[The Iceman Cometh]

So, what's your point? Are you saying Planned Parenthood exhibit 'Texas values'?

If Cruz is trying to make a point of liberal New York values, he may want to take a look at Houston with the lesbian mayor and Austin which is liberal la-la land. Now, Houston indicts the filmmakers of the butchers at PP instead of PP. It's hypocritical. That's my point.

[mtrott]

Houston is incredibly liberal, no doubt. I think Cruz would equally make a point against those values as well.

[MamaB]

It sure is. All states have their good or bad points. Don’t condemn the whole state for the actions of a few. When I read about that earlier, I realized just how true that belief is.

[Dr. Sivana]

If Cruz is trying to make a point of liberal New York values, he may want to take a look at Houston with the lesbian mayor and Austin which is liberal la-la land.

It is a bit confusing because some take Trump to mean "New York State" values, and others "New York City" values. Trump actually takes it one step further in describing his values, "I've lived in New York City and Manhattan all my life," Trump said (Washington Post, 1/16/2016).

Those of us who grew up and lived near NYC know that the folks in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island get a little bit piqued when Manhattan is used to represent the city as a whole. The worst of the Manhattanites (including serious conservatives) consider you not to be "in the game" if you are not in Manhattan. I know some of these folks first hand. Peggy Noonan would be a good representative of the mindset.

What you say about Houston is absolutely true, and ostrich leather boots notwithstanding, no one is going to confuse Ted Cruz with a real cowboy, and he doesn't pretend to be one any more than Gerry Spence did. It has to do with identifying with a culture that is identified with Texas in a way that the Niagara wine country is not identified with New York, because NYC suck all the air out of the room.

When Trump talks about New York values, we know he is talking Manhattan, and a general urban outlook. When Cruz talks Texas values, we think of land rights, gun ownership, "Home on the Range", the Alamo and no shame in being an open Christian.