Ted Cruz is Sarah Palin with a high IQ

The Los Angeles Times ^ | April 2, 2015 | David Horsey

[2ndDivisionVet]

If I were to mirror the example of the delusional right-wing folks who have spent seven years creating apocalyptic fantasies about how Barack Obama is a communistic, Muslim Antichrist, I could probably manufacture some scary characterizations of the first announced candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Ted Cruz — but I won’t. Instead, I want to compare him favorably to his ideological soul mate, Sarah Palin, which may be even more scary..

Both the Texas senator and the former Alaska governor oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. They both want a smaller federal government and a more confrontational foreign policy. They want to repeal Obamacare and seal up the borders. Both are darlings of the tea party. Neither believes climate change is real. When they are in front of evangelical Christian crowds, they talk freely about salvation and prayer warriors. Both are so ambitious that they barely warmed the seats in their first major elected offices before jumping into campaigns at the highest level of national politics.

On just about everything, Cruz and Palin are on the same page. The difference is that the page Cruz reads from is in a law book, while Palin’s is in People magazine.

Palin is pretty much the embodiment of scatterbrained. Her off-the-cuff speeches are hilarious, nonsensical contortions of the English language. Her occasional stints as a pundit on Fox News are so daffy that even the sympathetic conservative hosts seem baffled by her blather. She is an attractive celebrity who is a good fit for a TV reality show, not for any position that would allow her to get her manicured fingers on the nuclear codes....

[2ndDivisionVet]

You knew this was coming. And exactly what is wrong with that? And Barack Hussein Obama should be in possession of those codes?

[Jet Jaguar]

And Barry Soetoro watches ESPN for news.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"If I were to mirror the example of the delusional right-wing folks"

Ah, the howl of the racist, sexist nutter whine. No need to read any more of the copy and paste vomitus hate from the extra-chromosome left.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Demrat Media strikes again.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Regulator]

oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. They both want a smaller federal government and a more confrontational foreign policy. They want to repeal Obamacare and seal up the borders. Both are darlings of the tea party. Neither believes climate change is real. When they are in front of evangelical Christian crowds, they talk freely about salvation and prayer warriors

When does he get to the bad stuff?

[G Larry]

Ya...and Obama is Stalin with a tan.....

[jazusamo]

David Horsey has dreams about having an IQ even close to that of Sarah Palin or Ted Cruz.

[Paladin2]

S! is way more intelligent than most rat electives. Including Sen. MURKY.

[stanne]

Hey. You know. If you can’t think of anything mean to say (about Cruz), go find Sarah Palin.

[KC_Lion]

Thanks Army Air Corps

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Bookmark Ping to Sarah's List!

oppose abortion and same-sex marriage. They both want a smaller federal government and a more confrontational foreign policy. They want to repeal Obamacare and seal up the borders. Both are darlings of the tea party. Neither believes climate change is real. When they are in front of evangelical Christian crowds, they talk freely about salvation and prayer warriors

Sounds like an endorement to me.

Sometimes prayer is all we have.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Sexist much? (not you, the columnist).

[faithhopecharity]

Cruz is very intelligent. Palin is no dummy however....

[KC_Lion]

Sarah Supports F.R.

You can too!

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[faithhopecharity]

and neither Cruz nor Palin scares me.

[proudpapa]

Since when did intellect and wisdom become vices???

[Signalman]

This must be the 200th article I’ve seen about a candidate “who has no chance of winning”.

The left is in a state of panic.

[Yosemitest]

The LA TIMES ?
Could you have picked a WORSE LIBERAL RAG ?

The ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF is only fooling those WHO WANT TO BE FOOLED.
The rest of us know that he's furnishing the path for our ENEMIES to get NUCLEAR WEAPONS to DESTROY Israel and the United States.
The Arab-Kenyan Barack Hussein Obama II, (a.k.a. Barry Soetoro), ( the one guilty of TREASON ! ) truly IS the greatest danger TO BOTH the United States of America, AND Israel !

[JPG]

-Neither believes climate change is real.

Total, complete and utter BS. Both Cruz and Palin KNOW that the climate changes---it always has; it always will. What they deny is that man is primarily the cause of those changes.

To the media: Stop peddling the climate change lie, and stop misrepresenting the conservative position.

[TBP]

And Sarah doesn’t have a high IQ?