Ted Cruz believes in nothing: The fundamentalist charlatan craves power above all else

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Ted Cruz believes in nothing: The fundamentalist charlatan craves power above all else

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers.com and Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/10/ted_cruz_believes_in_nothing_the_fundamentalist_charlatan_craves_power_above_all_else_partner/

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Cruz didn’t stop fighting, but when his colleagues still didn’t value him as he thought he deserved, he switched leagues and went local back in Texas. As the state’s solicitor general, he began climbing the political ladder again, eventually considering a run for Texas attorney general. And when he saw an opening on the tea party team in 2012, he used it to campaign for the US Senate, picking fights with the Washington establishment that he felt had rebuffed him, and scoring an upset victory.

Once in the Senate his goon-inspired behavior soon antagonized just about everyone, including his fellow Republicans. No one was beyond the reach of his brass knuckles, sharp elbows, and forked tongue. He fought against the Affordable Care Act (including a 21-hour rant on the Senate floor), immigration reform, Planned Parenthood — and against the Anti-Christ, Barack Obama.

Now, to win the White House, Cruz has switched to the God Squad. He is the new Chosen One. His ground game in Iowa relied on scores of fundamentalist clergy, hundreds of volunteers, and his own father, Rafael, a Texas pastor who told a Christian TV channel that his son’s race for the White House was divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit.

It is as calculated as any of his previous plays. Robert Draper, in The New York Times Magazine, did the math: “Of the 22 states that will be casting their ballots for a Republican nominee between Feb. 1 and March 5, 11 of them feature a Republican electorate that is more than 50 percent evangelical. Even more significant, the first state to vote is Iowa, roughly 60 percent of whose Republican caucus-goers describe themselves as evangelical Christians.”




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[RKP5637]

1. K&R!!! n/t

[PearliePoo2]

2. He's a Dominionist. He's an "End times" Theocracy guy.

He is batshit crazy.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the voting electorate.

[hobbit709]

3. A Nehemiah Scudder wannabe.