It might be valuable to you to look at Cruz's history of deception. And while you are at it you might look at his history with alcohol abuse.
Both of Ted's parents were alcoholics when he was growing up. His sister actually died from alcoholism and drug abuse. Ted was arrested when he was a teen for possession of a case of stolen booze. When he got into college he had a long list of problems with alcohol which was one of the reasons he made few friends. Asked recently about his use of alcohol by Anderson Cooper, he said that he was a “Scotch Man”, but extolled the virtues of whiskey and other hard liquors.
If you ever see Ted's bulbous drinker's nose without a lot of makeup smeared on it... you will see that it is full of broken corpuscles. His eyes are often watery looking and he looks a full ten years older than Marco Rubio who is actually the same age as he is. Those of us who grew up in families with a history of alcohol problems such as myself have a very easy time spotting a “high functioning” alcoholic. Ted fits the bill in every way. The number one symptom we recognize is someone who lies all the time about nearly everything even stuff that makes no difference. That is Ted.
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Re Cruz playing the lead role in a Harvard production of The Crucible:
‘After the successful first performance, Cruz spent the cast party imbibing so much Everclear — a powerful grain alcohol — that he couldn’t make it through the next night’s performance. His fellow actors had to coax him into going onstage, but by Act III his condition worsened.
A video of the performance shows him sitting on a bench onstage, his head buried in his hands for nearly five minutes straight. After meekly delivering a line, he walked off stage in the middle of the scene, forcing cast members to improvise around the departure of a lead character. He didn’t return for the remainder of the play.’
http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2013/11/ted-cruz-hungover-thespian-years/71433/