# So, what do think Ted Cruz's "Big Announcement" is going to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256 "2016-04-27T15:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/62 "2016-04-27T20:28:42Z")
Great, now Trump has to name a running mate to one-up him ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/63 "2016-04-27T20:32:24Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > At least people already know Fiorina, and she is capable of stringing a sentence together with words that make sense. So she’s got that going for her. ☹ Anyone who values coherence isn’t going to be voting for a Cruz/Fiorina ticket anyway. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/64 "2016-04-27T20:37:28Z")
And [it’s confirmed](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/27/ted-cruz-name-his-running-mate-indianapolis/83602304/) - Fiorina as VP. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/65 "2016-04-27T20:39:43Z")
Man, this is just about the weirdest thing to watch live. The lady (white sweatshirt) over Ted’s left shoulder is amazing to watch. She looks like she would follow Ted through fire. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/66 "2016-04-27T20:43:16Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Man, this is just about the weirdest thing to watch live. The lady (white sweatshirt) over Ted’s left shoulder is amazing to watch. She looks like she would follow Ted through fire. That should be put to the test. First step, Ted walking into a fire. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/67 "2016-04-27T20:45:49Z")
How do you know that he’s not the mother of dragons (and therefore immune to fire)? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/68 "2016-04-27T20:47:27Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > He has determined that, as he was born in Canada, he is not constitutionally eligible to be President. He’ll reveal he was actually born in Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/69 "2016-04-27T20:50:29Z")
Fiorina, for some reason, seems like she could peel off her skin to expose the lizard alien underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/70 "2016-04-27T20:50:32Z")
Oh joy, the head of the Debate Club (you know the one, he’s always carrying a briefcase around) and the bitchy Head Cheerleader (even the second string defensive back from the practice squad wouldn’t date her) are running for President and VP of the student council. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/71 "2016-04-27T20:50:58Z")
Holy crap. She’s plagiarizing Cruz. She just repeated that line about Trump making billions supporting Clinton. And she just tried to sing a little song. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/72 "2016-04-27T20:52:03Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Fiorina, for some reason, seems like she could peel off her skin to expose the lizard alien underneath. Look close, she already did. It’s just that lizards from her planet have Terran flesh tones. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/73 "2016-04-27T20:58:38Z")
I’m thinking this is Fiorina’s chance to say in her memoirs that she was nominated as a VP candidate. It certainly doesn’t accomplish anything else that I can see. She doesn’t bring a loyal following - even Rubio, Carson or Paul could have done better for that. I just can’t see the announcement as meaning anything more than “Crap! What do I do now?” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/74 "2016-04-27T21:02:01Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > At least people already know Fiorina, and she is capable of stringing a sentence together with words that make sense. So she’s got that going for her. ☹ But she’s never seen Russia from her house.\* \*Yes I know that’s from Tina Fey and not Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/75 "2016-04-27T21:06:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > No way. Not her. Can’t believe it would be her. Sometimes I can be right. Then again, at other times… Wow. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/76 "2016-04-27T21:08:23Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > Great, now Trump has to name a running mate to one-up him Trump: “I looked at everyone I know, and have concluded that that the smartest and best person for VP is me. Two Trumps on the ballot are better than one.” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/77 "2016-04-27T21:08:35Z")
See, this is why I won’t vote for Cruz. If he was considering Fiorino, he should have really made a bold move and announce [her](http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/) as VP. Maybe he considered her but she was born outside the country. Wait and her parents were not American citizens at the time of her birth. Oh and wait she… dammit picking someone who is a NBC is tougher than he thought ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/78 "2016-04-27T21:11:01Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Fiorina, for some reason, seems like she could peel off her skin to expose the lizard alien underneath. Cruz-Fiorina: An all-lizard-people ticket. Mark this date, people, it’s the day the Lizards made their first official move toward world domination. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/79 "2016-04-27T21:12:16Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > No. > > Well, maybe the whole “business” experience thing, but who’s he going to fool with that? Trump will have fun with that. “I’m very rich, you know, but the money she lost for HP shareholders makes me look like a pauper.” I know quite a few people who used to work for HP and they all hate her guts - not that any of them are stupid enough to vote for Cruz anyhow. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/80 "2016-04-27T21:18:02Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I’m less surprised that he would ask her than I am that she’d agree. What does she gain by attaching herself to a sinking ship? When your ship is on the bottom one that is just sinking is an improvement. The deal with Kasich, where Kasich told his supporters in Indiana to vote for him anyway, was bad enough. But announcing this early to get her massive base of support is worse. If Cruz were president would his response to a military threat to the country be announcing an alliance with Andorra or something? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256/81 "2016-04-27T21:19:41Z")
I wonder which of his daughters he will burn before the California primary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-think-ted-cruzs-big-announcement-is-going-to-be/753256.md?page=5)