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Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? (Original Post) 11 Bravo Mar 2022 OP
Well... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #1
Because. (It is the response compelled by nature.) NCjack Mar 2022 #10
Oldie but goodie! Simeon Salus Mar 2022 #63
I've even heard a talk radio guy reference how much of an ass Cruz is underpants Mar 2022 #2
IIRC, that is what Al Franken said... 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #3
Al said, "I like Ted Cruz more than most of my colleagues do, and ... 11 Bravo Mar 2022 #6
Thanks for the correct info. 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #7
Because he is SO UNLIKABLE! NT Samrob Mar 2022 #4
I have never in my life seen a face more punchable. happybird Mar 2022 #5
We could line them up. Bam, bam, bam! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2022 #40
Bam meadowlander Mar 2022 #42
I love Tucker's "I'm really concerned but also severely constipated" look. 11 Bravo Mar 2022 #59
Dang! happybird Mar 2022 #49
Pharma bro? Then Hawley, second, right? electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #57
Backpfeiffengesicht Jerry2144 Mar 2022 #8
Close... GB_RN Mar 2022 #31
"At 50, everyone has the face he deserves." - G Orwell TheProle Mar 2022 #9
He is hated by most Republicans too. redstatebluegirl Mar 2022 #11
In a rare moment of wit and accuracy, Lindsey Graham said: nuxvomica Mar 2022 #16
I never heard that one! Ha! lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #30
This was their "problem" in 2016. They could not decide whom they loathed more: question everything Mar 2022 #39
The news media says he is smart. I have never doc03 Mar 2022 #12
He's a Harvard grad named Cruz and he's managed to sell himself as a good ole boy. dem4decades Mar 2022 #14
hahaha If I'd never seen or heard of Ted Cruz,... JohnnyRingo Mar 2022 #13
For some reason that perpetual smug look on his face ever since he hit DC halfulglas Mar 2022 #15
I thought maybe Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #17
There called Pherretomones lame54 Mar 2022 #20
Yeah, Republican FerretMoans can be real stinkers Achilleaze Mar 2022 #61
Ask his shivering dog lame54 Mar 2022 #18
Hell, ask his DAUGHTER!! 11 Bravo Mar 2022 #21
Teaching his daughter that "no" doesn't really mean "no." colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #22
Take a flicking clue! czarjak Mar 2022 #32
Lordy. MontanaMama Mar 2022 #58
For one simple reason: SeattleVet Mar 2022 #19
Damn! I wrote almost exactly the same thing below before I read your post. Great minds think alike? Martin68 Mar 2022 #27
He's an asshole? Just a guess. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #23
He has a very punchable face and his voice is like nails on a chalkboard. fightforfreedom Mar 2022 #24
Unfortunately, I knew his story before I saw his face... LakeArenal Mar 2022 #25
Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? Because he is instantly unlikeable. Martin68 Mar 2022 #26
Lol! yardwork Mar 2022 #28
Ted Cruz personifies smug hypocrisy. hay rick Mar 2022 #29
Senator Hagfish? Hekate Mar 2022 #33
He's Also A Whiney MF... GB_RN Mar 2022 #34
Only trash like vermin. AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #35
I hate the idea of discriminating against anyone based on their looks. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #36
Why? azureblue Mar 2022 #37
Even very religious conservatives seem to do so. summer_in_TX Mar 2022 #38
As Trapper John once said, "It saves time." Norbert Mar 2022 #41
Because all other options are absent. dchill Mar 2022 #43
Disgusting piece of humanity marieo1 Mar 2022 #44
For the same reason so many people take an instant dislike to rand paul, josh hawley, and the entire JohnSJ Mar 2022 #45
Bingo! Back in the old days, we actually had to consider a bit. No longer. erronis Mar 2022 #66
Kudos for the MASH reference mcar Mar 2022 #46
Where to begin!? Perhaps at the roots: Rafael represents the WORST of Latin America peppertree Mar 2022 #47
Whatza matter? calimary Mar 2022 #48
He's the kind of creep who cooks fish in the office microwave. lamp_shade Mar 2022 #50
Poor Ted, in airport trouble again True Blue American Mar 2022 #51
That way you don't have to... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #52
Satan and Mr. Haney's (from Green Acres) love child. Uncle Joe Mar 2022 #53
Efficiency. kgray96057 Mar 2022 #54
welcome to DU gopiscrap Mar 2022 #71
After reading through this entire thread just now all I'm left with is... llmart Mar 2022 #55
Creeps like cruz I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #65
But for a three-inch difference, Cruz could've been brought into this world as an actual turd. Efilroft Sul Mar 2022 #56
Because he looks like a pedophile. nt Chalco Mar 2022 #60
GW Bush on Ted Cruz 7wo7rees Mar 2022 #62
He's a I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #64
His implicit conceit for people he thinks are less then himself ? RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2022 #67
He looks like a smarmy weasel. lpbk2713 Mar 2022 #68
'tis ever been! UTUSN Mar 2022 #69
His aura HipChick Mar 2022 #70

underpants

(182,791 posts)
2. I've even heard a talk radio guy reference how much of an ass Cruz is
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:15 PM
Mar 2022

Local afternoon guy. He was talking to a guest about something and Cruz’s name came up. He didn’t say ass but he didn’t really need to.

happybird

(4,606 posts)
5. I have never in my life seen a face more punchable.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:19 PM
Mar 2022

Don’t know what it is. Even if he never opened his stupid, self righteous mouth, I’d still want to punch him. I’m non-violent, but would punch the ever loving shit out of him.

TheProle

(2,167 posts)
9. "At 50, everyone has the face he deserves." - G Orwell
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:30 PM
Mar 2022

Everything about Cruz's ass-kissing, inauthentic, vacillating, no-principled personality is writ large on his dumb, chinless face.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
11. He is hated by most Republicans too.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:34 PM
Mar 2022

I swear if someone shot him on the Senate floor there would be no witnesses. He is a nasty piece of work.

nuxvomica

(12,423 posts)
16. In a rare moment of wit and accuracy, Lindsey Graham said:
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:53 PM
Mar 2022

“If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.”

question everything

(47,476 posts)
39. This was their "problem" in 2016. They could not decide whom they loathed more:
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:03 PM
Mar 2022

Cruz or Trump.

They actually had two groups: a never Cruz and a never Trump

doc03

(35,332 posts)
12. The news media says he is smart. I have never
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:35 PM
Mar 2022

seen any evidence of that. That voice it's like a gnat buzzing in your face.

dem4decades

(11,288 posts)
14. He's a Harvard grad named Cruz and he's managed to sell himself as a good ole boy.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:40 PM
Mar 2022

That's not a dope, but it is a hypocrite.

Just like Senator Kennedy LA, i.e., Mr. Haney from Green Acres

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
15. For some reason that perpetual smug look on his face ever since he hit DC
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 04:53 PM
Mar 2022

Only looks worse since he grew the hair on his face.

colorado_ufo

(5,733 posts)
22. Teaching his daughter that "no" doesn't really mean "no."
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 05:07 PM
Mar 2022

Sort of "assault-lite." Whatta jerk, on every level.

Martin68

(22,794 posts)
27. Damn! I wrote almost exactly the same thing below before I read your post. Great minds think alike?
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 05:32 PM
Mar 2022

LakeArenal

(28,817 posts)
25. Unfortunately, I knew his story before I saw his face...
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 05:21 PM
Mar 2022

He immediately he looked like the guy that would grovel at the feet of a man who insulted his whole family...

And then... dump got elected and Cruz did.

GB_RN

(2,350 posts)
34. He's Also A Whiney MF...
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 05:47 PM
Mar 2022

He plays the white victim card so much, you'd think that he really was the son of a guy who actually did help assassinate Kennedy (like tRump accused his dad of) and got ridiculed for his whole fucking life...in addition to being accused of being the Zodiac Killer.

I've never seen a rich white guy so personally victimized.

What in the fuck does his wife see in that guy?

ShazzieB

(16,389 posts)
36. I hate the idea of discriminating against anyone based on their looks.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 05:50 PM
Mar 2022

It sounds so wrong. But in Cruz's case, all I can see when I look at him is a disgusting, slimy, scummy, smarmy worm disguised as a man.

But then I remember how much I KNOW enough about Ted Cruz and what a revolting piece of subhuman garbage he is. And I have to wonder if I detest that face so much because of its inherent detestability or because of what I actually know about its owner. And the answer is: Yes. To both.

I'm pretty sure I'd find that face unattractive in any case. But what's inside a person can distort the outside to a point where it's almost impossible to tell where the line is between the outer appearance and the seething, writhing core of inner evil behind it. When I look at Ted Cruz, that inner evil makes it impossible for me to even make a truly objective assessment of how ugly he is. It's too hard to see past the evil. Same thing with TFG and some others I won't take the time to mention.

When I was a little girl, my mother would often follow a compliment about my looks with the admonishment, "But renember, pretty is as pretty does." She was so right. Pretty IS as pretty does. Furthermore, ugly is as ugly does, and enough inner ugly can contort an otherwise innocuous face into a hideous reflection of that inner ugly. Once that happens, all bets are off.

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
38. Even very religious conservatives seem to do so.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:03 PM
Mar 2022

Both my sons fall in that category. They each told me there was something wrong with that man. That was early on in his statewide elective career here in Texas.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
44. Disgusting piece of humanity
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:14 PM
Mar 2022

It is because he is a despicable person. Who does he think he is to go after the new SC nominee? She is far more brilliant than Cruz is. They let Kavanaugh and some of the others on the SC and they (reps) are fighting about this lady.

JohnSJ

(92,187 posts)
45. For the same reason so many people take an instant dislike to rand paul, josh hawley, and the entire
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:17 PM
Mar 2022

republican party



erronis

(15,241 posts)
66. Bingo! Back in the old days, we actually had to consider a bit. No longer.
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 06:08 PM
Mar 2022

Like the red Q branded on their foreheads.

peppertree

(21,627 posts)
47. Where to begin!? Perhaps at the roots: Rafael represents the WORST of Latin America
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:21 PM
Mar 2022

That thieving, treacherous, elitist, racist, undemocratic, quasi-fascist element in Latin America that did so much harm to that region - and which he, Narco Rubio, and their ilk are successfully importing into the U.S. body politic.

With the GOP being the perfect vehicle for such an effort, naturally.

calimary

(81,238 posts)
48. Whatza matter?
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:21 PM
Mar 2022

What have you got against pompous assholes who showboat for a living, without great knowledge, authority, credibility, or circumspection other than a deep concern for hogging the spotlight and everybody else's attention for as long as they think they can get away with doing. Sounds like the "noisy gongs and the clanging cymbals" that St. Paul wrote about when we studied his stuff in Catholic school.

lamp_shade

(14,831 posts)
50. He's the kind of creep who cooks fish in the office microwave.
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:34 PM
Mar 2022

It was a DUer who wrote this some years ago. I keeled over laughing and wrote it down. I wish I could remember who said it because I've quoted him/her several times over the years.

2naSalit

(86,586 posts)
52. That way you don't have to...
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:43 PM
Mar 2022

Get close enough to smell that odor that attends demons and warns away from getting closer.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
55. After reading through this entire thread just now all I'm left with is...
Tue Mar 22, 2022, 06:55 PM
Mar 2022

enough people voted for him, so who in the ever living fuck votes for creeps like this? I know, I know. The same type who voted for tfg. This is another one with absolutely nothing going for him and yet he's a US Senator. Boggles my mind.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)
64. He's a
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 01:17 PM
Mar 2022

Creepy narcissist/ sociopath,lower functioning than the ones people sometimes miss .
People get repulsed by his personality type he abuses,lies,bullies and whines. People who recognize what a vile shithead he is ,reject him like all the rest of the people who have toxic personalities like him.

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