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Pariah3j wrote: I have to disagree, I think Cruz is a pretty decent choice. He kept his promise to Texas, has defended the constitution and is far from political elite - I think he understands politics and knows how to play the game, doesn't make him part of the establishment. Just MHO(my humble opinion) so chase it with a little salt if you must.

I can almost get behind Cruz. However, his recent statements on patrolling Muslim neighborhoods is one of two things:

1) Dangerously ignorant. Patrolling neighborhoods of US citizens of a specific religion runs contrary to the constitution and shoots us back to the 1940s roots of rounding up Japanese Americans. It shows a lack of basic understanding of where terrorists come from. Alienating the domestic Muslim population is going to create many more terrorists than it would ever prevent

2) Political pandering to keep up with Trump. He doesn't actually believe what he's saying, but he's willing to say it anyway for get elected. This is less offensive to me than #1, but it shows that we're doing politics as usual.

Pariah3j wrote:Trump reminds me of early Hitler. Everyone seems to dismiss it outright because they think of Hitler later in his career, but early on he was an outspoken and refreshing outsider who 'wanted to make Germany great again'.

You guys can blame Move-on, Democrats, Socialists, Progressives, whatever.. Surely these are the only misbehaving actors out there.
Tread carefully: Trump isn't that far from being the "chosen one" by the party of the conservative right. I hardly think that behaving badly is the fault of the other political side... Trump encourages the drama because he knows it gets coverage and gets ratings. He's not going to disavow the KKK, but he's not going to confirm them either - just to stir the pot, bring up the passions, and get himself more free media.

The dwindling pool of candidates, regardless of your political affiliation, certainly looks really bad to me... We've got:
1) A self-appointed Socialist.
2) A Washington elite who has either openly lied to the American people or is completely incompetent, take your pick, maybe both.
3) We've got a conservative Christian who has historically donated .86% of his income to charity and a member of the political elite.
4) And we've a billionaire who has driven his own companies to bankruptcy more times that you and I would in 5 lifetimes who has almost zero real plans to accomplish the things that he's promising.

I don't ever remember such a bad set of choices.