Posted on 12/20/2015 2:51:44 PM PST by Isara
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. - Before a rally here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) made a confession. He could not really answer a question about Hillary Clinton's performance in the ABC News-sponsored Democratic debate on Saturday night - because he did not watch it.
"I actually went and watched the opening of 'Star Wars,'" Cruz said, "which, frankly, was a reality far more realistic than whatever was said at the Democratic debate."
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"'Star Wars' was awesome," Cruz said, "although I have to say, there's an image - and I'm not going to be a spoiler - but as someone who grew up, as someone who stood with his dad for three hours to see the opening of 'The Empire Strikes Back,' as someone who grew up, as a kid, idolizing Han Solo as perhaps the coolest character in all of cinema, I will say there was an image last night that will scar me forever. I'm not going to spoil what it is, but it was highly traumatic."
It was not technically a spoiler, but it hinted strongly at a plot point that movie-spoilers have cruelly spread across the Internet. Cruz, who dashes his speeches with pop culture references, is unabashed about his fandoms. Last month, he indulged in a half-joking round of questions from the Weekly Standard about whether conservatives should empathize with the stabilizing force of the Empire over the chaos of the rebel alliance....
"I am particularly fond of some rebels in 1776 who were a destabilizing, chaotic force, and they fought for human liberty against the oppressions of the crown," Cruz said. "And [Darth] Vader didn't even work for King George." The destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Death Star, he said, was "an act of oppressive totalitarianism."
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What a geek. Ha
Yeah, but Ted Cruz is **OUR** kind of Geek. . .
Yeah we all know the two biggest spoilers:
* Luke is leader of the First Order.
* Rey is a droid.
* Vader returns at the end of the movie.
You’re welcome.
If we said back then that there would be virtually no talk about Jebbie Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie but instead, everybody would be focused on Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as the frontrunners, with Iowa but a few weeks away, nobody would believe us. They would tell us to get real and that we were engaged in wishful thinking.
It's going to be a very, very Merry Christmas 2015.
Add some personal attacks, lots of profanity, and removed posts and you would be right.
Yeah we all know the two biggest spoilers:
* Luke is leader of the First Order.
* Rey is a droid.
* Vader returns at the end of the movie.
You’re welcome.
*******
That’s three.
I would’ve thought Han Solo and Leia’s son would be the new bad guy who kills his father.
All will kneel before Darth Jar Jar!
He’s a good man.
* Supreme Leader Snoke is Jar Jar Binks.
Wonder if people are going to use Cruz’s Star Wars spoiler as a campaign issue.
At least he wasn’t revealing national security secrets...
The firsr Star Wars came out when I was in college. I went with several housemates - and fell asleep about a half-hour in.
Never have seen any of the subsequent hundred or so sequels, prequels, Nyquils.....so I’m utterly lost with the ubiquitous references to the series.
Funny thing with me and movies. I love good movies, but generally hate “genres.” Car chases put me to sleep. I never read comic books so I have no use for all the superhero flicks. Most comedies are dopey beyond belief. Science-Fiction bores me.
Only movies I’ve gone to the theater to see in the last 5 years have been Atlas Shrugged and American Sniper.
Hank
According to “Wookiepedia” Jar Jar was a strong supporter of the Empire and served in the Imperial Senate.
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