Usually state parties nominate candidates at conventions, activists adopt a pre-approved platform and everyone goes home happy. What happened in Fort Worth was a combination of a demolition derby and an inauguration. Rick Perry may have kicked off the weekend with a well-regarded speech, but there was a new king when delegates left town. Ted Cruz is now the head of the He-Man Woman-Gay-Immigrant-Science-Logic Hater’s Club formerly known as the Republican Party of Texas. Long may he reign.
Need proof? After Texas Republicans got done adopting a platform that compared unauthorized immigrants to Islamic terrorists, they held a presidential ...
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