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Stinky The Clown

(68,486 posts)
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:23 PM Aug 2015

Am I alone in finding Ted Cruz just plain creepy?

Political views aside, the man comes off, to me at least, as a really creepy person.

Anyone else see him that way?

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Am I alone in finding Ted Cruz just plain creepy? (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Aug 2015 OP
From Day One! He is his father's son...creepy, as well. eom Frustratedlady Aug 2015 #1
It's his lips. They are scary yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #76
What lips? pangaia Aug 2015 #77
True yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #82
rofl! SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #129
It's the lips! Polly Hennessey Aug 2015 #168
He is every thing you guys have said plus he is one ugly man. asjr Aug 2015 #140
The first time I saw him, PatSeg Aug 2015 #182
That smirk on his face reminds me of the class snitch. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #2
He's Marmalarde from Animal House. Initech Aug 2015 #91
He reminds me of Nathan Lane's character... CoffeeCat Aug 2015 #146
I find him repugnant. PeteSelman Aug 2015 #3
A polyester personality........ dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #186
Yup. He's creepy. And then you find out about him and he gets even applegrove Aug 2015 #4
I would run in the opposite direction if he approached me...he's got a weird look in CTyankee Aug 2015 #44
But you can't always tell so clearly. But in his case yes it is obvious. applegrove Aug 2015 #63
Unfortunately, it makes perfect sense TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #93
Speak calmly while backing away slowly. n/t SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #130
And make yourself seem bigger. applegrove Aug 2015 #193
Yes. The danger in that, though, is if you're too convincing, someone would tell Walter Palmer SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #208
LOL. That caught me by surprise. applegrove Aug 2015 #209
Yeah, like his wife is an Exec. Director of Goldman sachs! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #188
Not someone who I would drink a beer with. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #5
You are not alone. femmocrat Aug 2015 #6
reminds me of Hitler demigoddess Aug 2015 #85
Joe McCarthy of the 50's for his whacked way of thinking yes, but... yonder Aug 2015 #97
I suspect homegirl Aug 2015 #98
He reminds me of Mr. Haney on the 70s TV sitcom Green Acres. bulloney Aug 2015 #131
Cruz & Hansey Were Separated at Birth ... 66 dmhlt Aug 2015 #161
Grandpa on the Munsters, complete with mortuary pallor bigbrother05 Aug 2015 #164
Yup. He ranks high up there on the creep factor, nt avebury Aug 2015 #7
He is like child molester creepy n/t doc03 Aug 2015 #8
creepy, and kind of a cartoon character virtualobserver Aug 2015 #9
... pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #13
But I liked Granpa! Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #35
Agreed awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #121
The shoe polish hair dye to look like Ronald Reagan & the dying of his eyelashes / brows does it. TheBlackAdder Aug 2015 #19
Like Simple J. Malarkey annabanana Aug 2015 #111
I think he looks like arch-villain "the Joker" without makeup. stevenleser Aug 2015 #150
are you thinking of the tv series version of the Joker with Cesar Romero? virtualobserver Aug 2015 #155
Yes, exactly! LMAO stevenleser Aug 2015 #167
He makes my skin crawl. Always has. Solly Mack Aug 2015 #10
Yes, he's got that oily look about him that makes you want to check on your wallet, purse, watch, Coventina Aug 2015 #11
He looks like Granpa Munster doc03 Aug 2015 #12
Yes he does newfie11 Aug 2015 #26
YUP!! nt 2naSalit Aug 2015 #33
Cruz has a "please punch me in the face" face. Walker creeps me out NightWatcher Aug 2015 #14
Walker has a flat affect Sienna86 Aug 2015 #23
Snotty Scotty looks like Alfred E. Neuman hifiguy Aug 2015 #173
Walker strikes me as the guy who won't pay his share when you split the check at a restaurant. Mr.Bill Aug 2015 #59
There is no way a majority of voters will want to see his smarmy face every day. arcane1 Aug 2015 #15
OR lsten to his voice all the time! maddiemom Aug 2015 #156
Creepy to the max - I can't stand to see him eom LiberalElite Aug 2015 #16
He's very creepy. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #17
I would wipe my hand on my pants... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #36
He did indeed, and he also wiped Haitian cooties onto Bill Clinton's back arcane1 Aug 2015 #54
If I shook his hand, I'd count my fingers after! csziggy Aug 2015 #42
I don't know if this is entirely fair. Mac1949 Aug 2015 #18
Yes indeed. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #20
There's a difference. ChazInAz Aug 2015 #32
I wish we had "Like" for posts here on DU... CBHagman Aug 2015 #119
We find actors who have an unusual look lovable pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #127
Televangelist Sienna86 Aug 2015 #21
He's creepy as hell, alright. Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2015 #22
Everything about him is creepy newfie11 Aug 2015 #24
Carnival Cruz is very creepy Gothmog Aug 2015 #25
Look at Scott Walker as well, Rick Scott, Santorum, etal... They are all creepy, they are randys1 Aug 2015 #27
Rick Scott reminds me of Bat Boy from the tabloids. nm nadine_mn Aug 2015 #192
Yep, he's one strange dude! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #28
Skin-crawlingly creepy. Then add politics and he's skin-crawlingly dangerous. Hekate Aug 2015 #29
He's beyond creepy roscoeroscoe Aug 2015 #144
Yes, but Walker is close behind in my creepiness ranking OKNancy Aug 2015 #30
And his eyes. Like Quint's description of a shark's eyes in "Jaws"...like a doll's...soulless... maddiemom Aug 2015 #159
He is a Psychopath Andy823 Aug 2015 #31
Huh? malaise Aug 2015 #34
I find all of the Repuke candidates creepy, each in his own way! LongTomH Aug 2015 #37
Me too spooky3 Aug 2015 #89
Creepy and insincere Delmette Aug 2015 #38
Jeepers creepers, where'd he get those peepers? rocktivity Aug 2015 #39
Damn! dhol82 Aug 2015 #78
Yikes! NikolaC Aug 2015 #153
This message was self-deleted by its author LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2015 #179
He reminds me of the Malcolm McDowell from Clockwork Orange kimbutgar Aug 2015 #40
Have you noticed you've never seen them together? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2015 #180
Thank you, that is the picture I was thinking about kimbutgar Aug 2015 #183
Tedwork Orange Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #201
Very Creepy. NowSam Aug 2015 #41
REminds me of a slug Cryptoad Aug 2015 #43
No slimey creepy Mira Aug 2015 #45
Nope. And he sucks at acting like people. That Simpsons "audition" was awful. EEO Aug 2015 #46
You are not alone. BlueMTexpat Aug 2015 #47
Add me to that list matt819 Aug 2015 #48
Can Only Think of allinthegame Aug 2015 #49
How close you been sitting to him in the Clown Car? R. P. McMurphy Aug 2015 #50
You are not alone. Ilsa Aug 2015 #51
He can shove... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #114
I see him as scary and very mentally ill. classykaren Aug 2015 #52
I've always said he looks like a corpse that has too much makeup put on by the mortician DebbieCDC Aug 2015 #53
Honey, you would be alone if you didn't! Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #55
Full on creepy shadowmayor Aug 2015 #56
He's got a name NJCher Aug 2015 #109
Got it shadowmayor Aug 2015 #117
You Are Not Alone Beta Male Aug 2015 #57
It.....came......from.....the ....North!!!!!!!!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #207
He makes my flesh crawl. CharlotteVale Aug 2015 #58
You are by no means alone. Jane Austin Aug 2015 #60
If he was the Ice Cream truck guy in my neighborhood I would caution kids to avoid. kairos12 Aug 2015 #61
Super creepy, pedophile creepy. What's new, the GOP is loaded with pedophiles! Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #62
A super yes to the super creepy! SoapBox Aug 2015 #64
Looks like we're all in general agreement.. the guy is CREEPY. n/t secondwind Aug 2015 #65
Cruz AND his father are seriously creepy. KauaiK Aug 2015 #66
Looks like a giant sewer rat to me elfin Aug 2015 #67
VERY creepy. Torture dungeon in the basement hifiguy Aug 2015 #68
Looks like a cut-rate funeral director. nt Crabby Appleton Aug 2015 #69
ALL PEDOPHILES? davidmp Aug 2015 #70
Supposedly he reads that to his daughters every night yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #79
No, not at all. He would get cast as a funeral director in Hollywood. thereismore Aug 2015 #71
Big time jberryhill Aug 2015 #72
'The Dead Zone' Martin Sheen kind of creepy. nt wiggs Aug 2015 #73
And couldn't you just hear him repeating Sheen's line? DebbieCDC Aug 2015 #205
Ditto here! wolfie001 Aug 2015 #74
it's the smile: he has the beatific, diaper-filling smile of a psychopathic manchild MisterP Aug 2015 #75
Hell No lib87 Aug 2015 #80
Cross between a mad scientist and an insane moron Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #81
Yes, he is very creepy. gademocrat7 Aug 2015 #83
Hardly. He is totally repulsively creepy. nruthie Aug 2015 #84
If Joe McCarthy were a zombie, he would be Ted Cruz. That creepy leveymg Aug 2015 #86
Yes Tardigrade Aug 2015 #87
I definitely get a very creepy vibe from him. Initech Aug 2015 #88
I wonder why trump isn't creeped out tavernier Aug 2015 #90
Creepy like mstinamotorcity2 Aug 2015 #92
He was funny on Green Acres as Mr. Haney sorechasm Aug 2015 #94
He IS creepy! Lunabell Aug 2015 #95
Very creepy and skeevy. BeanMusical Aug 2015 #96
I think pretty much every person who has not drunk the kool-ade sees him that way. niyad Aug 2015 #99
And to make matters worse Iwillnevergiveup Aug 2015 #100
Lipstick on an oily pig creeeeeepy. ancianita Aug 2015 #101
He reminds me of that creepy boy janlyn Aug 2015 #102
Dread JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #103
Creepy, creepy, creepy. msrizzo Aug 2015 #104
Ted Cruz is . . . OldRedneck Aug 2015 #105
OMG YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IHateTheGOP Aug 2015 #106
Born too late fadedrose Aug 2015 #107
Extremely sleezy - TBF Aug 2015 #108
He is Simple J. Malarkey from Pogo annabanana Aug 2015 #110
Major creepazoid. nt valerief Aug 2015 #112
Cross the street to avoid creepy. JEB Aug 2015 #113
Wouldn't get into an elevator... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #115
NO! noiretextatique Aug 2015 #116
No, because he always appears to be playing a part... CBHagman Aug 2015 #118
It's the whole marionette thing, Stinky... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #120
I don't care what he or any candidate looks like ThoughtCriminal Aug 2015 #122
Yep! ANOIS Aug 2015 #194
Agreed... MMTampa Aug 2015 #200
Cooking bacon on a machine gun barrel is perfectly sane Blue Owl Aug 2015 #123
He's very creepy, just like a serial killer. Which is what he intends, anyway. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #124
No, but is he that much creepier than the other Repubs? eridani Aug 2015 #125
He could play the Grandpa from the Munsters without any makeup riversedge Aug 2015 #126
C'mon, you'd be thrilled to have Ted Cruz lying next to you naked in bed. Kablooie Aug 2015 #128
I'm just gonna dispense with the decorum and say it: BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2015 #132
He is Creepy itcfish Aug 2015 #133
Yes. skip fox Aug 2015 #134
You are not alone. He is creepy. sinkingfeeling Aug 2015 #135
Creeps just give me the willies randr Aug 2015 #136
He makes Marty Feldman in the shadows seem like Kermit the Frog. nt raouldukelives Aug 2015 #137
Straight from The Munsters harun Aug 2015 #138
I would vote for him SandersDem Aug 2015 #139
Very. n/t MBS Aug 2015 #141
Cruz the creep mehrrh Aug 2015 #142
Looks like Joe McCarthy. Remember him? Laser102 Aug 2015 #143
Total creep-out (shudder)... bullsnarfle Aug 2015 #145
Nope. Not alone at all. n/t broadcaster75201 Aug 2015 #147
Why so Serious? FM451 Aug 2015 #148
Profile Beowulf42 Aug 2015 #149
Ted Cruz is extremely creepy. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #151
Nope. I'm seriously creeped out by that guy. RiverNoord Aug 2015 #152
Not at all NikolaC Aug 2015 #154
he looks like an ugly version of grandpa from the Munsters. samsingh Aug 2015 #157
Looks a little like Freddy Krueger. MatthewStLouis Aug 2015 #158
He puts off a vibe frylock Aug 2015 #160
Creepier than me seveneyes Aug 2015 #162
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #163
Mr. Marbles? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2015 #165
You are definitely NOT alone! ashling Aug 2015 #166
Oh, heavens YES he's creepy! hamsterjill Aug 2015 #169
No, you are not alone. stage left Aug 2015 #170
like a malevolent creature wearing a human suit. NuttyFluffers Aug 2015 #171
You are not alone. Look at the response here! nt No Vested Interest Aug 2015 #172
Yup rufus dog Aug 2015 #174
Nope, yer not alone. Him and Walker both give me the willies. n/t TygrBright Aug 2015 #175
The unctiousness of nominally Christian bigots is universally creepy. Orsino Aug 2015 #176
His face repulses me. MoonRiver Aug 2015 #177
Nope! Not by a LONG shot. calimary Aug 2015 #178
Yes! He gives me the heeby jeebies looking at him. LiberalLovinLug Aug 2015 #181
Like a young Joe McCarthy imthevicar Aug 2015 #184
He exemplifies backpfeifengesicht Jester Messiah Aug 2015 #185
He's creepy! No doubt about it. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #187
Glad he's not my senator! d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #189
NO! rhett o rick Aug 2015 #190
Yes! He makes my skin crawl.. I think its his squinty eyes nadine_mn Aug 2015 #191
compared to the average American, yes. compared to walker, Graham, Doctor_J Aug 2015 #195
Only if you find him the only creepy one. That would be a minority view. lol. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #196
hmmm rtracey Aug 2015 #197
He is one creepy asshole. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #198
He makes my skin crawl. Has that thug McCarthy thing going on. Slimy and self satisfied. OregonBlue Aug 2015 #199
Creepy, oily, smarmy....threateningly secretive....my skin crawls to hear or see him northoftheborder Aug 2015 #202
Nope Faux pas Aug 2015 #203
Nope. Yer not alone. Dude makes my skin crawl. n/t The Traveler Aug 2015 #204
And here I thought I was being shallow - we need a new word for beyond creepy! hedgehog Aug 2015 #206

Polly Hennessey

(7,599 posts)
168. It's the lips!
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:09 AM
Aug 2015

I so agree with you. His lips are scary, scary, scary. Like a lipless hole emitting strange sounds. Every time I hear him say, "Green eggs and ham" my head shakes and my body rolls.

PatSeg

(49,767 posts)
182. The first time I saw him,
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:31 PM
Aug 2015

I thought he was very creepy and I didn't know anything about him aside from he was a republican. He immediately reminded me of Joe McCarthy. As I learned more about him, he became more repulsive. This is one time when the appearance matched the personality.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
146. He reminds me of Nathan Lane's character...
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:48 AM
Aug 2015

…from Bird Cage. More specifically, I'm referring to Lane's character when he was in drag, and pretending to be Robin Williams' wife, Mrs Coleman. ...I'm serious.

The moment Kruz begins talking, I see nothing but Nathan Lane in a pill-box hat.

Tell me Ted Cruz isn't Mrs. Coleman.





PeteSelman

(1,508 posts)
3. I find him repugnant.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:25 PM
Aug 2015

Yes, he practically oozes sleaze and smarm. He's like the ultimate used car salesman.

CTyankee

(65,483 posts)
44. I would run in the opposite direction if he approached me...he's got a weird look in
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:39 PM
Aug 2015

his eye. Oh, No...not him...

applegrove

(123,983 posts)
63. But you can't always tell so clearly. But in his case yes it is obvious.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:05 PM
Aug 2015

I had a psycho go after me for years who looked like a nerd. Scary people. Let us hope there is a pill they can be forced to take to make them human. But at the very least they should not be allowed to run for office. I don't understand why, after the 20th century, people with Cruz's personality can get so close to power. Seems like every generation has to learn the hard way.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,792 posts)
93. Unfortunately, it makes perfect sense
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:00 PM
Aug 2015

Psychopaths are charming. They are supremely confident in their abilities. People are attracted to confident people because they think they must have something to be confident about.

They have a grandiose sense of self worth. Again, people are attracted to this. Think of the televangelists, like the one that said God wants him to have a $60 Million jet.

They are pathological liars, cunning and manipulative. Their self confidence and charm makes this a breeze.

More here:

http://www.businessinsider.com/20-signs-that-you-are-a-psychopath-2013-9?op=1

SusanaMontana41

(3,233 posts)
208. Yes. The danger in that, though, is if you're too convincing, someone would tell Walter Palmer
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 03:02 AM
Aug 2015

and your head would end up on a wall in his man cave.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
188. Yeah, like his wife is an Exec. Director of Goldman sachs!
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:59 PM
Aug 2015

Now,THAT is creepy and chilling.

lpbk2713

(43,202 posts)
5. Not someone who I would drink a beer with.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:27 PM
Aug 2015



I sense no comfort zone around him at all.

Obama on the other hand ...

yonder

(10,019 posts)
97. Joe McCarthy of the 50's for his whacked way of thinking yes, but...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:14 PM
Aug 2015

...for a couple of years now, I can't shake the notion of comparing him with a sweaty-faced Charlie McCarthy, you know, the marionette. I don't remember if it was Abraham Lincoln or Edward Abbey who said that by the time a person was forty, they were pretty much responsible for the way they looked to the world. If I knew how to post a photo of Charlie McCarthy, I would. So there you go: A CREEPIER, sweaty-faced Charlie McCarthy. Without the top hat or monocle. And certainly without a kind, benevolent Edgar Bergen pulling the strings.

homegirl

(1,607 posts)
98. I suspect
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:17 PM
Aug 2015

he is the reincarnation of Joe McCarthy. Appearance, character and lack of empathy, plus overwhelming ambition, win at any cost.


bulloney

(4,113 posts)
131. He reminds me of Mr. Haney on the 70s TV sitcom Green Acres.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 05:49 AM
Aug 2015

He was the guy who's always swindling the Douglases by selling crap. Cruz has the look and voice of that character.

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
164. Grandpa on the Munsters, complete with mortuary pallor
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:43 AM
Aug 2015

edit to add: should really read the complete post first, someone beat me to it

TheBlackAdder

(29,141 posts)
19. The shoe polish hair dye to look like Ronald Reagan & the dying of his eyelashes / brows does it.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:40 PM
Aug 2015

.

You can tell when he dyes his eyelashes because he looks like he's using an eye pencil.


.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
155. are you thinking of the tv series version of the Joker with Cesar Romero?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:11 AM
Aug 2015

I think he sounds like Mr. Haney from Green Acres.

Coventina

(28,062 posts)
11. Yes, he's got that oily look about him that makes you want to check on your wallet, purse, watch,
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:33 PM
Aug 2015

daughter, etc.

I'm waiting for the dirt to be dug up on him.....no way does that guy not have any skeletons in his closet....

Sienna86

(2,151 posts)
23. Walker has a flat affect
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:49 PM
Aug 2015

And there's something about the lack of facial similarity if you look at the right and left sides of his face.

Mr.Bill

(24,903 posts)
59. Walker strikes me as the guy who won't pay his share when you split the check at a restaurant.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:56 PM
Aug 2015

And to answer the op, yes Cruz is creepy. If he touched anyone in my family I would kick the shit out of him.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
15. There is no way a majority of voters will want to see his smarmy face every day.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:36 PM
Aug 2015

No freakin' way!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(122,140 posts)
17. He's very creepy.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:37 PM
Aug 2015

He's the sort of guy who, if you should have to shake his hand, makes you want to wipe your hand on your pants when he's not looking. I would also expect him to have a very exotic and disturbing porn collection.

3catwoman3

(25,934 posts)
36. I would wipe my hand on my pants...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:06 PM
Aug 2015

...while he was looking, just so he would know how I felt. Or maybe on his sleeve. Didn't GWB do that once?

He makes me want to

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
54. He did indeed, and he also wiped Haitian cooties onto Bill Clinton's back
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:48 PM
Aug 2015




Classy guy, that George W



csziggy

(34,189 posts)
42. If I shook his hand, I'd count my fingers after!
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:14 PM
Aug 2015

He reminds me of Richard Nixon. Smarmy, oily, and shifty eyed. Throw in a good dose of televangelist and we've got Cruz.

Mac1949

(389 posts)
18. I don't know if this is entirely fair.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:40 PM
Aug 2015

Isn't there a category beyond creepy? Credit where credit is due. I mean, M with Peter Lorre was creepy. Cruz is skin crawlingly, freakily disturbing.

ChazInAz

(2,823 posts)
32. There's a difference.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:00 PM
Aug 2015

Peter Lorre was a very likable, funny little fellow who happened to be a talented actor who could pretend to be a monster.
Cruz is none of those things.

CBHagman

(17,186 posts)
119. I wish we had "Like" for posts here on DU...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:58 PM
Aug 2015

...because I appreciate it that someone here gets Peter Lorre.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
127. We find actors who have an unusual look lovable
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:47 AM
Aug 2015

Lorre, Marty Feldman, Steve Buscemi.

What puts us off is someone whose insincere look reflects his actual insincerity.

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
22. He's creepy as hell, alright.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:48 PM
Aug 2015

He's one of several, all teapubs BTW, that when seeing his image I hear "Dueling Banjos" run through my head.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
24. Everything about him is creepy
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:51 PM
Aug 2015

From his looks to his condescending Attitude to those asking him questions.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
27. Look at Scott Walker as well, Rick Scott, Santorum, etal... They are all creepy, they are
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:53 PM
Aug 2015

all sick and twisted and dangerous.

ALL republicans, ALL teaparty are hell bent on death and destruction.

It really is like in the movie with Martin Sheen and Christopher Walken, cant think of it at the moment.

Hekate

(95,734 posts)
29. Skin-crawlingly creepy. Then add politics and he's skin-crawlingly dangerous.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:56 PM
Aug 2015

I keep remembering that Alan Dershowitz taught him Law and said he was the most brilliant student in the class, if ever. It was NOT an endorsement, btw.

What that assessment of his intelligence tells me is that Cruz is not saying stupid things because he is stupid -- he is saying what he thinks will get him votes from the debased base of the right wing. God knows what he believes about Gawd and the Bible -- but he will tell debase what they want to hear.

My husband actually starts saying things like "Stalin" and "Hitler" when he discusses Cruz, and that is highly unusual for him.

maddiemom

(5,108 posts)
159. And his eyes. Like Quint's description of a shark's eyes in "Jaws"...like a doll's...soulless...
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:25 AM
Aug 2015

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
37. I find all of the Repuke candidates creepy, each in his own way!
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:07 PM
Aug 2015

I keep expecting any one of them to rip off the rubber mask to expose reptile scales, and eat a live rat on TV!

Delmette

(522 posts)
38. Creepy and insincere
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:07 PM
Aug 2015

His smile doesn't include his eyes. If he was really smiling his whole face would show it.
Like this.

NikolaC

(1,276 posts)
153. Yikes!
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:01 AM
Aug 2015

You should have added a warning to that post ! Is it just me, or does he look like he uses mascara in the first picture?

Response to rocktivity (Reply #39)

kimbutgar

(23,848 posts)
40. He reminds me of the Malcolm McDowell from Clockwork Orange
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:10 PM
Aug 2015

I remember seeing a picture of those two side by side. Cruz is so creepy and heinous looking. I wonder what kind of marriage he's in and where is his Mother? We see the creepy Dad but never the Mother and someone posted on here they couldn't find his Mother's American birth certificate. Wouldn't it be delish to see him suffer the birther thing he put President Obama through?

180. Have you noticed you've never seen them together?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:42 PM
Aug 2015


He's not just creepy, he's scary creepy. Not Malcolm McDowell, no, Ted Cruz.

kimbutgar

(23,848 posts)
183. Thank you, that is the picture I was thinking about
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:42 PM
Aug 2015

A previous poster had grandpa Munster, the Malcolm McDowell picture better describes him. Grandpa was lovable Malcolm McDowell charcter is Cruz incarnated.

R. P. McMurphy

(849 posts)
50. How close you been sitting to him in the Clown Car?
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:45 PM
Aug 2015


Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Yes! The man makes my skin crawl.

Ilsa

(62,387 posts)
51. You are not alone.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:45 PM
Aug 2015

He thinks God has declared him to be the next king. He'd love to shove his brand of religion down people's throats.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
55. Honey, you would be alone if you didn't!
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:48 PM
Aug 2015

But then again, I have always had an aversion to fundie preachers, and that is all that he is.

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
56. Full on creepy
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:49 PM
Aug 2015

Cruz should be called Joffrey, as in boy king Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones. They have a certain physical resemblance and seem to be perfectly parallel in character.

On a similar note, Gov. Christie is Cartman from Southpark.

Now what to call the Donald?

 

Beta Male

(52 posts)
57. You Are Not Alone
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:52 PM
Aug 2015

Remember: Stalin was born in Georgia, not Russia. Hitler was born in Austria, not Germany.

I think you can see where I'm going with this.

KauaiK

(544 posts)
66. Cruz AND his father are seriously creepy.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:10 PM
Aug 2015

Read about Cruz's years at Princeton. He was loathed by his classmates who even thought about ditching him the dense woods. He gives new meaning to mega-egomaniac.

elfin

(6,262 posts)
67. Looks like a giant sewer rat to me
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:11 PM
Aug 2015

Also one with a humongous rear end. Aura of menace surrounds him.

Yes, definitely creepy.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
68. VERY creepy. Torture dungeon in the basement
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:11 PM
Aug 2015

kind of creepy. That weird, doughy, oily, smirking face squicks me out if my skin.

He strikes me as the kind of guy who would feed live kittens to carnivorous plants. For fun.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
79. Supposedly he reads that to his daughters every night
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:30 PM
Aug 2015

And didn't want them to miss it. I thought it was weird but when you think about it. It was a nice gesture. Doesn't take away his craziness in any way.

thereismore

(13,326 posts)
71. No, not at all. He would get cast as a funeral director in Hollywood.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:13 PM
Aug 2015

He has that "I am so sorry about your loss" sanctimonious look on his face all the time.

DebbieCDC

(2,547 posts)
205. And couldn't you just hear him repeating Sheen's line?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 05:09 PM
Aug 2015

"The missiles are flying. Hallelujah."

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
75. it's the smile: he has the beatific, diaper-filling smile of a psychopathic manchild
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:19 PM
Aug 2015

and evidently his canadocubano papa told him he was the salvation of American politics

I'm surprised he didn't flip out when someone ELSE dared talk during the debates: he's the future President, why are they still having a primary?!

lib87

(535 posts)
80. Hell No
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:30 PM
Aug 2015

He gives me the 'I would never be in a room alone with him nor leave my drink unattended around him' type creeper vibes.

Tardigrade

(14 posts)
87. Yes
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:38 PM
Aug 2015

He looks about three days dead to me.
But I'm not a medical professional or a Zombie Hunter so my opinion is that of a layman.
But I'm pretty sure infra red would show him at room temperature.

tavernier

(13,332 posts)
90. I wonder why trump isn't creeped out
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:51 PM
Aug 2015

by the gratuitous sucking up, not to mention the obvious which you all have posted on very well. 😱💀💀

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts)
100. And to make matters worse
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:18 PM
Aug 2015

and certainly adding to the creep factor is HIS VOICE. Nasal, tinny. And then the words come stumbling out--aye yie yie.

janlyn

(735 posts)
102. He reminds me of that creepy boy
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:23 PM
Aug 2015

in junior high that would hide under the bleachers to look up girls skirts, and wack off in his pants!

msrizzo

(796 posts)
104. Creepy, creepy, creepy.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 08:23 PM
Aug 2015

And I make a real effort to try not to judge people based on things like this...but can't help it with him. He is the real creepy deal.

CBHagman

(17,186 posts)
118. No, because he always appears to be playing a part...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:56 PM
Aug 2015

...and not skillfully, I might add. Everything is said or done for effect.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
120. It's the whole marionette thing, Stinky...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 11:01 PM
Aug 2015

You know the ones that dance along the puppet theater stage which you'd never want to be caught dead in a dark room with?

That, mixed with a version of K.D. Lang and Wayne Newton. Someone raised that boy all wrong. Uh-uh, now.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,400 posts)
122. I don't care what he or any candidate looks like
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 11:16 PM
Aug 2015

What he says, how he votes and who he panders to, are the creepy parts.

MMTampa

(82 posts)
200. Agreed...
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 04:06 PM
Aug 2015

It's his message and political beliefs that make him a creep. His face is just the warning label on the package.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
125. No, but is he that much creepier than the other Repubs?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:27 AM
Aug 2015

Except for Kasich, who at least seems not to be nuts.

skip fox

(19,490 posts)
134. Yes.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:05 AM
Aug 2015

The Mr. Rogers voice spewing insanity and hatred gets to me. He reminds me of one of those dolls in horror films which kills the entire family with a pair of scissors.

randr

(12,508 posts)
136. Creeps just give me the willies
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:17 AM
Aug 2015

I see Cruz as more swarmy; he gives me a retch-id full on shiver shake.

SandersDem

(592 posts)
139. I would vote for him
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:33 AM
Aug 2015

to be the most likely of all of the clown car candidates to have to issue a public apology.

mehrrh

(233 posts)
142. Cruz the creep
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:36 AM
Aug 2015

No, you are not alone in thinking Ted Cruz is creepy.
He is not only creepy, but he has a mean streak.

Laser102

(816 posts)
143. Looks like Joe McCarthy. Remember him?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:45 AM
Aug 2015

That's where the creepy thing comes in. Cruz is McCarthy's evil spawn .

bullsnarfle

(254 posts)
145. Total creep-out (shudder)...
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 08:48 AM
Aug 2015

Know who he reminds me of? Bill Murray at his "smarmiest" (Bill can do some serious "smarmy&quot ... but wearing really creepy make-up. Is it just me, or does Cruz always look like he is wearing pink lip gloss?
Dude is just yuck-inducing.

FM451

(18 posts)
148. Why so Serious?
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:00 AM
Aug 2015

Creepy? Oh, yes!

With a little stage makeup, He'd make an excellent Joker!


"Did I ever tell you how I got these scars...?"

Beowulf42

(239 posts)
149. Profile
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:02 AM
Aug 2015

He's a typical megalomanic with a messianic complex AND a weird squeaky voice. Scary is the word I would use.

 

RiverNoord

(1,150 posts)
152. Nope. I'm seriously creeped out by that guy.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 09:46 AM
Aug 2015

Part of it is just his physical appearance, which, I guess, is petty of me. He just looks like a weasel. The rest is his bizarre ability to constantly spew out bullshit that is roughly grammatically correct while being inconceivably logically absurd.

NikolaC

(1,276 posts)
154. Not at all
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:11 AM
Aug 2015

A lot of the candidates in the clown car give me the creeps. Cruz, Walker and Paul top the creep factor list for me .

Response to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

hamsterjill

(15,580 posts)
169. Oh, heavens YES he's creepy!
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:38 AM
Aug 2015

The voice alone drives me up the wall. There's something just not quite right with him. Above and beyond the religious overtones (i.e., he thinks he's been "called" to be President, which of course, most of them do), there's still something that I can't quite put my finger on.

stage left

(3,032 posts)
170. No, you are not alone.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:51 AM
Aug 2015

Very creepy.it's the eyebrows and the smirky lips and the general air of entitlement he carries around with him.

NuttyFluffers

(6,811 posts)
171. like a malevolent creature wearing a human suit.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 11:58 AM
Aug 2015

a human suit that looks like Ben (Dean Stockwell) from "Blue Velvet."

he just needs to lip sync "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison into an industrial light to complete the effect.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
176. The unctiousness of nominally Christian bigots is universally creepy.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:19 PM
Aug 2015

I've found no exceptions. The Jesus they've invented who somehow hates poor people, women and minorities is too enormous a piece of cognitive dissonance for any of them to pull off with a straight face.

You can't sell me hate by stitching on Christ's logo. I can spot a knock-off from three street corners away.

MoonRiver

(36,974 posts)
177. His face repulses me.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:22 PM
Aug 2015

And that has nothing to do with his politics. He got the genetic short straw in terms of facial features.

calimary

(84,951 posts)
178. Nope! Not by a LONG shot.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:26 PM
Aug 2015

He's hideous inside and out. I can't decide which is uglier about him - his face or the ideas inside the "mind" behind it.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,389 posts)
181. Yes! He gives me the heeby jeebies looking at him.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:27 PM
Aug 2015

A little like a Crispin Glover character.



What is creepy is not only his weird smiley face and mascara puppydog eyes, but he seems to be living in a different world. To some extent ALL of the clowns in the clown car live in their own made-up bubbles of reality, but he takes it to a whole 'nuther level! He, more than the others, actually believes he was chosen personally by God to "fix" the country. *shudder*

 

Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)
185. He exemplifies backpfeifengesicht
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 01:55 PM
Aug 2015

Which is German for a 'face that should be punched.' I don't find him creepy, just infuriating.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)
191. Yes! He makes my skin crawl.. I think its his squinty eyes
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:01 PM
Aug 2015

I see a lot of posters mentioning lips but for me its his eyes.

Scott Walker is another one that creeps me out - he honestly just looks stupid. Same thing with the eyes - this time night squinty but always looks a little cross-eyed. Like even his eyes are too stupid to figure out to where to look.

A lot of the other Republicans at least can kinda look presidential...but Cruz and Walker just look like rejects from a failed genetic experiment.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
195. compared to the average American, yes. compared to walker, Graham,
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:30 PM
Aug 2015

Santorum, and Huckabee? Meh

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