Ted Cruz seems to appreciate at least one New York value.

[kpete]

Why would he allow anyone to know this? He's supposed to be a Texas Republican. They go out to the back forty and kill something when they feel a little stressed. (Or at least clear a little brush.)That is if they feel stress at all, which no real man does.

For at least the second time in recent days, the Texas senator’s wife, Heidi, has described his method of relieving tension during anxious campaign moments: show tunes.

“He’ll call me and just sing me a Broadway tune,” Mrs. Cruz told a crowd here on Tuesday.

It can happen without warning, “right before one of these debates” or “in a stressful moment in a state,” she said.

It is usually well received — “he never ceases to defuse a stressful moment with a moment of levity,” Mrs. Cruz said — but not always.

“I’m thinking, ‘I’m on a finance call right now,’ ” Mrs. Cruz recalled. “Do you really need to be doing this?”

On Tuesday, Mrs. Cruz detailed neither the quality of her husband’s performances nor his favored song choices.

A spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message seeking Mr. Cruz’s theatrical preferences.



MORE:
http://www.nytimes.com/live/iowa-caucus-2016-election/ted-cruzs-street-therapy-singing-show-tunes/

[elleng]

1. Try THIS, and NOT POTUS!

[pinboy3niner]

2. "I like to be in America, Okay by me in America, eh?"

[MisterP]

3. OH COME ON

[Major Nikon]

4. Cruz is no more of a Texan than any of the Bushes

The only difference is he hasn't bought a pig farm