Cruz OUT
The Texas Senator has suspended his presidential campaign…
… according to a Cruz campaign source, clearing the path for the real estate mogul to clinch the GOP nomination.
It was a remarkable turn of events in a presidential primary race that seemed destined — just weeks ago — to end in a contested convention this summer. Even in the final hours of the race in the Hoosier State, Cruz insisted he was staying in the race until June 7 — going so far as to attack his rival during a news conference as a “pathological liar” unfit for the White House.
In the end, the growing strength of Drumpf’s candidacy and Cruz’s own stumbles in the past two weeks were too much for Cruz to overcome. The Cruz, Kasich and anti-Drumpf forces had concocted elaborate plans to try to deprive Drumpf of the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the nomination outright. But those plans hinged on money and momentum. After Tuesday night, it appeared that Cruz would have neither.
Cruz, a tea party favorite, had hoped to cobble together a winning coalition by consolidating the evangelical and libertarian wings of the Republican Party while also racking up commanding wins in the South. He was ultimately unable to achieve any of those things. Exit polls on Tuesday night showed that Indiana’s evangelical voters split their votes evenly between Drumpf and Cruz. The Texas senator had the edge among late deciders, who made up a quarter of voters, but it wasn’t enough.
His withdrawal leaves Donald Drumpf an almost sure path to winning the Republican presidential nomination – and fracturing the party possibly beyond repair!
Copyright 2016 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
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William May 3rd, 2016 at 23:53
Fiorina seen leaving for home after the announcement.
Mensa Member May 3rd, 2016 at 23:54
Why should we care?
whatthe46 May 4th, 2016 at 00:01
there’s a meme attached to his post. you have to refresh to see it.
Mensa Member May 4th, 2016 at 22:56
Got it now.
With just the text, it didn’t make sense.
whatthe46 May 4th, 2016 at 23:09
normally when i see that william has posted a comment, especially when it’s something as simple as that, i refresh my page because it’s typical that he would have a meme to go with it.
William May 4th, 2016 at 00:06
Not a Wizard of Oz fan eh?
Mensa Member May 4th, 2016 at 22:55
I get it now. When I wrote that, the photo wasn’t there. Hmm.
alpacadaddy May 4th, 2016 at 02:44
… and your little dog too!
William May 3rd, 2016 at 23:59
Ted seemed very upset. He even smacked his wife around some.https://www.youtube.com/embed/lZ444y_b0Vg
StoneyCurtisll May 4th, 2016 at 16:19
Elbow to the face, Twice~!
Obewon May 4th, 2016 at 00:31
Cruz cannibalized his party to feed on donors. Meanwhile Carly facepalms off the stage and thinks she’s Vice-President!
amersham46 May 4th, 2016 at 01:17
Cruz sinks and Trump wins , Christmas comes early for every editorial cartoonist in America
fahvel May 4th, 2016 at 01:55
oh that god, such a prankster, telling the crooz and his pappy it was all theirs – and then, flopflat fkt and you all are left with the frizz headed psychopath – I wish you and world a lot of luck.
bpollen May 4th, 2016 at 02:35
Gawd told 17 that Gawd wanted them to run. 15 are out. Fiorina is out twice, and the second time was the next best thing to instantaneous in political-time. Gawd – she’s such a modne mentsh!
William May 4th, 2016 at 13:08
According to the interview it was all in fun. http://www.politicalgarbagechute.com/god-admits-telling-ted-cruz-run-president-practical-joke/
CHOCOL8MILK May 4th, 2016 at 05:17
LMAO, now GOP is extremely scared, they are reaping what they sowed with their racist/bigoted/insane rhetoric. Trump is your downfall! Hahaha!
William May 4th, 2016 at 08:54
So much for pro-life.
whatthe46 May 4th, 2016 at 09:10
i like that.
Foundryman May 4th, 2016 at 10:13
POP goes the weasel.
burqa May 4th, 2016 at 22:28
Cruz (rhymes with ‘does’) just didn’t have the chops to win. Oh sure, he had plenty of dumbass on the hustings*, but wasn’t even able to place in the top 5 of the Right Wing Dunce Contest.
Speaking of which, let’s go to the Right Wing Dunce Contest leaderboard for an update!
1) Donald Trunt
2)
3) Michele Bachmann
4) Mitt Romney
5) Nyewt Gingrich
6) greasy-haired Rand Paul
7) Ted Cruz
8) Steven King
9) Ben Carson
10) Rick Santorum
11) Sarah Palin
12) Peter King
13) Rooty Giuliani
14) Herm Cain
15) Christine O’ Donnell
16) Scott Walker
17) Louis Gohmert
18) Paul Ryan
19) Mike Huckabee
20) Joe (not the musician) Walsh
* hustings – always a gas to drop ‘hustings’
Mensa Member May 4th, 2016 at 23:02
>> Cruz just didn’t have the chops to win
I can’t fault him for not trying hard enough.
Cruz lost because he is loathsome.
He played the hell out of the conservative Evangelical card and even they didn’t buy it. And those guys are total suckers.
burqa May 5th, 2016 at 19:43
You don’t get it.
This is understandable because you are new here and a little slow on the uptake anyway.
For your benefit and that of other newer users, I shall explain.
I and my panel of undistinguished and somewhat intoxicated judges created the Right Wing Dunce Contest on this site back in 2007.
The premise is in order to secure the GOP presidential nomination, candidates have to be the biggest dunces in the field.
Every time they say something especially stupid, they go up on the RWDC leaderboard.
Most of the time the judges will move the prospective candidate up one place, but occasionally someone will come up with something spectacularly stupid and the judges will choose to advance that person further up the list.
The Right Wing Dunce Contest has never been wrong. The RWDC accurately predicted the GOP nominee in 2007 and 2012 and appears headed for a third straight accurate prediction.