ted cruz is a sociopath

[mocat]

this is amazing (could also go in the yes pls thread)

[MakeItRain]

I had to research to make sure that wasn't a parody.

[mocat]

in cruz's defense i'm sure the behind the scenes of every candidate's ads are super weird.
but also cruz is the weirdest of all of them imo so this is probably as good as it gets

[CNS]

Everything I have seen him do is awkward.  He is also, by far, the ugliest person in his family.  Like, could be adopted because it doesn't make sense ugly.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

I want to see the out takes that a Hillary, Bill, and Chelsey campaign commercial would generate! 

[CNS]

I want to see the out takes that a Hillary, Bill, and Chelsey campaign commercial would generate! 

Oh man!  Yes please.

[sys]

that's fantastic.  i think i want one for all the candidates.  at least all the slightly interesting candidates.


does his family call him dick?  his daughter thanking god for her puppy was super cute.

[sys]

him haranguing his mother about telling some personal story supports him being a sociopath, i think.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

So turns out making a campaign ad with you family of non-politicians can lead to some pretty awkward footage, especially when a news outlet makes a greatest hits montage of the most awkward moments. Actually, that seems pretty normal.

The most interesting thing I learned about this is that campaigns make this raw footage available so pacs can legally use it. Unfortunately, I'm sure the Clinton team would rather just break the law than allow any rough cut footage to leak. Gotta hide the wires.

I want to see Rubio's next.

[MakeItRain]

So turns out making a campaign ad with you family of non-politicians can lead to some pretty awkward footage, especially when a news outlet makes a greatest hits montage of the most awkward moments. Actually, that seems pretty normal.

The most interesting thing I learned about this is that campaigns make this raw footage available so pacs can legally use it. Unfortunately, I'm sure the Clinton team would rather just break the law than allow any rough cut footage to leak. Gotta hide the wires.

I want to see Rubio's next.

I also find that the most interesting part about this. What I find wholly uninteresting and unsurprising is that you glossed over this as something normal and assume hilz is breaking the law when in this case it appears as if ol' ted is sticking his head through a loophole.

[mocat]

Rubios is probably the least awkward

[mocat]

Are any words even spoken during carson behind the scenes?

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Are there any politicians who are not sociopathic? Seems like a prerequisite

[Dugout DickStone]

He is too ugly to ever win.  I want Mitt back

[treysolid]

Rubios is probably the least awkward

I bet he's just rapping Tupac lyrics between every take.

[star seed 7]

[MakeItRain]

This square headed thin lipped freak just came on Hannity talking about how Obama's ISIS air strike policy is a joke because he isn't bombing enough. He said we should bomb like we did during the Gulf War he also says that he didn't intend to say we should carpet bomb the entire area and kill civilians but we should bomb targets. Does that stupid sonofabitch know there were nearly 4,000 civilian deaths in six months in Iraq during the Gulf War? And if he wants to just hit strategic targets how in the hell is that different than what we're doing now? How does anyone take this freak show seriously?

[bones129]

Ted being Ted. A no go, IMHO.

[puniraptor]

This square headed thin lipped freak just came on Hannity talking about how Obama's ISIS air strike policy is a joke because he isn't bombing enough. He said we should bomb like we did during the Gulf War he also says that he didn't intend to say we should carpet bomb the entire area and kill civilians but we should bomb targets. Does that stupid sonofabitch know there were nearly 4,000 civilian deaths in six months in Iraq during the Gulf War? And if he wants to just hit strategic targets how in the hell is that different than what we're doing now? How does anyone take this freak show seriously?

I think he knows all of that but also knows that the pubbie primary voters demand him say carpet bomb'em

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Cruz acknowledged the use of the term "carpet bomb" was a mistake, because it was. That term has a specific meaning - indiscriminate destruction. He was trying to make the point that we should be dramatically increasing our air strikes, and I happen to agree with him on that. Yes, this means that more civilians will die - that especially tends to happen when the enemy deliberately hides among the civilian population. That doesn't mean it isn't necessary to weaken ISIS.

[CNS]

Killing civilians seems like a pretty good way to make others interested in terrorist resistance against ppl killing innocent ppl.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Killing civilians seems like a pretty good way to make others interested in terrorist resistance against ppl killing innocent ppl.

Yes, fighting the terrorists is what the terrorists want! Again, some civilian deaths are inevitable. War, and particularly these types of wars where the enemy deliberately hids among civilians, requires a balancing between inflicting maximum damage on the enemy and keeping civilian casualties as low as possible. In my opinion, Obama has erred much too far towards avoiding civilian casualties, to the point that his air campaign has been relatively ineffective.

[star seed 7]

What if those civilians include unborn babies, you ghoul

[MakeItRain]

Killing civilians seems like a pretty good way to make others interested in terrorist resistance against ppl killing innocent ppl.

Yes, fighting the terrorists is what the terrorists want! Again, some civilian deaths are inevitable. War, and particularly these types of wars where the enemy deliberately hids among civilians, requires a balancing between inflicting maximum damage on the enemy and keeping civilian casualties as low as possible. In my opinion, Obama has erred much too far towards avoiding civilian casualties, to the point that his air campaign has been relatively ineffective.

You can't have it both ways. Some republicans, and I realize that this is mostly rhetoric and that frustrates me, act as if there are massive complexes of ISIS facilities in suburbs of these places. So if you want to do what the republican candidates say we should be doing you are going to have an overwhelming number of civilian casualties. Even in Iraq, when Saddam did have stand alone military complexes that we targeted, we still killed 4000 people in six months. It's accepted that the ISIS infrastructure is not nearly as organized and much more spread throughout the general populace. So then you're left with this pumpkin headed bitch saying on multiple occasions that he would carpet bomb this region and find out if sand glows in the dark, then when pressed on it backtracks, when that's exactly what his policy proposes. If Cruz is as smart as pubs say he is he has to know that dropping thousands of bombs on Raqqa would result in tens of thousands of civilian casualties and would likely result in an entire region with Russian support galvanizing against us and we certainly would not have the support of anyone else other than Israel. So does Cruz not know this or is he pandering to the majority of his voting base that are too stupid and/or filled with blind hate for brown people to take 10 minutes to read?

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Killing civilians seems like a pretty good way to make others interested in terrorist resistance against ppl killing innocent ppl.

Yes, fighting the terrorists is what the terrorists want! Again, some civilian deaths are inevitable. War, and particularly these types of wars where the enemy deliberately hids among civilians, requires a balancing between inflicting maximum damage on the enemy and keeping civilian casualties as low as possible. In my opinion, Obama has erred much too far towards avoiding civilian casualties, to the point that his air campaign has been relatively ineffective.

You can't have it both ways. Some republicans, and I realize that this is mostly rhetoric and that frustrates me, act as if there are massive complexes of ISIS facilities in suburbs of these places. So if you want to do what the republican candidates say we should be doing you are going to have an overwhelming number of civilian casualties. Even in Iraq, when Saddam did have stand alone military complexes that we targeted, we still killed 4000 people in six months. It's accepted that the ISIS infrastructure is not nearly as organized and much more spread throughout the general populace. So then you're left with this pumpkin headed bitch saying on multiple occasions that he would carpet bomb this region and find out if sand glows in the dark, then when pressed on it backtracks, when that's exactly what his policy proposes. If Cruz is as smart as pubs say he is he has to know that dropping thousands of bombs on Raqqa would result in tens of thousands of civilian casualties and would likely result in an entire region with Russian support galvanizing against us and we certainly would not have the support of anyone else other than Israel. So does Cruz not know this or is he pandering to the majority of his voting base that are too stupid and/or filled with blind hate for brown people to take 10 minutes to read?

Ok. Take a breath. Balance. It's about balance. I don't think Obama's balance is working very well.