Discussion: Ted Cruz's Dad: 'The Average Black' Does Not Know The Minimum Wage Is Bad

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Perfect way to convince someone to listen to you, explain to them how ignorant they are about an issue that affects them. That’s a great introductory tack “I know more about what you know, than you do.”

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So what made Little Ted the man he is? Heredity or environment?
Both?

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The nut didn’t fall far from the tree.

Learn something every day.

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He used “the average black” instead “the negro”, so progress I guess?

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Rafael Cruz, the junior senator from Texas’s father,

Um, Daniel or TPM, what the heck does this mean?

“'Oh, I didn’t know that.’ And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

And then he asked them, 'do you know the Republicans then recruited the Democratic Klan members and other Southern bigots in a specific strategy to win elections?

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My God…so much fail in such a small man.

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Love this stuff…Please Ted run for President…

                           Signed,
                                      Democratic Political Strategist....
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It’s actually a pretty sly takedown of both Cruzers.

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Keep talking Mr. Cruz. You are a gift from Heav–, no Calg–, no Cuba? Oh well from where ever you came from, you are a gift that keeps on giving every time you open that racist mouth of yours.

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Riiiiiight! Just think, Republicans that pine to have a President Cruz in the White House get the added bonus of having this freakshow carnival barker as father to the first family ta boot. They couldn’t shut that fucker up to save Carnival Cruz’s political life to save his ass, even if it were on life support. Which is why he’ll never be a mainstream candidate that can succeed as a presidential candidate outside of Texas. Keep up the Crazy Rafael…In this family it seems to come naturally.

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And we thought Junior is dumb and condescending.

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Power drunk liars

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Does the Average Cruz know about The Southern Strategy?

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“I said, as a matter of fact, ‘Did you know that Civil Rights legislation was passed by Republicans? It was passed by a Republican Senate under the threat of a filibuster by the Democrats,’” Cruz said. “'Oh, I didn’t know that.’ And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ You know, they need to be educated.”

This is some “stupid shit your conservative friends say on Facebook when they’re defending the GOPs rampant racism” level of ignorance. Dare I post a link to the Wikipedia page on the Southern Strategy? And Cruz Sr. is the one telling people they should get educated?

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Hey, Senior-- Fidel called and wants you back.

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Especially when all the stuff you "know"is either outright false or technically true but contextually willful deception.

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Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) father said that African Americans “need to be educated” about Democrats, adding that “the average black does not” know that the minimum wage is bad.

But you do, right, sir? And exactly how much of your fame and fortune will you invest in correcting this discrepancy?

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Adoption

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I’m sure that hid father’s influence on him will get every bit as much play in the media as that of the radical college professor whose cocktail party Obama went to once.

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