Ted Cruz bites back at ‘True Blood’

WaPo ^ | 7/22/14 | Colby Itkowitz

[Nachum]

There were only a few ways Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) could react to HBO’s “True Blood” portrayal of Texas Republicans being murdered at a fictitious Cruz fundraiser.

He could have ignored it, or laughed it off. But he went political.

A scene in Sunday’s episode took place at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, where a Cruz function was being held. The vampires who went made disparaging comments about the Republicans in attendance (What do you expect? It’s Hollywood.) and then there was a vicious bloodbath. (We admittedly do not watch “True Blood,” so we can’t offer further context, but we know it’s a show about vampires and can be quite grisly.)

Cruz, not known for mincing words, shot back on social media several times Tuesday, drawing a comparison between the undead and Democrats. On his Facebook page Cruz wrote:

Of all the places I never thought to be mentioned, HBO’s True Blood vampire show would have to be near the top of the list. Sunday night, they aired a misogynist and profanity-ridden episode where Texas Republicans are murdered attending a “Ted Cruz fundraiser.”

[WashingtonSource]

I love it when he said he was amused that the show portrays lefitsts as blood-sucking vampires. Ridicule is the best revenge!

[Peet]

Sheesh....it’s Hollywood. This is what they do.

And we flail, grid our teeth, stammer, stomp and wail.

And they get the free advertising.

The correct response, in a fictional world, is to send the Director's Cut task force to Hollyweird.