# More Ted Cruz lies: His wife is not who she seems (Verified!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918 "2016-02-23T22:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/21 "2016-02-24T15:20:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18228787&postcount=20) is an interesting bit from the OP: I see they’ve gotten to you, too. Soon they might actually make it up to a moderator, and then where would be we be? Poe us… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/22 "2016-02-24T15:23:00Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Heh. Look who’s talking. Etceter-ah, Etceter-ah, Etceter-ah! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/23 "2016-02-24T15:26:07Z")
What about the owls? Are they what they seem? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/24 "2016-02-24T15:53:11Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I confess I was sceptical until I saw the word “verified” in the title. The only way it could be more soundly proven is if he’d written “verified by Snopes”. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No, no, no. Deadpool gives him amnesty. And if it didn’t, the Deadpool PSAs would. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/25 "2016-02-24T15:55:46Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No, no, no. Deadpool gives him amnesty. Green Lantern. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/26 "2016-02-24T16:03:41Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What about the owls? Are they what they seem? Who? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/27 "2016-02-24T16:28:03Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. Only to the extent that a thing made of dough can be said to have been “born.” ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/28 "2016-02-24T17:42:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > What about the owls? Are they what they seem? > > Who? One day my log will have something to say about that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/29 "2016-02-24T19:35:20Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Only to the extent that a thing made of dough can be said to have been “born.” I’ll bet he won’t giggle if you punch him in the stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/30 "2016-02-24T20:46:18Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Green Lantern. > > 'Nuff said. Double plus +1. Ryan is an American Treasure. For making this awesome movie by default he became an American citizen… ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/31 "2016-02-24T21:49:59Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. There is nothing natural about Ted Cruz. And I understand that he has a pimple on his SCOTUS. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/32 "2016-02-24T22:12:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What about the owls? Are they what they seem? Oh fer Og’s sake, you should know they aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/33 "2016-02-24T22:16:39Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. Holy shit. You’ve been sputtering nonsense so long, I can’t believe it. You’ve apparently just said an accurate statement! Fuck, this is an auspicious omen. Maybe I should sacrifice a bull. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/34 "2016-02-24T23:58:53Z")
Hey Blackbag’s back with new stories. I thought the Illuminati had shut it down months ago. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/35 "2016-02-25T00:32:46Z")
I don’t understand this thread. The posts seem to fall into 4 categories: 1. Serious, regular division 2. Serious, Poe’s Law division 3. Sarcastic/tongue in cheek 4. Whoosh But I am not sure which post falls into which category. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/36 "2016-02-25T00:37:02Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I don’t understand this thread. The posts seem to fall into 4 categories: > > 1. Serious, regular division > 2. Serious, Poe’s Law division > 3. Sarcastic/tongue in cheek > 4. Whoosh > > But I am not sure which post falls into which category. The categories each post falls under is determined by some sort of secretly seeded round-robin. Each time you read them they are a different category than last. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/37 "2016-02-25T01:08:21Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. Well, people are asking questions. And as mentioned upthread, why has he not posted his birth certificate online for us to see? Hmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/38 "2016-02-25T01:38:26Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > The categories each post falls under is determined by some sort of secretly seeded round-robin. Each time you read them they are a different category than last. That explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/39 "2016-02-25T03:01:20Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I don’t understand this thread. The posts seem to fall into 4 categories: > > 1. Serious, regular division > 2. Serious, Poe’s Law division > 3. Sarcastic/tongue in cheek > 4. Whoosh > > But I am not sure which post falls into which category. I can categorically say MY posts do fall into a category. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/40 "2016-02-25T03:37:49Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > I can categorically say MY posts do fall into a category. Almost all in the WC column :), as in **wacky** **conspiracy** theories, the ones making the site that originated that conspiracy in the OP have a long history or crazy ideas and they even have entries in their site about other conspiracies, like the Kennedy assassination and the most reprehensible ones about the Sandy Hook massacre and other big incidents. > **[\#1461: Ed Chiarini](http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2015/09/1461-ed-chiarini.html)** > > a.k.a. DallasGoldBug Another tragedy, another slew of clinically insane conspiracy theorists claiming that it’s a “... [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/us/25tucson.html?\_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/us/25tucson.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss) > [@](#): > > Some conspiracy Web sites are claiming that the shootings that nearly killed Representative Gabrielle Giffords and did end the lives of a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl and four others never actually took place. One particularly bizarre site, run by a Texas man, says it was all a government hoax that used actors. > > Such obviously fantastic claims would usually not merit the attention of law enforcement, but they have in this instance because some believers have been confronting, and alarming, some of the people associated with the case in recent weeks. > [@](#): > > Ed Chiarini, who runs the site, identifies himself as an inventor and Web entrepreneur. He could not be reached for comment. > > The hoax contention did not surprise Benjamin Radford, a research fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, who has written extensively on conspiracy theories. > > “The bigger the story is, the more likely it is that someone will consider it a hoax,” Mr. Radford said. “In my experience, there is no belief that is so absurd or self-evidently wrong that someone won’t prescribe to it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918.md?page=3)