"The Blacklist" photoshops pic of Ted Cruz and insults him and Alan West

[cali]

Ted Cruz and Allen West made very, very brief cameos on last night's episode of The Blacklist. As in, a character — one of the bad guys — was photoshopped (poorly) into photos with them. The fictional episode implied that the two were connected to an imaginary con artist who was using them for her own means, and this upset many fans of the Tea Party darlings. Cruz staffer Amanda Carpenter tweeted

"Another day, another insult from MSM--NBC sitcom shows a thief "dining" with Ted Cruz, Allen West."

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So the implication here is that Pratt is using West and Cruz in ways that "impact national security," meaning NBC is taking another liberal jab at conservatives. At least, that's the way people are taking it. West commented via text message to Post on Politics, with “I guess NBC will do anything for ratings, and I have never seen the show.” Others found the network's left-wing agenda similarly galling:

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http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/02/nbcs-blacklist-kind-insulted-ted-cruz-and-allen-west/358491/

[NightWatcher]

1. I like this show.... even more now.

Next week maybe they'll go after Haliburton evil mastermind.....

[Waltons_Mtn]

2. I saw the show last night.

I broke into a fit laughter as I caught the pictures. My wife thought I had lost my mind.

[alp227]

3. Does Amanda Carpenter even know what "The Blacklist" is?

It's not a frickin' sitcom for crying out loud!

And I wonder if Carpenter had a problem with the History Channel's Bible movie having an Obama look-a-like as Satan? Or ABC's 2009-2011 remake of V being an allegory of the Obama presidency? Or hell, Duck Dynasty? Funny how right wingers will tell "libs" to stop being offended...until anything sacred to right wingers becomes the butt of the joke.