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actually, hookrider, you really did nail it here

F6: That's the way Ted Cruz stalks a Dem Voter.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92470775

as what does a 'stalker' in the human world do but stalk ones who have rejected them .. i'm linking it here as the Chait article really does put the stalking of Cruz and his TeaParty base in real and stark perspective .. excerpt from the one this replies to ..

The progression of events begins with a dynamic I described .. http://nymag.com/news/features/gop-primary-chait-2012-3/ .. in a print piece at the beginning of 2012 – conservatives had come to regard the 2012 race as their last chance to win an election as authentic conservatives against a rising Democratic majority. Since their crushing defeat, they have ignored the task of refurbishing the party’s national appeal for its next national electoral bid, and instead have recommitted themselves to waging increasingly millenarian confrontations from their existing red state power base in Congress.

Most of us expected, at some level, that the election would cool the right’s apocalyptic fervor. Instead, the opposite has occurred. Paul Ryan candidly explained .. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304795804579097693281265488.html .. the calculation: "The reason this debt limit fight is different is, we don't have an election around the corner where we feel we are going to win and fix it ourselves. We are stuck with this government another three years." This is a remarkable confession. Republicans need to compel Obama to accept their agenda, not in spite of the fact that the voters rejected it at the polls but precisely for that reason.

.. link to the one replied to .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92474574

.. lol .. the real depth and meaning of your comment didn't strike me until just now when i read that bit again .. it's actually the way Cruz and his people are stalking the USA .. they feel it's their last chance to avoid, in their mind .. apocalyptic catastrophe ..

Millenarianism (also millenarism), from Latin millenarius "containing a thousand", is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society, after which all things will be changed. Millenarianism is a concept or theme that exists in many cultures and religions.

[...]

Millennialism is a specific type of Christian millenarianism, and is sometimes
referred to as Chiliasm from the New Testament use of the Greek "chilia" (thousand).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarianism

.. so in their minds any major changes occurring such as Obamacare, which isn't as major as a fair dinkum universal healthcare system would be, instead of just you might say a common sense better set-up .. a kind of sensible natural evolution sort of thing .. becomes a 'life-and-death' struggle .. it's almost as if Cruz sees himself as some sort of Jesus savior ..