Can someone explain this Ted Cruz ad?

[brooklynite]

Is it anti-Iran, anti-ISIS or Anti-Mexico?

(nb - this is clearly an homage to the 1984 Reagan-Bush "Bear" commercial:

[hollysmom]

1. I say leave the damn bear alone it isn't bothering you, ditto the scorpion,

I understand nothing about Cruz or why anyone would listen to that raving maniac.

[Hortensis]

4. Southern border xenophobia -- I know people who insist any "scorpions"

who aren't toting portable nukes are likely carrying deadly diseases into the Home of the Not-at-All-Brave.

But thanks Cruz PAC for The Dez -- we LOVE the desert and miss it very much. It's so beautiful, and we even have some happy tarantula memories. They're much larger than scorpions, and whole communities of them come out of nowhere at dusk and wander around. (It really is special, their elongated shadows backed by distant views across lonesome valleys and mountain ranges.)

[thecrow]

2. Crazy doesn't make any sense.

That's why they call it crazy.

[immoderate]

3. Definitely anti-scorpion!

--imm

[bunnies]

5. My guess would be anti-brown people.

Regardless of where they come from. Cruz is an equal opportunity racist.

[Bucky]

6. I'm pretty sure the scorpion represents gay marriage

Or maybe affordable healthcare.

Wait... I got it. The scorpion is supposed to be the new minimum wage proposal.