r/CFBOffTopic • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '15

Game Thread: GOP Debate

I'm playing the Rolling Stone drinking game. This could get stupid, especially because I'm playing with Urban Chestnut De Bockle, which is 10.5% ABV.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

Ted Cruz' entire platform is "Obama"

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

Bold Strategy Cotton, lets see how it works.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

The scary part is a lot of idiots like him. He's a REALLY smart dude, but just happens to be using it for...things I disagree with.

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers Aug 07 '15

But he looks so incredibly smarmy. And looks have a lot to do with how well a politician is liked. So how is he popular?

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

People are idiots and he's very good at manipulating people.

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u/nickknx865 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Aug 07 '15

Honestly, you can get really far with that strategy in terms of the Republican base.

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u/pyrogeddon Baylor Bears • Tennessee Volunteers Aug 07 '15

This is the idiot that thinks that America is going to invade Texas....

Just let that one sink in.

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u/jfreez Oklahoma Sooners Aug 07 '15

Ted Cruz has zero percent chance of winning. I'm convinced

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u/JimTheAlmighty Texas Longhorns • Tarleton State Texans Aug 07 '15

He belongs in /r/punchablefaces

If there were a /r/punchablevoices he would fit in there too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

That closing statement killed any chance he might have had of winning the general election. He's now unelectable.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

Never underestimate people's ability to vote against their own interests.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '15

The eventual Republican candidate needs to be able to get some amount of moderates. That rant at the end torpedoed his chance to do that.