Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ted Cruz, Hypocrisy-Eligible


On top of questions surrounding his "natural born" eligibility to be President (a case of the chickens coming home to roost), it seems Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz (R-Calgary), Man of the People and scourge of Wall Street, has a bit of an authenticity problem:
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz failed to disclose to the Federal Election Commission a loan from Goldman Sachs for as much as $500,000 that was used to help finance his successful 2012 U.S. Senate campaign, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The loan does not appear in reports the Ted Cruz for Senate Committee filed with the FEC, in which candidates are required to disclose the source of money they borrow to finance their campaigns, the newspaper reported.  [snip]

In 2012, Cruz was campaigning for the Texas Senate seat as a populist firebrand who criticized Wall Street bailouts and the influence of big banks in Washington, and the loans could have conveyed the wrong impression about his candidacy, the Times said[snip]
Cruz and his wife, Heidi, who is on leave as a managing director at Goldman Sachs, also received a loan from Citibank for up to $500,000, but it was not clear whether that money was used in the campaign, the newspaper said.  (our emphasis)
Of course, it should be no surprise to anyone that "Tailgunner Ted" is a dishonest, flaming hypocrite.  That he would use a loan ("bailout"?) from a Wall Street villain like Goldman Sachs to help finance his "populist," anti- Wall Street campaign in 2012 is just another instance of this dangerous demagogue saying and doing whatever it takes to advance his despicable career.

(Image:  "Tailgunner Ted" and his spiritual and physical doppelganger "Tailgunner Joe" McCarthy)