And as a Princeton debate champion and Harvard-trained lawyer, he deploys words with the precision of a surgeon and the quickness of a stand-up comedian. Cruz is not one to shy away from provocation. In a recent piece in Politico, Kennedy’s grandson calls the notion “absurd.”īut no matter. “He would be tarred and feathered by the modern Democratic Party,” Cruz says. I dream things that nevah were, and ask, why not?”Ĭruz crosses the line, in Democrats’ view, when he asserts that “JFK would be a Republican today,” saying that Kennedy campaigned on tax cuts, limiting government, and defeating the Soviet communists. “They said, ‘Well, the thing is, you can’t use pesticide on the regulators.’ And this old West Texas farmer, he leaned back and said, ‘You wanna bet?’ “ Cruz finishes, adding a Texas drawl to the farmer’s voice.Īt another point, he invokes the memory and Boston accent of President Kennedy, promising to defend the Constitution “with vigah!” Later, the Kennedy accent comes back with the recitation of this famous Kennedy quote, borrowed from George Bernard Shaw: “Some men see things as they ahhh, and ask why. “You know, I’m reminded of a few years ago, I was out in West Texas, and I asked folks there, I said, ‘What’s the difference between regulators and locusts?’ ” Cruz begins. And besides, political correctness is out – as with the joke he tells at every stop about a Texas farmer. Democrats would surely find some of it distasteful if they attended his events, but they’re not his audience. But he leavens his stump speech with bits of humor. The core of Cruz’s campaign message centers on his deep conservatism, his religious faith, and near-apocalyptic warnings about the future of the country. Last November, in an impressive performance, Cruz voiced all the parts of a scene from “The Princess Bride” for WMUR-TV in New Hampshire. Last June, he “auditioned” for “The Simpsons,” doing an excellent Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders, and even Lisa and Homer Simpson. He was, after all, once an aspiring actor. He tells jokes, he does impressions, he plays off voters’ questions. Maybe it’s because Cruz can be entertaining. Gallup has Cruz at 61 percent favorable ABC News/Washington Post has him rising to 60 percent. Two recent polls, in fact, show him to be the most popular candidate of the entire GOP presidential field. Bear ambassador: Lynn Rogers advocates for human-bear coexistence
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