor Mexican workers?
They are just paying for it. The Mexican government is far too corrupt to rely on them for personnel to guard. We could probably kick them a little cash to provide landfills for all the trash we will be taking out.
It's estimated that by year 3, annual maintenance costs alone will cost more than the damn thing costs to build in the first place.
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It's an election cycle promise.... Make that wall last 4 years before the maintenance costs kick in, and we could have the promise of a NEW wall, paid for...., every 4 years !!
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We will pay for it by charging people to get in AND to get out. :twisted:

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Carpet_pissr wrote:
tgb wrote: Women have always had a thing for Abbott & Costello.

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Really? I get a much more McCarthian vibe from Ted than Costello...and for the gravy, both Cruz and McCarthy were both seemingly despised by almost everyone.

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OK, you win. That's both amazing and creepy. Still, I wish someone would do the Cruz>McCarthy morph.
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Elizabeth Warren ripped Cruz a new one over his self pitying fundraising letter.
Know whose health is limited? Workers w/ no paid leave who can't stay home when sick or caring for kids. @TedCruz won't support it.
Know who gets no personal time? People who work 2 min wage jobs to support their families. @TedCruz opposes giving them a raise.
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Phew. That was a bit of a beat down. That said, the fund raising letter pretty much begged for such a response.
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gbasden wrote:God, I wish Warren had run this year!
If only.
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Did I just hear audio of Ted Cruz speaking to a bunch of Hoosiers and calling it a "Basketball Ring". Because if that's the case, it's over.
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He said they're going to spike the basket ball in the net hole for the home run, just like at dear old Princeton.
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Major announcement from Cruz this afternoon. I can only imagine what it'll be.
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Smoove_B wrote:Major announcement from Cruz this afternoon. I can only imagine what it'll be.
He's agreed to costar with his female twin for another 10 grand?

"Cruzing for Cruz" is the working title, I've heard.
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Would be better if he was going to name her as VP.
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The rumor is it's going to be Carly for VP announcement. And OMG, going back to basketball rings, check out this woman's reaction. :lol:
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Enough wrote:The rumor is it's going to be Carly for VP announcement. And OMG, going back to basketball rings, check out this woman's reaction. :lol:
That is too priceless for just a simple link.
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Between Cruz, Romney, and Rubio, I think we have ample proof that aliens have infiltrated the human race.
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Eh, he's probably heard "ring" every time someone says "rim." Accents combined with lack of reading/caring/whatever does that.

"Take a different tact"
"Seven RBIs"
"Malt and harps"
"The ony reason I visit Fort Worth is for votes and ringjobs"
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LawBeefaroni wrote:Eh, he's probably heard "ring" every time someone says "rim." Accents combined with lack of reading/caring/whatever does that.

"Take a different tact"
"Seven RBIs"
"Malt and harps"
"The ony reason I visit Fort Worth is for votes and ringjobs"
And the home crew strolls out to their placements on the based ball parallelogram.
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GreenGoo wrote:
LawBeefaroni wrote:Eh, he's probably heard "ring" every time someone says "rim." Accents combined with lack of reading/caring/whatever does that.

"Take a different tact"
"Seven RBIs"
"Malt and harps"
"The ony reason I visit Fort Worth is for votes and ringjobs"
And the home crew strolls out to their placements on the based ball parallelogram.
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Enough wrote:The rumor is it's going to be Carly for VP announcement. And OMG, going back to basketball rings, check out this woman's reaction. :lol:
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Reuters: Carly Fiorina signs up to another doomed merger
Carly Fiorina is embarking on another doomed merger. U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz tapped the former Hewlett-Packard boss to be his running mate if he can somehow win the Republican nomination. The math, after a five-state sweep on Tuesday night by real-estate mogul Donald Trump, is about as compelling as the $25 billion takeover of Compaq that Fiorina championed some 14 years ago.

Like her disastrous corporate deal, the logic, timing and calculus of this political one are almost all wrong. Just as HP thought it would give IBM a run for its money back in 2002 by acquiring Compaq, Cruz and Fiorina reckon that together they might have a better shot at catching the front-runner. An upcoming primary ballot in California, where Fiorina lost a U.S. Senate election in 2010, represents a last-ditch hope to help Cruz, especially with women voters.

Just as the marriage of HP and Compaq was an ill-fated attempt to fight falling PC sales, this awkward campaign alliance is railing against nearly inevitable forces. The timing also gives off a similar whiff of desperation. It is too early to be choosing vice presidential candidates. The GOP convention isn’t even due to kick off in Cleveland for another three months.

Finally, the numbers simply don’t add up. After winning primary elections in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island, Trump ensured that Cruz cannot secure enough votes to earn a clean, early win to be the party’s representative. Rather, it would take a messy set of circumstances, in a so-called brokered convention where no candidate has enough delegate support on the first go-round, for the Cruz/Fiorina ticket to advance.

Fiorina may not single-handedly destroy as much value this time as she did in her last merger attempt. The failed outcome, however, is destined to be the same.
That's an awful lot of words just to set up a horrible Beavis-and-Butthead "Cruz tapped Fiorina" joke.
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Enough wrote:The rumor is it's going to be Carly for VP announcement.
If people way behind start doing that, maybe Kasich should make a VP announcement as well. As in, who he'll be the VP candidate of.
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John Boehner on Ted Cruz, yesterday:
“Lucifer in the flesh,” the former speaker said. “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”
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I honestly think that Cruz believed he was a sure bet for, at the very least, the GOP pick. Everything he did up to that point was pandering to the factions he felt were growing. Then Trump blindsided him. The guy has got to be desperate as hell right now.
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I was really expecting Cruz and Kasich to announce a joint ticket. If Trump doesn't get a first-ballot majority, Cruz/Kasich could try to justify delegates defecting to them on the basis that they are the only long-term Republicans in the race.

It's the closest thing to a plausible narrative left available. That it's not happening reflects that the people necessary to support it all hate Cruz as well.
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Holman wrote:I was really expecting Cruz and Kasich to announce a joint ticket. If Trump doesn't get a first-ballot majority, Cruz/Kasich could try to justify delegates defecting to them on the basis that they are the only long-term Republicans in the race.

It's the closest thing to a plausible narrative left available. That it's not happening reflects that the people necessary to support it all hate Cruz as well.
But I think Kasich really wants to be president. A scenario that marries him to a party pariah will take him further from that goal, not closer. If Trump fails to get the first ballot majority, other options will open up for him, some which might even have a greater than zero percent chance of success. The important thing though is to retain the image as "the sane one." He'll be back in 2020 if Hillary is failing, or 2024 if not (although at 72 he'll be at the end of his useful candidacy).
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Holman wrote:John Boehner on Ted Cruz, yesterday:
“Lucifer in the flesh,” the former speaker said. “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.”
How many delegates does hell have? Cause Cruz might have a lock on it.
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Ten people who say they loathe Ted Cruz. And three who say they don't (although they did need to include his wife and his VP pick to fill out that list of three).
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Was not listing his mom an oversight? Or does she not like him too?
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Holman wrote:I was really expecting Cruz and Kasich to announce a joint ticket. If Trump doesn't get a first-ballot majority, Cruz/Kasich could try to justify delegates defecting to them on the basis that they are the only long-term Republicans in the race.

It's the closest thing to a plausible narrative left available. That it's not happening reflects that the people necessary to support it all hate Cruz as well.
Yep, it's the same reason the collusion plan will never work. Kasich voters loath ideologue Cruz with a passion and Cruz supporters feel the same way about Kasich and his Rhino/compromise-loving ways.

Also, on an unrelated note... while typing this a spider just ran up on my keyboard and crawled somewhere under the keys.... I might be done posting for awhile. :shock:
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Finally heard one of the Cruz sponsored radio ads about the ridiculously overblown transgendered bathroom rights issue. It's such a vitriolic, homophobic piece of hate that I thought it was a parody piece at first. :roll:
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The one thing that can make me sympathize with Ted Cruz? Watching him try to debate Trump supporters.
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Captain Caveman wrote:The one thing that can make me sympathize with Ted Cruz? Watching him try to debate Trump supporters.
Well, after this I think I would at least make a favorable reference to Cruz in the House.
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Cruz: and a question that everyone here should ask....
Trump supporter: Are you Canadian?

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Cruz: and I believe the people of Indiana have the common sense, good judgment...
Trump supporter: Wooo!! Vote for Trump!! Everybody vote for Trump!!

Cruz retreats...

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