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one day maybe we can be those guys who reach out to the people
it went something like 75-25 Trump, but the incumbent seemed to be pretty connected to her district to manage to make it 50-50 with people voting downballot
it's you're going to argue that the state legislative flips mean nothing, then you would have to also say that it meant nothing when Obama lost 1000s of seats as well
it meant something because it was 1000s of seats over the course of a long period of time
whereas the GOP has been losing these special elections in legislatures where they already have such a large majority, it isn't worth caring about until the big day in November
we'll need to light a match under the R voters
ideal candidates:
1.) grassroots
2.) ideological purists
3.) no personality cultists (reagan, bush, trump, anyone)
4.) no milquetoasts/squishes (_will_ fight back against the media when justified)
5.) saints (no scandals)
6.) no too many ties to corporations and special interests
these are the six pillars to the perfect candidate
It's too bad we don't have control over the RNC, the three of us
if that were the case, this is what I could achieve.
@🎃Boo-ton🎃 the kinds of people who have some of those six pillars will tend to not have some of the others
Ted Cruz fits all these pillars
he didn't win,
number 7 would be a big enough microphone
that's true
but you can balance it out
Cruz had too much saint-iness
what do you mean by personality cultist?
that they revere someone else like Reagan/Trump
or that they have a tendency to form a cult of personality around themselves
someone who ties their leg to a candidate and has none of their own ideas
Didn't Cruz get into a bit of trouble a few months back, he was caught liking porn on twitter or something like that?
that was a staffer, and it died out pretty quickly
@FLanon I wonder if that was a calculated stunt to make him seem more human
haha
you know why Cruz lost the general?
Among other things,
Recognition
he has a _really_ unfortunate face,
Trump had a brand, he stood out
what I mean by this,
is that Ted Cruz has the face and hair of a used car salesman
so when voters looked at him, they saw him as a liar
you would be surprised how many voters base their vote on how the candidate looks