Mr. Cruz officially drops out

[MillCreek]

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/ted-cruz-drops-out-of-presidential-race-222763

As soon as the Indiana results came in, he ended his campaign.

[charby]

I'm going wtf with my mouth agape.

[lee n. field]

we're screwed

[Andiron]

we're screwed

Ayup.

Well *expletive deleted*ck us.

[BlueStarLizzard]

He shouldn't have made that deal with Kasich and he got screwed by Colorado (which wasn't his fault, but still) Both those things ended up making people really dislike him.

*sigh* I really don't want Trump for President. 

[charby]

we're screwed

we we're already screwed, just not getting dinner first.

[RevDisk]

Between Trump and Clinton? Yeah, we're hosed either way.

[RoadKingLarry]

Haven't really been a Trump supporter. I was more or less on Cruz's side based mostly on his creds as a constitutionalist but Cruz and Kasich teaming up pretty well knocked the shine off that deal for me.

If it comes down to it I'll vote for Trump more as a hell not vote for Hillary than a vote FOR trump but I still think he would be better for the country over all.

At best the country is still in an unrecoverable death spiral, Trump might be able to stretch out the glide path a little further.
On the other hand him getting elected may force the hand of the La Raza/BLM/FSA crowd to show their true colors and light the fire.

Either way I'm close to the point I don't care anymore.

[Perd Hapley]

Haven't really been a Trump supporter. I was more or less on Cruz's side based mostly on his creds as a constitutionalist but Cruz and Kasich teaming up pretty well knocked the shine off that deal for me.

I still want someone to explain how that in any way made Cruz look like a bad guy.

[makattak]

Heaven help us... we're getting the choices we deserve.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

[French G.]

At best the country is still in an unrecoverable death spiral, Trump might be able to stretch out the glide path a little further.
On the other hand him getting elected may force the hand of the La Raza/BLM/FSA crowd to show their true colors and light the fire.

Either way I'm close to the point I don't care anymore.

Might be what we need, get the silent majority to stop being silent and send the children to their rooms. Less than 5% of the population has hijacked the country because they scream the loudest.

[sumpnz]

SMOD 2016.  It will solve eliminate ALL our problems.

[Boomhauer]

Well

*expletive deleted*it.

[TommyGunn]

He shouldn't have made that deal with Kasich and he got screwed by Colorado (which wasn't his fault, but still) Both those things ended up making people really dislike him.

*sigh* I really don't want Trump for President. 

Well, then vote for Hillary.

[Perd Hapley]

I guess no one's surprised. Republicans will no longer accept a conservative Republican candidate.

Another "hold your nose and vote" election season, with all its attendant intra-conservative bickering. 

[RoadKingLarry]

At this point I'm just looking forward to the.riots at.the GOP convention. I've laid in extra stores of popcorn.

[erictank]

He shouldn't have made that deal with Kasich and he got screwed by Colorado (which wasn't his fault, but still) Both those things ended up making people really dislike him.

*sigh* I really don't want Trump for President. 

Good, because it'll be Hillary.

[freakazoid]

"Former Speaker John Boehner called Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh.”"

What?

[lee n. field]

Haven't really been a Trump supporter. I was more or less on Cruz's side based mostly on his creds as a constitutionalist but Cruz and Kasich teaming up pretty well knocked the shine off that deal for me.

If it comes down to it I'll vote for Trump more as a hell not vote for Hillary than a vote FOR trump but I still think he would be better for the country over all.

At best the country is still in an unrecoverable death spiral, Trump might be able to stretch out the glide path a little further.

I had Cruz pictured as being that speed bump on the way to the abyss.

On the other hand him getting elected may force the hand of the La Raza/BLM/FSA crowd to show their true colors and light the fire.

Either way I'm close to the point I don't care anymore.

Oh, I care.  Grandkids and all that.

[HeroHog]

• Republicans needed a swift kick in the ass for being the wimpy RHINOs they have been for the last decade or more.
• Trump is as big a flip flopping "say whatever it takes to get elected" ass as Clinton.
• If I had another VIABLE choice that wasn't Clinton or Trump I would vote for them.
• Not voting or voting for a third party candidate is just putting Clinton one step closer to the White House.
• I want to vote Libertarian so bad it hurts but see the point above.
• Last but not least, don't you want to see all those celebrities like Whoopi leave for Canada if Trump get's elected? I mean, come on, that alone will help make America great again!

[charby]

Might be what we need, get the silent majority to stop being silent and send the children to their rooms. Less than 5% of the population has hijacked the country because they scream the loudest.

Naw, they are too lazy to do anything other than bitch and moan about the results.

[Fitz]

• Republicans needed a swift kick in the ass for being the wimpy RHINOs they have been for the last decade or more.
• Trump is as big a flip flopping "say whatever it takes to get elected" ass as Comrade Klinton.
• If I had another VIABLE choice that wasn't Comrade Klinton or Trump I would vote for them.
• Not voting or voting for a third party candidate is just putting Comrade Klinton one step closer to the White House.
• I want to vote Libertarian so bad it hurts but see the point above.
• Last but not least, don't you want to see all those celebrities like Whoopi leave for Canada if Trump get's elected? I mean, come on, that alone will help make America great again!

You do realize that libertarian leaning people holding their nose is just incentive for the GOP to continue to put f *expletive deleted*faces in front of us, right?

Look where it got us with the last guy?




I'm done rewarding the Republican party with a vote they didn't earn. They can change, or they can keep losing. At this point, "stretching the glide path" is *expletive deleted*ed.

My flight instructor said that's how people stall, spin, and die.

Best to let the crash happen and recover. *expletive deleted*ck trump, and *expletive deleted*ck anyone who gives me *expletive deleted*it for "throwing my vote away"

[Scout26]

• I want to vote Libertarian so bad it hurts but see the point above.

I'm not bothered in the least.  Many folks (especially here) have advocated for dumping those of us who are considered "socially conservative" from the party.  Congrats.  You get you wish.  I too shall be pulling the "L" lever this November.   Let me know how that works out for ya....

[HeroHog]

Trust me, if there was ever an election where I was seriously on the fence about voting against the evil I want the least and making a "flip the table and trash the house vote," this is the one. I still may change my mind. I'm starting to see the 1776 solution as an option the way things are headed as it is...

[Fitz]

Trust me, if there was ever an election where I was seriously on the fence about voting against the evil I want the least and making a "flip the table and trash the house vote," this is the one. I still may change my mind. I'm starting to see the 1776 solution as an option the way things are headed as it is...

A libertarian vote can make a positive change. If the libertarians are well into double digits this time around, it may cause people to re-evaluate.

Or, the GOP continues its slow decline and is replaced

Or, we pull the band aid off, and the collapse and balkanization just goes ahead and happens, without the agonizing slow sink