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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho do you find the creepiest among the republican nominees?
For me: Ted Cruz. The guy is just plain creepy!
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)He's seems like the biggest snake oil salesman of the bunch.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Major con-man
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)because Nice Boy seems most likely of the GOP's amoral extremists to be nominated -- and thus the creepiest.
Cruz, The Anointed One, is always at or near the top of the list, though.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)* - put any Republican candidate name in the blank
To me, they are all equally creepy - as well as disgusting - in their own unique, reprehensible ways.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)He's mean spirited and hates sex of any kind.
The others may be deranged loons but hucklebucket just creeps me out.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Looks like a budding serial killer.
I understand daddy pulled strings to keep him out of prison and into some kind of therapy
bvf
(6,604 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Then I am the Pope.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Now I've got the heebie jeebies. MUST NOT GO IN THE BASEMENT!
B Calm
(28,762 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Huckabee staffers: don't go in the basement!
Shandris
(3,447 posts)There's something...wrong with him. It's in his skin. I don't mean it like "Ehrmagawd he's got terrible skin!", I mean there's something about it that squicks me. Like Uncanny Valley. He just seems OFF.
hay rick
(7,638 posts)all of 'em. But if I had to pick one it would probably be Cruz. His aura is a slime trail.
Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)MgtPA
(1,022 posts)Something about him just screams Oswald Cobblepot.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)XemaSab
(60,212 posts)I would not shake that guy's hand.
imanamerican63
(13,812 posts)They all are creepy to me!
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)chowder66
(9,075 posts)Kasich is the least creepiest for me...which isn't saying much. The creep factor is deep with that crowd.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)Don't agree with him. He's a neocon but I think he would be fun to sit on the veranda with a pitcher of something alcoholic.
chowder66
(9,075 posts)of Leslie Jordan's character, Beverley Leslie from Will & Grace.
If only he was half as funny and much less creepy.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)Former "Good Bushie" US Attorney, ready and willing to go after targets on the enemies list, with information illegally obtained by the NSA and provided by the FBI, all courtesy of 9/11 and the PATRIOT Act.
JI7
(89,262 posts)Joe Turner
(930 posts)if you are the victim. Seems there are a lot of victims in his case.
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)I think Trump is just a buffoon.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)mockmonkey
(2,829 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 18, 2015, 09:59 AM - Edit history (1)
Both of them make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Last edited Fri Dec 18, 2015, 10:07 AM - Edit history (1)
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I find none of them to be "creepy."
Haven't decided yet, but I'll be proud to cast my vote for whomever gets the nomination.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Your response
"Cruz and Sanders are tied in my book.
Both of them make the hair on the back of my neck stand up."
Now your trying to back that off.
Response to Katashi_itto (Reply #31)
cwydro This message was self-deleted by its author.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Sorry, on my way out of town and juggling several windows at once. Mapquesting.
Abject apologies. I like Sanders, so it wasn't even any kind of Freudian slip.
Will edit now.
edited for yet another typo.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)What a moron. Actually, I think maybe I had too MUCH coffee.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Sorry, I had to drive 2 hours to go pick up my elderly mom from my sis' house.
Finally back.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Huckletoon has to be second and Rubio with his darting eyes. I suppose Rubio would fall into the sneaky category and I've had that opinion since the water bottle episode several years ago. He's just smart enough to get into all kinds of trouble requiring fast talk to get out of it.
I just feel grateful I don't have to vote for any of them.
beac
(9,992 posts)Honorable mention for Carson-- his voice and demeanor make me think of all those "the neighbors said he was quiet and harmless" serial killers.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Huckabee's nauseating, but just so obviously a huckster that he's more comical than creepy.
Santorum is seriously fucked in the head and has the creep factor, but he has zero chance, so not as bad as Tailgunner Ted.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)He doesn't sound worse than the other pukes but physically he's repulsive.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)There is no way that Cruz and Rubio are the same age. I think Cruz is lying and is in his 60's at least.
nruthie
(466 posts)UTUSN
(70,726 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)I can't quite define why, though.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,194 posts)There's a thin line between all those adjectives, but I think each fits their respective category the best.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's like he is from another planet.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Reprehensible as the rest of the clown car are - none of them comes close to the creepiness of Cruz.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)he makes my skin want to crawl off and hide in a corner. A human being should NOT trigger the "uncanny valley" response
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)You know what is weird? I couldn't stand Bush/Cheney and I'd never trust Jeb and couldn't vote for him but Jeb seems like maybe the sanest of the 13 wackos left ... and there's zero chance he's going to win the nomination.
ashling
(25,771 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)In a walk.
Who's the LEAST creepy? Now THAT would be competitive.
I'd go with Rand. He occasionally says something that indicates a smidgeon of integrity.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Of the actual candidates, Cruz by far.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I've read that he's a backstabbing jerk.
Cruz, it's tough to know what to make of him. He has a Ronald Reagan fixation. When he was all smiling at Trump that creeped me out too. Everything he says sounds corny & canned.
vanlassie
(5,681 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Carly kept misrepresenting the Planned Parenthood videos. And then the generals who she claimed President Obama got rid of for disagreeing with him. Even after the generals said she's misinformed. Of all the republicans I want to like her and Carson the most. I like their demeanors more than the others. They seem a little nicer & maybe more low-key than the chest-thumping Rubio & Cruz & Trump & Christie. But they're both pretty scary on policy and truth-telling. Hell, they all stink on policy.
Todays_Illusion
(1,209 posts)Some call her Cruella de Fiorina.
vanlassie
(5,681 posts)WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)he's wearing mascara. Creepy dude.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)or something. Count Chocula.
akbacchus_BC
(5,704 posts)Cruz seems so sinister to me, if only he had the power, that fucker would blow up a lot of people. Ugly is not bad but gosh, he is frigging ugly! Who on earth would want that sadistic face representing them on the world stage as the leader of the most powerful country on earth.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)IsItJustMe
(7,012 posts)His eyes are evil. And I don't even believe in evil.
akbacchus_BC
(5,704 posts)people in history on the republican side. Blaming President Obama for not being effective when they all wanted to sabotage him from the day he was elected.
Those folks representing the republican party are the ones who will crush the real republicans. Those teabaggies make Mr. John McCain seem like a nice person. Putin and Trump now have a bromance! I cannot believe that those liars get to portray their lies over and over again on CNN! I am beginning to wonder if mainstream media wants trump to be the nominee.
Todays_Illusion
(1,209 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)Maru Kitteh
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LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)out of the Munsters and into The Twilight Zone as the result of some mad scientist's experiment gone awry. If I saw him approaching, I'd bolt.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)honestly though, on looks alone you are correct: Ted has it nailed although I have to say the creep factor is high in all republican candidates
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Jeb I might even like if he wasn't so goddamned conservative and stupid. Huckaby probably perps goats in his spare time. Christie and Trump are bullies. I hate bullies. It's so hard to choose...
Habibi
(3,598 posts)as a "foreign-born poutine fart."
sorefeet
(1,241 posts)He looks like he wears lots of make-up. He has an aura of perverted. I wouldn't want him around kids. He's that creepy.
MH1
(17,600 posts)That's like asking which form of torture do you prefer.
It might be easiest to answer which is the least creepiest. Although I find I can't answer that either, it's easier to eliminate a few - Cruz, Rubio, Santorum, Carson, Graham, Christie, Jebbie, ... oh wait ...
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)But Cruz is the creep straight from central casting.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)There's something uber slimy about him. I can imagine him looking through a peephole into a ladies' restroom.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)not a single one would I want to be in the company of
marmar
(77,090 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)But for my part, I concur: Cruz creeps me out the most. Trump probably scares me the most (while at the same time providing tons of unintentional lulz). Can't decide which annoys me the most...
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)gives me nightmares