Lol... Ted Cruz is trying to take on AOC:

[demmiblue]

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Some people never learn!

[DBoon]

1. Ted Cruz is actually a very smart guy

But AOC is smarter and has justice on her side.

[spooky3]

2. Smarter, more clever and with her heart in the right place. Nt

[DENVERPOPS]

45. But she doesn't have

Tens of Millions of stupid, furious, violent, sick, white supremacist, mouth breathing, assholes behind her........

And sadly, there is NO CURE for any of that............

[spooky3]

47. She also isn't pouring money into Cruz's campaign coffers. As Adam Linzinger (R- IL) said,

Republicans are raising lots of $ off this and the EC certification fiasco.

[tanyev]

5. He's not stupid, but I suspect he thinks he's a lot smarter than he actually is.

[MurrayDelph]

12. He also thinks

he's more witty and lovable than he actually is.

[AZ8theist]

42. "Lovable "? Ted Cruz??

I just threw up in my mouth a little....

[soldierant]

32. But doesn't everyone?

[spooky3]

43. No. Look up the Dunning-Kruger effect. nt

[soldierant]

50. I'm quite familiar with the D-K effect, thank you.

john Cleese explains it particularly well for non-professionals.

But my experience (75 years) suggests much farther up the levels of intelligence than Dunning and Kruger thought.

In less stupid people it presents as thinking one knows more than one actually does. Usually that translates to thinking one knows more outside of one's own field of expertise than one, in fact, does. But the result is the same. Smart as well as stupid people walk into the same traps.

[spooky3]

51. With all due respect, if you were familiar with the research itself

and not just the second hand summaries of it, you would not have made your first comment, because it is not consistent with their stream of research.

[rurallib]

9. For a smart guy he does a lot of stupid shit

I have heard of his "smart" reputations since he became a senator. He backs it up with easily debunked lies and illogical constructs.

Methinks his reputation far outweighs his demonstration of his abilities.

[cannabis_flower]

10. What it is, is that

He thinks that his constituents are stupid and won’t look this shit up!

[thesquanderer]

26. Very possibly. Maybe he knew he was lying, but he knew the Republican base would believe him...

...and give him props for the "takedown." I wouldn't assume Cruz actually believed what he typed.

[LeftInTX]

30. He gets Texans to vote for him!

For what it's worth

[Zorro]

38. I agree

Cruz is like Newt Gingrich, another asshole who I didn't consider particularly smart, despite media portrayals.

Just because one graduates from an Ivy League school doesn't automatically mean they're "smart'. I give you GWB, for example.

[spooky3]

48. If we were R's, and Cruz were a Dem, we would be calling him

an "Affirmative Action" admission to elite schools.

[ancianita]

35. He's a degreed guy, not a smart guy. His judgment is poor & his ambition is way over his capability.

[LanternWaste]

3. Twitter pissing matches are fun to watch.

But they so rarely reflect well on the participants' measure of long-term judgement or prudence.

[demmiblue]

4. Lol... the bat signal went out!

[melman]

7. lol

[Biophilic]

6. I don't think Ted's very smart if he thinks he can out twitter AOC.

Besides, she has 1 huge advantage: she's willing to admit when she makes a mistake and say she's sorry. So I find her more than creditable. Ted...not so much. In fact, I don't think he's done 1 thing to make himself creditable. He's just a lying POS. She's an up and coming leader.

[TNNurse]

14. Pompous people often speak when they do not have information.

Ted is pompous.

[Biophilic]

19. Oh, yes. Pompous and not as smart as he thinks. A perfect Shakespearean combination.

[The Genealogist]

18. He's a Republican, which means credibility is one of those librul elitist soshulist things

He doesn't have to be credible. He can make up any bullshit on the spot, and the hordes of deplorables will lap it up.

[Biophilic]

20. And somehow we have to find a way to make them eat their crap. We have to stop being nice.

[The Genealogist]

23. I agree with this.

Sternly worded letters aren't going to cut it in the post 1/6/21 world.

[ancianita]

37. We already have AOC & the Speaker shoving it down their throats. We're not weak or

without smarter defenders with superb moral compasses.

Eric Swalwell will also show the nation how bankrupt their party is.

[Biophilic]

40. Very true and we have to support them. nt

[MLAA]

8. He is so out smarted and over matched by AOC!

[Mr.Bill]

11. If Ted Cruz is so smart,

let's hear about all the brilliant things he accomplished as an attorney.

He's a moron.

[healthnut7]

13. Book smart does not always equate to street smart.

I love AOC for this. She goes up against many of these guys who have all kinds of degrees and yet with a few words she can put them in their place!!!

[monkeyman1]

15. he think's he's smart !!

ON A IQ LEVEL , HE IS OUT GUNNED BY AOC !! NO CONTEST. HE NEED'S TO SHUT HIS YAP & PACK !!

[efhmc]

16. The negative replies about Cruz are overwhelming.

I asked if anyone had seen one positive Cruz comment and so far there has been nothing.

[onetexan]

17. There's only one Biatch here, and it ain't AOC

[Tommymac]

21. Just Sayin'

[sandensea]

31. The Rube Boat....

Soon they'll be quaking and on the run...

[bringthePaine]

22. ha! Teddy Fuckspin gets CRUSHED!

[NotANeocon]

24. Typical Rethug tactic.

Attack your opponent with a biting non-sequitur to change the subject and force a defence. Don't respond to the charges against you - especially if they are true.

Frank Luntz taught them well with his "Daily Talking Point" tactic.

[AlexSFCA]

25. I love that AOC always responds and controls the narrative and

[usajumpedtheshark]

27. Big difference between intelligence and wisdom

My boys have scored in the 98th percentile on college entrance exams but they are sorely in need of some wisdom! Cruz seems incapable of learning from experience. You know he must be an awful person when the monsters in his tribe don't even like him.

[moondust]

28. Poor witto Teddy boy.

Do these guys keep forgetting that there are records and videotapes of all their lies and waffling and treachery?

[sandensea]

29. Fat Rafael knows that Faux News and hate radio audiences will take him at his word w/o checking

These are the same people the Trumps of the world always go after as marks.

[flibbitygiblets]

33. Exactly. None of those people are remotely interested in facts or truth.

Just keep repeating the lie and create your own reality.

How do we un-brainwash so many people?

[COL Mustard]

34. GO AOC!!!

Nothing better than smacking little Teddy.

[Maine-i-acs]

36. it's like she's sitting at a chessboard, and Ted comes up

and plunks the Monopoly hat down on a square and says "look I'm playing too!"

[FakeNoose]

39. Never mess with AOC

[Ohioboy]

41. How is it that Ted Cruz is even showing his face

He should hiding in shame somewhere for his part.

[crickets]

52. If he had any shame, maybe he would. nt

[czarjak]

44. Conmen knowing their marks ain't rocket science.

[patphil]

46. In a battle of wits between Cruz and AOC, Cruz is definitely overmatched.

And, he needs to resign or be thrown out of the Senate.

[TigressDem]

49. Good luck with that bud. lol

Don't come to a war of wits without amunition.