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Bucky

(54,065 posts)
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:01 AM Mar 2016

I see some DUers are still in the denial stage about Ted Cruz's sexiness

I personally have moved on to the bargaining stage -- "maybe all those ladies were sleeping with him because he's powerful and power is a strong aphrodisiac."

Later on we'll get to the depression stage -- "Oh God, there are actual human beings who find him attractive... Maybe Darwin was wrong and Devo was right"

Eventually we'll all get to acceptance and realize it's human nature to mix, mingle, and get it on with a variety of people; we'll see that part of the genius of biological diversity requires the mating of people whom we ourselves do not run in circles with.

But one thing I think we can all agree on: there is something traumatic to the idea of Ted Cruz being a mack-happy lothario.

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I see some DUers are still in the denial stage about Ted Cruz's sexiness (Original Post) Bucky Mar 2016 OP
There is a certain percentage of people are interested in Alien-Human Sex. Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #1
you're right i give up Enrique Mar 2016 #2
Aaaaaaaaghghgh!!!1!! Bucky Mar 2016 #4
unconsciously this improves his image with right-wing males zazen Mar 2016 #3
$tand by your man Bucky Mar 2016 #6
It has occurred to me that Cruz planted the story dorkzilla Mar 2016 #30
my opinion of him changed waddirum Mar 2016 #46
I needed to smile this morning. cwydro Mar 2016 #5
Same here, chuckle, then laugh, followed by locked-in denial. Hortensis Mar 2016 #34
Ted is many things, but sexy is definitely not one of them. Vinca Mar 2016 #7
If it was left to Cruz and me to perpetuate the human race... greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #8
Best of 153,884 posts L. Coyote Mar 2016 #15
Thanks. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #18
I brought it up on Friday awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #37
Anyone who ejbr Mar 2016 #9
Some ideas require an extra dose of hubris. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #16
Um, I had no fucking idea he did this. GreenEyedLefty Mar 2016 #17
Seriously, you'll WISH people would stop mentioning it! Ewwww! Hortensis Mar 2016 #35
You want to be permanently nauseous re: Ted? Arugula Latte Mar 2016 #42
Worse than a booger. DangerousRhythm Mar 2016 #59
Now that's hot! GreenEyedLefty Mar 2016 #61
He must be a better negotiator than Trump TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #10
The fact that he has more than one child awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #38
Cruz was known to cruise... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #11
Layin Ted mainstreetonce Mar 2016 #12
But it's been no bed of roses Orrex Mar 2016 #13
ew catbyte Mar 2016 #14
I'm sorry Loki Mar 2016 #19
Most people feel a bad vibe when they see him. I have heard a lot of people exclaim that there is Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #20
in addition, his tough guy attitude is even worse... Phentex Mar 2016 #23
The rest of his face awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #40
What did they say about Goldwater? Califonz Mar 2016 #54
So why isnt the booger eating cheater being run off SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #21
republicans have 1200 radio stations at their back, dems have them certainot Mar 2016 #36
Just envision him pink, pudgy, naked and comin' atcha... CTyankee Mar 2016 #22
He'd have to run pink, pudgy, naked and down the street after me nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #50
LOL first real laugh of the morning. Thanks. n/t Pakhet Mar 2016 #51
. LiberalElite Mar 2016 #52
I didn't want to have to do this, but... Buns_of_Fire Mar 2016 #24
The scariest part lark Mar 2016 #25
Like the movie Species awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #43
We spent much of 2012 in Texas mountain grammy Mar 2016 #26
There has to have been money involved 2naSalit Mar 2016 #27
I'm still in the repulsed stage. Cruz, sexy... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #28
If physical attractiveness was a requirement to having sex, Donald Trump would not Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #29
Money makes for a lot of sin awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #44
Devo is right..... daleanime Mar 2016 #31
Ted Cruz's JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #32
Enthusiastically Rec'd. Iggo Mar 2016 #33
"Oozing charm from every pore, he oiled his way across the floor." kwassa Mar 2016 #39
Just the thought of it turns my stomach. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #41
not enough alcohol or eye bleach for me ewww rbrnmw Mar 2016 #45
Pretty women walking with gorillas down my street waddirum Mar 2016 #47
Weak abstinence crusaders exist. PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #48
Odd that we feel so comfortable in attacking him for his appearance Orrex Mar 2016 #49
Oh God.. liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #53
I'm sorry, I was busy So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #55
No! If Cruz were nominated the sexiest man alive by People Magazine and came a-knockin' Blaukraut Mar 2016 #56
the depressing thought to me hfojvt Mar 2016 #57
you want I should kick some denying ass, Bucky? Skittles Mar 2016 #58
Zoophilia is an actual disorder. Perhaps that explains it. 11 Bravo Mar 2016 #60
Maybe they're trying to please God? yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2016 #62
The guy in the melted goalie mask can't beat them off with a stick and I'm still desperate?! KamaAina Mar 2016 #63
 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
1. There is a certain percentage of people are interested in Alien-Human Sex.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:21 AM
Mar 2016

Hence Cruz being so popular.

zazen

(2,978 posts)
3. unconsciously this improves his image with right-wing males
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:28 AM
Mar 2016

The evangelical types don't want to admit that they secretly admire him more, but they value male power and objectification of females more than their phony faith and so this improves his standing in their eyes, especially if it sets up the "I'm a sinner who can only be redeemed by God" dynamic so beloved of evangelical America.

They do this shit all the time. The point is to keep turning (publicly) to Jesus for next week's need for redemption while demonstrating one's authority, power and privilege over women on a regular basis.

Heidi Cruz is kinda uppity with her Goldman career, and with depression--how is she supposed to be an obedient Christian wife like that? Of course she unmanned him. She has to ask God's forgiveness to for _causing_ him (they REALLY think like this) to stray.

Trust me--they'll respect him MORE.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
7. Ted is many things, but sexy is definitely not one of them.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:33 AM
Mar 2016

How did Matt Taibbi describe him? A water logged Reagan mask that has been pasted together? Something like that.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
15. Best of 153,884 posts
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 09:17 AM
Mar 2016


The Frisky Investigates: What Does Ted Cruz’s Sex Face Look Like?

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I cannot drop this. I just can’t. The very idea of five women having sex with Ted Cruz is just too goddamned funny.

Because I apparently hate myself, I have spent a good deal of today wondering about just what that would entail. I did not picture him naked, because I firmly believe that Ted Cruz is a person that no one should ever see naked for any reason. I am very happy to go on believing that he is a never-nude. ............


GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
17. Um, I had no fucking idea he did this.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 09:24 AM
Mar 2016

My daughter looked over at me casually and said, "Yep, he ate a booger on TV. Look it up, Mom."

God damn it. This might be my ticket to weight loss.

It's true, what is seen cannot be unseen.

DangerousRhythm

(2,916 posts)
59. Worse than a booger.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:26 AM
Mar 2016

Actually, pretty sure it wasn't a booger. It came flying out of his mouth. Look up tonsil stones. It's even more horrifying than eating a booger, IMO. They apparently reek like death. No wonder his daughter was pulling away. He totally has yuckmouth.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
10. He must be a better negotiator than Trump
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:44 AM
Mar 2016

Ted Cruz scoring five different times is next to impossible, the way I see it.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
11. Cruz was known to cruise...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:57 AM
Mar 2016

... the ladies' wing of his Princeton dorm dressed only in a kimono and a smarmy smile. By all accounts, he creeped out everyone who knew him back in the day, as much as he does now. Outtakes from his oily commercials show that even his children treat him as an icky reptile, and his mother rolls her eyes at his fervent religious hyperbole.

If that snake were to be elected, I predict that both Mexico and Canada would build YUUUGE fences to keep out the millions of Americans trying to flee a ruthless totalitarian theocracy.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
20. Most people feel a bad vibe when they see him. I have heard a lot of people exclaim that there is
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 09:37 AM
Mar 2016

something not quite right about him. It's a psychopathic aura that come off of him in waves. You can look at him and tell he is not right in the head.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
23. in addition, his tough guy attitude is even worse...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 10:01 AM
Mar 2016

saw a clip of him trying to sound tough and he sounds pathetic instead.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
21. So why isnt the booger eating cheater being run off
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 09:38 AM
Mar 2016

the national stage. No time was wasted running Edwards off. Cruz is a lying cheating huge threat to the country snd the World.

If this is what it takes to ruin him politically, so be it

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
36. republicans have 1200 radio stations at their back, dems have them
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:14 AM
Mar 2016

in their face- even though they don't know it

dems never factor that 5BIL$/year, or 90MIL$/week, infomercial power (1200 stations x 15 hrs/day x $1000/hr)

so cruz and drumpf have the talk radio gods making excuses for them, or even just ignoring them or distracting from those stories, and guys like edwards and hart and clinton are the devil

that PAC money is minor when it's up against the talk radio gods dissing their establishment masters now

Buns_of_Fire

(17,194 posts)
24. I didn't want to have to do this, but...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 10:31 AM
Mar 2016
?1

I'm sorry, but it had to be done to cure people of their unhealthy fixation on Ted's lucious bod. In my ministry, I've found that showing this picture to those who have strayed works as well as four cups of espresso or a double-dose of Ipecac (responses vary). Now go and sin no more.

And don't remember this picture when you're trying to go to sleep tonight.

mountain grammy

(26,648 posts)
26. We spent much of 2012 in Texas
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 10:51 AM
Mar 2016

and saw many a Cruz, or rather Obama bashing, political advertisement. He's a vile, nasty man, and we knew Texas would send him to the Senate.. cause Obama is soooooooo bad!

2naSalit

(86,775 posts)
27. There has to have been money involved
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 10:53 AM
Mar 2016

and I'm sure those encounters weren't cheap. Why did he need that big, fat, unreported loan from his wife's employer?

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
29. If physical attractiveness was a requirement to having sex, Donald Trump would not
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 10:58 AM
Mar 2016

have any children.

Nor would Louis Gohmert and so many others.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
39. "Oozing charm from every pore, he oiled his way across the floor."
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 01:09 PM
Mar 2016

A quote from My Fair Lady that reminds me of Cruz.

Orrex

(63,224 posts)
49. Odd that we feel so comfortable in attacking him for his appearance
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 02:16 PM
Mar 2016

Yes, some here rightly identify his policies and attitudes as deal-breaking turnoffs from square one, but mocking him for his looks seems, I don't know, somewhat more Trumpy than I'd like.

My $0.02.

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
56. No! If Cruz were nominated the sexiest man alive by People Magazine and came a-knockin'
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 12:03 AM
Mar 2016

I'd still tell him to take a hike. That man has the un-sexiest personality and outlook on life that's ever been recorded, except maybe Trump. But he's in another category altogether. Nope...Nope...Nope....Not happening....Ever!

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
57. the depressing thought to me
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 12:18 AM
Mar 2016

is that there are a lot of women willing to get it on with him

and apparently not even ONE woman willing to do so with me.

Then again, another possible explanation exists - Cruz has very, very low standards.

Myself, I am probably too much like Marian. As her mother said

"If you don't mind my saying so. There's not a man alive who can hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, St. Pat and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, and Iowa stubbornness and your library full of books."

or, in my case

"If you don't mind my saying so. There's not a girl alive who can hope to measure up to that blend of Cheryl Tiegs, Dorothy Day and Marie Curie you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, and Dakota stubbornness and your library full of books."

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
63. The guy in the melted goalie mask can't beat them off with a stick and I'm still desperate?!
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 05:17 PM
Mar 2016


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