Every voter needs to know this about Ted Cruz

[applegrove]

Every voter needs to know this about Ted Cruz

by Ian Reifowitz at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/12/1468737/-Every-voter-needs-to-know-this-about-Ted-Cruz

"SNIP.............



In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.

Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley go for time served, Cruz took the case to the Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full 16 years.

The case reveals something interesting about Cruz’s character. Ted Cruz is now running strongly among evangelical voters, especially in Iowa. But in his career and public presentation Cruz is a stranger to most of what would generally be considered the Christian virtues: humility, mercy, compassion and grace. Cruz’s behavior in the Haley case is almost the dictionary definition of pharisaism: an overzealous application of the letter of the law in a way that violates the spirit of the law, as well as fairness and mercy.

In the end, Haley was released after serving six years. During the Supreme Court hearing, Justice Anthony Kennedy—left incredulous by Cruz’s position—asked him: “Is there some rule that you can't confess error in your state?”



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[thereismore]

1. Sanctimonious prick. nt

[2naSalit]

4. Exactly. nt

[3catwoman3]

2. "...humility, mercy, compassion and grace..."

Cruz is 0 for 4 on these attributes.

[Kalidurga]

3. Who does Ted Cruz think he is?

Does anyone have any idea? I will just post this random picture here, it means nothing.

[wildeyed]

5. Even the his own party hates him.

If Democrats want to hate him, we have to get in line because so many people hate him first. There is a WAITLIST for hating on Cruz. Because who does this pointlessly horrible but a total freak?

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And also, it cost around 30k to keep someone in prison for a single year, so in addition to injustice, it is crazy expensive, a waste of taxpayer money. Dumbass.

[Electric Monk]

6. k&r

There's a dupe thread posted after this one, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027524634

[applegrove]

7. I just saw that. They posted a few hours after me. we both have lots of recs. Leave them both up I

say.