Posted on 06/02/2015 8:56:00 AM PDT by entropy12
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) openly pandered to a Massachusetts audience last weekend by announcing his support for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after the so-called Deflategate scandal. Cruz made the bold proclamation to set up a joke about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner.
"Let me start by saying: Tom Brady was framed," Cruz declared. "Now I'm not willing to pander on much, but on that, Tom Brady was framed!"
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How do you figure that Joe Theismann could NOT accurately pick the deflated balls, plus that some quarterbacks want the ball MORE inflated?
“Ted Cruz lost some credibility with me with this pronouncement. Either he does not know football or he is pandering blatantly. “
Obviously the man has a sense of humor.
Ted Cruz’s attempt of dry humor, nothing more, nothing less.
Ted Cruz will be fine, it’s called being tested or baptised by fire.
Ball pressure isn’t that big a deal. ISIS is creating a new tyranny, the government is abusing its power, the economic stats are lies, people are out of work, we have aliens flooding over the border, and the nation’s moral strength is in the bathhouse.
Football, Ted...really?
Are there actually some who don’t realize this was a complete joke by Cruz, told before a Massachusetts audience?
Ted Cruz will be fine, it was his attempt of dry humor, nothing more, nothing less.
It’s called being tested or baptised by fire.
The media storm fury will fade away in a few days.
” It is statistically in “impossible” range. Ted Cruz lost some credibility with me with this pronouncement. Either he does not know football or he is pandering blatantly.”
Or he’s joking around.
It seems he’s out of DC more often than not. I just hope he’s paying attention to the job he was elected to do and that US taxpayers are not getting gipped with all his campaigning.
Agreed. Our candidates, especially our precious few conservative candidates, should stick to topics that don't make them sound, at best, foolish.
It’s a joke, son. And some of the replies are really funny.
My opinion is Brady can play great with legally inflated balls. He proved that. I think what he can’t do is play with balls that are overinflated, and my guess is he told the equipment people to make sure they weren’t overinflated.
It’s clear from the report, that the NFL has no standardized method for measuring the balls, and is rather sloppy with the process.
Anyone who makes voting decisions on the basis of a candidate’s sports team preference (or other trivialities) is the very definition of “low information voter”.
“Let me start by saying: Tom Brady was framed,” Cruz declared. “Now I’m not willing to pander on much, but on that, Tom Brady was framed!”
Cruz then delivered the punchline:
“And I will say this: I have it on good authority that Hillary Clinton did it. Why do you think she deleted her emails?” he asked
Relax folks it was said tongue in cheek. A joke!
People forget that it is is just a game.
That game was ours to lose.....so we DID! There’s still a mark on the carpet where my jaw dropped to the floor.
“Ted Cruz lost some credibility with me with this pronouncement. Either he does not know football or he is pandering blatantly.”
I don’t believe it’s pandering if you announce your pandering, more like tongue in cheek humor.
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