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Yeah, but Cavalier George always wanted glory, even when he was held in reserve or made it to the fight when it was already over. That day, he was already there with his boys ready to go. It was as good a time as any to throw their lives away pointlessly, and Lee came to the same conclusion.

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I wonder how he's doing on the renouncing his Canadian citizenship thing.

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The Kochs are, in fact, yanking teabagger chains the other way now. Obvious results in 3, 2, 1 ...

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It's less funny when it's your own country being run by hapless morons.

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True, in the sense that he's a long-term project.

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He <a href="http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/19\/ted-cruz-at-princeton-creepy-sometimes-well-liked-and-exactly-the-same.html" target="_blank">got those awards</a> already.

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He's right up there with Griftzilla -- and got there just about as quickly, too.

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Heh. Not even the Lord works <i>that</i> mysteriously.

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Well since he couldn't shut it oot he should just shut his snoot and get on the next boot and go home. But I doot he will..

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Noooo . . . we need him for the GOP primary in 2016. At least, Jon Stewart does.

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You mean "renoonce" perhaps?

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Well, I grew up in Wisconsin, so I probably pronoonce it like that.

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The "best" part of this whole saga? Ted Cruz is now the de facto leader of the Republican Party.

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I recall it from Cornelius Ryan's \"The Last Battle\". Perhaps I'm misremembering.

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Sideways. On Wonkette, it's always sideways.

Or would be, if we were allowed to comment.

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