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Matthew Dowd: Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? (Original Post) Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 OP
Bwah! Blue Owl Feb 2021 #1
Ditto that! WVreaper Feb 2021 #3
Some people are so obviously dickish that you can't help immediately disliking them, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #2
Maybe? El Supremo Feb 2021 #4
When someone shows them who they are, believe them the first time...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #5
Cruz is far smarter than the things he says which means he thinks that we are dumb. Yavin4 Feb 2021 #6
Well, the maga teabag morons who do like him FoxNewsSucks Feb 2021 #7
The first time I ever heard that joke was on M*A*S*H Goodheart Feb 2021 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)
2. Some people are so obviously dickish that you can't help immediately disliking them,
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 08:39 PM
Feb 2021

and Cruz seems to be one of those people.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
6. Cruz is far smarter than the things he says which means he thinks that we are dumb.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:03 PM
Feb 2021

It's a massive insult when a smart person talks down to you.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
7. Well, the maga teabag morons who do like him
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:12 PM
Feb 2021

ARE that dumb.

He, to the country's detriment, gets away with more by not acting particularly smart.

Goodheart

(5,324 posts)
8. The first time I ever heard that joke was on M*A*S*H
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 10:27 PM
Feb 2021

When Frank asked "why does everybody take an instant dislike to me?" And Hawkeye gave the answer.

I wonder if that was original.

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