Cruz is socially clueless enough to be on the autism spectrum. The lying is troubling, though. I’ve had plenty of experience with people on the spectrum and they can be very smart but just miss cues about themselves or others and thus not be able to fulfill societal expectations. I would feel quite bad for Cruz if that were his only problem. If he were just tone deaf and thus appeared rude. But people with high functioning autism know damn well what is truth and what is a bald faced lie. Meaning, even if he does have something on the spectrum, he is still a liar. Autism DOES NOT CAUSE LYING. However, it could perhaps fool the liar that the lies aren’t as obvious as they really are. But he damn well knows he is lying through his teeth. So autism does NOT explain away his behavior.
Or it could be that he comes from a drunken, dis-functional family and drinks too much Scotch himself. And his daughter does not like him and his wife gives him an air kiss. He should have tried out for a Canadian hockey team, not the US Senate but he did, and pulled it off. Then he looked at Obama and thinks 'Why not?' Now what will he do, huddled in a corner with no way out. What a bleak future he has, and his unfortunate children. Now we know why his wife was running away from home.