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Documents reveal Ted Cruz was ticketed with alcohol possession as a minor
The Houston Chronicle ^ | January 14, 2015 | John-Henry Perera

Posted on 01/14/2015 10:11:42 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Will the latest news about Ted Cruz hurt his chances for the 2016 GOP nomination? Click to learn the betting odds for the junior Texas senator and other contenders for the Oval Office.

When Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was a teenager, he was caught doing teenage things, as revealed in documents obtained by BuzzFeed.

In his application to become Texas solicitor general, Cruz was required to list any prior convictions. That included one "guilty plea for minor in possession of alcohol."

Apparently when Cruz was a high school senior in 1987, authorities found an unopened case of beer in his vehicle. They gave him a ticket....

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To: Responsibility2nd

If it was Lone Star, he’s off my short list.


181 posted on 01/14/2015 11:12:05 AM PST by Woodman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bet he even convinced other kids to paint the fence for their bible verse slips too!


182 posted on 01/14/2015 11:12:16 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cmon this is silly


183 posted on 01/14/2015 11:12:21 AM PST by italianquaker
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To: corkoman
What, exactly, is an "open case of beer"? ... Is there such a thing as a closed case of beer?

Open case of beer.

Closed case of beer.

Cruz was charged with having a closed case of beer.

We would have to know the dates, but he may not have even been a minor in possession. By 1987 the drinking age in Texas was 21 (it was 18 when I was a senior in high school).

So he may have been an adult under the age of 21 with an unopened case of beer in the back of his car.

Clearly a career ending revelation.

184 posted on 01/14/2015 11:12:30 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow. Thank goodness he wasn’t fraternizing with Weather Underground terrorists.


185 posted on 01/14/2015 11:12:47 AM PST by jersey117
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To: chajin
It's possible he became a sadder Budweiser man because of the incident. Perhaps the publicizing of the ticket, however, will force him to switch to support of Common Coors...

LOL. At least he didn't Stroh up on the cop. And good thing he wasn't an Arrogant Bastard, otherwise he may have ended up with a Shiner.

186 posted on 01/14/2015 11:13:24 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: onyx

Doesn’t matter. Bush was adult. Bush pulled off the road when he couldn’t drive. It was not consequential at all. It was on the same level as Bush being documented as having kissed a girl in first grade.


187 posted on 01/14/2015 11:14:07 AM PST by arthurus
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To: Woodman

Heineken!?!?!! *^&% that ^&@!.....PABST BLUE RIBBON!


188 posted on 01/14/2015 11:14:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Little Pig

We do know however that his mama was a slut by old time descriptions and he was spermed by a SE Asian Muslim guru named Muhammed Subuh but had to go to Kenya for an official documented birth. Such is/are the evils that have been foisted on people for generations.


189 posted on 01/14/2015 11:16:24 AM PST by noinfringers2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In my state (I graduated in 1978) you could drink at 18.

The drinking age in Texas was 18 when I graduated in 1979.

If I recall correctly, they increased it to 19 a couple of years later and then increased it to 21 a couple of years after that.

190 posted on 01/14/2015 11:16:46 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Should Texans have a recall election on him?? ?sarc

The dirt hunters and mud slingers have started a year early.


191 posted on 01/14/2015 11:19:38 AM PST by Wuli
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I lucked out I guess. The deputy just made me open and empty every can of a case of beer. Poured right into the ground, near a creek. Good thing the EPA wasn’t watching. Whew!


192 posted on 01/14/2015 11:20:18 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Maybe, but a conservative’s sealed records are never off limits to a democrat or RINO republican.


193 posted on 01/14/2015 11:20:39 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: tanknetter
This is much more minor and out a lot earlier.

The point is that Nothing is minor. The content of the charge does not matter, only the intensity with which it is made. This one is a tiny trial balloon. It is too early to do the indignity song and dance but it is a warning of what is to come. If a conservative candidate can ignore these things and not react to or comment on them but continue being optimistic like Reagan and talk about the future rather than on how bad Obama has been, then the effect will be minimized. Just as surely as a candidate, Cruz maybe, stops to "explain" or protest or deny or apologize he is finished, no matter how trivial the charge. When the candidate reacts in any way then the voters begin to believe that the charges are serious, whatever their content. It is an exceedingly rare Republican who can refrain from reacting.

194 posted on 01/14/2015 11:21:26 AM PST by arthurus
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To: Wuli

If this is the best they can do, I’d advise Mrs. Cruz to start drapery shopping for the family residence on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue while the January white sales are still here. Can we still say “white sale” these days?


195 posted on 01/14/2015 11:23:19 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh noes! Under aged with beer in Texas!


196 posted on 01/14/2015 11:25:12 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It was unopened? What the hell is wrong with that boy, you are supposed to drink it as soon as you get it.

GO TED CRUZ!


197 posted on 01/14/2015 11:27:40 AM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: reed13k

Tom Sawyer for Prez !!!


198 posted on 01/14/2015 11:28:56 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: ExTxMarine
Well I didn't.

:halo turns on:

Wine on the other hand....

:halo tilts drunkenly over one eye:

199 posted on 01/14/2015 11:29:16 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: reed13k

actually it was whitewash not paint...


200 posted on 01/14/2015 11:29:32 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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