tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8773464563578866601..comments2024-03-28T08:46:04.238-05:00Comments on Althouse: "That pledge [to endorse the eventual nominee] was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi, that I'm going to nonetheless come like a puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23289049190128061342016-07-22T13:38:34.882-05:002016-07-22T13:38:34.882-05:00I'd be happy to verbally tear you to shreds, b...I'd be happy to verbally tear you to shreds, but apparently you run screaming from the room now if I speak. Best to let be a sensitive soul like you. Oh, I see, I happened to reply to you on two threads running and you soiled yourself. Believe me, I didn't even consider who you were. <br /><br />But again, I address the empty air-just as before, it seems. <br /><br />You should put some ice on that.Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8112151421603747282016-07-22T11:33:27.189-05:002016-07-22T11:33:27.189-05:00You won't admit that first blood was drawn aga...<b>You won't admit that first blood was drawn against Trump.</b><br /><br />I won't just fabricate stuff? Yup. Guilty here.<br /><br /><b>His wife was the first attacked. Oh, not Cruz?</b><br /><br />Can you demonstrate it was Cruz? I've noticed that nobody has actually done it yet, but I wish you well in your efforts.<br /><br /><b> Rafael Cruz attacked Trump energetically, you don't strike back?</b><br /><br />By saying he assisted with the assassination of JFK? Nah. I would avoid the bat shit crazy route personally. If Ivanka attacked Cruz, and he called her a Times Square whore, I'd call that wrong and insane also.<br /><br /><b> And what, exactly, was he doing in photos with Oswald?</b><br /><br />So, again, you're putting forth that he was involved in the assassination.<br /><br />Do you want me to go back into Trump's history and go over the people he took photos with? It'd be a target-rich environment.<br /><br /><b>That dad of his is a sorry piece of trash. Sad, it happens. </b><br /><br />As are you. That's life.<br /><br /><b>Cruz' own family can't stand him. You see them cringe.</b><br /><br />He never tried to grab his daughter's ass nor discuss how, if things were different, he'd date her.<br /><br /><b>Cruz, like his father, is a sorry piece of trash. I used to think he could be useful. Now I don't. Who could trust him?</b><br /><br />Conservatives.<br /><br />He didn't make himself a cuckold. <br /><br />Can you make the same claim?<br /><br />The only plus of this year is, should Trump lose, I can laugh at you. It'd be a shame and horrible if Hillary won --- but you being unhappy might make up for it.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15647424585220215002016-07-22T11:13:28.085-05:002016-07-22T11:13:28.085-05:00Cite?
You won't admit that first blood was dr...Cite?<br /><br />You won't admit that first blood was drawn against Trump. His wife was the first attacked. Oh, not Cruz? Pull the other one. Rafael Cruz attacked Trump energetically, you don't strike back? And what, exactly, was he doing in photos with Oswald? Great explanation I'm sure, Ted, let's hear it-oh you quit? How sad.<br /><br />That dad of his is a sorry piece of trash. Sad, it happens. <br /><br />Cruz' own family can't stand him. You see them cringe.<br /><br />Cruz, like his father, is a sorry piece of trash. I used to think he could be useful. Now I don't. Who could trust him?<br /><br />Brando thinks that AA's stupid act is compelling and is trying to emulate it. Short answer: no, it's not. <br /><br /><br />Good, so chips, fall.Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12928548177360475492016-07-22T06:34:17.805-05:002016-07-22T06:34:17.805-05:00Trump didn't support the eventual winner of th...<b>Trump didn't support the eventual winner of the Republican primaries?</b><br /><br />He said he wasn't going to months ago.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68234793385984222582016-07-22T02:38:03.390-05:002016-07-22T02:38:03.390-05:00because of a pledge that Trump himself broke first...<i>because of a pledge that Trump himself broke first</i><br /><br />Trump didn't support the eventual winner of the Republican primaries?Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56361942305529614492016-07-22T00:55:26.399-05:002016-07-22T00:55:26.399-05:00I love the smell of seething lefties in the mornin...I love the smell of seething lefties in the morning!Jon Ericsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548597217632737704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69052235633018862272016-07-21T23:23:41.719-05:002016-07-21T23:23:41.719-05:00STILL waiting to hear an explanation of how Cruz w...STILL waiting to hear an explanation of how Cruz was obligated to endorse Trump because of a pledge that Trump himself broke first.<br /><br />Seriously. I want to hear how that works. Because logically, morally, ethically, it's a crock of ahit so deep I would have previously thought only Democrats could come up with it.<br /><br />Oh. Wait. I see.Qwinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551344511722159981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3443471695655776342016-07-21T22:04:58.432-05:002016-07-21T22:04:58.432-05:00Chuck is a jagoff whether or not he pulls his pud....Chuck is a jagoff whether or not he pulls his pud.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62459556664345813932016-07-21T20:44:36.193-05:002016-07-21T20:44:36.193-05:00Welcome to Babylon.
"And he cried mightily w...<i>Welcome to Babylon.</i><br /><br />"And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." Rev. 18:2mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72744618650609487362016-07-21T20:24:52.185-05:002016-07-21T20:24:52.185-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10228939977516204162016-07-21T20:05:54.927-05:002016-07-21T20:05:54.927-05:00"Hinges are vastly overrated."
So are d..."Hinges are vastly overrated."<br /><br />So are doors. Welcome to Babylon.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-905483813472756342016-07-21T20:00:07.271-05:002016-07-21T20:00:07.271-05:00Hinges are vastly overrated.Hinges are vastly overrated.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68996856921515217582016-07-21T19:51:04.110-05:002016-07-21T19:51:04.110-05:00"This is getting unhinged."
We are just..."This is getting unhinged."<br /><br />We are just getting started. Or rather, continuing a long slide into the abyss of unhingedness. <br /><br />Soon there will be no door at all.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6530241494112482412016-07-21T19:35:27.864-05:002016-07-21T19:35:27.864-05:00White knighting for a wife? Isn't that just b...White knighting for a wife? Isn't that just being a good spouse?<br /><br />This is getting unhinged.Bircheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045640752795693223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53362314652153245622016-07-21T19:06:31.458-05:002016-07-21T19:06:31.458-05:00He did win the White House.
LOL! I thought you m...<i>He did win the White House.</i><br /><br />LOL! I thought you meant Dukakis!mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88458370602047303852016-07-21T19:00:51.333-05:002016-07-21T19:00:51.333-05:00He did win the White House.
Twice.
And has his w...He did win the White House.<br /><br />Twice.<br /><br />And has his wife at the verge of winning it in spite of being a criminal.<br /><br />So, yeah, he did.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66816116119610010112016-07-21T18:54:29.507-05:002016-07-21T18:54:29.507-05:00He recovered
He did??<i>He recovered</i><br /><br />He did??mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13910953619551565462016-07-21T18:35:00.241-05:002016-07-21T18:35:00.241-05:00Re-watch Clinton's nomination speech of Dukaki...Re-watch Clinton's nomination speech of Dukakis in 1988. That was death on stage.<br /><br />He recovereddamikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63802960701981741842016-07-21T18:29:30.646-05:002016-07-21T18:29:30.646-05:00He was just like director Comey. He laid out the a...<b>He was just like director Comey. He laid out the argument for why we shouldn't elect Hillary and then he says, vote your conscience. Just like Comey lays out all the reasons Hillary should be indicted and then says she shouldn't be. </b><br /><br />He doesn't trust Trump. He doesn't feel that he is a conservative. So, he won't say "vote for him". He will say "Don't vote for her". Because if Trump does what a lot of people fear he will do, Cruz doesn't want to be the one to answer "Well, why did you endorse him then?"<br /><br /><b>From the perspective of making nice with the Republican Establishment, I think humiliating Cruz on prime time was worth a lot of nasty comments to the Establishment. And the non-Establishment. One hears repeatedly that his colleagues in the Senate absolutely loathe Cruz.</b><br /><br />Ironically, the base despises most of the Senate.<br /><br />McCain doesn't like Cruz? Good. McCain is shit.<br /><br />Simple question: If Trump didn't win, would he have endorsed anybody? <br /><br />Cruz didn't either.<br /><br /><b>A sell out is someone who sells out their principles for some other gain. Like say, not keeping a pledge in order to position yourself for a future presidential run. Or perhaps not keeping your pledge because you want to white knight for your wife.</b><br /><br />Like being a conservative first and foremost and endorsing somebody you view as not being conservative solely to keep yourself politically relevant in 2020 --- as if anybody will give a shit about this.<br /><br />You know who had, with little argument, the worst on-stage speech of the entire 1988 DNC? Bill Clinton. His biggest applause line began "In closing". After that, his national career was over, right? <br /><br />Nobody will remember this is in 2020. If Trump is an actual conservative, Cruz will endorse him then. If he isn't, Cruz can say "Told you so".<br /><br /><b>But now, because he is butt hurt over the election, he is trying to help Hillary win for his own self interest. </b><br /><br />He attacked Hillary more in his speech than Trump has thus far.<br /><br />In the end, people who have spent months bitching about politicians all being up for sale bitched that a politician who was not up for sale didn't get bought.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79987837355401305242016-07-21T17:59:41.048-05:002016-07-21T17:59:41.048-05:00Who will take care of us? That's the Question ...<i>Who will take care of us? That's the Question of our Age.</i><br /><br />When a nanny state 'takes care of' both Big Business and the indigent, the state tends to know what side its bread is buttered on.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14957675077733141732016-07-21T17:50:41.070-05:002016-07-21T17:50:41.070-05:00"No chance in hell."
Cruz never had a c..."No chance in hell."<br /><br />Cruz never had a chance anyway.<br /><br />The Constitution and Freedom just ain't what they used to be.<br /><br />That ain't what we're about anymore. Hence, the choices we've got. The choices we've made. <br /><br />Who will take care of us? That's the Question of our Age.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10697556212939941402016-07-21T17:49:17.617-05:002016-07-21T17:49:17.617-05:00Trump could pinch a loaf in public - and in fact h...Trump could pinch a loaf in public - and in fact he has many times - and Althouse would respond with a giant block quote from the Dilbert guy explaining why this was a brilliant communications strategy. But Cruz stands on principle and explains why, and to Alhouse that's "sanctimonious preening."<br /><br />Peculiar woman.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517206341706066753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55306147038854649862016-07-21T17:42:05.570-05:002016-07-21T17:42:05.570-05:00Well, "Cruz is angling for 2020."
No ch...<i>Well, "Cruz is angling for 2020."</i><br /><br />No chance in hell. I'd say Pence has a good shot, though.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10288296536488773822016-07-21T17:12:54.036-05:002016-07-21T17:12:54.036-05:00Pence was really the biggest story.
The more I se...<i> Pence was really the biggest story.</i><br /><br />The more I see of Pence the more I like him. <br /><br /><i> WSJ front page this morning: GOP Party Unity Cracks. </i><br /><br />Wishful thinking. Consider their track record on this campaign – wrong about everything so far. And we’re supposed to listen to them on this? When the WSJ references “party unity” they are talking about just one disunited group: NeverTrumpers. <br /><br />But the NeverTrumpers, what’s left of them, are and always were a small group and are becoming more insignificant by the hour. <br /><br />Kasich, the popular Governor of Ohio refused to attend the convention and has vilified Trump to anyone who would listen every day of the convention. But Trump is tied with Hillary in Ohio. Without spending a penny on ads. <br /><br />Despite Trump paying lip service to “party unity” for public consumption the plain truth is that Trump doesn’t need them and that’s what is really bothering them. <br /><br /><i> I thought that brand of anti-establishmentarianism was what the Trumpkins liked. </i><br /><br />As I’ve said before, I like Cruz. He has a fine legal mind. I would like him on the SCOTUS. And it is certainly true that Trump acted badly during the prior episode about the wives and the father. So I do not blame Cruz for the non-endorsement. It is understandable to this Trumpkin that Cruz would hate Trump’s guts. It is the way I would probably react. <br /><br />So I kind of feel sorry for Cruz. I think he may have hurt his political career but no matter what he did he was screwed. Might as well get his licks in.gracklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138997480493469444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84874935671580134082016-07-21T16:59:10.415-05:002016-07-21T16:59:10.415-05:00Whatever Pledge Cruz made, it became moot when Tru...Whatever Pledge Cruz made, it became moot when Trump said--after the pledges were made--the things he said. A man calls you a liar--fighting words. A man insults your woman--fighting words. A man insults your father--fighting words. Cruz said, "Fuck You!" a lot more eloquently than I would have. Cruz knew it would be political suicide. He may not even be reelected senator in Texas. Doesn't care. Principles. How strange in this society that is.<br /><br />Roll over "for the good of the party"? Many of you have been whining/bitching/threatening about the GOP establishment all damn year--forever even--and how they won't stand up for "our principles." Now they are for Trump, but that's a good thing, not a suspicious thing. Why, everyone should "support the party's candidate!" Oh, but only Trump can stand up and fight for anything, and it's ok no matter what he says about your momma's army boots, or your sister's cock sucking. He's a fighter! He wins! He tells it like it is! <br /><br />No. Apparently, he's not the only one who can say what he wants. The difference is, Cruz knew it would cost a heavy price. Trump knows he can say anything, "even kill someone in Times Square, and it won't matter with his followers." That's also how it is with Hillary. Huh! That may mean something.<br /><br />Well, "Cruz is angling for 2020." Or, "Trump knew it would work in his favor." Etc. etc. etc.<br /><br />Most of you/us are such cynics, you/we don't even know it. In fact, you think it's a virtue, a sign of intelligence. It is not. It is another in a long list of the tsunami of decadence washing over us through and through as a society. Rather than reject it, we waller in it. We LIKE it. Aren't we all so clever?<br /><br />No. We are sick.<br /><br />The Constitution. Liberty. Freedom. Whatever.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.com