Vanity: Why does Cruz call himslef "Ted" his real name is Rafael Edward Cruz. I am so confussed.

2-16-2916 | Question

[ichabod1]

I think he looks like a vampire. Has anybody ever seen him in the daylight? And he’s got a leeetle bit of LBJ going there as well... I can’t quite figure out what it is but something reminds me of him.

[Nifster]

Just like ‘Ted’ Kennedy called himself ‘Ted’ when his name was actually Edward

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Ted is common nickname for “Edward.”

[ichabod1]

I like Rafe. At any rate, I suspect he did it for the same reason Barack went by Barry. He didn’t want to have a foreign sounding name.

[New Jersey Realist]

I heard he has a bust of Ted Kennedy in his Senate office so I guess he is an admirer.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

G. Gordon Liddy

[Red Badger]

....or ‘Hank’ for Henry....................

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I took a spelling test on face book and it said I got an A+...#whoknew

[Sans-Culotte]

Google is your friend.

If you thing Ted is an unusual nickname for Edward, I've always wondered how Peggy became a popular substitute for Margaret.

[amnestynone]

Same Reason Edward M Kennedy called himself Ted.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I can’t take the last one...

Names[edit]
A shortened form of the following: Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Theodore (name)
Edwina (name)
Theodora (name)

Short for Teddy Boy

[Yorlik803]

His Cucumber with mayo Sandwhich?

[Tijeras_Slim]

For the same reason I call myself Tijeras_Slim when my real name is Elvis Shaka Zulu.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

J. Edgar Hoover

[IMR 4350]

Why does Donald Trump call himself conservative?

Inquiring minds want to know.

No explanation can be found to explain it.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

start your own thread this one is mine.....

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

You should go by Zulu I love it...

[Theodore R.]

“Ted” is a derivative of Edward: hence the popular EMK of MA.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It’s already taken

[TexasPaul]

What a waste of electrons and server bandwidth.

I’m sorry that I am participating in the waste, but REALLY?