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Ted Cruz is just like his clothes: carefully thought out, ill-fitting and unlikable (barf alert!)
The Guardian ^ | Wednesday 23 December 2015 | Cindy Casares

Posted on 12/25/2015 7:13:03 AM PST by Isara

He's not 'one of the guys' on the trail, but he also didn't seem to belong in the Ivy League - or even among politicos

The weather has finally cooled a bit, and that can only mean one thing: time for Ted Cruz to dump his ill-fitting suits and ties for his even iller-fitting collection of flannel shirts and leather jackets. The #Cruz Country Christmas Tour (in a private jet) is under way and headed to a town near you.

Why does the Texas senator lumberjack around America when the temperature drops? Is he trying to create synergy with the cover of his latest book?

That's possible, but the real reason Ted Cruz wears flannel shirts and leather jackets in the winter is because he wants nothing more than to be perceived as one of the guys. Not just because it could win him the White House, but because he's always been that kid in school that had no friends. The one whose parents made him insufferable by constantly telling him how much better he is than everyone else.

Cruz's father, Rafael, has been brainwashing his son since he was about four years old to believe he's "gifted above any man he knows" and "destined by God for greatness", the kinds of delusions that were guaranteed to get him stuffed in a locker by junior high.

Unfortunately, training to become Daddy's little messiah didn't leave Cruz time to develop even the slightest sense of style, and GQ has some stern fashion advice for him.

"In general, we're not exactly sure why presidential hopefuls think that oversized, awkward leather jackets will make them seem more, 'relatable to voters'," the website said on Tuesday.

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(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: canadian; cruz; cruz4attorneygeneral; fashionpolice; flannelshirt; goldmansachsxmas; ineligible; leatherjacket; nwoted; tcruz; tedcruz; theguardian
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To: Isara

So much to comment on here, but I’ll pick on just one, the fact is when it comes to brainwashing that is what liberals do to their children.

Here is what a righteous man does with his children: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Ted Cruz is evidence his father believed and trusted the truth.


61 posted on 12/25/2015 8:14:19 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Isara
I always did think Cruz could use a new suit. It would improve his appearance.


62 posted on 12/25/2015 8:14:37 AM PST by georgiegirl
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To: Isara

Actually, Cindy, Cruz’s father tried to do his job as a father and instill confidence in him and make sure he was well educated so he wouldn’t wind up being a JOURNALIST!


63 posted on 12/25/2015 8:25:24 AM PST by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: fhayek

Its actually not a bad article. People have the right to criticize the general appearance of a candidate, and this article espouses a legitimate angle...


64 posted on 12/25/2015 8:31:23 AM PST by nwrep
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To: Isara

“Cruz’s father, Rafael, has been brainwashing his son since he was about four years old to believe he’s “gifted above any man he knows” and “destined by God for greatness”, the kinds of delusions...”

Because as we all know, its so much better telling kids they will never amount to anything, that racism abounds in America, an evil nation that causes suffering around the world, that the best you can hope for will only be what you can get get from government, if only the mean Conservatives don’t stop it first.

I wish more parents would plant God’s Word into the hearts of their children, teach them to dream, work hard, because in a free country and with God’s Blessing, truly there is no limit. If more children were raised this way, we would have more lot more Ted Cruz and Ben Carson success stories, and not half the country dependent on their fellow taxpayers.


65 posted on 12/25/2015 8:39:04 AM PST by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Isara
Ya gotta feel for the MSM. They can't make this campaign about the issues, their candidates lose on every one.

The economy? Taxes and Debt? Runaway spending?

Honesty? Integrity? Leadership in a crisis? Foreign policy?

Overburdensome regulation and shrinking personal liberty?

How about illegal immigration? The threat of worldwide terrorism?

Crime in the streets? Crime in the boardroom? Crime in government?

Can't come out ahead on any of these, so they're left with personal attacks.

Woods nailed it.

66 posted on 12/25/2015 8:46:50 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Isara

The ponce’s in England who stand by when teenage girls are raped by Islamists bathed in the mercy of God have their clothing tailored on Savile Row. W4nkers!


67 posted on 12/25/2015 8:47:36 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: fhayek

The suit don’t make the man, unless of course it’s a democrat!


68 posted on 12/25/2015 8:47:37 AM PST by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed!)
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To: nwrep
Its actually not a bad article. People have the right to criticize the general appearance of a candidate, and this article espouses a legitimate angle...

This piece reeks of leftist snarkiness. I wouldn't disagree that personal appearance sometimes merits criticism. E.g. we freely criticize Madame Clinton's Mao-suits.

But I don't see your "legitimate angle" here.

As for the writer's glib assertion that Cruz has a "messiah complex" ... here's proof of a messiah-complex-to-beat-all- messiah-complexes:

...I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth...

And guess which "messiah" proclaimed that, Cindy?

69 posted on 12/25/2015 8:52:38 AM PST by shhrubbery! (NIH!)
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To: shhrubbery!

WEll I think we can all agree Ted needs a tailor but then so did Lincoln. :-)


70 posted on 12/25/2015 8:56:33 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Isara
I suppose these guys dress poorly too.
71 posted on 12/25/2015 8:57:24 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Isara

What is Cindy’s Freeper name?


72 posted on 12/25/2015 8:59:53 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: cripplecreek

Flannel shirts are just what men wear in the winter...at least, the men I know of. I like seeing them with jeans.

Last night on a Cruz thread, though, some were making fun of his “off the rack” clothing, so I guess they all have their wardrobe custom made by tailors./S


73 posted on 12/25/2015 9:02:35 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: Mariner

Anyone who thinks Ted Cruz is “femme” is a damned fool and a liar, and ought to be ashamed.

I’d love to see what some of these keyboard alpha warriors look like.


74 posted on 12/25/2015 9:04:35 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: CatherineofAragon

The teen Beat crowd fixates on superficials.

Around here real men don’t have tailors.


75 posted on 12/25/2015 9:08:59 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Isara

She worked for Ann Richards.


76 posted on 12/25/2015 9:12:30 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yep, same here.

None of the males around here would be taking lessons in masculinity from Manhattanites who eat pizza with a fork.


77 posted on 12/25/2015 9:14:06 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: shhrubbery!
GW Rocks!

Obviously that quote was 0, and yes, there was an over the top quality to it. Back then, the media were grappling with the novelty of the first black president, and the stultifying effect it had on their journalistic impulses prevented any serious examination of their candidate, something many of them have lamented over the years...

78 posted on 12/25/2015 9:17:30 AM PST by nwrep
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To: Isara

As Rush says, the libs are becoming unhinged.


79 posted on 12/25/2015 9:17:55 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: CatherineofAragon
If a real man absolutely must measure an inseam we have exactly the right tool to do it with.

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80 posted on 12/25/2015 9:19:24 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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