Hah. Like someone associated with the Bush family would start a rumor about a political rival having a secret kid. I can’t imagine that would ever happen.

And in the book, when they tried it, THEY LIKED IT!

Since Ellie won’t tell us what the rumor is, here are a few for consideration:

A fellow debater who often traveled to debates with Cruz described him, witheringly, as “an extreme fan of the Les Misérables soundtrack.”

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.

Wunker, a registered Democrat, told me: “I did contribute to Ted’s Senate campaign thinking he never had a chance, doing it out of solidarity for a former friend, and here he is.”

“Because of this, I can’t print it here, despite its considerable entertainment value.”

he would walk through the women’s dorm in a paisley bathrobe

That look says, “What hath my loins wrought upon the Earth? Forgive me..."

“American Whig-Cliosophic Society”

#notallundertakers

Misguided plan.

what’d he do, shit on the floor or something

(Do not have a nicer business card than TrusTED!)

“Sort of a stud on the debate circuit” sounds like “sort of a Casanova amongst the blind, deaf and dumb” or “sort of an Eliot Spitzer on the brothel circuit” or “sort of a DSK on the maid circuit.”

“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.”

I’m about his age (college years 89-93). I have a list of people in my mind whose candidacy for anything above small-town county commissioner would be inconceivable:

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