Considering his campaign manager was:

Director of Operations for the CIA from 1990 - 1993.

He then moved on to Wall Street where he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley from 1994-1996 and a Vice President at Goldman Sachs from 1996 - 2006.

Sweet then returned to government work serving as the Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security from 2007 to 2009.

Seems like that guy probably could tell you what carpet bombing is.

I don't see one day of military service in that bio you posted.

Knows what carpet bombing means. Cmon now.

Then why is Cruz so clueless?

Ask yourself

Is he clueless?

Or is he, like Trump, coopting the delusional hatred and fear that was the tea party movement.

He's a shit actor.

He lied about the loan, he lied about his connections to banks. He's a fake idiot.

He's hired a CIA stooge/investment banker to run his campaign.

I really think it makes a lot more sense that he's assuming everyone else is an idiot instead of him being one.

and fears of those he's speaking to. Think of it as a dog whistle for mass murder of non-Christians. I live in the Bible Belt, where I often witness nice people agreeing that we will eventually have to use our nuclear weapons against Islam, and of course at every gathering are some who agitate for doing it yesterday. Cruz is speaking to these good people.

It would also be smart to remember that one of his professors at Princeton once described Cruz as beyond brilliant.

A brilliant manipulator.

He is a threat precisely because he isn't stupid.

people to take this guy very seriously. Pretending a diabolical candidate for president is stupid could be a disastrous mistake.

What he thinks he already knows.

In Cruz's case he may be listening to the voice of God and the messages in his head drown out everything else.

Elite Ivy study group, my ass.

...Ted Cruz as president.

Among them is really, really, really not wanting to look as his fugly face every day.

at people who told me to turn off cable TV...but I think I might take them up on their offer if Cruz ever becomes Prez.

I really hated GWB but he was creepy in the frat boy 'heh, heh, I took a pee in your drink' kind of way.

Cruz looks like he has bodies buried under the concrete in his basement. And possibly in his backyard. He just exudes creepy vibes out of every orifice. I simply cannot look at that face on TV. Even now I change the channel and I avoid threads on DU with his picture in it.

ETA hahaha, I didn't know this thread had his picture in it because my internet was acting up and the picture didn't load so I scrolled past the OP and didn't see it. It was only after I posted and scrolled back up that I saw that big ass picture. Sheesh. Talk about a fright.

Rude pundit nailed it.
5. Creepy Ted Cruz, who looks like every peeping Tom, said the creepiest thing of the night: "If you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy. But if you want someone to drive you home, I will get the job done and I will get you home." He might have continued, "I might take a detour to my backwoods sodomy pit with you, but your corpse will be dropped off at your home."

He really, really really isn't the guy we want taking those 3 AM calls.

it's been eons since I've 'seen' that movie and truthfully most of it was spent with my back turned (hence the scare quotes - not a fan of the genre) so I have no idea who that is. But now I want to re-watch it just to get the reference, because I have a feeling it is apt.

...which inspired me to say that Cruz is Zed.

If Cruz is Zed.
And Zed is dead.
Are Cruz' presidential aspirations gone?

Thank you for saving me the trouble of having to suffer that movie again, LOL.

a Cruz pic with their posts but...

none of the republican candidates were ever in the service.

Republican Guard in 1991 with B-52s. I remember this well as I was active duty USAF at the time. There are numerous articles about this including this one:

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910128&slug=1263111

have him stand 1000 yards away from a targeted bombing target

then have him stand 1000 yards away from the center of a carpet bombing

what little molecules of Cruz might survive knows the difference

Carpet bombing cities definitely is.

of intelligence of those in the GOP!

They all talk tough about how they'll make other peoples' kids fight the extremists that Bush and Cheney motivated & recruited, but Cruz is the worst of the humans (although Trump is still worst overall).

Ted Cruz is a very smart man who is peddling bulls***
to the Teahadist base for political gain.

It doesn't matter to him if it's true. The believers
eagerly eat it up.