Ted Cruz

Barack Obama

I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation’s ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation. Ted Cruz interview with Caroline May

Does this seem accurate? Writing a paper on Texas masculinity. top comment from delugetheory: That is a pretty accurate representation of the relationship between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, but as a self-respecting Texan male, I would please ask that Ted Cruz not be made the representative of all Texan males. His behavior stems from the fact that he is a modern Republican politician, not from the fact that his parents moved to Texas when he was a child.

Donald Trump… this man is a pathological liar Ted Cruz
Let me be clear: Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him. As quoted in Ted Cruz Will Do Anything for Love, But He Won’t Do Rats [25 March 2016], by Matt Miller, Esquire Magazine
It’s not easy to tick me off… I don’t get angry often. But you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids; that’ll do it every time. Donald, you’re a sniveling coward and leave Heidi the hell alone. As quoted in “Cruz calls Trump “sniveling coward” and says ’leave Heidi the hell alone’” (24 March 2016), by Reena Flores, CBS News

If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you. Lindsey Graham, Washington Press Club dinner in February 2016

Here’s the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz. Al Franken in his autobiography Al Franken, Giant of the Senate (2017)