And This Is How You Know It’s Texas
A new poll released Thursday by the Texas Lyceum found Trump is leading the primary contest among registered Texas voters with 21 percent. Following in second place in Texas is Cruz with 16 percent of respondents in the poll. But if Trump were to drop out of the race before the March primary, the poll found almost 40 percent of his Texas supporters would support Cruz. Twenty-four percent of Trump’s supporters would head for former neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s camp, and the rest of his support would be divided up amongst the vast Republican field.
So, that means Texas Republicans pick the wildbutt crazy guy, the guy nobody likes or respects, or the completely insane guy, in that order.
As our friend John says, considering how well they gather nuts year round, the symbol for the Texas Republican party should be the squirrel.
That was Rick Perry’s problem all along. He was dumb instead of totally insane. Well, he is a little crazy but just not crazy enough.
The descriptions “the wildbutt crazy guy, the guy nobody likes or respects, or the completely insane guy” are not mutually exclusive and apply about equally to the entire Repub Presidential field.
Though you need to add one about ethics and corruption in order to be thorough.
1Curious. Who is the crazy guy and who is the insane guy? I think they both fit those descriptions. Ethics and corruption? Hey, this is Texas.
2I’m sorry. I just can’t leave this alone. WHY would anyone vote for Cruz or for Trump? WHY?
3Marge Wood, just to annoy the rest of the world. Talk about a good example of someone sticking around in that party, it would be Colin Powell who admits he does it just to annoy people!
4Miz JJ you have written a stated problem that likely will wind up on a standardized math test here in Texas.
If a hateful prick leads the primary contest among registered Texas voters with 21 percent. Following in second place in Texas is another hateful prick with 16 percent of respondents in the poll. But if the first hateful prick were to drop out of the race before the March primary, the poll found almost 40 percent of his Texas supporters would support the second hateful prick. If Twenty-four percent of the first hateful prick’s supporters would head for a well-known vegetable’s camp, how many normal people would be left in Texas?
Standardized answer. A handful of Democrats.
5Ed Rogers in today’s WashPost:
“Voters will want a new team and a new approach in 2016. The next president should offer a vivid contrast to our current president. So it is useful to note exactly what image President Obama has cultivated. He presents himself as cool, polished, liberal, smooth, aloof, poised and cerebral. What is the opposite of that? Well, Donald Trump.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/09/30/the-insiders-what-good-could-come-from-the-trump-effect/
6Rhea, I love that description of President Obama, especially “..poised and cerebral.” He can certainly be described as presidential.
7I am still thunderstruck by the fact that he managed to win both elections, given the amount of crazies, gerrymandering, coercion, corruption and general dishonesty of his Republican opponents and their nutjob base?
Not only Trump, but all of those Repug morons are the opposite of that.
We’ve had 7 years of complete sentences and good grammar y’all; I’m not ready to go back to the party of stupid-ever!
8Marge, viewers of FOX “News” would vote for Trump or Cruz because these viewers have no knowledge of actual issues. Or facts.
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