| This author of this story, Will Saletan of Salon, is a real journalist -- he does his homework. He's an expert at letting the facts speak for themselves. And he seems to specialize in following Cruz's policy turns, backtracks, and flips. Yet even though Saletan lays it all out in precise time sequence, the convoluted and layered nature of Cruz's positions is still extremely hard to follow. Well, my web wanderings led me to an interesting Wikipedia article on the Deception in Animals. And being the devious and inquisitive Trump supporter that I am, I read through the article to see what deceptive animal behavior I could compare to Mr. Cruz -- just for fun ;-) And it does appears Cruz has mastered quite a few lower animal techniques. For instance, there's the vocal tactical deception employed by the New World monkey when competing with a dominant monkey [Trump] over valuable food resources [sponsorships]. Another example is the deflection display employed by birds to protect their young in the nest. For instance, birds walk away from the nest with one wing hung low and dragging on the ground [aka the Heidi maneuver] thereby deceiving predators and distracting their attention away from the nest or young [scandals]. But here's the best comparison I could find -- and from a book with a very apropos title, the Book of Lies by Malcom Green:
Once, after having a temper tantrum in which she pulled the kitchen sink clear out of its base, she tried to pass the blame onto her pet kitten by signing "cat did it" and pointing at the cat. Translation: Trump did it!
Perhaps you may be entertained by another Cruz parody I posted on FR: Time to Eat Those Green Eggs and Ham. |
