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"Ah yes, here is the grift, the sale, the building of the phone list he can use to solicit campaign donations, and also rent to right-wing organizations for piles of money while they turn around and beg for more money. Cool scheme."

Seriously, thanks for that explanation. It costs boatloads of money to run for any political office, and I couldn't figure out if Cruz is really that stupid or really that egomaniacal to run for an office he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. But grift makes sense.

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You must really hate that chainsaw.

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Dora the explorer? Cruz reminds me more of PeeWee, but without the charm.

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I suppose he'll buy Palin's bus, give it a quick respray...and disinfection...and hit the bagger bucks road with his father's traveling snake oil show. Expect massive doses of banjo music.

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Leota2 • 3 hours agoThey told the students there'd be food.

Followed by some comments about mandatory liberty.

But the best part is that the students would be fined if they didn't attend. Obamacare irony meter just pegged the needle.

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Mandatory is probably how they do everything at Liberty U.

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Good idea with the grub. I would say they figured would reduce stomach indigestion by feeding them AFTER the speech. Otherwise, Cruz would perform the miracle of liquefying their stomach contents with his speech....

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First you get the money. Then the power. And then you fuck the chicken.

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I thought it was missionary only at Liberty U.

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Doesn't Canada have to take Cruz back if we still have the receipt? Somebody needs to look into that.

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Using ujjayi breathing learned through years of yoga practice.

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Dear god, this country is so Fucked.

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what's going to be fun is watching the meltdown. because this motherfucker is NOT going to be a pretty loser.

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The answer seems to be: Sort of. http://www.vox.com/2015/3/2...

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