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Old 04-25-2015, 10:38 PM
 
Location: Aztlan
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That was so full of incoherent nonsense I'm not sure how to respond other than to point out that both parties with only one exception have always nominated white men.
Does that mean that if the GOP had nominated a black man in 2008 or 2012 that you would have voted for him?
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Old 04-25-2015, 11:07 PM
 
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The only reason I can guess at for this phenomenon is that it is supposed to underscore his Hispanic heritage,
And yet even Texas Hispanics scorned him overwhelmingly (65%-35%) when he ran for Senate.
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:27 AM
 
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The first clue is that the multitudes of left wing bloggers, posters, and trolls have taken to referring to Ted Cruz as "Rafael." He has self-ID'ed as Ted for years, and I learned at an early age that one way to show respect towards others is to call them by the name they prefer. When a new employee comes on board where I work, I always ask them what they 'go by.'

The only reason I can guess at for this phenomenon is that it is supposed to underscore his Hispanic heritage, It would seem that the last name of 'Cruz' would be a tipoff that Ted Cruz is Hispanic, but who knows what goes on inside he brain of a liberal....

Ted Cruz graduated from Harvard Law School and was named by liberal prof Alan Dershowitz as one of his brightest students ever.
Liberal Prof Dershowitz: Cruz was “Off the Charts Brilliant”

He is clearly a serious person and serious candidate for 2016, yet he is getting great grief from the left. Is it due to his ethnicity? Are they that violently opposed to a first Hispanic President? I don't really know, but no other theory seems to fit the facts.
My God I knew this would happen. I knew that if LIBERALS didn't fully suppport FAR RIGHT CONSERVATIVE Ted Cruz, that people on the right would very stupidly say it was because of racism. Now I'm not going to try to explain to you why a liberal wouldn't support a FAR RIGHT CONSERVATIVE because if you're that dense than it's just hopeless
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:29 AM
 
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The first clue is that the multitudes of left wing bloggers, posters, and trolls have taken to referring to Ted Cruz as "Rafael." He has self-ID'ed as Ted for years, and I learned at an early age that one way to show respect towards others is to call them by the name they prefer. When a new employee comes on board where I work, I always ask them what they 'go by.'

The only reason I can guess at for this phenomenon is that it is supposed to underscore his Hispanic heritage, It would seem that the last name of 'Cruz' would be a tipoff that Ted Cruz is Hispanic, but who knows what goes on inside he brain of a liberal....

Ted Cruz graduated from Harvard Law School and was named by liberal prof Alan Dershowitz as one of his brightest students ever.
Liberal Prof Dershowitz: Cruz was “Off the Charts Brilliant”

He is clearly a serious person and serious candidate for 2016, yet he is getting great grief from the left. Is it due to his ethnicity? Are they that violently opposed to a first Hispanic President? I don't really know, but no other theory seems to fit the facts.
Ok, I'll try. Did you consider the theory that WE'RE DEMOCRATS AND HE'S A REPUBLICAN. WE'RE LIBERALS AND HE'S A CONSERVATIVE?
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:31 AM
 
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What the hell is next? Are we racist because we don't support Allen West and Herman Cain? Or maybe you can babble about how sexist it is of us to not support Ann Coulter or Sarah Palin
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:35 AM
 
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The Dems want the first Hispanic president to be one of there own. They attack the man because they are afraid that he may win. There fears are justified.

No, we attack because it is an election and that is what you ****ing do in an election. YOU ATTACK!

What the hell do you think we're going to do? Suppport him? Are you going to support Hillary like you ****ing expect us to support Ted Ctuz?
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:36 AM
 
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Marco Rubio is polling higher right now; there's another Hispanic target for them. How DARE they leave the Dem plantation!
Playing the race card again I see
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:37 AM
 
Location: Aztlan
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Ok, I'll try. Did you consider the theory that WE'RE DEMOCRATS AND HE'S A REPUBLICAN. WE'RE LIBERALS AND HE'S A CONSERVATIVE?
Did you ever consider that the reason why GOP members oppose Obama is because THEY ARE REPUBLICANS AND HE IS A DEMOCRAT? THEY ARE CONSERVATIVES AND HE IS A LIBERAL?
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:38 AM
 
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Most of the news stories or opinion pieces I've seen referring to "Rafael" Cruz are regarding his father named----Rafael Cruz.

Can you provide examples of where you're seeing the younger Ted Cruz being referred to as "Rafael"?
Even if he did have any examples so what? After almost 8 years of Barack being called "Barry" they have absolutely no right to complain
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Old 04-26-2015, 12:39 AM
 
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No, we attack because it is an election and that is what you ****ing do in an election. YOU ATTACK!

What the hell do you think we're going to do? Suppport him? Are you going to support Hillary like you ****ing expect us to support Ted Ctuz?
I won't support either Hillary or Cruz. I don't like either major party.
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