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Yeah that's a terrible [0] article. I have no doubt that Cruz is nuts, and I was hoping this was a straight-laced "here's what he actually believes with evidenc

Yeah that's a terrible [0] article. I have no doubt that Cruz is nuts, and I was hoping this was a straight-laced "here's what he actually believes with evidence" articles, but instead after 6 paragraphs I knew the author didn't like Cruz, but aside from "he's so far right he's in outer space" I had no idea why... The author comes off as nuts him/herself, waving their hands in the air and begging people to listen to them. I think a plain telling of facts about Cruz would be scary enough. Someone should write that. [0] but seriously I'm no one to judge.

nkurz 11y ago
I appreciated the article more for its style than its content. The author does get into some specifics later in the article, although it gets lost behind the imagery and ecstatic prose. I think the author chose to exaggerate his frantic hand waving to try to convey the degree of his terror. Cruz pulled it off because he is very, very smart. But never at any moment during his Senate campaign — nor at any moment during this presidential primary race as far as we can see from here in Texas — has Cruz ever once given any indication that he does not believe in and hold to heart every single word that comes out of his father’s sorcerous mouth. ... He means what he says about pushing 11 million people back across the Mexican border, about using the government to hound, harry and herd human beings based on their sex lives, about stripping women of their physical autonomy, and about all of the superstitious claptrap that issues from his old man’s mouth on evolution, global warming and science itself. The Ivy League took none of that away from him. He held it dear then and holds it dear now. It’s all right there in front of you, not a millimeter beneath the surface. His only bluff is that he shows you less than his full hand, not that he fakes having more. I don't actually know much about Cruz's beliefs. I watched a few excerpts of his father's speeches, and they were about what you'd expect from a Cuban-American fundamentalist preacher who was tortured by communists. This appears to be a more impartial summary of his positions: http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/l/62/Ted-Cruz http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/l/62/Ted-Cruz

nkurz 11y ago

I appreciated the article more for its style than its content. The author does get into some specifics later in the article, although it gets lost behind the imagery and ecstatic prose. I think the author chose to exaggerate his frantic hand waving to try to convey the degree of his terror. Cruz pulled it off because he is very, very smart. But never at any moment during his Senate campaign — nor at any moment during this presidential primary race as far as we can see from here in Texas — has Cruz ever once given any indication that he does not believe in and hold to heart every single word that comes out of his father’s sorcerous mouth. ... He means what he says about pushing 11 million people back across the Mexican border, about using the government to hound, harry and herd human beings based on their sex lives, about stripping women of their physical autonomy, and about all of the superstitious claptrap that issues from his old man’s mouth on evolution, global warming and science itself. The Ivy League took none of that away from him. He held it dear then and holds it dear now. It’s all right there in front of you, not a millimeter beneath the surface. His only bluff is that he shows you less than his full hand, not that he fakes having more. I don't actually know much about Cruz's beliefs. I watched a few excerpts of his father's speeches, and they were about what you'd expect from a Cuban-American fundamentalist preacher who was tortured by communists. This appears to be a more impartial summary of his positions: http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/l/62/Ted-Cruz http://presidential-candidates.insidegov.com/l/62/Ted-Cruz