Always look for the helpers

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Rafael Ted Cruz.

Really? Is that his given name? I honestly didn't know.

[jon-nyc]

Well the irony is ironic, right?

The guy with the Hispanic given name takes on an Anglo nickname, and the guy with the Anglo given name takes on the Hispanic nic.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Well the irony is ironic, right?
The guy with the Hispanic given name takes on an Anglo nickname,

Yeah. According to Wikipedia Cruz began using his sorta-middle name "Ted" at age 13.

O'Rourke was called "Beto" during his infancy by his family. I thought it was something he adopted in college.

[jon-nyc]

What’s his middle name, Eduardo?

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

What’s his middle name, Eduardo?

Rafael Edward Cruz (/kruːz/; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician...

[jon-nyc]

Heh. I’d like to see his Canadian birth certificate.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Heh. I’d like to see his Canadian birth certificate.

I've got it in a drawer with Obama's McCain's.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Heh. I’d like to see his Canadian birth certificate.

[xenon]

@george-k said in Always look for the helpers:

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Heh. I’d like to see his Canadian birth certificate.

He does have an Edmonton guy vibe.

[jon-nyc]

lol

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

That’s hilarious

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

[jon-nyc]

@George-K

Did you have to squint to see the difference?

By the way, I just got back from a 4mi walk. It was 43 today. What was the high in a Chicago?

[Jolly]

Put Cruz on SCOTUS.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Always look for the helpers:

Put Cruz on SCOTUS.

What’s the difference between Ted Cruz’s wife and the Constitution?

He’ll defend the Constitution.

[Jolly]

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[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Always look for the helpers:

Did you have to squint to see the difference?

Yeah. I did.

Weather disaster in Northeast killing 30+ people. POTUS vacations. Media says "He deserves a break before election."

Weather disaster in Texas, any deaths (I honestly don't know)? Senator vacations. "OMG the horror!"

Someone commented, "What do you expect him to have done?"

Sauce, goose, gander.

The links I posted (and there are others) totally ignore Biden's response to what happened in Buffalo. Probably because there was none (haven't looked).

[jon-nyc]

I don’t think people in the northeast today subjectively feel they’re living through a disaster.

Pretty sure that wasn’t the case in texas when Cruz bailed on his state.

[Ivorythumper]

@jon-nyc Do you actually think anyone not already predisposed to hate Cruz gave a damn about his travel plans, and that they were not just waiting for marching orders from the propaganda machine to chime in on the outrage du jour?