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Initech

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4. Does Ted Cruz not forget that there are only 100 senators? Idiot.

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 12:42 PM

Sep 2013

And if anything we need less crusty old racists in the senate.

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Pic Of The Moment: Meet The New Republican Party, Same As The Old Republican Party [View all] EarlG Sep 2013 OP

Watching the coverage of this on MSNBC last night just about made blood pour out of my eyes... onehandle Sep 2013 #1

wow. nt abelenkpe Sep 2013 #2

So Cruz is advocating himself out of a job? AllyCat Sep 2013 #3

Does Ted Cruz not forget that there are only 100 senators? Idiot. Initech Sep 2013 #4

You beat me to it. n/t RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #14

I'm at a loss for words. vduhr Sep 2013 #5

Disgusting Borchkins Sep 2013 #6

But they seem to have forgotten about Strom Thurmond? Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #7

No matter what pretty wrapping you put it in... DissidentVoice Sep 2013 #8

At least Helms was a racist sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #9

I wouldn't even go THAT far. Helms, too, was a shameless pandering opprotunist, even if he *did*.... AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #13

Ted Cruz knows his audience. The Base is a bunch of White People in freakout mode. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #10

Just like David Duke, David Koresh, and George Lincoln Rockwell. alfredo Sep 2013 #26

Meet the new racist heaven05 Sep 2013 #11

Helms would only want Cruz out in his tobacco field SaveAmerica Sep 2013 #12

Cruz is right we need more guys like helms- dead bigots. craigmatic Sep 2013 #15

you beat me to it. niyad Sep 2013 #27

...and that's not HALF of the nastiness that was Jesse Helms! lastlib Sep 2013 #16

I remember video of one of his campaign rallies DissidentVoice Sep 2013 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #17

They've given us a lot of good things too DissidentVoice Sep 2013 #21

Repeat after me, Ted: WHAAAT PAAAAR!!! muntrv Sep 2013 #18

What a surprise gopiscrap Sep 2013 #19

Left unchecked, dgibby Sep 2013 #20

Seems like Cruz can conjure up familiar spirits. DhhD Sep 2013 #23

100 more like Jesse Helms and The Wizard Sep 2013 #24

Helms was tied in with the Eugenicist. alfredo Sep 2013 #25

Could Ted Cruz' face be any Cha Sep 2013 #28

Ted Cruz believes he does not belong in the Senate Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #29

RW sites such as Free Republic applaud this comparison lobodons Sep 2013 #30

That is what disgusts me the most. Return to the 1930's. olegramps Sep 2013 #35

Cruz is the creeper Theoted Sep 2013 #31

Too bad there's no real hell, JimboBillyBubbaBob Sep 2013 #32

We know what Jesse Helms liked... nikto Sep 2013 #33

What a good majority of us forget that these "creatures" view the rest of us as animals. Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #34

Ted Cruz, the purest conservative in the U.S.A. today, Todays_Illusion Sep 2013 #36

Yet another reason why this Canadian will never be President. dballance Sep 2013 #37

Ted Cruz - another reason why the republican party will continue down the road to WestSeattle2 Sep 2013 #38

Or the leader of a new Civil War. ErikJ Sep 2013 #39