NoTeaPartyPleez
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First off, you really did a spectacular job of summarizing the entire speech. Thank you. I vowed to NEVER vote for another Repub/Dem again, but his speech has given me reason to pause and just MAY make a liar out of me.
I hope he continues to call out both parties and continues--as you said-- to cast that large net. Brilliant speech, but lets see if he can continue to walk his own path and not fall into the typical Republican drone and talking points. If he sticks to those 15 points he just may get my vote. Still too early, but his 'attractiveness' has certainly gone up for me.
I gotta say, he is the first candidate I have ever seen who was so willing to criticize his own party as well, a trait just as lacking among Democrats. I found it to be quite refreshing.
There is a LOT of substance he did not broach, for instance, saying that anyone who wants to work should get a job sounds great, but how are you gonna do it?
And a lot of his themes have a populist angle to them and would be things I would expect a progressive Democrat to say.
And should he get the nomination, I would give him a real, hard look before deciding on whom to vote for.
It was an excellent speech, and unlike the first GOP candidate out of the box, he didn't talk down to his audience.
He didn't sequester a bunch of kids at an evangelical college and make them pay $10 if they didn't want to show up.
He didn't pace and preach like some fucking southern Baptist preacher who was just one step away from handling snakes and speaking in tongues.
In a word, he made Cruz look like the political whore that he is. Good job.