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No, you obviously don't.
What does it make you when someone who doesn't 'have the slightest idea about much of anything' has more ideas about things than you?
I can stake claim to whatever I like. It's the internet after all - which is why such claims mean jackshit. Take your claims of education, for example; despite taking all those deduction and logic tests, you routinely fail to perform any such thing here. You Might be Stephen Hawking on the otherside of the keyboard, but here on this board, that means fuck all.
I once asked you, in your opinion, how often one can act foolish before he can be called a fool. 50%? 75%? By most folks' metrics, I'd say you passed into 'moron' territory a while ago.
So I'll say it straight: you are a moron. Like Ace, the entirety of your worldview that you share with us here is a regurgitation of what's heard in the conservative media. You claim 'to be a scientist of sorts', while coming to partisan conclusions without reading what you're concluding to, ignoring evidence, and claiming grossly subjective things as 'facts'. The only reason I haven't put you on ignore like Ace is that Ace is so obviously a mouthpiece, whereas you dress it up in sophistication. That dangerously gives more weight to the bullshit you shovel at us on a regular basis. But it is just that: bullshit. Consistantly, constantly, demonstratably (the above links are only notable examples; if someone needs more, a few minutes through BC's posting history will provide plenty). I think at this point though this is fairly clear to the majority here, so after this I can give it a rest.
Here's another example of you saying something stupid, speaking for the 'left' as if you had any idea what the left were thinking. Protip: you don't. Fox News takes flak because it shovels out even more bullshit than you do, so much so that entire comedy shows are devoted to demonstrating the depths of their bullshit. And they never run out of material.
Anybody who isn't blindingly partisan would look at this and spend a moment in self-reflection.
Jagger, your abilities to stay diplomatic have always impressed me, and I mean that earnestly. You're right on the money here; xfire pointed out the parallel to Sam earlier and he certainly wasn't the first (I feel like Mayhem did that ages ago), but it fits. In fact, in the same note where I'm admiring Jagger's diplomacy, Mayhem (family insults aside - those really aren't useful or helpful) has BC pegged pretty accurately.
You know why Bob never catches flak like you? Bob doesn't shovel out bullshit.
You're playing the wrong victim card here; the board isn't belittling 'conservatives', it's belittling morons who happen to be conservative. See the point about Bob above. Or revidffum.
A stupid comment, but made in response to a stupid comment on your part. Dry your tears.
Two things that might help your views survive here: originality and some applied critical thought. But then, if you applied either of those, your views would be different.
I think that's enough time spent on you. Have fun on vacation - try to find some perspective while you're out there.
Back to the OP and Ted Cruz: Govtrack.us has some interesting statistics for members of Congress and some easy links to find which bills were introduced by whom and so on - here's Sen. Cruz. Among his bills are two anti-Obamacare bills, a marriage definition bill, a bill to eliminate contribution limits for SuperPAcs, and so on. Of particular standard pro-business Republican lean is the American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014, which just looks like an open-season pass for oil industries by stripping away countless restrictions. It makes me wonder what 'conservative' means when it's obviously not applying to natural resources or the environment.
I wouldn't vote for him for any position, let alone president (not just because of the listed bills, mind - he's actually sponsered a couple I quite like, like the Operation United Assistance Tax Exclusion Act of 2014).
The same website also has an interesting "Leadership vs ideology" graph which is worth looking more into (by which I mean, the methodology).
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