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Washington Post: Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props
Washington Post ^ | 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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To: RginTN
Dude needs a better tailor

41 posted on 12/22/2015 4:11:01 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
"We keep it down to a minimum," says Trump, who has staff to help with cooking and housework, but no nanny in the traditional sense. "If you have too much help, you don't get to know your children."
42 posted on 12/22/2015 4:13:16 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

I bet the jacket Cruz is wearing fits Trump perfectly. (That photo has been rehashed to death).


43 posted on 12/22/2015 4:13:40 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: RummyChick

Trump needs to visit hair club for men. he can afford it.


44 posted on 12/22/2015 4:14:28 PM PST by RginTN
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To: Isara

Well, THAT’s never happened before.


45 posted on 12/22/2015 4:16:15 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Rubio not voting on OmniSpend is RINO for 'smart'.)
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To: Isara

46 posted on 12/22/2015 4:16:47 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Isara

I use the Washington Post as toilet paper. Paybacks a bitch!


47 posted on 12/22/2015 4:17:14 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 21twelve

That story makes no sense. He wouldn’t show up to a meeting like that with no jacket.


48 posted on 12/22/2015 4:18:30 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Isara
Malia Obama's T-shirt does the talking at G8 summit in Italy

Barack Obama's elder daughter wears top with peace symbol used as Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo on Rome visit

49 posted on 12/22/2015 4:19:12 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: CatOwner

Now there is a ++ idea....


50 posted on 12/22/2015 4:20:21 PM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: Isara; Nachum; All

Said one Hillary Baby to the talking head,
“Do you see what I see?”
Said one Hillary G’Baby to the talking head,
“Do you see what I see?”
Said a second Grand Baby to the talking head,
“Do you see what I see?”

Chelsea! Chelsea!
A star, a star, born to get AR voters ...


51 posted on 12/22/2015 4:20:50 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: RummyChick

Sorry, that made a spew right out of my mouth. Hope it didn’t spoil your Christmas outfit.
Still chuckling()—


52 posted on 12/22/2015 4:21:55 PM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: V K Lee

DEAR TED CRUZ, I know you won’t say it so I Will:

Washington Post now needs to do the SAME GRAPHIC with Obama’s daughters as the monkeys.

Here is a PERFECT example of using his daughters for campaign ads

http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=78b_1339985941&selected_view_mode=mobile


53 posted on 12/22/2015 4:24:35 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Isara
Good answer.

By the way, how many others running for office from both parties have used their family members in campaign ads? This isn't something new. But I guess the author of this hit piece was told to write something derogatory about Cruz, and this is all she could come up with.

54 posted on 12/22/2015 4:25:24 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: RginTN
"as a Cruz supporter I hate to say this but he needs a fashion makeover...clearly he picks his clothes not his wife."

Who cares...seriously. Remember Reagan's brown suit?

Men and "fashion" don't go together, IMO.

55 posted on 12/22/2015 4:25:34 PM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: Isara

Actually, I think how a parent parents, expresses their family values, and getting a glimpse of a politicians family life is vital to me in deciding who to support as a candidate.

As an example, seeing Obama with his children is nice but then when I hear his position regarding abortion and late term abortion......any family moments he might share rings hollow.


56 posted on 12/22/2015 4:25:59 PM PST by Toespi
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To: fatnotlazy

Families are usually always involved in campaigns. I despise what this idiot did against Cruz.

I want to see the Obama daughters as monkeys or Cruz should get an apology.


57 posted on 12/22/2015 4:26:51 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: McGruff

And even worse- She doesn’t even make cookies. Never knew a grandmother that didn’t bake cookies. Will she remember to actually feed them..oh, never mind she will never actually take responsibility to care for them. The nanny will do that; the same one employed to care for her?


58 posted on 12/22/2015 4:28:17 PM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Isara

T. Cruz did nothing wrong. I recall no objections when Chelsea was involved in campaigning.


59 posted on 12/22/2015 4:29:41 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: Isara


60 posted on 12/22/2015 4:30:49 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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