# Ted Cruz is pretty crafty

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-pretty-crafty/669609>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-pretty-crafty/669609 "2013-09-25T00:56:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**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:** [September 30, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-pretty-crafty/669609/61 "2013-09-30T20:10:47Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> I look at Cruz and think “self-promoter”. Apparently it’s worked, if it’s true that the latest polls show him the top choice of teabaggers for the 2016 Presidential nomination.
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> I know, I know, look what it did for Bachmann, but still. How many other first-termers have \*ever \*wrapped the entire Congress in knots like this jackwagon has?

Please do not use “Cruz”, “Bachmann” and “2016 Presidential election” in the same post again.

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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:** [September 30, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-pretty-crafty/669609/62 "2013-09-30T21:55:33Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Please do not use “Cruz”, “Bachmann” and “2016 Presidential election” in the same post again.

Unless qualified with the phrase “GOP suicide ticket, good for next two e-cycles.”

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**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-is-pretty-crafty/669609/63 "2013-10-01T00:22:32Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Unless qualified with the phrase “GOP suicide ticket, good for next two e-cycles.”

You say suicide ticket, I say [Darwin Award](http://www.darwinawards.com/).

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