Ted Cruz, you're an asshole. That is all.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

FYI:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-apologizes-making-joe-biden-joke-during-his-time-n369566


Ted Cruz Apologizes for Making Joe Biden Joke After Son Beau's Death

by Alexander Smith

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has apologized for making a joke about Joe Biden just days after the vice president's eldest son died from brain cancer.

"Vice President Joe Biden. You know the nice thing? You don't need a punchline," the Texas senator said at a GOP dinner in Howell, Michigan, on Wednesday night.

"I promise you it works. The next party you're at, just walk up to someone and say, 'Vice President Joe Biden' and just close your mouth. They will crack up laughing," he said, repeating a joke he has used in previous speeches.

Cruz told reporters after the event that 46-year-old Beau Biden's death on Saturday was "heartbreaking and tragic" and said his prayers were with the vice president and his family.

But when Cruz was asked by Detroit News reporter Chad Livengood: "Why did you tell a joke about the vice president tonight?" the senator walked away without commenting. The joke and exchange with reporters was uploaded to YouTube by Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century.

(More at link)

[liberal N proud]

1. Ted Cruz is an ignorant asshole

[MissDeeds]

2. Of course he is

He's a Republican.

[liberal N proud]

18. I think he is even the bottom of the barrel for republicans

The worst of the worst.
Dumbest of the Dumbest
Most despicable of the Most Despicable
Cruelest of the Cruel
Most Heartless of the Most Heartless

[Mira]

28. Beautifully summarized.

Plus,
he is really disgusting to look at as well.

[brer cat]

39. I don't like making negative remarks about a person's appearance,

but Ted is really disgusting to look at. eeewwww.

[Mira]

44. Slimey n/t

[3catwoman3]

45. Usually, I don't either, but...

...there are appropriate exceptions. With Cruz, the ugly on the inside shows thru to the outside. I suspect, even if he had more pleasing facial features, his ever present smirk/sneer would render him unattractive.

[brer cat]

46. I agree.

The ugly does show through.

[RoBear]

51. in Dorothy Parker's words

"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone."

On Teddy-boy it really shows....

[gopiscrap]

52. You beat me to it!

[Sherman A1]

3. Ah, Ted....

Pot meet Kettle.....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Here's the difference between Ted Cruz and Joe Biden.

If you say "Vice President Biden" to someone at a party, it's a factual statement.

If you say "President Ted Cruz", now that in fact is a joke.

[Sherman A1]

5. Agreed

[sarge43]

6. If you really want a laugh,

say Ted Cruz is a class act. That will bring the house down.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. Well, you might claim that Ted Cruz is a class act....

.....give or take the "cl".

[kenfrequed]

25. Darn it.

You beat me to the punchline.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. It's okay.

Great minds and such.....

[The Wizard]

7. Toxic Ted

Being an asshole is in his DNA. His father should have used better rubbers.

[maddiemom]

24. No, his looney father got and raised just the son he wanted in Ted. But you're right about the DNA.

[safeinOhio]

42. His dad makes

Rev. Wright look like Americas best Christian.

[The Wizard]

54. Betty Bowers

is America's Best Christian. You can look it up.

[uponit7771]

8. Ted Cruz is a Republican

[retrowire]

9. where did he apologize?

[DrDan]

12. on his facebook page - "it was a mistake to use an old joke about Joe Biden

Last edited Thu Jun 4, 2015, 08:30 AM - Edit history (1)

during his time of grief, and I sincerely apologize."

from the link

[rurallib]

19. almost sounds as if he apologized for using an old joke

instead of a new one.
Jesus what a jerk.

[maddiemom]

22. An "old joke" only to Ted Cruz.

V.P. Biden is NOT a joke to most of us. Some of the Republicans decided to make him a joke and just kept repeating it, hoping it would catch on. On his record he's no joke, plus he's had more than his share of tragedy. Cruz is truly a clueless asshole.

[rurallib]

23. yes - of course - I meant it was another example of the

republican non-apology.

[maddiemom]

26. Very true. I wasn't being critical, just agreeing by adding my opinion.

Joe (and don't most of us think of him as "Joe"?) has made the occasional verbal gaffe, but nowhere close to Dubya's record. I really think that this was a deliberate Repug ploy to counteract the Baby Bush jokes. Of course, he has a wife as educated, independently successful, and gorgeous as Jill because he's a dolt.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. On today's episode of "I'm Sorry I Got Caught Theater"....

....Texas Senator Ted Cruz!

[LiberalElite]

13. He apologized after it blew up in his face via social media

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-apologizes-making-joe-biden-joke-during-his-time-n369566

[blackspade]

10. What a pathetic asshole.

The stupid....it hurts.

[Gothmog]

11. Carnival Cruz is an ass

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. No, that's not all.

He is a flaming teabagger asshole.

[Vinca]

15. Apologize to assholes. Cruz is much, much worse.

[Thespian2]

16. Ted Cruz has

tiny remnants of one small brain-cell...Logical thinking is beyond its ability...it uses only the shit-load of insanity provided by senior Cruz...

[Stuart G]

17. This one stupid insensitive "joke"..has elimated the asshole from real contention.

Most people will think the following, "Why should I vote for someone to be our president, when he cannot even decide when to tell a joke about someone who has been through a tragic and awful experience." I don't want that asshole to be our president when he cannot even decide the best time to tell a joke.." Cruz is history with most of the country...He will be forever known for that joke..good. That joke is on You Tube!!!
It will also cut down on how much he can charge for speaking fees. Maybe it will ruin his re-election chances as senator. That could be a wonderful result of this.... mean vicious joke at the very worst time....


And.. he waited..for a while...which is even better... When originally questioned about the insensitive joke, instead of saying he was sorry, he walked away...shows his ability to make quick decisions. He has got to talk to someone first to see if an apology is in order..

...Good By ...asshole ...you shot your career in the heart....great...even your apology...on.."facebook" ... not to the reporter who asked the question....was wrong and stupid...If he had apologized immediately, maybe..just maybe ..people might have believed..but he walked away.....His own insensitivity has eliminated him forever..most people now know the truth about Ted Cruz..as told by Ted Cruz..

As I said....good by asshole.....you have really exposed yourself in ways you do not know....

[A Round Tuit]

35. If you think this eliminates him from contention...

then you have seriously overestimated the republican mindset.

He is a hero to them, for this kind of stuff.

Sure, he apologized, but it was in the vein of "wink, wink", "ha, ha".

No democrat was going to vote for him anyway.

The sensibilities of VP Biden and his family mean nothing to them and many of them are elbowing one another and chuckling about the whole thing.

[irisblue]

40. I saw the video @ the Detroit news site

A lot of those Republicans were laughing. Asses. Horrible humans.

[Stuart G]

43. That too will hurt Republicans...and,

other Republicans will have to apologize for those who were laughing. This one has just begun...

[Stuart G]

41. Here is why Ted has "eliminated himself"

Ted has many enemies in the Republican Party. These enemies among Republicans,,( Yes, he is an asshole to almost everyone,) will use this to eliminate him. Not us, but his own party. And I might add this, no one with any sense of decency (except those that think he is a real "hero&quot will accept him as a legitimate candidate after his joke and his walk away..

Yes, even many Republicans know a shot to oneself, when it concerns joking about someone who has recently experienced the death of a son from brain cancer.. But time will tell. I do not think that he will ever be seen as a viable candidate after this. No matter what.

[yuiyoshida]

20. OH yeah....that's some hot steak and eggs

Presidential Material right there, isn't it?

[kenfrequed]

21. I heard a better joke Ted.

"President Ted Cruz" get it?

It's funny 'cause it's never gonna happen. Of course "Ted Cruz buman being" is even more funny. Gods what a weasel.

[Stuart G]

29. Because of this so called "joke" that Ted told, Ted has become a "joke"& this joke will never end.nt

[maddiemom]

32. So far, Ted is way down in the polls among the huge bunch of Republican candidates.

I think even many Repubs know a real opportunist, bent only on becoming POTUS in his political career.

[MoonRiver]

30. He is the most vile and evil psycho in the clown car.

And that's quite an accomplishment!

[Stuart G]

31. But, by telling this "joke" he has exposed himself as..

in your words...."He is the most vile and evil psycho in the clown car."...

and ..no one could have done it better than Ted did..

[MoonRiver]

33. Yep, he's the master of vile and evil.

I also don't think his "joke" about Joe Biden was an accident, apology aside. Rethuglicans love to apologize. Then they can do the deed and get away with it, in their minds.

[Rex]

34. Ted Cruz IS a joke. I have a joke for Teddy.

Ted Cruz falls down a flight of stairs in M.C. Escher's house.

[Orsino]

38. That's not what makes him an asshole.

His little joke is one of the least odious, divisive and mean things he's said in his career on the national stage.

[stage left]

47. all the others in the clown car are odious.

But Cruz? Just the sight of his smirky, self-satisfied face makes me need to vomit.

[Fred Sanders]

48. The Asshole Demographic is huge in America. The Asshole Vote, and religious extremism, is why we have Ted Cruz, etc.

[jwirr]

49. Teddy is all talk and no action. He claims to be a Christian yet he is the best example of not to be

one. In everything he does.

[Fuddnik]

50. Ted Cruz

Just say it to someone at a party, and they'll throw up.

Ruin their night for sure.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

53. "I am sorry that you are too stupid to see the humor in my statement"

THAT'S a Cruz apology.

[hifiguy]

55. Shitheelus Maximus Idioticus.

No punch line needed, fuckstick.

[Beacool]

56. He's a disgusting man.

If there's bipartisanship in the Senate it's on the issue of Ted Cruz. Most senators can't stand the arrogant jerk.

[Boomerproud]

57. It's all about character, isn't it Republicans?