Ted Cruz Pulls Down Pants, ***** All Over Mike Pence’s Big Night
(some of the comments, particularly the family dinner one by ilgattomorte, are a delight)
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Ted Cruz Pulls Down Pants, Farts All Over Mike Pence’s Big Night
So THAT happened. Ted Cruz came out Wednesday night and gave the GOP convention a good old conservative fire-and-brimstone speech about freedom and stuff, and while it started off with a nice conciliatory gesture, congratulating Donald Trump for winning the nomination, nobody’s going to be talking too much about what Cruz said in his speech. They’ll be talking about what he didn’t say, which was any hint of an endorsement of Trump. He was booed off the stage as he urged Republicans to “vote your conscience” — not necessarily for the party’s nominee. Way to go, Ted Cruz! And way to go, Donald Trump, for giving Ted Cruz a keynote speaking slot, never suspecting he would go up there and be Ted Cruz.
As the Atlantic notes, even Cruz’s congratulations to Trump on the nomination was a barb: “I want to congratulate Donald Trump on winning the nomination last night,” pointedly calling attention to the last minute attempts to replace Trump with anyone else, except perhaps for Hillary Clinton. And the rest of the speech was full of lines that were as much jabs at Trump as they were good old Republican red meat, like “I want to see the principles our party believes prevail in November.” Not necessarily the guy we ended up nominating.
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As hundreds of delegates chanted “Vote for Trump!” and “Say it!” Mr. Cruz tried to dismiss the outburst as “enthusiasm of the New York delegation” — only to have Mr. Trump himself suddenly appear in the back of the convention hall. Virtually every head in the room seemed to turn from Mr. Cruz to Mr. Trump, who was stone-faced and clearly angry as he egged on delegates by pumping his fist.
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Oh, and also, Mike Pence gave a speech accepting the vice-presidential nomination. Nobody seems to have noticed, because everyone’s looking at the Republicans s******* on each other. In the most principled possible way. But as people are saying on the teevee, it could be that Cruz just brought the party together, in hating Ted Cruz.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/604451/ted-cruz-moons-republican-convention-burns-down-party-unity#VvxFKPjDW4tjsx7O.99
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"I'm thinking that at the beginning of Trump's speech, Cruz, Kasich, and Graham will be lowered, bound and gagged, and the one of Trump's sons will come out, kneel, and offer his dad a gold-plated Luger."