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Washington Post: Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props
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| December 22, 2015
| Ann Telnaes
Posted on 12/22/2015 3:43:10 PM PST by Isara
There is an unspoken rule in editorial cartooning that a politician's children are off-limits. People don't get to choose their family members so obviously it's unfair to ridicule kids for their parent's behavior while in office or on the campaign trail- besides, they're children. There are plenty of adults in the political world who act childish, so there is no need for an editorial cartoonist to target actual children.
I've kept to that rule, except when the children are adults themselves or choose to indulge in grown-up activities (as the Bush twins did during the George W Bush presidency). But 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anntelnaes; canadian; christmasclassics; cruz; cruzchristmas; ineligible; tcruz; tedcruz; washingtonpost; wp
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To: Unmarked Package
If you want smart kids, read to them when they’re little.
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posted on
12/22/2015 6:46:24 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: Isara
"Editorâs note from Fred Hiatt: Itâs 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."
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posted on
12/22/2015 7:03:17 PM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
To: South40
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posted on
12/22/2015 8:12:44 PM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
To: HarleyLady27
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posted on
12/22/2015 8:20:35 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: Starstruck
It was meant to be sarcasm. I thought it was so obvious I did not need the /S tag.
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posted on
12/22/2015 9:11:05 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Go Trump 2016! Born in America of two US Citizens! A real Natural Born Citizen!)
To: RummyChick
Won t that be refreshing. I m looking forward to it.
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posted on
12/23/2015 5:42:06 AM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: entropy12
It was meant to be sarcasm. I thought it was so obvious I did not need the /S tag.Sorry. I was taking so much fire last night that I shot the wrong guy.
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posted on
12/23/2015 6:46:17 AM PST
by
Starstruck
(I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
To: mkjessup
Please MK, it’s Christmas. I don’t want her to eat excrement, I just want to be a fly on the wall at her Judgement Day : )
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12/23/2015 7:31:08 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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