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Open Thread: Rooting for Injuries?

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I frankly suspect this “rally” will never happen — the Trump and Cruz camps will never be able to agree on top billing, dais placement, who gets to bloviate first, etc. But I doubt it’s only Democrats gleefully imagining the Clash of the Titanic Egos…

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  5. 5.

    gocart mozart

    Cruz is Trumps (right)wingman. Right now it is in both their interests to form an alliance but if things change . . . think Hitler/Stalin Pact.

  6. 6.

    Marvel

    It’s hard to imagine Mr. Trump sharing the spotlight with anyone. That said, whenever I see or hear of him, I only ever think of his obvious Doppelganger…

    imgur.com/6pvWFh4

  7. 7.

    NCSteve

    Oh, it’ll happen. Cruz is brow nosing for Trump’s endorsement on the day Trump decides running for president for real isn’t fun anymore. And if that day comes, Cruz will definitely get it if he avoids pricking the giant prick’s prickly ego until then.

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    @Mike J: Why didn’t they say so? If it’s on his hat, that changes everything!!! VICTORY!!!

    P.S. On the previous (dead) thread, I suggested that you tweet Cole, tell him about the website, and offer to help. I will personally pass the BJ hat to pay you. :-)

  10. 10.

    Marvel

    It’s hard to imagine Mr. Trump sharing the spotlight with anyone. That said, whenever I see or hear of him, I only ever think of his obvious Doppelganger…

    imgur.com/6pvWFh4

  11. 11.

    Arm The Homeless

    In an alternate universe, I imagine T-Rump taking undercover video of Cruz bad-mouthing the rubes, to be released a few days before the convention.

    But we already had our 47% video, so this may be asking too much.

  18. 18.

    MomSense

    Someone here a couple weeks (month?) ago suggested that Trump pick Charlie Sheen for his running mate. #WINNING

    Well today Charlie Sheen tweeted to Trump that he wants to be his running mate. What other devious plots can we launch from here?

  19. 19.

    cckids

    @Marvel:

    It’s hard to imagine Mr. Trump sharing the spotlight with anyone. That said, whenever I see or hear of him, I only ever think of his obvious Doppelganger…

    When I see Trump, I hear DeNiro as Capone. The way he talks with his hands, the temper, the grandiosity, the bald-faced lies . . . very, very similar.

  21. 21.

    Elizabelle

    @lamh36: So don’t keep us jackasses in suspense:

    Did you get to see PBO today, or his motorcade, or anything?

    Although hanging with Miss Zoe is way cool too.

  22. 22.

    JPL

    Has anyone asked Trump what he doesn’t like about the Iran deal?
    I’m sure the answer will be all of it Katie.

  23. 23.

    Amir Khalid

    @MomSense:
    OMG. Charlie Sheen lurks here?

    On a somewhat more serious note, Martin and other members of the Estevez family might want to consider an intervention. Associating with the likes of Donald Trump can’t be good for Charlie’s not-exactly-robust mental health.

  27. 27.

    JGabriel

    Politico via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Though they’re rivals on the campaign trail, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are teaming up for a joint attack on President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

    Oh noez! The President is going to be attacked by Republicans!

    How will the President ever survive an onslaught of the combined intellectual firepower of Ted Cruz and The Donald?

  29. 29.

    lamh36

    @Iowa Old Lady: Mahnn…naw. I missed him. He did tour a neighborhood that is LITERALLY 5 mins from my job, but he didn’t come to “New Charity”(as some of us call it).

    Funny enough, at least 3 times now I’ve been in the same city as either POTUS or FLOTUS and just never could make it to the area..

    le sigh…

  31. 31.

    JGabriel

    @MomSense:

    Well today Charlie Sheen tweeted to Trump that he wants to be his running mate. What other devious plots can we launch from here?

    We could try to get Trump to say something really racist – but the problem is, I can’t think of anything really racist Trump hasn’t already said.

  32. 32.

    ThresherK

    @JGabriel: It’s like she’s facing the combined powers of Superboy and Aqualad.

    I don’t see even a Robin the Boy Wonder in that pack.

  34. 34.

    jl

    I don’t know how the Trump fan base thinks. But I find it odd that Cruz is explaining to the media his clever plan to ape Trump on policy until the time is right and then start pointing out their differences. That strikes me as an odd strategy for a conniving, trimming, disingenuous sleazebag to use to attract people who support a genuine, blunt, straight talking and straightforward sleazebag. But I am not a genius and World Historical Figure like Ted Cruz.

    Cruz is also back the pack with the likes Bush, Walker and Rubio, so will need to get most of the Trump supporters to put him out in front.

  41. 41.

    jl

    @Baud: Ambassador to the rest of the world. We will only need one. All those other little countries are getting uppity having a whole ambassador all to themselves. Trump will give them just some face time with one that roams the world, and they will know that he means business and will drive a hard bargain. But, she needs to be hot, and of course, very classy and totally excellent.

  45. 45.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Baud: I sat across the aisle from Miss America 2000 on a flight back from Hawaii. She was mighty cute, I think the first Asian Miss America.

  48. 48.

    Amir Khalid

    Having The Donald and Ted Cruz so close together is putting too much right-wing creepiness in one place. I shudder to think of the consequences.

  50. 50.

    mdblanche

    @Wag: If Trump or anybody else picks out Cruz as their veep, they’d better pick out a food taster too.

  51. 51.

    Anne Laurie

    @jl:

    I find it odd that Cruz is explaining to the media his clever plan to ape Trump on policy until the time is right and then start pointing out their differences. That strikes me as an odd strategy for a conniving, trimming, disingenuous sleazebag to use to attract people who support a genuine, blunt, straight talking and straightforward sleazebag.

    It’s the strateegery of a guy who was the WORLD’S GREATEST COLLEGE DEBATE TEAM STAR EVER, and who never got over that formative period. Debate rules aren’t about your actual beliefs, they’re about scoring every point, no matter what the logic-chopping and mid-rally reversals required.

    (It’s also part of the standard diagnosis for Narsissistic Personality Disorder, but I am not a doctor nor do I play one on the internet.)

  54. 54.

    jl

    @MomSense: I like ‘smarmularity’ too.
    Yesterday a commenter mentioned ‘Jebberish’.

    This GOP primary will greatly enrich the English language. I guess some good will come of it.

  57. 57.

    ms_canadada

    @lamh36: What an adorable photo. I’m waiting, as I write, for the birth of my first grandchild, as my daughter-in-law is now in labour…can hardly wait to hold my granddaughter. Hopefully, it will be soon!

  59. 59.

    MomSense

    @Baud:

    And I didn’t even tell you about my footwear. Can’t really call them shoes since they are plastic and full of holes.

  62. 62.

    Kropadope

    @efgoldman:

    Which cabinet position would the reigning Miss America be entitled to?

    Department of Vapidity.

    Hey, now, anyone who can win Miss America is probably WAY less vapid and/or shallow than Trump, Palin, or most other GOP figures.

  67. 67.

    MomSense

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    Yes (buries head in shame). In my defense, they are about 10 years old and the only things I don’t mind taking for walks in the muck at low tide. The dog discovered lobster bait tonight. Eeewww that stuff is gross. She tried to roll in it.

  68. 68.

    schrodinger's cat

    @efgoldman: Don’t worry turtle necks will be weather appropriate some time within the next couple of weeks. Birkenstocks with socks will let you pretend that it is still somewhat warm. I know Maine, I used to live there.

  69. 69.

    cckids

    @lamh36: Pres. Obama was here in Vegas earlier this week. So many times on TV, or especially in our local right-wing rag, PBO is presented as so unpopular.
    But Tues (?) night, on a rumor that his motorcade would pass a certain intersection, people started lining up 3-4 hours earlier to maybe get to see him drive by. By the time the motorcade passed, there were 200-300 people lining Sunset Road, just to see his car pass by.

    I really, really hope that history treats him as well as he deserves.

  70. 70.

    schrodinger's cat

    @Baud: Comfortable and sensible. Sexy is not a goal, being warm is! In the dead of winter when it -20F outside, one just wants to be warm, it does matter if one looks like the Michelin man.

  75. 75.

    Bill

    Mike Lee will have to work overtime to keep them both supplied with the servile flattery they expect.

  76. 76.

    boatboy_srq

    @efgoldman: Them’s fighting words… ,-)

    Interesting related item: two coworkers either own property themselves or have close relatives who do within sight of where I grew up.

  77. 77.

    Shakezula

    They should hold it on the 5th and combine it with the Southern Heritage Rally that’s slated to take place.

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