I think Ted Cruz is in the closet.

[RandySF]

I'm going to get flames for this speculation, but every time I see him, I think of the way I felt about other politicians Ken Mehlmen before they came out or Larry Craig before they were exposed. I guess it would explain why his dad is so homophobic.

[TexasTowelie]

1. That's just great Randy.

Your suggestion about Ted will trigger numerous cases of impotence and erectile dysfunction in the gay community.

[dchill]

2. Not to mention a late night run on anti-emetics.

[Kennah]

4. Heh, the straight community suffers Bachmann Palin Overdrive.

[Kurska]

3. I think Ted Cruz is some reptilian creature wearing the skin of man. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. He reminds me of a character Tom Tomorrow would dream up

What's up with that 50's hairdoo?
I didn't think you could buy Brylcreem anymore

[Warren DeMontague]

14. He has a very odd shaped head. Sort of like a distended lima bean.

I'm not sure what sort of hairdo would help for that kind of head shape, but the creepy slicked back 50s used car salesman look sure aint it.

[bulloney]

16. Cruz kind of reminds me of Mr. Haney on the old sitcom "Green Acres."

Haney's the shyster who sold the dilapidated farm to the Douglas' and always tried to make a buck selling junk to them.

Cruz certainly fits the personality of Mr. Haney. He comes across as a snake oil salesman to me.

[hlthe2b]

21. Yes.. I can see that..

[WCGreen]

50. It seems to me that he has a Messianic view of himself...

And the arrogance that goes with it...

[SummerSnow]

27. Like "V"

lol

[backscatter712]

46. Whoa! Newt Gingrich! n/t

[juxtaposed]

5. I don't think he's gay. The fist time I saw him, his eyes, and hands creeped me out. Look at his ha

nds when he was on stage with pistol palin.
There i go about fisting again

[MADem]

6. He probably thinks he is in some sort of closet...

He's in a dark, dark place and cannot see things clearly...probably because he has his head wedged so far up his ass.

[indepat]

55. Teddy surely could see more clearly were his head not so far up his

ass.

[davidpdx]

7. I think he's is the anti-christ

[Blue_In_AK]

10. I thought the Antichrist was supposed to be attractive.

That rules out Cruz.

[davidpdx]

15. Well you got me there...

[struggle4progress]

9. I generally prefer not to know too much about people's personal lives

IMO Ted's entitled to his private life, whatever it may be

I also think he's entitled to keep his private life private

And, let me add, I sure do hope he does keep it private, because I'd really rather not know anything at all about it and try really really hard to avoid thinking about him anymore than seems to me absolutely necessary for political reasons

It's been a psychological commonplace (for quite a long time now) that learning about a persons's sexual proclivities teaches us almost nothing else about the person

So there are gay Republicans -- just as there are certainly gay just-about-anything-elses too

I expect that, for the foreseeable future, I'll continue to consider Ted an off-the-deep-end round-the-bend completely-certifiable wack-a-doodle, and whether or not he's gay is pretty much irrelevant to that

[Voice for Peace]

32. ++

I'm sure there is a reasonable argument against
your sane point of view, but not from me.

[Swede Atlanta]

85. As an openly gay man I agree but........

I cannot tolerate individuals who are closeted to themselves and/or their friends and families in positions of political power that use that power to work against the interests of LGBT persons.

If he is gay he voted against ENDA. But he would have to having been raised by that nut-case father that spews so much venom, none of which is rooted in the Christian Bible. If he is gay he probably is so self-loathing it spews out in his hatred for women, minorities, LGBT persons, the poor, etc.

Hypocrisy is something I will not abide. I have absolutely no problem having a politician or someone in a trust position such as a clergyman being outed for their utter hypocrisy.

[struggle4progress]

88. Of course, if you can prove he's gay, then his hypocrisy is fair game: one can dropkick him

across the country as a dishonest and manipulative opportunist, without doing unintended damage to the underlying civil rights issues

On the other hand, it seems to me (as an old straight white male), that claims he is gay (without adequate evidentiary support) can only have electoral effects by playing into anti-gay prejudice, which IMO does potentially damage the underlying civil rights issues

[icymist]

11. He's got too much riding on his staying in the closet...

[Voice for Peace]

33. delusions of divinity... one after another they appear. W thought he was chosen; Mitt for sure was,

the great white mormon hope; and Cruz, born to
an insane egomaniacal megapastor who has raised
his son to a place On High.

It will be interesting to watch it all unravel.
I had the distinct impression there was flirting
going on with Sister Sarah. He is Errol Flynn
for Jesus and America.

"He was known for his romantic swashbuckler
roles... and his playboy lifestyle." (<---plagiarized from wikipedia)



I really know almost nothing about the guy except he gives me the
awful creeps.

[libdem4life]

37. Latinos nor Hispanics want to identify with him ... he's a Canadian Cubano American.

Three countries and cultures rattling around loose in there. But the quote is right on.

[icymist]

12. Uh Oh... The gay-O-Meter...

................Straight.....Bisexual.....Gay.....Flaming

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. Maybe, maybe not -- but he SHOULD be.

I'm not talking gay or straight, here -- I mean his rebubbabuddies should, for their own sake, just lock him in a closet somewhere. Let him out every full moon to feast on babies' blood and toss him a commoner every now and then to satisfy his hunger for human flesh.

I've never seen such an outright creepy person -- and keep in mind, I lived through the Nixon era.

[giftedgirl77]

22. I suggest the very same thing about a week ago.

It would make everyone's life so much easier. They can throw his crackpot daddy in there with him.

[zabet]

18. Please...

there is ample crap to talk about that idiot without speculating on his sexual preference. Plus it is disrespectful to others 'in the closet' to throw that stinking fool in there with them.

[FSogol]

19. One day he will come out and admit that he is....

an opportunistic asshole. Of course, everyone already knows that.

[pintobean]

20. You should get flamed

for posting this speculation without any supporting argument. What characteristics and/or actions of his have caused you to feel/think that he's gay?

[A HERETIC I AM]

23. He looks like one.

Plus, he turned me into a Newt.




I have yet to get better.

[Bluenorthwest]

24. If he's bad, he has to be gay? Is that the thing? His strident homophobia, loud religiosity, his

wife and two kids don't have any impact on you? To me, he is the very picture if not definition of the Straight Community.
While DU runs around slandering gays and adoring anti gay clerics, you folks miss out on the big charade of Ted's dad, 'crazy preacher' who is in fact and in reality an oil man and his wife who works at Goldman Sachs while they all pretend to be grassroots regulars....
Is this 'slime the gays every day' routine part of the Pope Francis Promotional?

[RandySF]

25. Jim McGreevey has two kids of his own.

[BainsBane]

26. I can't believe this is still here

[Bluenorthwest]

42. It's the influence of the Francis Fan Club, now being anti gay is seen as super liberal!

Also it is 'progressive' to oppose contraception and to say women are not equal to men. It is the Franciscan Era theme, 'liberal' means 'hate gays, oppose condoms and make sure women keep their place'.

[BainsBane]

48. I agree with your overall political assessment of things

but it isn't a result of the Francis fan club. I see no cross over between the Francis fans and misogynists, but there may indeed be with homophobes.

[RBInMaine]

28. Lindsey Graham is DEFINITELY gay, and if Cruz isn't married or with a woman, he may well be too.

Why don't they just come out? It is a shame they are too worried about being who they are and right winger backlash over this. Sad.

[Stinky The Clown]

29. I *really* think this would do better if you self deleted.

[madinmaryland]

30. Oh, ffs. Shame him with the gay?? Who gives a shit.

Fuck this.

[Aerows]

31. I think Ted Cruz

should be in a straight jacket.

[Jamastiene]

34. Right, because you have a feeling about somebody you do not like,

that MUST mean they are gay. Poppcock! Bunch of homophobic crap.



This shit makes DU suck, BIG TIME!

[Lex]

38. Seriously. Plus, remember how DU'ers said Dubya and Rove were gay.

Because, well, just a feeling that they must be.

[gollygee]

35. How is this not hidden?

[Iggo]

68. Because it's a popular attitude around here...

...to think that if a person is a complete fucking asshole, that person has to be secretly gay. Bad Person = Gay.

[Eleanors38]

36. Long as he's not in mine.

[KentuckyWoman]

39. The Gay is not a weapon.

Never have understood why people do that.

[bettyellen]

45. homophobia. disturbing to see the OP doesn't get it.

[U4ikLefty]

51. Hypcosracy is a weapon

...and a good one.

[Skittles]

54. it's TEH GAY

GET WITH THE PROGRAM KENTUCKYGAL

[KentuckyWoman]

61. Forgive me

I need a couple hours of LOL cats. That oughta get me back up to speed.

[Silent3]

40. Yes, he's very afraid for anyone to see his Canadian side come out. n/t

[Starry Messenger]

41. *facepalm*

He and his father are Dominionist whackjobs and bigots.

[Bluenorthwest]

43. His dad is also an oil man, his wife a Goldman Sachs minion and they play at being

grassroots radical reformers, but what's important is some straight guy who sees gay as evil. He's not an oil millionaire with Goldman Sachs health care, he's gay. See how that works?

[QC]

44. All hateful, awful, terrible, vile people are secretly gay.

At least on DU, where that has long been a popular belief.

Thanks for keeping it going!

[Puglover]

82. Ya gotta love those community standards QC!

[kydo]

47. That was my first thought

you are not alone in your thinking.

[DemocraticWing]

49. No he's not.

I checked and there's nothing in there except some laundry detergent and a broom.

[jberryhill]

52. Did you look under the bed?

[Nye Bevan]

53. You remind me of some of my childhood acquaintances.

"He's gayyyyy! He's so gayyyyyyyy!".

But at least they had the excuse that they were kids.

[NYC Liberal]

56. Right. He's a terrible person, so he HAS to be gay.

[Scootaloo]

57. And if he is?

What, do we make fun of people over this now? Trying to use homosexuality - real, possible, or imagined - as a point of shame is inherently homophobic.

It's more than enough that he's a shithead. Why not stick with that?

[Jesus Malverde]

58. If he was in the closet? So fucking what?..nt

Your Op

[Jesus Malverde]

66. UnRec ...nt

This OP, unlike a fine wine gets worse with age.

[Mopar151]

59. I think that we have a semantic discontinuity

If we can agree that there are many other kinks that one would be closeted about, than being nominally gay, then we can get past the "homophobic" part.

For instance, Rep. Vitter being in a closet because of his affection for diaper training, or Ted Nitwit being a baby-raper who disgusts his own daughters.

[malokvale77]

60. I was thinking pedophile

I wouldn't let children near him.

[Mopar151]

62. Ditto for pets and livestock n/t

[Vashta Nerada]

63. Who cares if he is?

There's plenty other things to attack him with.

This reeks of homophobia.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

64. who cares? all the crap and hatred and idiocy the man has spewed is what disgusts me.

could not care less about his preference in or out of the closet.

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. This post (and this ATTITUDE) is a steaming pile of shit. This parent of a gay person hopes you're

PROUD of your post. I hope you come back to it every day and think to yourself "Look at this great thing I have done."

It's a steaming smelling putrid pile of shit and the fact DU allows it to stand is ALSO a steaming smelling putrid pile of shit.

Be proud. Be very proud of putting your homophobia out there for all to see.

[cordelia]

69. Thank you.

From a gay man.

Nothing more to add.

[Iggo]

67. And you should get flamed. Mightily.

There's a million things wrong with this guy.

But there's absolutely nothing wrong with being gay.

Un-fucking-believeable.

[Boom Sound 416]

70. +1

This thread should be locked

[Roland99]

71. I missed the part where the OP said there was anything wrong w/being gay.

[Boom Sound 416]

72. Its fair to say the intent is derogatory

[Roland99]

73. fair in whose eyes? someone expressing fake outrage?

If anything, the OP is an attack on the closed-minded bigots like Ted's father.

*if* Ted is a closeted gay or repressed or whatever (as we've seen MANY times with conservative politicians), then much of his behaviour and political beliefs can be traced to that repressed childhood and lashing out against what he might really be...out of fear.

[Boom Sound 416]

74. I understand your point

And agree we've seen it in the past.

But the spectrum of responses argue the counter.

[Roland99]

75. because, imho, the responses are total knee-jerk, lacking in thought.

[Boom Sound 416]

76. Ok, but at some point the needle tips

[Roland99]

77. i just don't think this is one of those times.

[Boom Sound 416]

78. #65 doesn't seem to knee jerk to me

[bettyellen]

79. So, then teh gay has made him an asshole, too. Gee thanks for

Clearing that up! Gosh- why would anyone think such baseless speculation is homophobic? Derp.

[Puglover]

80. So Roland

When a gay guy (aka me) finds the OPs extrapolation that Ted Cruz (who happens to be a loathsome bigoted asshole) must be gay because, well, just because somewhat offensive that is your definition of "fake outrage".

A clue, if a minority takes offense at something directed towards them or their orientation as a pejorative calling their reaction "fake outrage" is hardly a progressive point of view. I actually would like to phrase this more succinctly but I don't feel like a hidden post today.

The theory that if someone is homophobic then they must be a repressed homosexual is complete and utter crap.

[Iggo]

86. Yeah you did.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

81. The closet through him out.

It has higher standards.

[MineralMan]

83. It's hard to believe this survived a jury.

Ted Cruz is an asshole. So, he's probably gay? WTF? Can we not do this shit here, please?

Self-delete doesn't have a time limit on DU.

[polichick]

84. If he's saying negative things about gays, you may be right...

RepubliCons always yell loudest about things they don't like about themselves.

They tend to want to legislate away their perceived sin so that an outside force does what they cannot.

[w8liftinglady]

90. maybe just a little

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/23/cruz-gay-marriage-leads-to-christianity-being-defined-as-hate-speech/

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/john-cornyn-ted-cruz-oppose-ban-on-anti-gay-discrimination.html/

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/ted-cruz-texas-senate-conspiracy-theories

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-gays-stole-word-gay-and-are-potential-sexual-predators

http://www.dallasvoice.com/ted-cruz-10121863.html

http://www.tawdrysoup.com/2013/10/texas-man-admits-to-ted-cruz-gay-love.html

[w8liftinglady]

87. There have been rumors of this since 2009. Google Peter Thiel

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/10/billionaire-homocon-peter-thiel-major.html

http://news.yahoo.com/ted-cruz-attacked-accepting-donations-gay-entrepeneur-193100511.html

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2012/aug/03/analysts-cruz-in-for-a-rude-awakening/?partner=yahoo_feeds

I could care less if Cruz is lgbt....except he insists on banning gay marriage in Texas.

[Mopar151]

89. Roy L. Cohn. That is all. n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

91. Yes, because bad=gay...

I cannot believe this was left to stand.