# Ted Cruz Presidential campaign discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774 "2015-03-23T14:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1081 "2016-05-06T16:57:44Z")
God I love The Onion! > **[Thousands Of Cheering Americans Packed Into Park For Ted Cruz Concession Speech](https://www.theonion.com/thousands-of-cheering-americans-packed-into-park-for-te-1819578842)** > > HOUSTON—Gathering to celebrate a milestone that many throughout the country had long eagerly awaited, an estimated 150,000 cheering citizens packed into a public park in downtown Houston Wednesday night to hear Ted Cruz confirm his campaign for... The Headline: \*\*Thousands Of Cheering Americans Packed Into Park For Ted Cruz Concession Speech \*\* ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1082 "2016-05-09T21:18:45Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Worse yet, God apparently wanted him to mount a massive campaign effort just so he could get schlonged by Donald Fucking Trump. God, like everyone else, must really hate Ted Cruz. On the Ted Cruz campaign, one could say “we are all New Yorkers”. He is hated with hateful hatred. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1083 "2016-05-09T21:25:57Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > On the Ted Cruz campaign, one could say “we are all New Yorkers”. He is hated with hateful hatred. He got The Post AS The Daily News… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1084 "2016-05-10T19:33:10Z")
[Ted’s baaaaaaaaaack](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ted-cruz-open-unsuspending-his-campaign-if-he-can-win-nebraskas-primary) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1085 "2016-05-10T19:47:06Z")
Can Fiorina lose a _third_ time? :eek: (I don’t expect the above speculation to actually happen, but worst things have happened.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1086 "2016-05-10T19:47:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted’s baaaaaaaaaack](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ted-cruz-open-unsuspending-his-campaign-if-he-can-win-nebraskas-primary) Well, not quite. And he seems realistic as to the unlikelihood of things going his way between now and the convention. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1087 "2016-05-10T19:50:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Can Fiorina lose a _third_ time? :eek: > > (I don’t expect the above speculation to actually happen, but worst things have happened.) Scrinch up your face and pray real hard. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1088 "2016-05-10T19:52:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Scrinch up your face and pray real hard. You shouldn’t mock Ted Cruz like that. HE’S WATCHING. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1089 "2016-05-10T20:16:14Z")
Really? What an opportunity! As the Amish say, fuck thee, Ted Cruz, and the horse upon in which you rode! You are the brown acid of American politics. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1090 "2016-05-11T14:49:51Z")
The Mrs. likens Ted’s failed campaign to the long-term efforts of abolitionism: [Heidi Cruz compares husband Ted's campaign struggles to fight to end slavery](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/10/heidi-cruz-ted-cruz-campaign-slavery/21374809/) Just… wow. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1091 "2016-05-11T15:04:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Mrs. likens Ted’s failed campaign to the long-term efforts of abolitionism: [News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/10/heidi-cruz-ted-cruz-campaign-slavery/21374809/) > > Just… wow. Where did she get the "25 years " from? More like 250 years. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1092 "2016-05-11T15:07:27Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Where did she get the "25 years " from? More like 250 years. She hired Palin as a fact-checker. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1093 "2016-05-11T15:25:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > She hired Palin as a fact-checker. At lest shed didn’t say 12 years. Hey, I saw the movie!!! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1094 "2016-05-11T15:59:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The Mrs. likens Ted’s failed campaign to the long-term efforts of abolitionism: [News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/10/heidi-cruz-ted-cruz-campaign-slavery/21374809/) > > Just… wow. How do we make this make any kind of sense at all? It may take us 25 years to overthrow the liberals keeping us as slaves? It may take 25 years to get us past our slavery to Ted Cruz presidential campaigns? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1095 "2016-05-11T17:02:15Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > How do we make this make any kind of sense at all? > > It may take us 25 years to overthrow the liberals keeping us as slaves? > It may take 25 years to get us past our slavery to Ted Cruz presidential campaigns? Yeah, even ignoring the weird specificity of 25 years, I’m not sure what she’s trying to say here. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1096 "2016-05-11T18:54:08Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > Yeah, even ignoring the weird specificity of 25 years, I’m not sure what she’s trying to say here. “I know nothing about abolitionism and have no sense of historic proportionality,” I think. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1097 "2016-05-11T18:54:59Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > Yeah, even ignoring the weird specificity of 25 years, I’m not sure what she’s trying to say here. I think she’s trying to say that he’s not done running. See y’all in '20!! ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1098 "2016-05-15T09:25:49Z")
We don’t have TrustTed to kick around anymore, but I thought this website was pretty funny: [http://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/](http://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1099 "2016-05-15T15:08:15Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > We don’t have TrustTed to kick around anymore, but I thought this website was pretty funny: [http://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/](http://www.tedcruzforhumanpresident.com/) That’s some funny shit…but I would’ve done it as Trump’s hair(piece?). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774/1100 "2016-10-06T14:48:51Z")
I get that this one is dead, but, really, this is the best thread in which to post this video. Here is the culmination of the Ted Cruz for President campaign: [https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/784036216660295680](https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/784036216660295680) (Video embedded in tweet. Please watch video.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-discussion-thread/715774.md?page=56)