# "Factoids" about Cruz

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182 "2016-03-26T00:15:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182/1 "2016-03-26T00:15:16Z")

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[Alexandra Petri in the Washington Post:](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/03/25/more-convincing-ted-cruz-sex-scandals-than-the-one-in-the-national-enquirer/)  
“Here are some Scandalous Ted Cruz Sex Facts that I find FAR more plausible than the ones in the National Enquirer, and I think the public would agree.”

National _Enquirer_? Hell, National _Geographic_!

This is my fav:

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> Ted Cruz is periodically stricken by Ponn Farr and must return to Vulcan to take a mate or die.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182/2 "2016-03-26T00:34:47Z")

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Better still:

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> Ted Cruz ate one of his own spores in the course of a debate.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182/3 "2016-03-26T01:33:19Z")

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I would think that if Ted Cruz had been born a Vulcan he would have been strangled in his crib. It’s only logical.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoids-about-cruz/750182/4 "2016-03-26T03:16:54Z")

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This is not really about the election.

Off to MPSIMS.