# Trump, Cruz, Rubio: the three hairballs the GOP has coughed up for its Presidential nominee

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz-rubio-the-three-hairballs-the-gop-has-coughed-up-for-its-presidential-nominee/747192 "2016-02-26T14:11:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz-rubio-the-three-hairballs-the-gop-has-coughed-up-for-its-presidential-nominee/747192/81 "2016-03-01T04:06:49Z")

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> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#):
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> Don’t be so sure that this is the high water mark. We thought that the 2012 election was as crazy as it was going to get until Trump started running in 2016. The trend does not seem to be showing signs of slowing down.

Well, I for one canNOT wait til the 2020 primaries!

(Just as it looks like Elizabeth Hasselbeck is going to trounce Glenn Beck and Dr. Phil, look who enters the race to sweep Iowa … Jerry Springer!)

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz-rubio-the-three-hairballs-the-gop-has-coughed-up-for-its-presidential-nominee/747192/82 "2016-03-01T04:56:03Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Well, I for one canNOT wait til the 2020 primaries!
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> (Just as it looks like Elizabeth Hasselbeck is going to trounce Glenn Beck and Dr. Phil, look who enters the race to sweep Iowa … Jerry Springer!)

Actually, Springer has political experience and is smart as hell. I’d talk a Franken/Springer ticket any day of the week.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz-rubio-the-three-hairballs-the-gop-has-coughed-up-for-its-presidential-nominee/747192/83 "2016-03-01T05:03:14Z")

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> [@andros](#):
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> Actually, Springer has political experience and is smart as hell. I’d talk a Franken/Springer ticket any day of the week.

Unfortunately he’s not eligible. He’s not a natural-born citizen. (I’d love to see a national version of [this ad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzT4dOyCMg0) though. Although he didn’t mention that the check _bounced_.)

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