My husband still hasn’t forgiven me for making him watch it in 2008.

I was hoping someone would get that this image *is* the scary thing and not a reaction to it. :)

In academic debates you don’t get to pick which side you argue. That means that in any given performance, when Ted Cruz opened his mouth there was a 50/50 chance, not only that you’d agree with him, but given that by most accounts he was an excellent debater, you’d probably find him making more compelling points than…

What kind up straight up douchebaggery does it take to be in college around a bunch of young women, need the positive reinforcement from your superiority complex that it can over ride the testosterone boiling inside of you?

Even with that tortured explanation, the metaphor doesn’t work. He delivered his not-actually-a-filibuster-no-matter-what-he-wants-to-call-it in September of 2013, but the biggest parts of the ACA didn’t go into effect until January 2014. So people hadn’t tried it yet.

I know very, very little about acedemic debating, but it my understanding that the made for TV shitshow we call presidential debates resembles an acedemic debate like The Venetian resembles Venice.

Oh, but Ted thinks he has the only direct line to God Himself. Just ask his dad.

Just the part where the protesters get shot...

Ad mom-inem.

I keep hearing he's so great at debates and then I watch the debates and I don't get it.

I feel like he didn’t pay so much attention to the major themes of the story though?

Well, at least Bowie will never have to see it, no matter who gets the Republican nomination.

What I really find beautiful about statements like that is the unbridled arrogance of them. You don’t get to decide who goes to hell. God does. Show some goddamn humility to the Big Guy you choose to believe in.

I do not believe that he understands the genius that is Seuss. And I think people Republicans don’t like Obamacare so he should have been specific.

I’m really standing by my human Gollum comment. I’ve never heard of a more unlikable man. That shouldn’t matter but it doesn’t sound like he’s even a nice guy. Calling a girl’s mother a whore and making her cry. My god.

#notallundertakers

Damn it, Jezebel. Now I have to live the rest of my life with the knowledge that there is one positive thing about Ted Cruz.

“Ted and I had many mutual friends who would usually stop by to watch movies, play video games, or even engage in long, fun discussions about politics, philosophy, and life.”

This was DELICIOUS to read, Ellie. Kudos.

“As telegenic as an undertaker” is a phrase I never knew I needed in my life until now