Used to be a time when we'd catch this guy with a butterfly net and shoot him full of Thorazine...

[MrScorpio]

Now we simply elect them to Congress.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. "I just do what God tells me to do."

Now - I know what to pray for - "God tell him to just go home and shut up"

[Zorra]

49. He has a Messiah Complex, just like Bush. The 1% likes to use this type of deranged individual

because they will do virtually anything to get power, and will sanction any unspeakably wicked act in the name of the 1%, self-justifying the heinous act by saying that God spoke to them in their head, and told them to do it. They nullify their consciences by lying to themselves that God is controlling them and therefore they can absolve themselves from all crimes, blaming them on God's will.

They are legends in the psychotic universes of their minds.

[homegirl]

69. Thank you

I miss Flip Wilson. Best laugh of the day.

[Skidmore]

72. You might be interested in this article to get to why Cruz has a Messiah complex.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ted-cruzs-father-tells-him-god-has-destined-you-greatness

Ted Cruz's Father Tells Him 'God Has Destined You For Greatness'
SUBMITTED BY Brian Tashman on Monday, 7/22/2013 1:20 pm

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stumped in Iowa over the weekend, and his father Rafael Cruz was promoting his son’s possibly presidential candidacy to pastors and local Republican leaders during his trip. In fact, he said in an interview with Chrsitian Broadcasting Networks’ David Brody that he told his son: “You know Ted, you have been gifted above any man that I know and God has destined you for greatness.’ And I started making declarations about the Word of God to him every day.”

He goes on to suggest that his son is destined to save freedom in America, and even Brody called Cruz’s political career “a thing of God.”

As we’ve noted, Rafael Cruz is a Religious Right activist himself , and he also revealed to Brody that he was active in the Religious Roundtable.

The Religious Roundtable was founded by Ed McAteer and included leaders like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Phyllis Schlafly and Paul Weyrich. The group also helped launch Ronald Reagan’s bid for president in 1980 and hosted the conference where he quipped, “I know you can’t endorse me, but I endorse you.”...more

[Zorra]

79. Holy jumpin' possums! Yikes. Thanks nt

[GeorgeGist]

2. Just call him Cruzy.

[billhicks76]

70. The South Has Always Had Them

Mostly due to the mental and emotional confusion of trying to convince their brains that Racism is ok and that everything in the Bible is true. Unfortunately, as republicans embraced the Southern Strategy that mental illness has spread to infect those in the North and West.

[tridim]

3. This is Jesus, Ted...

Quit playing with yourself.

[Paulie]

11. Or I send the popcorn after you.

[underpants]

12. Ted, I know it's 3 am but you really need to go check your tire pressure

[longship]

15. And you MUST do that every half hour on the half hour 24/7, no matter what.

Cruz, all other tasks are secondary.

Signed,
God.

[siligut]

22. "It is God"

[IronLionZion]

55. Ted, resign from the senate immediately

go home and spend more time with your family.

[eShirl]

4. keep sharp objects away from that guy

[nyquil_man]

5. There are seven billion people on the earth.

What arrogance to think you're the schmuck an almighty god singles out as a protege.

[L0oniX]

7. ...much more that he thinks his g0d needs him.

I'm not into weak g0ds.

[ProfessorGAC]

67. "What Does God Need With A Starship"

"Jim, what are you doing?" "I'm asking a question."

Best moment in a mediocre installment of the franchise, but really prescient.

God need Ted Cruz's help? Really? Why?

[L0oniX]

73. I would submit that any g0d that needs humans to do anything is not a g0d.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Personal

[alterfurz]

46. "You can safely assume you've created God in your own image...

...when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." -- Anne Lamott

[Bernardo de La Paz]

47. Great quote. Saving that one. Thanks. nt

[freshwest]

62. Cruz was brought up as a 'god.' His dad is real piece of work, too, calls for the death of millions.

He wasn't that direct, but what does it do to someone when you take everything they have and leave them nothing, giving it all to only the true believers? That is what his father and his church proclaim, expecting to get the spoils from those killed by this depravity.

Cruz and his ilk want to get rid of government, create catastrophic poverty and cleanse the land for the alleged righteous ones of their version of god.

Cruz was educated at an ivy league school, 'anointed' at his megachurch and always been worshipped by them and his followers. It doesn't matter what he does, it's all where he was put in life.

Unfortunately, that is the view of many political groups now, Libertarians to the old patrician GOP and some of the Tea Party. And there is noreasoning with them, because if you don't agree, you are their enemy.

[L0oniX]

6. Dumb people vote for dumb asses ...dumb is normal to them.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. It is so important for a candidate to "stand for things"

Don'tcha think?.........

[LuvNewcastle]

25. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans think it's very important to stand for something,

whether right or wrong. I hear it from people all the time. They don't want to vote for Democrats because they don't "stand for anything." When you remind them that the Republicans stand for all the wrong things, they usually agree, but they say that at least they know where the Republican is coming from. They seem to feel that above all else, they want to know what to expect from their 'leaders.'

This is the very reason why I think Democrats should display traditional Democratic values when running for office. They should stress the differences between their positions and those of the GOPer. I think that the average American today thinks that the Republicans are nuts, they just feel like the Democrats aren't a suitable alternative because they're an unknown.

Democrats too often let the other side define their positions on the issues instead of speaking out about what they believe in. People think that the Democrats are hiding something, that they have a secret agenda. Put the facts out there, and go on the offensive for a change.

[AlbertCat]

51. Democrats too often let the other side define their positions

They seem to have inexplicably fallen for the myth that a majority of voters are conservative.

[catbyte]

9. OMFG.

Look at that dippy look on his face.

[safeinOhio]

10. No I don't

he wouldn't listen any way.

[LuvNewcastle]

13. If he believes that, I'd say that he needs counseling at the very least.

Claiming that God literally speaks to you is a sign of some mental illness, and I've seen several religious people make that claim. A lot of them are frauds, however, and I think he's a fraud. He's trying to portray himself as chosen by God, and he's trying to get a loyal band of zealots to follow him. He's crazy like a fox.

[arely staircase]

34. good point he isn't crazy

He's a con man ppaying the gullible for money and votes.

[underpants]

14. What could GOD of the universe have to do with patriotism?

Also are you talking about the USA! USA! USA! or your homeland...eh?

[TNNurse]

16. I just met a woman

A patient, who said God told her to go out into the woods and sit there until she died. She gave it a pretty good try.

Most people have God tell them what they want to hear anyway.

[hue]

17. Those who support him & vote for him are just as looney!! n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Copilot

[Barack_America]

19. Me too, Ted. He told me that he told you to, "play in traffic".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. A moral pillar

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Awkward

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. Then there's mine....

[BrotherIvan]

58. Abraham wasn't a Christian

But your poster still has lolz

[Brickbat]

23. Where and when did he say this?

[RVN VET]

36. Good question

I think Ted Cruz is full of poo -- as is his "prophet" Daddy. (I mean the daddy who told his congregation that son Teddy was the new King David, not the Big Daddy in the Sky.) But it's very important that "quotes" like this be sourced or, barring that, admitted to be interpolations of a twisted mind.

He may actually have said the words, exactly as they are. If he did, we need to know that, because if he did, he's crazier and more potentially dangerous to us all -- and to the nation -- than I had thought. if he didn't actually say the words, we need to know that the post is just a parodic swipe at a very foolish, ignorant, religious a-hole.

[Missn-Hitch]

26. Please erase the possibility this person could be the POTUS from my mind.

Warren challenge to Hillary.

Who else do THEY have as a candidate? Paul? Huckabee? We witnessed the downfall of Christie and the warm response Jeb received at the mention of his name.

[siligut]

27. Didn't W think the same thing?

Egotistical and gullible, sure, but I believe he is also being played a fool by someone using technology.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Talking to God is praying; God talking to you is psychosis.

Ted, go take your Haldol and have a nice nap.

[dembotoz]

29. this resonates well with his base

they say amen

we say looney

if they get more votes.....

[Smarmie Doofus]

30. Bullshit. Goddie doesn't make a move w/o running it by me first.

Believe me, I'd know.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. ...

[Sherman A1]

31. He is Zany!

A Madcap Member of the Grand Old Party !

[arely staircase]

33. that is psychotic

and I say this as a Cristian who prays and meditates regularly.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. Behold! The Prophet from Texas! We shall have a new 'Book of Cruz'!

http://movieclips.com/Ke62n-inherit-the-wind-movie-meet-the-prophet-from-nebraska/

[Fuddnik]

37. Reagan turned them all loose.....

Now they're running around Congress.

[underpants]

40. Rev. Moon too. For his support he wanted a moral pillar in the GOP

Atwater's "God, Guns, and Gays" was partly founded by the influence of Rev. Moon.

[unblock]

38. kinda looks like bill murray in that pic.

"i'm *a* god. i'm not *the* god... i don't think...."

[PADemD]

63. Yes! I think I've seen that expression on Bill Murray's face, too.

Couldn't remember which movie, though.

[watoos]

41. Romney was a chosen one too for the Mormons. White Horse prophesy and all.

Isn't Cruz one of those Dominionists, chosen ones? Or is he just pretending?

[AlbertCat]

53. Remember "The Family"?

No, not from "The Godfather"....


the ones who stay at the C Street house?




Does Ted stay there too?

Whatever happened to that scam?

[DhhD]

42. Some people who hear God are mentally disabled. Killing the poor through removal of

food clean water and clean air, health care and having a job that provides a living wage has become his decisions and is against what Jesus taught.

The only thing missing is for Cruz to declare himself as the Savior. He has already publicly declared the acceptance of himself to be the anointed One of the Seven Hills.

[DhhD]

44. Texas woman acquitted after murdering her three children as God told her to do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/03/children.slain/index.html?_s=PM:LAW

[FairWinds]

43. It appears that Cruz never said that.

For many reasons, it's really improper to fabricate quotes.
That is the sort of thing that the righties do.
Shame on you MiScorpio. You wasted our time.

[DhhD]

45. Cruz accepts position of Messiah declaring all money in world will be coming to the Church.

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/30/left-accept-ted-cruz-dominionist-messiah.html

The Bible speaks of the period of Tribulation for Christians. How does having all the money in the world allow for suffering?

Seems to me that Messiah Cruz and Christ the Savior have a different time line. The King James Version of the Bible, warns of false saviors.

[Voice for Peace]

50. He was seriously brainwashed by his father from a very young age.

Rafael Cruz: Yes, but you know something, it is not something that started a couple of years ago. Let me just go back to when he was maybe four. When he was four I used to read Bible stories to him all the time. And I would declare and proclaim the word of God over him. And I would just say, ‘You know Ted, you have been gifted above any man that I know and God has destined you for greatness’. And I started making declarations about the Word of God to him every day. When he was eight years old I was very active in an organization called the Religious Roundtable.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

59. Yeah, I looked for a source too. Couldn't find it, despite wasting a bunch of time on it.

Please do not fabricate quotes.

[Nye Bevan]

48. MrScorpio: PLEASE could you stop with the bullshit made-up quote threads?

You didn't learn your lesson from this one?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024812573

Once again, Google is your friend! Avoid embarrassment by using it!

[postatomic]

56. Nah. I find it quite interesting

I was only attracted to this thread because of the bullshit mental illness stereotype.

This has been a tactic used by low-intelligence right wingers to obtain their information for quite some time. That it's now being used by those on the left is a bit disconcerting.

The problem apparently is that people don't want to be bothered with actually READING stuff. Just throw some words on a picture. THAT is okay. Requires much less actual thinking.

I especially liked the fake phone conversation with Hobby Lobby.

Lines have become extremely blurry.

[caraher]

74. That was driving me nuts too

There's little need to make up juicy quotes when the guy (and especially his dad!) have so much actual documented lunacy out there... and when we spread BS quotes we only erode our own credibility!

[scheming daemons]

52. Used to be a time when DUers wouldn't use fake quotes ....

...the real ones are bad enough.

Use those.


Lying only gives our opponents ammunition.

[tomm2thumbs]

57. God must've been in a 3-way call with him and Michelle Bachmann

I wonder who reversed the charges on that one!

[MrMickeysMom]

60. Poor Teddy...

You don't quite operate with a full deck because you are one JACK OFF.

P.S. Fuck yourself.

[blkmusclmachine]

61. Cruz is the face of an extreme, hard right, Theocratic Party. With nukes.

[DeSwiss]

64. I recommend electric shock treatment.

- You can never be too careful when dealing with Cubanadians!

K&R

[HereSince1628]

65. It's lamentable that adjectival insufficiency always leads to stigmatizing mentally ill.

DU is generally sensitive to stereotyping except for the mentally ill.

Why, is it that supporting language that promotes discrimination against this class of people is OK?

I really don't understand this.

DUers support the interests of ethnic, gender, and religious minorities, but somehow -need- to be able to use the mentally ill as an avatar of disparagement. Disparagement leads to discrimination.

The uses of thorazine:

Schizophrenia -- to help control schizophrenia symptoms, including hallucinations and other problems

Nausea and vomiting -- to help control nausea and vomiting, particularly very severe nausea and vomiting, including for nausea and vomiting associated with porphyria.

Restlessness and worry before surgery -- to help calm those who are agitated or excessively worried about a surgery

Tetanus -- to help control muscle spasms associated with tetanus

Mania symptoms in people with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) -- to help control manic symptoms (especially psychotic symptoms)

Hiccups -- to cure hiccups that have not responded to other attempts at relief

evere behavior problems in children -- to help treat extremely severe hyperexcitability in children who become easily combative and explosive without being provoked

Severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children -- for short-term use only in children who are especially physically hyperactive.

NONE OF THESE IS INDICATED FOR THE TREATMENT OF TEAPARTY MEMBERSHIP.

[TygrBright]

66. Because ONLY a chronic brain disorder makes someone an asshole?

Could we kindly lighten up on the "Asshole = Crazy" equation?

Some of us crazy people-- in fact, most of us-- have a far, far better grasp on reality than this fucker.

irritatedly,
Bright

[FrodosPet]

68. Ted, buddy, this is God speaking!

I really need you to dress up as an armadillo and sing all the parts from "Oklahoma!" in the Senate chamber.

[MFM008]

77. lol lol

i needed a good laugh, thinking of him dressing as an armadillo did it lol.

[City Lights]

71. When and where did he say this, MrScorpio?

I've searched through lots of his quotes, but couldn't find this one. Do you have a link?

[RoccoR5955]

75. He's a legend in his own mind! n/t

[catbyte]

76. Ugh, just that dipshit look on his face is too much for me to take.

[lonestarnot]

78. ackety me too.

[Cha]

80. Then according to cruz there is no god.. because if there were he/she would surely

tell him to go fuck himself.

[The Wizard]

81. shock treatments (NT)

[Jamaal510]

82. Sounds like TC

is mistaking God's voice for Satan's voice in his head.

[LiberalEsto]

83. But then they cut funding for mental heath and closed the institutions.

Now they just join the Republican Party.