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Fox News created an entire debate just to shyt on Trumps business record. Rubio brought up Trump University. Megyn Kelly brought fukk court documents to the damn debate. Let's be cereal my guy.
Fox News created an entire debate just to shyt on Trumps business record. Rubio brought up Trump University. Megyn Kelly brought fukk court documents to the damn debate. Let's be cereal my guy.
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Ted Cruz Can't Even Accomplish a Decent Hug on Indiana Primary Night
By Christina Cauterucci
Ted Cruz hugs his father, Rafael Cruz, and gives wife Heidi Cruz a noogie on May 3, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Poor Ted Cruz. He lost the Republican presidential nomination to a walking, mouth-breathing political disaster, and he can't even get a proper hug.
After dropping out of the GOP race in light of a devastating loss in the Indiana primary, Cruz pulled his father, Rafael, in for a three-way embrace with Cruz's wife, Heidi. It became painfully clear that they had never rehearsed this kind of complex arm-and-torso situation before.
Heidi has endured the worst this election season has had to offer. She soldiered on when the Trump campaign attacked her appearance and mental health. And it's all culminated in a final stroke of indignity: a fist and an elbow to the face, on national television, as her husband admits defeat.
Cruz's awkward physicality, which recently busted what should have been a convincing victory pose with then–running mate Carly Fiorina, was a sore spotthroughout his campaign. It feels right that Cruz's run ended not with a bang, but with a failed attempt at intimacy.
Christina Cauterucci is a Slate staff writer.
Ted Cruz Can't Even Accomplish a Decent Hug on Indiana Primary Night
By Christina Cauterucci
Ted Cruz hugs his father, Rafael Cruz, and gives wife Heidi Cruz a noogie on May 3, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Poor Ted Cruz. He lost the Republican presidential nomination to a walking, mouth-breathing political disaster, and he can't even get a proper hug.
After dropping out of the GOP race in light of a devastating loss in the Indiana primary, Cruz pulled his father, Rafael, in for a three-way embrace with Cruz's wife, Heidi. It became painfully clear that they had never rehearsed this kind of complex arm-and-torso situation before.
Heidi has endured the worst this election season has had to offer. She soldiered on when the Trump campaign attacked her appearance and mental health. And it's all culminated in a final stroke of indignity: a fist and an elbow to the face, on national television, as her husband admits defeat.
Cruz's awkward physicality, which recently busted what should have been a convincing victory pose with then–running mate Carly Fiorina, was a sore spotthroughout his campaign. It feels right that Cruz's run ended not with a bang, but with a failed attempt at intimacy.
Christina Cauterucci is a Slate staff writer.
Ted Cruz Can't Even Accomplish a Decent Hug on Indiana Primary Night
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NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Study: Average American Can Stand Four Seconds of Ted Cruz
BY ANDY BOROWITZ
CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MORRY GASH / AP
The Borowitz Report)—In a potential stumbling block for his Presidential ambitions, a new study indicates that the average American can stand only four seconds of exposure to Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican.
The study, conducted by University of Minnesota researchers during Tuesday night’s Republican debate, required subjects to be connected to electrodes to measure their tolerance for the senator.
Within four seconds of watching Cruz, the majority of participants begged to be released from the experiment, researchers reported.
In a more encouraging finding for the senator, when the same research subjects were exposed to Cruz with his voice muted, they could tolerate him for up to six seconds, the data showed.
According to the University of Minnesota’s Davis Logsdon, who supervised the study, the results portend “significant challenges ahead” for Cruz’s campaign. “It’s hard to get your message out if, four seconds in, people just start screaming uncontrollably, as many of our participants did last night,” he said.
A campaign spokesman for Cruz, however, was unfazed by the research. “A study conducted last summer showed that people could only stand Ted for three seconds, so we’re trending in the right direction,” the spokesman said.
Study: Average American Can Stand Four Seconds of Ted Cruz - The New Yorker
Study: Average American Can Stand Four Seconds of Ted Cruz
BY ANDY BOROWITZ
CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MORRY GASH / AP
The Borowitz Report)—In a potential stumbling block for his Presidential ambitions, a new study indicates that the average American can stand only four seconds of exposure to Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican.
The study, conducted by University of Minnesota researchers during Tuesday night’s Republican debate, required subjects to be connected to electrodes to measure their tolerance for the senator.
Within four seconds of watching Cruz, the majority of participants begged to be released from the experiment, researchers reported.
In a more encouraging finding for the senator, when the same research subjects were exposed to Cruz with his voice muted, they could tolerate him for up to six seconds, the data showed.
According to the University of Minnesota’s Davis Logsdon, who supervised the study, the results portend “significant challenges ahead” for Cruz’s campaign. “It’s hard to get your message out if, four seconds in, people just start screaming uncontrollably, as many of our participants did last night,” he said.
A campaign spokesman for Cruz, however, was unfazed by the research. “A study conducted last summer showed that people could only stand Ted for three seconds, so we’re trending in the right direction,” the spokesman said.
Study: Average American Can Stand Four Seconds of Ted Cruz - The New Yorker
Here's the thing though, both sides of the political spectrum do not despise trade deals.
Progressives and labor supporters hate trade deals. Democrats who do not identify as such do not. They coudn't even tell you before this election race what the drawback of NAFTA and TPP was.
Republicans do not hate trade deals. Trade deals benefit small businesses and increase profits of multinational corporations. Only republicans who have their jobs shut down due to trade deals hate trade deals.
If you don't view the negative aspects of trade deals as nefarious, you'll never vote against someone who supports these deals.
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APRIL 6, 2015
Cruz’s Constant References to Jesus Drive Millions to Atheism
BY ANDY BOROWITZ
CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
The Borowitz Report)—The Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s constant references to Jesus Christ in his speeches and campaign ads are sparking a strong interest in atheism among millions of Americans, atheist leaders report.
Since Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) announced his candidacy two weeks ago with the words “God isn’t done with America yet,” a substantial number of Americans “have begun seriously questioning the existence of God,” said Carol Foyler, the executive director of the American Society of Atheists.
“It’s been amazing,” Foyler said. “We’re getting calls from people who are curious about atheism for the first time in their lives. And when we ask them what got them thinking about it, they all say the same thing: ‘I just heard Ted Cruz talk.’ “
Foyler said that her group often notices a surge in atheism after natural disasters or other traumatic events that rattle people’s faith, but, she added, “We’ve never seen anything like Ted Cruz.”
After Cruz aired an Easter weekend campaign ad in which he spoke of the transformative power of Christ, Foyler said, “Our phones were ringing off the hook.”
“As an atheist, I naturally don’t believe in the power of Christ to transform people,” she said. “But I definitely believe in the power of Ted Cruz to transform people into atheists.”
Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist, said that Cruz’s ability to convert millions to atheism was “nothing short of extraordinary.”
“Ted Cruz has created more atheists in two weeks than I have in decades,” Dawkins said.
Cruz’s Constant References to Jesus Drive Millions to Atheism - The New Yorker
Cruz’s Constant References to Jesus Drive Millions to Atheism
BY ANDY BOROWITZ
CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
The Borowitz Report)—The Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s constant references to Jesus Christ in his speeches and campaign ads are sparking a strong interest in atheism among millions of Americans, atheist leaders report.
Since Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) announced his candidacy two weeks ago with the words “God isn’t done with America yet,” a substantial number of Americans “have begun seriously questioning the existence of God,” said Carol Foyler, the executive director of the American Society of Atheists.
“It’s been amazing,” Foyler said. “We’re getting calls from people who are curious about atheism for the first time in their lives. And when we ask them what got them thinking about it, they all say the same thing: ‘I just heard Ted Cruz talk.’ “
Foyler said that her group often notices a surge in atheism after natural disasters or other traumatic events that rattle people’s faith, but, she added, “We’ve never seen anything like Ted Cruz.”
After Cruz aired an Easter weekend campaign ad in which he spoke of the transformative power of Christ, Foyler said, “Our phones were ringing off the hook.”
“As an atheist, I naturally don’t believe in the power of Christ to transform people,” she said. “But I definitely believe in the power of Ted Cruz to transform people into atheists.”
Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist, said that Cruz’s ability to convert millions to atheism was “nothing short of extraordinary.”
“Ted Cruz has created more atheists in two weeks than I have in decades,” Dawkins said.
Cruz’s Constant References to Jesus Drive Millions to Atheism - The New Yorker
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How Donald Trump Speaks to—and About—Minorities
Does the presumptive Republican nominee see African Americans and Hispanics as part of the American “we”?
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Celebrating his big win in Indiana—and his elevation to presumptive nominee of the Republican Party—Tuesday night, Donald Trump spoke at Trump Tower in New York City, where he delivered a promise to heal the deep fractures in his party.
“We want to bring unity to the Republican Party,” he said. “We have to bring unity. It's so much easier if we have it.”
Do Black Votes Matter to Donald Trump?
That will be a tall order. But as a general-election candidate, Trump will need to win over more than just Republicans. In his inimitable way, he pledged to bring together the rest of the nation as well.
“We're going to bring back our jobs, and we're going to save our jobs, and people are going to have great jobs again, and this country, which is very, very divided in so many different ways, is going to become one beautiful loving country, and we're going to love each other, we're going to cherish each other and take care of each other, and we're going to have great economic development and we're not going to let other countries take it away from us, because that's what's been happening for far too many years and we're not going to do it anymore,” he said. (That’s a single sentence, if you’re keeping track at home.)
Trump faces significant obstacles to achieving that unity, particular with blocs that are not white men. Seven in 10 women view him unfavorably. It’s even worse with minorities. A recent Gallup poll found that 77 of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably. A Washington Post poll pegged that number at eight in 10, seven of them “very unfavorable.” An NBC News/Survey Monkey poll found an astonishing 86 percent of African Americans had a negative view of Trump.
One reason for those atrocious ratings is the way Trump speaks to and about minorities, which was on display during his victory speech Tuesday.
“We're going to have great relationships with the Hispanics,” he said. “The Hispanics have been so incredible to me. They want jobs. Everybody wants jobs. The African Americans want jobs. If you look at what's going on, they want jobs.”
Part of Trump’s rhetorical power is his supercharged used of “we,” a method that persuades people across the country that they are part of a larger movement, and somehow share with Trump his aura of wealthy and luxury. (It’s the same technique he’s used to sell real estate for years.) In the midst of his spiel about all the ways “we” would make America great again, Trump tossed in this passage about minorities.
His phrasing is telling. First, it suggests that for Trump, blacks and Hispanics aren’t part of “we”—“they” constitute separate groups. Perhaps that’s an accidental, unthinking division, but subconscious racial division is no less dangerous. Second, it shows him assuming that minority concerns can be reduced to economics. That view is perhaps unsurprising for a man who has spent his career trying to accumulate wealth, but it is a two-dimensional view of black and Hispanic Americans.
The fact that his policies simply don’t line up with what most African Americans want in a president is one reason his numbers with black voters are so bad. Another factor is a presidential campaign driven in large parts by divisive appeals to racism and bigotry against Hispanics, Muslims, and other groups. Trump also has a long history of racially charged incidents, from alleged tenant discrimination to his strident reaction to the Central Park Five.
The entertainer has long spoken about minority groups with the outdated formulation involving a definite article: “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks,” he said in 2011, using language that undermined his claim. He’s said similar things about “the Hispanics.”
Changing the way Trump speaks about African Americans and Hispanics won’t solve his problems with those groups, but if he wishes to unify the country, beginning to speak about them as though they are part of the American populace would be a good place to start.
The Republican Front-Runner and 'The Hispanics'
Does the presumptive Republican nominee see African Americans and Hispanics as part of the American “we”?
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Celebrating his big win in Indiana—and his elevation to presumptive nominee of the Republican Party—Tuesday night, Donald Trump spoke at Trump Tower in New York City, where he delivered a promise to heal the deep fractures in his party.
“We want to bring unity to the Republican Party,” he said. “We have to bring unity. It's so much easier if we have it.”
Do Black Votes Matter to Donald Trump?
That will be a tall order. But as a general-election candidate, Trump will need to win over more than just Republicans. In his inimitable way, he pledged to bring together the rest of the nation as well.
“We're going to bring back our jobs, and we're going to save our jobs, and people are going to have great jobs again, and this country, which is very, very divided in so many different ways, is going to become one beautiful loving country, and we're going to love each other, we're going to cherish each other and take care of each other, and we're going to have great economic development and we're not going to let other countries take it away from us, because that's what's been happening for far too many years and we're not going to do it anymore,” he said. (That’s a single sentence, if you’re keeping track at home.)
Trump faces significant obstacles to achieving that unity, particular with blocs that are not white men. Seven in 10 women view him unfavorably. It’s even worse with minorities. A recent Gallup poll found that 77 of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably. A Washington Post poll pegged that number at eight in 10, seven of them “very unfavorable.” An NBC News/Survey Monkey poll found an astonishing 86 percent of African Americans had a negative view of Trump.
One reason for those atrocious ratings is the way Trump speaks to and about minorities, which was on display during his victory speech Tuesday.
“We're going to have great relationships with the Hispanics,” he said. “The Hispanics have been so incredible to me. They want jobs. Everybody wants jobs. The African Americans want jobs. If you look at what's going on, they want jobs.”
Part of Trump’s rhetorical power is his supercharged used of “we,” a method that persuades people across the country that they are part of a larger movement, and somehow share with Trump his aura of wealthy and luxury. (It’s the same technique he’s used to sell real estate for years.) In the midst of his spiel about all the ways “we” would make America great again, Trump tossed in this passage about minorities.
His phrasing is telling. First, it suggests that for Trump, blacks and Hispanics aren’t part of “we”—“they” constitute separate groups. Perhaps that’s an accidental, unthinking division, but subconscious racial division is no less dangerous. Second, it shows him assuming that minority concerns can be reduced to economics. That view is perhaps unsurprising for a man who has spent his career trying to accumulate wealth, but it is a two-dimensional view of black and Hispanic Americans.
The fact that his policies simply don’t line up with what most African Americans want in a president is one reason his numbers with black voters are so bad. Another factor is a presidential campaign driven in large parts by divisive appeals to racism and bigotry against Hispanics, Muslims, and other groups. Trump also has a long history of racially charged incidents, from alleged tenant discrimination to his strident reaction to the Central Park Five.
The entertainer has long spoken about minority groups with the outdated formulation involving a definite article: “I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks,” he said in 2011, using language that undermined his claim. He’s said similar things about “the Hispanics.”
Changing the way Trump speaks about African Americans and Hispanics won’t solve his problems with those groups, but if he wishes to unify the country, beginning to speak about them as though they are part of the American populace would be a good place to start.
The Republican Front-Runner and 'The Hispanics'
this is the reality of democracy my friendEveryone is gung-ho about voter enthusiasm when it benefits their side of the race. Every single Independent/Progressive/Bernie supporter that has come out in support of him, and a different way of thinking about the American economy, has been told to shut the fukk up and sit at the kiddy table.
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Daily News mourns the death of the Republican Party, 'killed by epidemic of Trump'
Following Donald Trump's primary win in Indiana on Tuesday, some are already sounding the death knell for the Republican Party. Among them was the New York Daily News, which featured a mock up of the GOP's mascot, apparently dead and resting in a casket, on its Wednesday cover.
"Dearly beloved, we are gather here today to mourn the GOP, a once-great political party, killed by epidemic of Trump," the cover reads.
View the cover below:
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Daily News mourns the death of the Republican Party, 'killed by epidemic of Trump'
- Bryan Logan
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REUTERS/Lucas JacksonDonald Trump and company.
Following Donald Trump's primary win in Indiana on Tuesday, some are already sounding the death knell for the Republican Party. Among them was the New York Daily News, which featured a mock up of the GOP's mascot, apparently dead and resting in a casket, on its Wednesday cover.
"Dearly beloved, we are gather here today to mourn the GOP, a once-great political party, killed by epidemic of Trump," the cover reads.
View the cover below:
Daily News mourns the death of the Republican Party, 'killed by epidemic of Trump'
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And when Obeezy did that...she lost. She has a record too. She will win, but anyone expecting a blowout will be sorely dissapointed. Hillary is still making the same mistakes she did in 08. The coal comments, restrictions on abortion, etc.
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It's all about the inches
Those weren't directed at center left people. They were directed to idiots who don't care about those kind of things/The Fox News viewer.
Gingrich attacked Romney, and started to get ahead, then they stopped him by accusing him of being anti business amd sounding like a liberal. Republicans dont go afyer business records like liberals. And Trump has a lot more baggage than has been exposed.