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I-O-Wah? ā¦lol!
Wondering how much of Trumpās lack of leading the polling in Iowa is entirely due to calling Iowa stupid?
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Ted Cruz earns 24% support when likely caucusgoers are asked who they will support in the
Republican contest. This marks a clear lead over Donald Trump (19%), Marco Rubio (17%), and Ben Carson 13%). Jeb Bush stands at 6% and Rand Paul is at 4%, while Carly Fiorina and John Kasich earn 3% each. None of the other six candidates tested in the poll draws more than 2% support.
JEB? 6% !
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Fabulous. Iowa will maintain its status of top wanker state after all. Kudos!
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We saw this last time. Every platitude-spouting dipshit will rise to the top at one point or another.
Today is Raphaelās turn.
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Aw fuck.
This is part of my nightmare. That Cruz wins Iowa (ordinarily no big dealāevangelicals always win Iowa in GOP primaries), but heās also closing in on Trump in NH. If he wins BOTH, he will have a nice tailwind, and might be unstoppable in this ultra-crazy primary.
Then, if he reaches the general, the mainstream media will not portray him as the hard-right radical he really is. Theyāll act as if heās a perfectly reasonable candidate. (The whole false equivalency thing.) Shit, his crazy wonāt even be mentioned.
Itās like Romneyās religion. Not one journalist asked Romney about how his religion considers black people āloathsomeā, and that they were made to be loathsome precisely so that whites wouldnāt want to fuck them. Considering he was running against a man who was the product of a white person fucking a black one, Iād say thatās a pretty pertinent topic.
But nope.
Ted Cruz shutting down government? Wonāt be mentioned.
Cruz HATING the government, yet still, inexplicably, wanting to be the leader of it? No mention of that, either.
All of the horrible things he has said and done? Nothing.
He will be the equivalent to Hillary Clinton.
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5 point lead on a poll with 4.8% error; Iāll wait until Feb.
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yeahā¦ nominate a TRUE āconservativeā threatening to bomb the crap out of our enemiesā¦
Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice
anyone remember how well that worked out for Barry Goldwater?
40 percent of Iowa Republican caucusgoers feel certain theyāve been probed by aliens.
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That doesnāt smell like tailwindā¦
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Last time, didnāt everyone win Iowa? Isnāt Iowa like the āParticipation Ribbonā of primary/caucus states?
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As Iowa goes so goes Mike Huckabee (or something).
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Iowa: Tthe Cradle of Hogs
Trump better hurry up and call Iowans stupid (or something stronger) once more.
Agreed, there is nothing to rejoice over. Cruz is not Trump ā he will disguise himself to appear reasonable and the media will play along. I donāt even want a remote chance this vile pig could be elected president. I hope oppo research is digging up some potent stuff. Use is now before he gets any foothold and the evangelicals āforgiveā him.
Iām glad not one journalist asked Romney about that. Romneyās father fought for inclusion of black folks as whole personās in the Mormon faith, and he won. I wouldnāt have wanted Romney held responsible for the batshittery of a religion he was born into anymore than itās fair to blame all Muslims for the actions of some Muslims.
Frankly, this poll makes a whole lot of sense to me. Ted Cruz is really the perfect candidate for Iowa. He might even be the perfect candidate for the Republican Party. He has all the bombast, offensiveness, sheer greasiness, dishonesty, and is as generally disgusting as Trump. He just wraps his hateful rhetoric in flowery words and patriotism. But even more than Trump, there is something so unsettling, so unappealing, so incredibly viscerally loathsome about Cruz, the way he talks, his gestures, his voice, etc. He is the candidate I worry about the least, and heās also the candidate most suited for the most rabid of the Republican base.
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Pretty much as Cruz has planned and executed accordingly. So, not surprising. But itās horrifying.
The guy is no stupid. He is therefore dangerous.
You really ought to watch the most recent episode of The Daily Show. I think the reason itās taken so long for Cruz to rise in the polls is because despite the fact that heās pretty much been exactly the Senator the Republican base wants, despite the fact that heās able to check off every last box, they still havenāt taken to him. I think thatās because even they donāt like him.
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Well, what can one say, but ā¦Praise JUH----EEEEEEEEEEEE----ZUS-----UH!
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