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flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 01:23 AM Jan 2016

Cruz camp mocks Rubio's 'high-heeled booties'

* Is he a shark or a jet?

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“A Vote for Marco Rubio Is a Vote for Men’s High-Heeled Booties,” Rick Tyler, Cruz’s communications director, tweeted Tuesday, linking to an article with that headline by New York Magazine’s women’s blog “The Cut."

Vanity Fair also speculated idly about Rubio's boots, comparing them to options ranging from an $85 pair by Giorgio Brutini to a $1,990 offering from Tom Ford.

But Rubio's campaign told POLITICO what the boots were, and they're on the more modest end of speculation: a pair of Florsheims. Boots similar to Rubio's on the Florsheim website sell for not much more than $100.

Brian Phillips, Cruz’s rapid response director, tweeted out the photo of Rubio’s boots with the cheeky comment, “Rubio supports Italian boots on the ground.”

It all started with a tweet from New York Times reporter Michael Barbaro, who first noticed Rubio’s boots Monday and sent a photograph into the Twittersphere.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/ted-cruz-marco-rubio-boots-tweet-217388#ixzz3wRGZQj5z

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Cruz camp mocks Rubio's 'high-heeled booties' (Original Post) flamingdem Jan 2016 OP
Cruz wishes Rubio de agony of de feet pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #1
Let's see these Cubanos go flamingdem Jan 2016 #6
Rubio should send Cruz some Nancy Sinatra pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #10
I see a Rachel Maddow segment being made flamingdem Jan 2016 #11
Conservatives always know when to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Initech Jan 2016 #2
Crazy Cruz has no other issues than people's ' footwear wordpix Jan 2016 #3
This is coming from a guy who wears cowboy boots... Human101948 Jan 2016 #13
Those are actually rather cool. madaboutharry Jan 2016 #4
rick tyler may be as creepy as cruz spanone Jan 2016 #5
Cruz is gaining traction flamingdem Jan 2016 #7
I hope we're still talking about footwear pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #14
Full pic Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #8
I'm not feeling this boots thing he's got going on flamingdem Jan 2016 #9
It's not a good look. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #12
He's doing a Kirk! Lars39 Jan 2016 #16
Not much different from these justiceischeap Jan 2016 #31
Short men often have "high-heeled" shoes/boots SoCalDem Jan 2016 #15
They look like Beatle Boots to me - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #17
Or hey hey Monkee Boots. . B Calm Jan 2016 #19
That was my first thought. Beatle boots. Vinca Jan 2016 #20
That was the first thing I thought too. That or Star Trek. underpants Jan 2016 #27
Carnival has just insulted all the lawyers in my area TexasProgresive Jan 2016 #18
they're cha-cha heels! tishaLA Jan 2016 #21
Cute boots ryan_cats Jan 2016 #22
This might be stupid but i think this really could hurt rubio JI7 Jan 2016 #23
I think they'll be seen as too European, as in flamingdem Jan 2016 #24
Yup. They love (nearly?) parodic displays of masculinity tishaLA Jan 2016 #25
I tend to agree gratuitous Jan 2016 #30
I like them Kalidurga Jan 2016 #26
They don't call them 'Cuban heels' for nothing. immoderate Jan 2016 #28
A heel in Cuban heels? flamingdem Jan 2016 #29
Uh, those boyz (including DRUMPF & JEB!1) really oughten get in a pissing match UTUSN Jan 2016 #32

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
11. I see a Rachel Maddow segment being made
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 03:29 AM
Jan 2016

with this and dueling high heels on Rubio and Cruz as they battle it out.

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
4. Those are actually rather cool.
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 01:37 AM
Jan 2016

Rubio probably wears them because he's short, but it's dumb to make fun of them.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
15. Short men often have "high-heeled" shoes/boots
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 07:33 AM
Jan 2016

they think it makes them look taller...It does not.. It only makes people notice their insecurity ..

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
18. Carnival has just insulted all the lawyers in my area
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 07:55 AM
Jan 2016

Boots with heels are the footwear du jour for lawyers and many other men around here.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
24. I think they'll be seen as too European, as in
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 06:41 PM
Jan 2016

too effeminate. That might lead to thoughts of him crossing his legs like a European or any number of other horrors to the Republican mind.

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
25. Yup. They love (nearly?) parodic displays of masculinity
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 06:46 PM
Jan 2016

and all signs of vanity have to be over the top, like tRump's orange makeup or Reagan's hair color. This will look to them like weakness and insecurity

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
30. I tend to agree
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jan 2016

Sure, it's superficial but I suspect Sen. Cruz knows Republican voters, and that Sen. Rubio's sartorial choice won't play well with them. Oh, if only Celebrity Deathmatch was still on the air; this could be a great episode.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
29. A heel in Cuban heels?
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 07:03 PM
Jan 2016

He's a tap dancer all right especially about the personal use of government credit cards!!

UTUSN

(70,686 posts)
32. Uh, those boyz (including DRUMPF & JEB!1) really oughten get in a pissing match
Wed Jan 6, 2016, 10:59 PM
Jan 2016

over "masculinity" Quien es mas macho:

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