# Ted Cruz wrote to me **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826 "2014-08-18T14:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/1 "2014-08-18T14:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Ted Cruz [campaign@rickperry.org](mailto:campaign@rickperry.org) via [smna.targetedvictory.com](http://smna.targetedvictory.com) > 5:35 PM (16 hours ago) > > to me > > Dear Knowed Out, > > I wanted to be sure you saw this statement I released yesterday in support of my friend Rick Perry. Please visit his Website and show your support by signing this I Stand With Rick Perry petition. > > Thank you, > > Ted Cruz > > {big flashy logo) > > Unfortunately, there has been a sad history of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office engaging in politically-motivated prosecutions, and this latest indictment of the governor is extremely questionable. > > Rick Perry is a friend, he’s a man of integrity – I am proud to stand with Rick Perry. > > The Texas Constitution gives the governor the power to veto legislation, and a criminal indictment predicated on the exercise of his constitutional authority is, on its face, highly suspect. > > For Liberty, > > Ted Cruz > > P.S. I’m proud to stand with Governor Rick Perry, and I hope you are, too. Please join in showing your support for him online using the hashtag #StandWithRickPerry. > > This email was sent by: Romney for President Inc., 138 Conant St., 1st Floor, Beverly, MA 01915. > > This message reflects the opinions and representations of Texans for Rick Perry, and is not an endorsement by Mitt Romney. You are receiving this email because you signed up as a member of Mitt Romney’s online community on Cruz (or whoever his sock is) doesn’t provide all the details for [Perry’s indictment](http://kxan.com/2014/08/15/texas-governor-rick-perry-indicted-by-grand-jury/), so I guess Cruz expects me to react viscerally like he does. This is epic e-fail because: 1. I don’t live in Texas. 2. I didn’t vote for Mitt Romney, nor did I sign up for his online community on (fill in the blank). I did fill out an online survey a few years ago when the Repubs wanted feedback on how they could be more popular. My feedback was largely critical and roundly ignored. I guess the fact that I thought about them at all got me on their mailing list. 3. I’m not going to support that fat bastard Cruz because his grandstanding led to the government shutdown that resulted in slashing the federal budget and my eventual release from contract with the EPA. At least the unsubscribe featured worked. Allegedly… ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/2 "2014-08-18T15:22:26Z")
I’ve gotten more e-mails like this (from both sides) than I can count. They don’t offer any details, and few of them offer facts. Mainly, I believe, because if they told the truth on these matters, most of their supporters would flee to the other team. > [@](#): > > For Liberty, > > Ted Cruz I’m always amused when these people talk about “liberty”. Usually they mean: You should have the liberty to do what you want to do, as long as you want to do what we tell you to do. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/3 "2014-08-18T21:27:03Z")
I’d tell him I loved “Edge of Tomorrow” and it was his best film since Top Gun. Yes, I know they are different people, but it’d be funny to see his reaction. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/4 "2014-08-18T21:36:54Z")
So a man who wants to run for president in 2016 is using a mailing list run by another man who wants to run for president in 2016 to ask you to support a third man who wants to run for president in 2016? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/5 "2014-08-18T23:39:44Z")
We need President Obama to denounce the indictment of Rick Perry RIGHT NOW. This will send the Republican Party into an infinite loop and cause them to burn out their brains. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/6 "2014-08-18T23:48:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > So a man who wants to run for president in 2016 is using a mailing list run by another man who wants to run for president in 2016 to ask you to support a third man who wants to run for president in 2016? Exactly - it’s just break the McCain campaign was waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/7 "2014-08-18T23:48:50Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > We need President Obama to denounce the indictment of Rick Perry RIGHT NOW. > > This will send the Republican Party into an infinite loop and cause them to burn out their brains. Do I lose tighty-righty cred for thinking this is funny? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/8 "2014-08-19T01:34:29Z")
Hey, you like Skynard, you can’t be all bad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/9 "2014-08-19T12:26:07Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Do I lose tighty-righty cred for thinking this is funny? I’m sure Sen. Cruz would issue a few demerits and likely remove your name from his donors list but we at the SDMB have a sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-wrote-to-me/695826/10 "2014-08-19T13:17:51Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Do I lose tighty-righty cred for thinking this is funny? Don’t worry, the Repubs have a sense of humor. Why do you think they ran Sarah Palin as VP?