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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:06 AM Oct 2018

Ted Cruz should have dragged Trump 'out by the woodshed,' suggests new ad from Richard Linklater

Source: Washington Post

“Tough as Texas,” the reelection slogan of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) But if Cruz really was as Texas tough as he claims, a new ad by movie director Richard Linklater suggests, he would have dragged President Trump “out by the woodshed” for insulting his wife and father.

The spot starts out with a shot of a diner check, dated 11/6 — Election Day. Then, the camera cuts to a white-haired man sitting in a dimly lit restaurant, its walls lined with Texas license plates and vintage Route 66 road signs, a bottle of red hot sauce on the table. He clutches a diner mug in one hand.

“Somebody left something on my door the other day that says, ‘Ted Cruz, tough as Texas,’” he says, laughing. “I mean, come on.” The older man — actor Sonny Carl Davis — looks into the camera with a deadpan stare. “If someone called my wife a dog, and said my daddy was in on the Kennedy assassination, I wouldn’t be kissing their ass,” Davis says with a slight drawl.

He points emphatically at the camera, leaning forward in his seat. “You stick a finger in their chest and give ’em a few choice words. Or you drag their ass out by the woodshed and kick their ass, Ted.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/09/ted-cruz-should-have-dragged-trump-out-by-the-woodshed-suggests-new-ad-from-richard-linklater/?utm_term=.44a7ececb459



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Ted Cruz should have dragged Trump 'out by the woodshed,' suggests new ad from Richard Linklater (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP
that is a pretty stunning capitulation by Cruz NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #1
Love that guy from the Bernie movie! MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #2
Interesting how WaPo BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #3
Great ad!!!! Pachamama Oct 2018 #4
Ted Cruz--the Soft 'N Evil Canadian. n/t Julian Englis Oct 2018 #5
Love it n/t only my opinion Oct 2018 #6
If Texans want tough it isn't Ted Cruz The Genealogist Oct 2018 #7
Come on! He wears cowboy shirts and plays with guns and stuff. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2018 #12
Cruz can't drag him to the woodshed duforsure Oct 2018 #8
I tell you who is tough. gordianot Oct 2018 #9
that ...............was................AWESOME!!!!! AZ8theist Oct 2018 #10
Great ad. dalton99a Oct 2018 #11
I am seeing more democrats in Central Texas trc Oct 2018 #13
Paid for by the FTC Pac - Fire Ted Cruz Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #14
Heh heh. Ask Willie. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2018 #15
This ad should come with a fill in the blank for the ass kissers randr Oct 2018 #16

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
1. that is a pretty stunning capitulation by Cruz
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:15 AM
Oct 2018

even if I wanted to be re-elected, I couldn't see myself sucking up to somebody that insulted my wife and father.

BumRushDaShow

(129,151 posts)
3. Interesting how WaPo
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:18 AM
Oct 2018

makes it clear that there was an "actor" doing the talking in the ad. If it had been a RW ad, they would have left that part out so people would assume they were "real people".

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
7. If Texans want tough it isn't Ted Cruz
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:56 AM
Oct 2018

Trump totally crapped all over him, and apparently Ted failed to get enough, so he lives up Trump's ass so far that heavy machinery would need to be called in to extract him. Weak.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
8. Cruz can't drag him to the woodshed
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:03 AM
Oct 2018

First he's to big a coward or he wouldn't have put up with what he said and falsely claimed about him and his family. Second trump probably has information on Cruz he's taken russian and putin money, and is holding that over him and many others now. Third Cruz is so cowardly he's to scared to vote against any of the issues he wants passed. Cruz is such a fraud and a phony, and has done nothing to help the people of Texas, unless you believe his lies and distortions he is so good at repeating. He voted to take away health care for millions. He voted to destroy Medicaid and Medicare by defunding, and now they have their sights on Social Security next. trump is a crook , and cruz is a serial liar too and corrupt, but he really is nothing but a liar and a coward who can't stand up to someone abusing little children , and that says it all .

gordianot

(15,242 posts)
9. I tell you who is tough.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 10:18 AM
Oct 2018

Anyone who stands in the presence of Ted Cruz and resists the urge to punch him in the mouth. By that measure Beto is tough especially when he condemned harassment of Cruz in a beltway restaurant.

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