Pic Of The Moment: At GOP Debate, Ted Cruz Outlines Five Major Agencies He Would Eliminate

[EarlG]

Ted Cruz Follows Rick Perry With an 'Oops' Moment of His Own

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[onehandle]

1. Maybe he was thinking of his native Canada.

Do they have two Departments of Commerce?

[knightmaar]

43. No, but we have two departments of Science now.

Canada rulez.

[MADem]

51. DUzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[HassleCat]

2. To complicated

When will these egghead Republican policy wonks learn to keep it simple? I would eliminate the Department of Commerce, the Commerce Department, that department that deals with commerce, and two more you don't need to know about right now.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. Hysterical!

You should be in the editorial page/section of every major paper/news outlet.

[Enthusiast]

4. Ted Cruz has it!

He is at the zenith of the weirdness scale.

[thesquanderer]

11. Zenth of weirdness? I don't think Cruz was even the weirdest guy on the stage.

I'd say that honor goes to Ben Carson.

[Enthusiast]

48. Cruz has a deep high quality weirdness.

[Fritz Walter]

5. Actually, there was a fifth agency

But the ink was smeared when he was shaking hands.

[wordpix]

31. what's her hand say? "I'm a dummy" maybe?

[Fritz Walter]

37. Looks like "NV B____"

Maybe "Nevada Brothel"? Wasn't she looking to move from Alaska at the time (March 2010)?

Here's the link to the article with a greatly enlarged image, accompanying a story about her preaching against censorship to a group of Tea-billies. The article doesn't explain, and the comments are likewise unhelpful.

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. He's trying for a Cabinet post.

He could head up the Department of Redundancy Department.

[femmocrat]

7. You could just see the panic in his face....

when he realized he was channeling Rick Perry!

[NonMetro]

8. Why Stop There?

It's fairly obvious Cruz wants to abolish the whole government, shit-can the constitution, and become the dictator he has always longed to be. Cruz hates everything about this country, and just about everyone in it. In an alternate universe, his family does not emigrate to the United States, Ted overthrows Castro and becomes dictator of Cuba.

Cruz has Castro- envy?

[47of74]

33. A lot of these GOP candidates are wannabe dictators

They are fascist shits who think that they ought to rule by divine right.

[NonMetro]

36. Ted's Old Man Did Say Ted Was "Anointed By God" To Be Our Leader, and....

Turn the treasures over to the priests!

I still haven't heard Ted deny it. Have you?

[47of74]

40. Nope.

Every time I see that fuck face I think of his father going on about how his son was an anointed King.

[NonMetro]

54. Your original point was spot on, too:

A lot of the GOP candidates would be dictators if they could. That's what 25 years of uncompromising Republicans naturally leads to - their way or the highway. That's especially true of Cruz. He has nothing but disdain for the people of this country.

[nxylas]

35. Yeah, but he said the same department twice!

Why don't you learn to focus on the important issues?

[NonMetro]

38. And I'm sure if Ted could abolish each department twice.....

Ted would have twice as much fun!

[Wounded Bear]

9. In his defense...

the Department of Commerce is really, really bad.

[NCjack]

10. My guess, since the stumble bum represents fossil energy interests in Texas,

the 5th agency is US EPA. He hates EPA so much that his tongue can't make the sounds.

[Yavin4]

12. I thought that it would be the Dept of Education

Now, I'm confused.

[NCjack]

14. I can fix it. The stumble bum meant to say "six agencies". /nt

[hay rick]

26. Then Cruz could have eliminated the Commerce Department three times.

Some things are unfixable.

[NCjack]

49. It's fixable. Jeb can fix it. /nt

[hay rick]

53. LOL

[robbob]

13. Ok colour me officially confused:

I've been wondering this for a while. Ted Cruz was born in Alberta, Canada. Why is he even running for president? I thought you had to be born in the USA? I thought the tea baggers made a whole career out of Obama's birth certificate? Does anyone know why this is not an issue in Ted's run for office?

[niyad]

24. because he isn't obama. mccain was born in panama, and that wasn't an issue for these

cretins either.

[ejbr]

25. You are correct about his birthplace

however his mother is/was American bestowing US citizenship to him. This is similar to McCain who was born in Panama. Even still repigs are generally hypocrites when it comes to these things, so it is a fair question.

[Fritz Walter]

39. And you can't officially challenge it until his name actually appears on a ballot

Apparently.

But there's no reason why we can't keep bringing up the issue in discussion about his eligibility.

[Ned_Devine]

15. I can't see Rick Perry's face without thinking of his BLR

[YoungDemCA]

16. He forgot the EPA

[cal04]

17. AP FACT CHECK: In Republican debate, flubs and funny numbers

CRUZ, holding out his hand and unfolding one finger at a time to punctuate his point: "Five major agencies that I would eliminate: the IRS (his thumb), the Department of Commerce (index finger), the Department of Energy (middle finger), uh, the Department of Commerce (ring finger), and HUD (pinkie)."

THE FACTS: He flubbed his own list, naming the Commerce Department twice and leaving out one of the agencies he proposes to close, according to his website: the Education Department.

Perry, then Texas governor, had almost precisely the same problem at a GOP primary debate in November 2011, coming up with the names of only two of the three departments he wanted to close, Commerce and Education. "Oops," he said after failing to name the third agency, Energy, a slip that haunted him for the rest of his campaign.

But Cruz moved on without anyone calling him on the gaffe.
suprised, NOT



http://news.yahoo.com/ap-fact-check-republican-debate-032854138.html

[ejbr]

27. The Education Department

How ironic.

[DhhD]

29. They want a state wide Theology Curriculum or home schooling where Moms and kids gather at

at a building and each Mom teaches something like Chemistry or Physics to the small group of kids. Teaching Biology is a Bible Masters donation of time.

[Plucketeer]

32. And not even an "Oops!" nt

[4lbs]

18. I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to get rid of the Department of Commerce and replace it

with one that is tasked to deal with the economy.


Hmmm....

https://www.commerce.gov/page/about-commerce#mission

The mission of the Department is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.

[czarjak]

19. Just last week...

He was being touted for his total recall, oooops.

[hibbing]

20. Thumbs Up EarlG!

Last edited Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Hahahahaha, the only thing missing is Perry's smart glasses. On edit, Ted's hand could use a rubber glove too.

Peace

[Hepburn]

21. Hey, come on...be generous to Sen. Crude...

...he simply wants to get rid of it twice...to make sure!

[hay rick]

22. The good news is he can count to five.

Even if he did have to use his fingers.

[Initech]

23. To be fair, he got three!

[DhhD]

28. Cruz Presidential Plan: Close the US Govertment and bring your money to the Church.

Those anointed preachers like Cruz can run the new Theocracy of North America that is the Republican voting base from atop of the Seven Hills. Charismatics are setting up God's Kingdom as the do not believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Canada just got rid of the Right Wing in its elections last month.

Then this second video:
https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Cruz+Anointed+his+son+as+The+One&fr=dss_yset_chr

[saidsimplesimon]

34. Thank you again my dear cousins in Canada.

Senator Cruz is not stupid, just dumb if he thinks he can skate into the nomination by playing his Machiavellian game. He is in a shark tank within a cage at the moment. Surely Trump, Carson, Bush, Paul et al will wake up and go on the attack before he closes the deal.

If not, we'll step in to provide a wee bit on enlightenment for the lost boys.

[wordpix]

30. wants to abolish Dept of Ed b/c he's living proof there's no value in education

so do away with it entirely instead of making it better

[Spitfire of ATJ]

41. Obviously the Department of Ejumacation was on that list.

[turbinetree]

42. {Pic } of the moment is classic......................

I wonder if he can count using his fingers and or that other appendage called a thumb (or does he call that a finger too), because his math doesn't add up, its still only comes to four

What a complete jerk

Oh by the way


Honk--------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[TacoD]

44. The Perry ghost is hilarious

[malthaussen]

45. Naw, it's like double-secret probation.

The Department of Commerce needs to be eliminated twice. Because.

-- Mal

[d_legendary1]

46. I didn't know his holy ghost was Rick Perry

Time for an exorcism!

[Dont call me Shirley]

47. He is so creepy! An 11 on the Creep-Factor scale. How did he even get elected!

[47of74]

55. The usual

Called the President the correct code worded racist terms along with going on about 'bortion and teh gays getting married.

[valerief]

50. And he'd get rid of the TPP and the TPP, too. nt

[staggerleem]

52. I saw a story this morning about how abstinence-only sex-ed is doing in Texas ...

... they're experiencing a significant outbreak of teenage chlamydia.

Evidently, their math instruction techniques need some improvement, as well. They have a Senator who can't count to 5, and a former Governor who can't even make it to 3!

[Feeling the Bern]

56. Five things about Ted Cruz

1: He's a fucking imbecile
2: He looks like he is a cross-dresser
3: He has the intelligence of a used douchebag
4: He isn't American and neither his native Canada nor his ancestral Cuba would want him.
5: He's a fucking imbecile.

NAILED IT too!!!!

[grandpamike1]

57. Texas Education

First Perry, now Cruz. Stupid is as stupid says.

[trillion]

58. I'd get rid of the war department and the mass surveilliance systems myself.

[lovemydog]

59. Rick Perry Co-Starring as The Shadow

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/cruz-pulls-a-perry-at-debate-no-one-notices-035113681.html

[Bossy Monkey]

60. I think Rick has some Clark Kent glasses he can loan you Raffy. n/t

[Nitram]

61. You didn't know there were two Depts of Commerce?

One for the 1% and one for the 99%.