New Zealand newspaper: "'Wacko bird' to run for president" (pic)

[Newsjock]

The Press, Christchurch NZ:


http://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-press/20150324/281891591767017/TextView

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. I'm outraged!!!!

That's a blatant insult to wacko birds right across the planet!

[sarge43]

4. My macaw is especially upset.

So much so, she hasn't yelled "I.want.a.peanut!" for the past 5 minutes. She may sulk for at least fifteen minutes.

[Doctor_J]

5. We would be better off with a wacko bird than Raffi. And I don't even no what a wacko bird is

rec for some truth from down under

[Thinkingabout]

2. Now aren't we proud. As the world looks on I can see how our standings in the world

is thinking "what in the hell is wrong with American voters?"

[I hate liars]

14. True enough, but...

Now that Texas has inflicted Cruz on the nation, his candidacy serves a very useful purpose for the GOP.

Without Cruz in the race, the right-wing policies promoted by GOP "moderates" like Bush, Walker, and Christie would land on the conservative end of the spectrum, compared to those proposed by Democrats (which are already conservative).

Cruz will move the Overton window much further to the right, so his less extreme colleagues appear to be centrists. And of course, that means our fair and balanced press will position the policies of Bush et. al. as representing the midpoint of American views, in contrast to the ideas from those "liberal" Democrats.

Transparent, predictable, and disgusting.

[lame54]

3. should be "self-proclaimed wacko bird"

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Wacko bird? really?

I thought he was just another clumsy elephant.

[samsingh]

7. wacko bird is a great description for this talentless hack of a moron

[yuiyoshida]

8. Wow, they got that right...

[mnhtnbb]

9. In 1994 we went to New Zealand to take a look at moving there...

Christchurch, was, in fact, my first choice of cities. But we discovered that
the job my husband was interested in there had just been filled by a guy from
South Africa--fleeing the demise of apartheid. So, I dunno, maybe they
know more about wacko birds now from personal experience than they did
20 years ago.

[Blue_Adept]

10. We have a long line of wacko birds that have run for office

And have for most of our history.

Only a few actually make it into office.

[Unknown Beatle]

11. Cruz statement about "wacko bird".

“I am a very, very proud wacko bird”

Responding to a statement by Senator John McCain that his opposition to immigration reform made him a “wacko bird,” Cruz to CBS News that “if standing for liberty and standing for the Constitution makes you a wacko bird then I am a very, very proud wacko bird.”

[packman]

12. Wacko Bird

there's a Doctor Seuss story in there somewhere.

[riqster]

13. If so, he'll read it during a filibuster.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

15. Every time I see a photo of Cruz

I see McCarthy....it's eerie.

[niyad]

16. I wondered how this piece of insanity was going to look to the rest of the world.