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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Meet The New Republican Party, Same As The Old Republican Party [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)13. I wouldn't even go THAT far. Helms, too, was a shameless pandering opprotunist, even if he *did*....
believe half the bullshit that was coming out of his mouth. Hell, so were the vast majority of the other reactionary Dixiecrats as well.
Cruz, for all his own crookery, maybe dangerous(that I would, but wouldn't be nearly as much as someone who marketed himself as the new Jesse Helms.....now THAT guy would be the IDOL of Teabaggers, Southern ones in particular.
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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
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
What a good majority of us forget that these "creatures" view the rest of us as animals.
Katashi_itto
Sep 2013
#34
Ted Cruz - another reason why the republican party will continue down the road to
WestSeattle2
Sep 2013
#38