Please not it wasn't me who went contrarian :lol:
I sit out of abortion discussions because I don't know where I sit on it.

In response to 433's comment about there being no-one to back because they are backed by bigoted corporations, I suppose you back people the same as you do here... It's just about voting on people who view important issues the same way as you (even if every vote is guilt edged).

Ted Cruz to announce US presidential tilt

Date March 22, 2015 - 9:56PM

United States Senator and Tea Party favourite Ted Cruz is expected to confirm plans to run for president in 2016, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The Texas Republican will announce his presidential bid - as opposed to forming a preliminary exploratory committee - on Monday at Liberty University in Virginia, according to senior advisers speaking to the newspaper.

Mr Cruz, 44, will be the first Republican to officially confirm plans to run in the next presidential election, though others, including Jeb Bush, have signalled they could join the race.

The advisers told the newspaper that Mr Cruz will aim to raise between $US40 million and $US50 million ($A52.44 million and $A65.55 million) for his campaign, and will rely on support from his Tea Party base that voted him in as senator in 2012.

The grassroots Tea Party favourite will run as a proud conservative and is eager to court voters that share his values, the advisers said.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month, Mr Cruz told the crowd that "2016 looks like it's going to be a crowded race".

Republican Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio have also hinted at their own White House interests.

Mr Cruz has raised hackles in his own party in recent years when he helped push the US government into shutdown over budget fights, and for opposing Republican leadership on a series of issues.

He is an outspoken critic of Barack Obama's administration and its allies, and has already lashed out at potential presidential competitors from the Democratic party, including Hillary Clinton, who he said "embodies the corruption of Washington".

On his website, Mr Cruz is described as "a passionate fighter for limited government, economic growth and the constitution".

AFP
http://www.theage.com.au/world/ted-cruz-to-announce-us-presidential-tilt-20150322-1m5635.html

The media is really pushing this Bush/Clinton thing hard. It's very telling.

My dream election would be Paul/Warren, the only two candidates with a shred of integrity.

If we end up with Bush/Clinton you'll probably see one of lowest voter turnouts in history.

Bush vs Clinton would alienate voters even more and entrench the idea in America that voting is pointless. America needs new ideas and a new direction from both the left and the right, not these political dynasty's trying to clutch onto power.

And God help us if the Tea Party get into the White House.

Prolly start pressing the red button on ISIS lol.

-PB

Ted Cruz even looks like a fuckwit

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

-PB

And Russia.

Personally I'm backing Francis Underwood. ;)

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Ted Cruz wants to:

Triple US border control
Cut budget funding except of course in defence
Send ground troops to fight Islamic state.
Abolish the IRS
bring in a flat tax rate
Abolish abortions
Ban judges from overriding bans on gay marriage

Also, he says humans have nothing to do with climate change.

Should be lots of fun then.

Pick your ideal US presidential candidate. Check this out.

http://www.selectsmart.com/president/

So your typical Tea Party nutcase :lol:

-PB

Triple border protection? Guy was born In canada and is of latino hertiage

He's also that strange breed of politician who smoked weed when he was younger but "didn't inhale"

90% match with Bernie sanders, 3% match with Ted cruz :lol:

He is right up their alley.

Not even the yanks are that retarded

My ideal candidate results:

Hillary Clinton (85%)
Joe Biden (81%)
Andrew Cuomo (79%)
Bernie Sanders (79%)
Martin O'Malley (76%)
Mitt Romney (33%)
Rob Portman (32%)
Chris Christie (31%)
Bobby Jindal (31%)
John Kasich (31%)
Mitch Daniels (26%)
Jeb Bush (20%)   
Mike Pence (20%)
Rick Perry (20%)
Marco Rubio (20%)
Paul Ryan (20%)
John Thune (20%)
Scott Walker (20%)
Rick Santorum (20%)
Sarah Palin (20%)
Mike Huckabee (20%)
Rand Paul (16%)
Ted Cruz (7%)

:lol: So seems Ted Cruz's advisors forgot to buy the tedcruz.com domain so now when you go to that address you get this

Biden :lol:

pv4 you creepa :lol:

-PB

Can honestly say before I saw this thread, I had zero interest in the election. I haven't even bothered to dig deep enough to find out what each of the candidates that I apparently support, stand for. I'm just happy that the crazy dude is dead last :lol:

Donald Trump is the latest to join the clown car that is the Republican Party primary election
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American politics is always funny.

-PB

Bernie Sanders (67%)
Hillary Clinton (54%)
Martin O'Malley (54%)
Joe Biden (52%)
Chris Christie (52%)
Lincoln Chafee (50%)   
John Kasich (45%)
Jeb Bush (44%)
Rand Paul (43%)
George Pataki (42%)
Ben Carson (38%)
Bobby Jindal (37%)
Mitch Daniels (34%)
Mike Pence (32%)
Marco Rubio (32%)
Rick Santorum (32%)
Mike Huckabee (32%)
Carly Fiorina (31%)
Rick Perry (31%)
Lindsey Graham (30%)
Ted Cruz (30%)
Scott Walker (30%)
Jim Webb (27%)

Jim Webb (76%)
Hillary Clinton (72%)
Joe Biden (68%)
Bernie Sanders (62%)
Lincoln Chafee (57%)
George Pataki (52%)
Mitch Daniels (47%)
Jeb Bush (44%)
Rick Santorum (42%)
Bobby Jindal (41%)
Martin O'Malley (41%)
John Kasich (41%)
Rick Perry (38%)
Marco Rubio (38%)
Chris Christie (37%)
Mike Huckabee (37%)
Ben Carson (36%)
Lindsey Graham (34%)
Scott Walker (29%)
Carly Fiorina (27%)
Ted Cruz (22%)
Rand Paul (17%)

Bernie Sanders (94%)
Joe Biden (75%)
Hillary Clinton (69%)
Martin O'Malley (66%)
Lincoln Chafee (62%)
Jim Webb (57%)
George Pataki (45%)
Chris Christie (20%)
John Kasich (19%)
Rand Paul (15%)
Ben Carson (14%)
Rick Perry (12%)
Lindsey Graham (11%)
Rick Santorum (10%)
Mitch Daniels (10%)
Jeb Bush (7%)
Marco Rubio (6%)
Mike Pence (6%)
Bobby Jindal (6%)
Carly Fiorina (5%)
Ted Cruz (5%)
Scott Walker (5%)
Mike Huckabee (5%)

Fuck donald trump:lol: im have money :lol: and if jeb bush gets the nod to be the republican party candiate then all hope is lost didnt they learn from george 1 and 2

I dont see the problem with that, but if you want to believe in fairy-tales its your prerogative, just dont expect to be able to enforce your cultish belief systems on others

we're running for president too!