I am really beginning to dislike Cruz.

[w8liftinglady]

"Count Ted Cruz as a “No” vote on Chuck Hagel as Obama’s defense secretary"

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/ted-cruz-sounds-like-a-no-vote-on-chuck-hagel-as-obamas-defense-secretary.html/

"Cruz: Obama 'high on reelection'"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/01/cruz-obama-high-on-reelection-153432.html

"Senator Ted Cruz Pushes His “Opportunity Conservatism” on FOX News Sunday"

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/01/senator-ted-cruz-pushes-opportunity-conservatism-on-fox-news-sunday/

[northoftheborder]

1. I knew from the first time I saw him that he was a (name your own negative, insulting terms.)

The problem is, he is a smooth talker, has a smiling facade, behind which is (name your own putrid motivations - he has them all.)



he's going to be VERY difficult to defeat electorally - I predict he'll stay the rest of his life, if he doesn't run for president some day.



edit for additional opinion

You can color me depressed and discouraged about our state.

[w8liftinglady]

2. Do you think there's any chance Noriega would consider running again in 2014?

[northoftheborder]

3. He might, or another Hispanic. The Hispanics in this state are all that can save us.

[NoPasaran]

6. Getting clobbered once is really all we can ask of any given Democrat.

[onestepforward]

4. At the very least, we will be spared from a presidential run.

Cruz was born in Canada.

I'm discouraged about our state too. I'm a native Texan and I love our state, but I'm been thinking about moving

[northoftheborder]

8. Didn't know born in Canada. Isn't he of Cuban ancestry?

[DhhD]

11. Cruz flat out lied in his last commercial ad before the election telling Texans that his father

brought the family to Texas from Cuba to escape Castro's Cuba. The family left Cuba to go to Canada where Ted Cruz was born through nationalized medicine.

Does somebody have a link to the ad? Maybe it was on Facebook.

Does anybody know when Ted Cruz become a naturalized citizen?

[LeftInTX]

13. Can't find the ad, but here's some info

Rafael Edward Cruz
December 22, 1970 (age 42)

Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where his parents, Eleanor Darragh and Rafael Cruz, were working in the petroleum business.[8][9] His father was a Cuban immigrant during the Cuban Revolution to the United States. His mother, an American, was reared in Delaware, in a family of Irish and Italian descent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz


As a teenager, Mr. Cruz’s father fought with the rebels against the Batista government in Cuba, and was captured and tortured, before fleeing to the United States in 1957. He arrived in Austin at 18 with little English and $100 sewn into his underwear. He washed dishes for 50 cents an hour to work his way through the University of Texas, then started a business in Houston.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/politics/ted-cruz-is-a-test-for-the-tea-party-in-texas-race.html?_r=1

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His dad left Cuba in 1957. Ted was born 13 years later - that's a long time. I have no idea when Ted became a citizen, but his mom is a natural born citizen. If his dad came to Texas first and was employed by an oil company, there is a good chance, by 1970, his dad was a US citizen too.

I am no supporter of Ted Cruz. He looks older than 42, it's easy to forget that he was born in 1970 instead of 1960. It is easy to spin the story of his dad coming to Texas and conveniently leaving Canada out of the picture.

[DhhD]

12. It was my belief from the first time I saw him on TV, that he was a fake. (I am filling in the

blank on your OP above.) I disagree that he will be hard to beat. Why? because he just will not be able to get things done as his voting record will prove. Every time both Senators vote against the working, high taxpaying class, their voting record needs to be made very public. It will show that consistently their decisions are not in line with most Texans.

If it is true that Cruz and Cornyn do not represent the concerns and interests of the majority of Texans, then we need two new Senators that will. (Concerns and interests are not the same thing as votes.)

[TexasTowelie]

5. What took you so fricking long?

Teddy made it to MY list when he ran in the primaries last year. You can also add some low-info voters onto the list.

[w8liftinglady]

7. LOL... I was being a wee bit sarcastic .. I worked on Sadler's campaign

The Dallas Morning News has had a virtual Cruzgasm...jeez- like 6 articles/colimns on him in three days

[hobbit709]

9. I love JuanitaJeans comments

http://juanitajean.com/2013/01/06/because-you-can-never-be-crazy-enough-if-youre-from-texas/
"Bless his heart, his head’s so hollow he’s got to talk with his hands to get away from the echo."

[ashling]

10. Just "beginning"?

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[AverageJoe90]

14. I never liked this moron to begin with, TBH.

I really hope we can get Paul Sadler to run for office again at some point, even if just as Congressman.....

[Javaman]

15. Him having an R after his name was enough for me.

But then again, I kind of already knew he was a jerk. A Latino buddy of mine said to me and I quote, "Cruz speaks Spanish like a white guy giving a power point in Laredo". LOL

[Gothmog]

16. Cruz is an idiot

It is sad that he is a member of the Bar. Cruz is a nut job and we may be stuck with him for a while

[DhhD]

17. Cruz was talking on PBS News Hour Monday evening (yesterday). His happiness about wanting to

shut down the government if he does not get what the GOP/he wanted, was evident to me. I believe that he will vote to not extend the Debt Ceiling. For my concerns, his extremism is way out in right field and not in the best interests of most Texans.

I hope that most Texans will follow the voting of the newly elected Senator from Texas.

[w8liftinglady]

18. Oh, I will...and I'll make sure dallas knows how he votes

[DhhD]

19. How will you do this?

[w8liftinglady]

20. I blog other places...

in DFW......