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Cruz fires back at Washington Post with a cartoon of his own
The Hill ^ | December 23, 2015 | Elliot Smilowitz

Posted on 12/23/2015 1:42:49 PM PST by Isara

After crying foul over a Washington Post editorial cartoon that depicted his children as "political props," presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) turned the tables Wednesday with a drawing of his own.

"Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs," Cruz wrote on Twitter.

Attached to the tweet: An image showing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton walking two dogs labeled as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Hillary's Lapdogs

Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs. pic.twitter.com/dou9c7fS4U— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 23, 2015

The Post on Tuesday retracted their original cartoon after a firestorm of controversy. 

The animated cartoon featured a Santa Claus-costumed Cruz winding a music box as two leashed monkeys dance in elf costumes. The monkeys represent Cruz's daugthers, Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4.

"Classy. @washingtonpost makes fun of my girls. Stick w/ attacking me--Caroline & Catherine are out of your league," Cruz tweeted Tuesday with a link to the cartoon.

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes wrote that Cruz waived the "unspoken rule" to leave politician's kids out of campaigns with a TV ad that ran during last week's "Saturday Night Live." 

"When a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her father's dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game," Telnaes wrote when the cartoon was published.

On Tuesday evening, a note from editor Fred Hiatt appeared on The Washington Post's website reading: "It's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anntelnaes; canadian; cartoon; cruz; hillary; ineligible; lapdogs; newyorktimes; tcruz; tedcruz; telnaes; washingtonpost; wp
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To: Isara

Anybody got a photo of Ann Telnaes? (Not aimed at deciding
guilty or not guilty. She’s guilty, no matter if she looks
like Miss Universe.)


41 posted on 12/23/2015 2:43:53 PM PST by Twinkie (Kneel at the cross, Jesus (Yeshua) will meet you there.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

I remember the nite Carter was nominated (the first time) and you could tell they dragged Amy out of bed to appear on stage with the nominee and Rosalyn (or whatever her name is)

Amy was not happy. But hey, Daddy said it was for political propping so it’s ok


42 posted on 12/23/2015 2:46:14 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Muslim silence = complicity. Muslim immigration: END it, can't mend it)
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To: Twinkie
Anybody got a photo of Ann Telnaes?


43 posted on 12/23/2015 2:50:30 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Isara

Ted missed the REALLY ugly dog named Ann Telnaes.


44 posted on 12/23/2015 2:51:33 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

What a mean, hard face!


45 posted on 12/23/2015 2:56:28 PM PST by miserare ( "What difference does it make?"~~Benghazi Hil)
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To: timestax

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George Stepinawfulstuff


46 posted on 12/23/2015 2:58:29 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

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Is that her husband?


47 posted on 12/23/2015 3:05:03 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Isara

The is the macaca moment for the Washington Post.


48 posted on 12/23/2015 3:07:05 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:21)
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To: Isara
After crying foul over a Washington Post editorial cartoon that depicted his children as "political props,"

Notice how every MSM news source keeps omitting that the Washington Post portrayed his Latino children as monkeys.

50 posted on 12/23/2015 3:12:26 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: stanne

Yeah, that one may leave a mark.


51 posted on 12/23/2015 3:17:14 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: cdcdawg

That isn’t how he fights. His is the gentleman’s fight.

In a couple of days everyone will have forgotten Cruz, but still talk about ‘schlonged’

I prefer the fighter whose mark stays the longest on the hide of the enemy.


52 posted on 12/23/2015 3:23:48 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.))
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To: italianquaker
I do like this Cruz, he fights back

Precisely why Lincoln chose US Grant: "He fights."

53 posted on 12/23/2015 3:40:44 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Isara

I’ll bet no one, NO ONE, has the guts to do this to Trumps children or grandchildren.

And if someone does, Trump isn’t going to respond with some silly cartoon, he’s going to rip some serious new assholes in the perps.


54 posted on 12/23/2015 3:49:02 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.))
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To: Isara

Two words: Rodeo clown.


55 posted on 12/23/2015 4:03:41 PM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Ann’s favorite snack? Milk Bone biscuits.


56 posted on 12/23/2015 4:10:45 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

weiner dogs!...No! No! NO! Schlong dogs.


57 posted on 12/23/2015 4:13:22 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Isara
Perfect response.


58 posted on 12/23/2015 4:17:41 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: FourPeas

59 posted on 12/23/2015 4:18:37 PM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

His Irish/Latino kids.

I thought we stopped depicting the Irish as monkeys 75 years ago.


60 posted on 12/23/2015 4:23:38 PM PST by miserare ( "What difference does it make?"~~Benghazi Hil)
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