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Great “pen” Cruz has… Better that a Bic!

Dana (0ee61a) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:11 pm

The future President Cruz has a pen and a phone—just like that Barack guy!

Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:23 pm

Yay, and his jacket fit. In the shoulders.

SarahW (67599f) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:52 pm

🙂

nk (dbc370) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:55 pm

Whoops take-backers no it didn’t. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a43981/ted-cruz-jimmy-fallon-new-york/

Esquire approved this skit but it was a mixed review., he got progressively less likeable.

Then there was the thing that came after….

SarahW (67599f) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:58 pm

🙂 🙂 🙂

nk (dbc370) — 4/15/2016 @ 7:59 pm

well it’s esquire, it’s only good for burn notice reruns,

narciso (732bc0) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:02 pm

Cruz’s suit emphasizes his slumping.

SarahW (67599f) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:03 pm

SarahW,

There’s the possibility that Fox News saw an opportunity to sabotage Cruz at the dinner the Esquire link discusses. Heard about it today.

Dana (0ee61a) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:07 pm

Whoops take-backers no it didn’t. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a43981/ted-cruz-jimmy-fallon-new-york/

Esquire approved this skit but it was a mixed review., he got progressively less likeable.

Then there was the thing that came after….

He comes across very well, I thought, in the Fallon interview. Funny and personable. I’m not obsessed with clothing, though. Sorry.

(Not sorry.)

Patterico (86c8ed) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:13 pm

Cruz’s suit emphasizes his slumping.

Didn’t notice that when I watched it. I just noticed what he said.

Patterico (86c8ed) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:14 pm

I think SarahW is putting us on. What did you think of his haircut, SarahW?

Yeah, he came across very well. He’s been before the toughest audience of all — the U.S. Supreme Court.

nk (dbc370) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:18 pm

Fallon does a pretty good job of nailing Trump’s mannerisms, and kudos to the make-up artist for simulating his “raccoon eyes” as a result of wearing goggles while in the tanning booth.

Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:23 pm

I think SarahW is putting us on. What did you think of his haircut, SarahW?

No, she isn’t. There’s a history here. She doesn’t like Cruz and gets very hung up on the superficial stuff. I’m sure she’ll tell us that she talks about it, not because it bothers her, but because other people worry about stuff like that. But she does talk about it an awful lot.

Patterico (86c8ed) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:24 pm

SarahW,

This is the second or third time in the past month that you’ve been critical of Cruz’s clothing and/or appearance. Does it really matter to you?

Dana (0ee61a) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:27 pm

The first thing I noticed about Cruz was how comfortable he seemed and that he hit his marks. He seemed to have to try not to laugh at one point which in turn made me laugh.

Dana (0ee61a) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:31 pm

I’ll agree with Cruz: listening to Trump long enough will make even a teatotaller turn to the hard liquor.

John Hitchcock (b9416a) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:40 pm

look who crawls out under the rock,

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2016/04/15/ted-cruzs-unsavory-tweeting-former-college-roommate/

narciso (732bc0) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:51 pm

The guy who said Cruz liked girls in college and forever turned GLAAD against him?

nk (dbc370) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:56 pm

I try and avoid watching TV so I didn’t catch this, but I’m not surprised. Fox has been in the tank for Trump ever since Murdoch said Republicans need to get behind him.

njrob (840ff1) — 4/15/2016 @ 8:58 pm

there’s a whole host, perino, gutfeld, krauthammer, will hume, who haven’t gotten that memo,

narciso (732bc0) — 4/15/2016 @ 9:07 pm

Cruz is growing on me. Things like this skit will only help him. For one thing, the public wants to like him, as he is the alternative to Trump.

And speaking of Trump, wasn’t it a lucky coincidence *wink* that the GOP dinner was held at the very hotel that Trump rehabbed after everyone said “it will never work” which revitalized the neighborhood, which then sparked the revitalization of Manhattan?

Patricia (5fc097) — 4/15/2016 @ 9:15 pm

Of course I worry about it. He’s not taking care of himself, eating right, and it shows.
He needs to look vigorous and in charge, not schlumpy. My liking him is irrelevant, he needs to get it together. I don’t like him more for not even trying. The not trying is a clue. It’s information about Ted Cruz.

Why won’t he cur the things about appearance he can cure?

It matters moe than just likability and electability too; surface is a clue about what lies beneath and swims around. It hints he is surrounded by either inept campaign advisors or ill equipped ones.

Don’t you realize that he needs all the more to look polished so that he doesn’t carry “that Duggar look” around like an albatross, especially when he will have to cary the weight of attacks on his evangelist background? That tatertot-casserole-fed and unhealthy look and odd schlumpy dressing are cultural signifiers, and those dressing flubs just scream he has steeoed in. in a sous vide of dominionist society.

He needs to step up his game to sell his ideas and himself as a leader of men. That he doesn’t do this bothers me, it’s in his power. The price is a few tailored suits and some diet and exercise discipline. Why won’t he do it? Why can’t he manage it? he

Ps His hair looked pretty good.

SarahW (67599f) — 4/15/2016 @ 9:53 pm

u can build a mansion but u just can’t live in it

happyfeet (831175) — 4/15/2016 @ 9:58 pm

Rumor has it SarahW buttons her blouse up so high that she gets mascara on her lapels, and her skirts are so long that the Clydesdale she rides trips over her petticoats. Why doesn’t she straighten up her appearance? Doesn’t she care?

John Hitchcock (b9416a) — 4/15/2016 @ 9:59 pm

Mr. Hitchcock you’re a christian like i’m a coupon clipper go eff yourself with bonus confetti on you slick-backed unwashed hair

pls to stop degrading jesus you trashslab

luv you

early alarm tomorrow let’s circle back manana

happyfeet (831175) — 4/15/2016 @ 10:02 pm

SarahW, Cruz is a married man. Your criticism of the way he dresses is trespassing on his wife’s territory. It’s actually close to adultery.

And don’t tell me no. I am an old married man (albeit formerly). I can count all the clothes I bought by myself, for myself, since 1991 on my fingers. With the exception of hats and shoes. We’ve been divorced for over four years and she still buys me shirts and socks.

😉

nk (dbc370) — 4/15/2016 @ 10:15 pm

hat and shoe are the most important indeed they are definitive

no one ever is to blame

happyfeet (831175) — 4/15/2016 @ 10:18 pm

@SarahW: I think Cruz looks remarkably sharper some times than at other times, and I agree with you that the suit-coat-and-pants-without-tie look works poorly for him in general. He should stick with either the jeans, boots, and blazer, or else go full suit-and-tie. On a town hall that Hannity hosted with Cruz tonight, Hannity pointed out that Cruz was wearing a Fitbit (sp?), basically a super-smart pedometer that calculates footsteps and heatbeat and calories and such. Hannity speculated that on the campaign trail Cruz must rack up a lot of footsteps, but Cruz said, with obvious frustration, that to the contrary, a lot of the time it was ten steps from the ballroom to the limo, followed by ten steps to the plane, etc. So he’d probably agree with you about exercise.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/15/2016 @ 11:04 pm

Beldar, I’m guessing that the conversation about the pedometer was a segue for Hannity to give another one of his five minute monologues about his daily kick-boxing regimen that no Navy Seal could successfully endure! (LOL)
Sean Hannity is such a martyr for his $30 million a year income—no wonder he has zero sense of humor.

Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 4/15/2016 @ 11:13 pm

Of course SarahW knows that his awkward attire has nothing to do with good governance.

I just got a Fitbit recently, I find myself oddly competitive with it. If I haven’t reached 10,000 steps before I go to bed, I will walk around the house just to get those last few steps in. Sorry, honey, I can’t join you right now. I have 132 more steps to take …don’t wait up.

Dana (0ee61a) — 4/15/2016 @ 11:34 pm

now I want a fitbit

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 7:55 am

Trumpkins:
Trumpkins are an unatrractive but annoying people whose numbers have decreased rather precipitously since the bottom fell out of the fairy-tale market. Slow and sullen, yet dull, they prefer to lead simple lives of pastoral squalor. They don’t like machines more complicated than a garotte, a blackjack, or a Luger. ….

It is plain that Trumpkins are relatives of ours, standing somewhere in the evolutionary line that leads from rats to [badgers] and eventually to [Democrats], but what our exact relationship is cannot be told.

nk (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 8:07 am

SarahW, do I have this right? You aren’t fond of the lack of crease in his pants?

njrob (840ff1) — 4/16/2016 @ 9:01 am

Nk, you REALLY like BOTRs.

Simon Jester (a0c327) — 4/16/2016 @ 9:06 am

I’ve lost count of the copies I had, Simon. I keep “lending” them to people and never getting them back. My first one I gave to a girl in college who game me A Canticle For Leobowitz, as I’ve told you. Maybe that’s the reason?

nk (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 9:27 am

ted cruz what dress will he wear for the convention? will his tranny hooker girl friends come?

gunsmoke (ddde31) — 4/16/2016 @ 12:39 pm

I think people have been speaking to the place where the crease got disrupted by the battle of the bulge

steveg (fed1c9) — 4/16/2016 @ 1:23 pm

#37
A suit and tie.
No

steveg (fed1c9) — 4/16/2016 @ 1:25 pm

I’m not sure if anyone’s mentioned here at Patterico.com the “technical difficulties” at the New York Republican gala broadcast on Thursday night. Fox News preempted most of its prime-time lineup to broadcast speeches by Trump and Kasich in their entirety, but then turned off the podium microphone mid-way through Cruz’ speech — meaning you could only hear Cruz via a few remote microphones scattered among the banquet tables. Since they’d just served dinner, the noise of clanking plates and silver, even the sounds of people slurping and chewing, drowned out Cruz’ voice. Hannity cut away without much explanation and with utterly no apology.

Limbaugh railed about this as a Trumpkin dirty trick on Friday, and snarky Trumpkins have been chortling about “payback” for Cruz’ “New York Values” reference. In looking for commentary on this incident — or something relating to an explanation or excuse as an alternative to the dirty trick hypothesis — I came across this:

Most Ted Cruz supporters have quit watching the Fox News Channel. If you review their daily program schedule, it’s not hard to figure out why(all times Eastern):

6:00 A.M. – “Trump and Friends”
9:00 A.M. – “Trump’s Newsroom”
11:00 A.M. – “Trump’s Happening Now”
12:00 P.M. – “Outrumpered”
1:00 P.M. – “Trump’s Happening Now More”
2:00 P.M. – “Shepard Smith’s Reporting on Trump”
4:00 P.M. – “Your World with Neal Cavuto”
5:00 P.M. – “The Four Trumpers Plus One”
6:00 P.M. – “Special Trump Report”
7:00 P.M. – “On the Trumpster with Greta Van Sustern”
8:00 P.M. – “The O’Trumper Factor with Ted Baxter”
9:00 P.M. – “The Kelly File”
10:00 P.M. – “Flufferanity”

So why would anyone who supports Ted Cruz watch that channel again?

That made me laugh. I probably would’ve given Bret Baier a pass along with Megyn Kelly, Neal Cavuto, and poor Dana Perino.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 3:51 pm

BTW, I’m reasonably sure the Cruz campaign made a considered decision not to whine or complain about that microphone. Very smart.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 3:52 pm

Whining is pretty much Trump’s dominant skill.

SPQR (a3a747) — 4/16/2016 @ 3:55 pm

Sean Hannity’s a great American. He tells us so every day.
He’s such a hard-hitting interviewer, too. He asks The Mr Donald tough questions such as, “Is it difficult being so wonderful?” whereas he asks Ted Cruz softball questions such as, “Many people believe that you cheated Donald Trump out of delegates and that you recently drowned your neighbor’s puppies—how can you possibly respond to such allegations without coming across as a liar and puppy-murderer?”

But as a great American, Hannity just wants America to be great again. And he believes that supporting a man who supported Hillary in 2008 is great!

Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:22 pm

34, seriously, he can’t be slouching and wearing clothes that don’t fit him, and sometimes don’t even fit the occasion.

SarahW (67599f) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:28 pm

Trump says he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing supporters. Bubba says Bernie wants to shoot one out of three people on Wall Street. Hillary says the gun manufacturer should be financially liable for either’s actions.

But Ted Cruz is supposed to be the “scary, dangerous” one. Actually, when it comes to Cruz and firearms, you have nothing to fear — unless you’re bacon.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:28 pm

SarahW,
Get a man of your own and take your eyes off of mine.

neidi kruz (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:32 pm

this profoundly unconservative impulse harvardtrash ted has of asserting that a partial single term piece of senate filth like himself is qualified for the office of the presidency only exacerbates the damage food stamp has done in this respect

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:34 pm

On August 12, 2009, Tonya Harding set a new land speed record for a vintage gas coupe with a speed of 97.177 mph driving a 1931 Ford Model A, named Lickity-Split, on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

why are people not keeping me in the loop on these things

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:47 pm

@ SarahW & nk: When I was married, I had two kinds of clothing: old (pre-relationship) clothing, and stuff she’d picked/purchased. So I’m with nk and, we think, most married men on that score: This is one of those things few of us want to resist, and most of us are grateful for the help with.

Heidi Cruz is stylish and attractive herself — albeit not with the exotic supermodel clothes and makeup of Mrs. Drumpf. It’s a good bet that she’s also Ted Cruz’ main, and perhaps only, fashion consultant.

I don’t disagree with SarahW at all, though, that whether it’s Cruz himself, Heidi Cruz, or someone deputized or even hired for the job, both the candidate and the campaign need a wardrobe director. I know they have advance men who scout locations, and I know they craft photo ops and choose backgrounds and audiences with a sharp eye toward the resulting video & audio. Clothing and accessories are also important when you’re crafting images to support your campaign narrative.

One of the greatest propaganda battles that America won in the Cold War occurred when Reagan raced down a flight of steps to greet Gorby for the Reykjavik Summit in 1986 — into the freezing cold and gusting winds — wearing a well-tailored suit without a topcoat or scarf. Russians watching the TV coverage at home were amazed: They’d only seen propaganda photos of Reagan chosen to make him look old and menacing. They reacted to this video of Reagan — his vigorous and handsome appearance, contrasted to the much younger but schlubbish Gorbachev — the same way today’s Russians react to images of Putin shirtless on horseback. This short video clip went a long way toward dispelling the caricature version of Reagan that the previous Soviet leadership had built up, which in turn made it possible for Gorbachev to re-characterize Reagan as someone with whom good-faith dealings could indeed be conducted, and someone of whom the Russian people needn’t be fearful.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:50 pm

Heidi Cruz is stylish and attractive herself

oh for the love of mom’s bread n butter pickles this is hyperbole

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:52 pm

happyfeet, my respect for you has reached a new low. What an ugly soul you’re showing us.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:53 pm

get the look

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 4:54 pm

We’re now in the lacuna, the lull, between Trump’s latest blowout loss — this time in Wyoming — and the promulgation of the whine themes for downstream distribution by Trumpkin shills in comments sections like this one.

We should be hearing three fervent (if nonsensical) Trumpkin conspiracy theories about Wyoming before tomorrow’s dawn.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:00 pm

The TrumpShow had no hope in Wyoming due to the preponderance of evangelical bull riders and calf ropers who have enormous influence within the utterly corrupt GOP statewide conspriacy.

Rick Ballard (a55d80) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:17 pm

I just thought of poor Obama and the “mom jeans” at the ball park on opening day. He’ll never live that down.

happyfeet, Heidi is stylish and attractive. She looks like a lady rich people would trust to manage their billions. Not like a parody of a clothes model who cannot even stand for a family photo without striking a stilted, display-window manikin, pose.

nk (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:19 pm

trump or frump?

we go back to the 2016 decisiondesk for a hard look at two very different fashion icons

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:27 pm

Vote for the frump, it’s important.

nk (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:30 pm

One delegate’s story: “I said I wouldn’t back Donald Trump at the GOP convention. Then the threats began.”
No one can be surprised when Trump supporters — incited by, and in imitation of, their candidate — drop into gutter profanity and threats of violence. Trumpkins reading this account will doubtless redouble their insults and threats to this author, and they’ll dismiss his observations as “GOP establishment propaganda.”

But I did find interesting this delegate’s description of how he came to be a delegate, and just how “establishment” he is — or isn’t. He has a rare and valuable perspective from which to assess Trump’s claims that the “GOP establishment” or Cruz are “stealing delegates” from Trump. Worthwhile reading, IMHO.

Beldar (fa637a) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:31 pm

From Beldar’s link above, for people who don’t click:

What many of these supporters don’t realize is that the delegate selection process for the 2016 presidential election began four years ago in a very democratic way.

For me, the process started when the registered Republicans in my county elected precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen in May 2012. Those elected party officials then conducted an election for county officers in March 2013. At that time, I was elected county chairman. One week later, the county chairs and vice chairs in the 16 counties that make up Indiana’s 4th Congressional District elected me as district chairman.

Earlier this year, we solicited interest for positions as delegates to the Republican National Convention. Candidates were required to submit a notarized application to me by March 15. The district officers then prepared a slate of candidates for a straight up or down vote to be presented at a district meeting in April.

In my district, only two people applied by the deadline. Since we need three delegates, they automatically became our representatives for the convention. I will go as well.

As this shows, the Republican establishment is not top-down. It’s an amazing grass-roots organization that begins and ends with the great loyal Republicans who stuff envelopes, walk neighborhoods, work phone banks, attend Lincoln/Reagan Dinners, vote consistently, and contribute to the election of council people, commissioners, auditors, sheriffs and legislators. They receive no compensation for their efforts on behalf of the Republican Party. They are the true strength of our party and a vital element in the process of selecting national convention delegates.

nk (dbc370) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:52 pm

hohum we’re back to the same bud light commercial.

http://www.floridabulldog.org/2016/04/12513/

narciso (732bc0) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:53 pm

perverted saudi royal trash are horrible people and also they are terrorists

i abjure them

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 5:56 pm

and on another note,

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article72215012.html

the sauds are perhaps the most reasonable part of the equation, the ikwan have turned the people into a fearsome assemblage,

narciso (732bc0) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:00 pm

Southern California-based Sport Chalet said Saturday that it has begun closing all its stores and has stopped selling merchandise online.

Founded in 1959, the sporting goods company has about 50 locations in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah.

In a statement online and emailed to customers, Sport Chalet said its stores began the process of closing Saturday, but it offered no explanation.

i got your minimum wage right here lol

happyfeet (831175) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:03 pm

tell us the terror that is trump again, and the fecklessness that maverick and mittens were,

http://babalublog.com/2016/04/16/u-s-government-threatening-to-deporrt-prominent-pro-democracy-cuban-exile-activist/

narciso (732bc0) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:07 pm

Who knew that SarahW had a bit of Naomi Wolf in her?!?!

Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:27 pm

TrumpShow’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Beldar’s WaPo link explains what will happen in Cleveland when TrumpShow folds after the first ballot. “His” delegates will perfunctorily perform their duty on the first ballot as they have bound themselves to do and then they will be unbound and free to follow their conscience.

Rick Ballard (a55d80) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:31 pm

she’s an iconoclast surely, I still support cruz, no matter how much of an eel some ofhis supporters some times turn out to he

http://www.weaselzippers.us/267104-obama-releases-nine-yemenis-from-guantanamo-to-saudi-arabia/

narciso (732bc0) — 4/16/2016 @ 6:35 pm

meh

Mark Johnson (758e29) — 4/16/2016 @ 7:56 pm

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