Ted Cruz has recieved a temporary promotion.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

He was a creepy, slimy asshole.

Now he's a useful, creepy slimy asshole.

From the bottom of my sincere heart, Ted, thank you for yesterday doing something that we as liberals and Democrats could never have done on our own.

Now, exit stage right and never be seen again. Because you're still creeping us out.

[lapfog_1]

1. oh, and on your way out

please remember that no one can know who you really voted for come November

[stonecutter357]

2. K&R!

[gordianot]

3. Does anyone miss the irony of someone with no conscience appealing to the conscience of others?

Cruz might understand the definition of conscience.

[PatSeg]

18. It was bizarre

I can't stand the man, but I was cheering for him for a few minutes.

He is still the most hated man in the senate and creepy as hell. He had a "moment", but everything Cruz does is staged.

[PearliePoo2]

4. I'm hoping he has blown up his political future forever.

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How can ANYONE stand this creep? Even his voice makes my hair stand up and the bile rise in my throat.
My fear though, is that the ReThug idiots in Texas could elect someone else just as repulsive and evil.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Honestly, this is why I was not really afraid of him had he been the nominee.

He's just so much of an asshole, even to his own allies, for him to get any serious traction.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. His future depends

on Trump losing the election

and seeing what remains of the Republican party in that event

Kasich & Cruz might be all that's left

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. I expect Cruz to plague the Senate for years. . . . nt

[bulloney]

15. Cruz is a senator. The whole state voted him in, PearliePoo2.

[PearliePoo2]

17. You of course are correct!

I have edited my post. Thanks!

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. I saw it as the opening speech of his 2020 campaign. nt

[msanthrope]

10. This. nt

[tomg]

12. Couldn't agree more.

I think he clearly sees the handwriting on the wall, made a calculated decision to not endorse but to also have his national speech. Unlike so many others at this utterly insane carny show, Cruz attacked President Obama and Hillary Clinton on - basically - a difference of policy. If he anything, he said they had a different belief system. He said religious rights "Christian, Jewish, Muslim;" right to live lives " gay or straight." He actually used the d word - diversity. Of course, tying it into states right. Called the family of Alton Sterling heroic, and the Charleston Emanuel Church. goes into a call to conscience, and no endorsement. Moves back to his opening - the little girl from his opening anecdote. Four years from now those boos by the lunatics in the audience will a badge of honor.

This was a brilliantly designed and dangerous speech. Four years fromnow watch out for a Cruz and Kasich ticket running on "the courage of their consciences." He and Kasich have beautifully positioned themselves for 2016. More than ever, the down ticket matters so the Democratic platform becomes a reality.

Cruz is the real terror.

[PatSeg]

19. It was a brilliant move

Cruz is scarier than Trump in many ways, because he is very smart and manipulative. No impulsive outbursts or unscripted moments. He is looking at a bigger picture and he'll be back.

This is a very dangerous man.

[Orrex]

9. NPR made a point of praising him as one of the nation's best orators

To me, he always sounds petulant and nasally.

Of course, some pour deluded souls in our fine land still pretend that Reagan was The Great Communicator, rather than admitting that he sounded like the annoying uncle that no one talks to at the family reunion.

[PatSeg]

20. I agree

Though he speaks well, it is hard to listen to him. He comes across as paternalistic and condescending. There is a reason why everyone calls him "creepy".

[Orrex]

21. I always get the sense that his human mask is about to fall off.

[PatSeg]

28. Yes

Definitely something out of a horror/sci-fi movie. He would have made a great character actor in Hollywood.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. Clearly they weren't watching Michelle Van Etten.

"Well, it is good cape weather. Cool. Breezy."
" Yeah, why a cape? Who wears a cape? Where do you even get a cape?"

[Thor_MN]

25. Good to see she finally achieved her dream of being a circus performer..

That's as far as I got...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

26. Well, she did say Trump was the ringmaster, and she's not lying.

Watching her, I got the same strange sense of pathos/pity that I felt towards Sarah Palin at times. Just watching someone so unfailingly incompetent wither out in the public spotlight and exhibiting a cringeworthy display of embarrassment--you feel this pathetic pity towards an otherwise clearly unsympathetic person.

[mdbl]

11. He really is creepy

That's a word that didn't come to mind for Cruz but fits him perfectly. Thanks!

[creoledna]

13. What really matters

What his organization is going to do is more important ....Will his donor $$$ go to Trump?.... his mailing lists?
This hate the opponent but love the party is pure theater.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is the only thing that counts.

[Fritz Walter]

14. Already, this video has become a classic!

"I Need a Bogel for the Glotch."

OK, maybe Bad Lip Reading could append it with last night's clip, but it still stands on its own!

[tallahasseedem]

16. +1

[Sheepshank]

23. Many just needed to see a high profile anti Trumper make a stand and to vote their conscience

Ted Cruz just pulled his finger out of the hole in the dam. Add that to the Bush Co no show, the Kasich no show, Ryan's very public hesitancy and delays in endorsing..... Trump is in trouble.

Trump may tweet that it's no big deal.....but he's a consummate liar. It's a big deal, and many others will follow Ted's lead (many likely will vote very privately to avoid a public flogging).

[dobleremolque]

24. I wonder if God told him to do that. n/t

[Tarc]

27. Detestable on so many levels, but he at least had the will to stick to his guns

and call out Donald's scumbaggery.

[glennward]

29. I don't like him at all but I respect his standing up for his dad and his wife. It makes even more

striking the nastiness of Donald Trump. It also removes the myth that no one would dare cross Trump or stand up to him he is so fierce.