Does Ted Cruz seem a little crazy to you?

[UCmeNdc]

Cruz seems to be a power hungry type. The type of man who likes to start wars with other people's children.

[KT2000]

1. I have the feeling

he would use anyone and everyone to further his own narcissistic goals.

[Control-Z]

2. A little crazy? No.

He's a whole lot of certifiably crazy. And yes. I'm sure he would find joy in sending some other person's kid off to fight a war.

He is a dangerous man who has no place in American government.

[chillfactor]

5. well he seems to not care about children at all...

letting children go hungry and denying them cancer treatments seems to bring him some kind demented enjoyment...

[rock]

33. Wholeheartedly agree

My advice to Ted is to never visit a insane asylum: he'll find it easy to get in; impossible to leave.

[SharonAnn]

40. I agree. He's not a little crazy. He's a LOT crazy.

[hollysmom]

3. no, he is like a snake oil salesman,

willing to say anything to get ahead - selfish spoilering bastard

[blkmusclmachine]

4. A little

?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. He wants to be King of Texas.

[meow2u3]

19. No. He wants to be king of the United States

To hell with the Constitutional prohibition against titles of nobility. He still wants to be dictator/king/ruler of the world.

To Cruz, the Constitution is just in the way of his quest to rule the world like the Antichrist he is.

[lastlib]

29. No--he wants to be Feuhrer.....

of his own master race.

[Lobo27]

7. If he is crazy then his father must be w/e is beyond crazy...

At work they were talking about the dad saying Ted is anointed w/e that means. And something about the hills of Jerusalem.

[trusty elf]

8. A tad crazed?

yep

[Skittles]

9. Carnival Cruz is batshit insane

[tofuandbeer]

10. How do people like Cruz evolve into a popular politician. It goggles my mind.

[anniebelle]

11. He has equally crazed constituents.

They live here in Tennessee and all the confederate states. Breeding like rabbits as near as I can tell. They LOVE this man and his sidekick, Palin.

[Cosmocat]

13. Yep - Rick Santorum

I had to experience a VERY similar guy here in PA.

This highlights the regional differences.

Pa is a little different, a mix of old school democrat and old school republican.

Santorum managed to be in the senate for two terms, but he could not constrain his wingnuttyness and he got absolutely freight trained by a moderate democrat in Casey.

You can be an establishment whore republican like Toomey here, but you can't be a raging tea party loon here, at least at the state level.

[bemildred]

12. He is self-infatuated in the worst way. nt

[Gothmog]

14. Carnival Cruz does not live in our version of reality

Yes Carnival Cruz is crazy

[JayhawkSD]

15. All of them, both parties, seem a little bit crazy to me.

All of them are power hungry, and there are plenty in both parties that "want to start wars with other people's children."

[a kennedy]

16. and I still can't look at him for any real length of time....

he gives me the creeps.

[Rene]

25. I can't either. Is it the pot belly, or the boobs, or the greasy hair or that awful nasy voice

I'm either totally creeped out....or lmao when he's dishing out his line of crap

[lastlib]

30. it's the Mafia-don face......

he thinks he's the capo di capo--WE think he's the crap-o di crap-o!

[Paladin]

17. Dangerously so. And he has a following. (nt)

[randr]

18. The history of mankind is written in the actions

of mad men. How we end up under the control of such a high percentage of psychopaths makes an interesting study of human nature. We have probably given in to the bullies since our cave days. I hope we are at an evolving point of human development where we are prepared to put the bullies in their place.

[Mz Pip]

20. He's an authoritarian zealot.

I don't think he's crazy. Some of his beliefs are crazy, though.

[sofa king]

21. He's a "double-high authoritarian."

Not in the "are you high?" sense, though that may also apply.

A double-high authoritarian tests high on both tests for right wing authoritarianism and tests for social dominance orientation.

Cruz seems to fit in quite well with other double-high authoritarians described by John Dean, Jean Altermeyer, and others. The short list includes Newt Gingrich, Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, and Dick Cheney. In addition to being double-high authoritarians, virtually all of those people listed appear to meet the listed criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder--what we used to call "sociopaths."

With an abundance of public record to observe over the past twelve years, sociologists have determined that there is a very large difference between rank-and-file conservatives and those who seek to lead them. The followers are deeply concerned about dogma and morality--at least their definition of morality, which hardly comports with reality.

Double-high authoritarians use dogma and morality as weapons against their competition. Lacking empathy, remorse, or shame, they become Republicans because Republican followers are easy to lead and highly tolerant of hypocrisy, and the criminal nature of the GOP permits them to rise as high as their scheming against one another can take them.

http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder

That's all Ted Cruz is: another sociopath trying to become king of the hill. There's no telling if he will come out on top or not, but if he does we can safely assume that he exceeds his competition in ruthlessness.

[okaawhatever]

36. Thank you for the book on Authoritarians. I just read the preface and first chapter. Please keep

posting it so more will be exposed. Have you put a link in good reads yet?

Thanks again

[awoke_in_2003]

22. is Limburger cheese a little stinky? nt

[Beacool]

23. No, not crazy.

By all accounts he's very smart. The problem with him is that he's a huge narcissist and, from what I've read about him, he's been a major jerk since he was a young man. Someone who went to Princeton wrote an article about Cruz. This guy's wife also went to Princeton and law school at Harvard with Cruz. This man interviewed a host of people at both schools who had known Cruz. He wrote that the most common word these people used to describe Ted was "asshole". He was an extreme Right winger even then and only had a handful of friends. I've also read, that except for a handful of T.P. senators, the majority despise him. McCain for one, hates the ground Cruz walks on. LOL!!

[polichick]

24. He envisions himself at Jesus' side ruling the world at the end times...

just as his father raised him to believe.

Seriously dangerous.

[demosincebirth]

26. People who are crazy do not think they're crazy. Denial is not a river in Egypt.

[gordianot]

27. Ted Cruz is the product of Dominionist theology.

He is not a Communist, Socialist, Republican or necessarily a member of the Tea Party. Research his Father and his theology to understand Ted Cruz.

[OregonBlue]

28. He is one of the "Kings" (change agents) of the 7 mountains.

There are 7 Mountains of Influence in Culture...

In 1975, Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade, and Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With a Mission, had lunch together in Colorado. God simultaneously gave each of these change agents a message to give to the other. During that same time frame Francis Schaeffer was given a similar message. That message was that if we are to impact any nation for Jesus Christ, then we would have to affect the seven spheres, or mountains of society that are the pillars of any society.

These seven mountains are business, government, media, arts and entertainment, education, the family and religion. There are many subgroups under these main categories. About a month later the Lord showed Francis Schaeffer the same thing. In essence, God was telling these three change agents where the battlefield was. It was here where culture would be won or lost. Their assignment was to raise up change agents to scale the mountains and to help a new generation of change agents understand the larger story.

http://www.7culturalmountains.org/

These people are Dominionists who believe that Evangelical Christians must control the seven mountains of culture in order to create Christian Dominion over America.

He's not just a little crazy. He's very dangerous.

[gopiscrap]

31. a little?

[dawnie51]

32. Oh He's crazy.....

like a fox. He is the quintessential con artist, just like his Benny Hinn associated father. Get the rubes all fired up, fleece them for all you can get, and next stop will be a cushy spot on Fake News. His old man, the fire breathing preacher, works for a Benny Hinn affiliated church, and we all know how Hinn makes his money. This is just the political version of flim flam. He'll fool them for awhile, but he'll move on. Hopefully before the country implodes.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. A little???

[KauaiK]

35. He is a LOT crazy...with a gargantuan ego and messiah tendencies.

[UCmeNdc]

37. Agree!

He seems a tad off and is smart enough to use his intelligence to hide his crazy true intentions.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

38. "off his rocker"

[Lil Missy]

39. Nope. He knows exactly what he's doing. n/t

[Generic Brad]

41. Not at all

He seems a lot of crazy to me.