# What phrases won't Ted Cruz use? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663 "2016-01-20T06:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/21 "2016-01-21T17:15:30Z")
Allahu ackbar? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/22 "2016-01-21T23:36:09Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Allahu ackbar? Nitpick: it’s akbar. Unless you’re saying “God is a trap!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/23 "2016-01-22T00:07:10Z")
“The square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the two remaining sides.” ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/24 "2016-01-23T03:13:16Z")
“The Rick Snyder administration is a shining example of what can be accomplished when conservative principles are put into practice.” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/25 "2016-01-23T13:40:23Z")
“Here is one thing I have learned as a senator…” “Something I think Obama got right is…” “I am willing to compromise on…” ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/26 "2016-01-23T19:14:05Z")
“Natural Born Citizen” ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/27 "2016-01-23T22:44:21Z")
“I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/28 "2016-01-23T23:14:12Z")
That one, he says about fifty times a day, in front of a mirror. While masturbating like a motherfuck! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/29 "2016-01-24T07:27:05Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > “The Rick Snyder administration is a shining example of what can be accomplished when conservative principles are put into practice.” “The [del]Rick Snyder[/del] [del]Sam Brownback[/del] [del]Bobby Jindal[/del] [del]Mary Falin[/del] [del]Chris Christie[/del] ‘_your favorite governor here_’ administration is a shining example of what can be accomplished when conservative principles are put into practice.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/30 "2016-01-24T08:34:02Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Allahu ackbar? > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Nitpick: it’s akbar. > > Unless you’re saying “God is a trap!” 😃 Hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/31 "2016-01-25T23:37:14Z")
“I completely agree with the Harris County, Texas, grand jury’s conclusion that Planned Parenthood has done nothing wrong.” > **[Anti-abortion activists indicted in Texas for Planned Parenthood video](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-plannedparenthood-texas-idUSKCN0V32QD)** > > Two anti-abortion activists behind the filming of videos on fetal tissue procurement by Planned Parenthood were indicted by a Texas grand jury on Monday, while clearing the women's health group of any wrong-doing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/32 "2016-01-25T23:41:22Z")
“Clearly, reasonable people can differ on this issue…” ---
**Author:** ![booneyvince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@booneyvince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booneyvince)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/33 "2016-01-26T05:35:24Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Ted Cruz’s big stump fireworks seem to be denouncing Obama for not using the phrase, “radical Islamic terrorists.” Fair enough, but there are lots of pertinent phrases I am noticing Ted Cruz is not uttering. > > For instance, “tax and revenue increase”. The debt is a big problem, and citizens sure would be less alarmed if they knew there was a way to actually pay it off without abandoning Social Security and Medicare. > > “Racist neo-fascist demagogue.” C’mon, how can anyone understand this election cycle without that one? > > “Credulous, easily led, Confederate-flag waving, bible-thumping yokel.” Ted Cruz, I demand that you utter these words!!! :mad: > > What phrases have you noticed Ted Cruz not uttering, dear reader? “I’m deeply concerned that hysterical liberals hate me” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663/34 "2016-01-26T13:26:06Z")
Cuba Sí !! Castro no !! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phrases-wont-ted-cruz-use/743663.md?page=1)