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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 08:33 PM Jan 2016

It seems Ted Cruz is Canadian or an Englishman

And Playing The Role Of A Presidential Candidate Eating His Own Words Is Senator Ted Cruz

Well, just when you thought that Ted Cruz’s family tree didn’t fork, you find out about branches growing which every way.

On Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth certificate, his mother is listed as Eleanor Darragh Wilson, using the last name of her first husband, Alan Wilson. The Fort Worth native and long-time resident of London, Wilson is now an unwitting player in the drama that surrounds Cruz’s family.

Wilson, who has never previously spoken about his past with the news media, told McClatchy in a telephone interview from London that he did not realize he was connected to the U.S. Texas senator, however indirect. He didn’t realize that his first wife, Eleanor, whose maiden name is Darragh, had such a well-known son, whose citizenship is at issue in the presidential campaign, or that “Wilson” is on the birth certificate.

I gotta say it. I just gotta: Hey, Ted, who’s your daddy?

More family secrets spill forth. It turns out Ted’s mom wasn’t real clear about who she was married to when she had babies.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/01/and-playing-role-presidential-candidate
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It seems Ted Cruz is Canadian or an Englishman (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2016 OP
Makes no difference who his father is n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #1
I hate that whole birthed stuff but can we just let this play out? katsy Jan 2016 #2
Ted really has no State identity, really. saltpoint Jan 2016 #3
i'm still holding out for hifiguy Jan 2016 #4
I deeply regret I did not heed the warning. HubertHeaver Jan 2016 #6
I do not think Trump will give Cruz a pass on this. UCmeNdc Jan 2016 #5
Order Carnival Cruz to undergo a DNA test meow2u3 Jan 2016 #7
Do you truly care who his dad is? SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2016 #9
A bit disappointing from Juanita Jean - she's normally above slut shaming muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #8

muriel_volestrangler

(101,310 posts)
8. A bit disappointing from Juanita Jean - she's normally above slut shaming
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 04:59 AM
Jan 2016

Alan Wilson divorced Cruz's mother 7 years before Ted was born, and had so little contact with her he never saw her baby she had 2 or 3 years later, let alone knew she got married to the lunatic Cruz Senior. So this story is really "ooh, Cruz's mother had sex with more than one man before she married Rafael Cruz". Yeah, Cruz is a judgmental arsehole, but that doesn't mean the correct thing to do is join him in it.

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