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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody else notice that Ted Cruz looks like Joe McCarthy?
I might be late on this if so bare with me but I just came across this article from forbes talking about their similarities. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/02/18/ted-cruz-the-reincarnation-of-joe-mccarthy/
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Anybody else notice that Ted Cruz looks like Joe McCarthy? (Original Post)
craigmatic
Jun 2013
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northoftheborder
(7,575 posts)1. Freakingly similar with their sneering, nasal, arrogance.
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)2. Yeah it's scary how similar they are but luckily I don't think Cruz will ever reach that level of
prominence in congress in terms of capturing the country's attention.
life long demo
(1,113 posts)3. I agree, when I first saw Cruz sitting at the committee table
asking Hillary Clinton questions, I immediately thought of all the videos I have seen of Joe McCarthy.
Jane Austin
(9,199 posts)4. I think he looks like Grandpa Munster,
with that hideous mouth.
As he gets more bald, he will look even more like him.
Shudder.
Blue Owl
(50,539 posts)5. Just add Paul Ryan (Eddie Munster) and we'll have a family reunion
n/t
blogslut
(38,021 posts)6. Except...
Joe McCarthy had a chin.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)7. They both look like Hans Frank...
Nazi Germany's Governor-General of occupied Poland's General Government territory.