One would think all the rebukes from creators whose work Cruz admires might have gotten through to him-but given his comments Thursday, it would seem this is not the case. Open your arms to these people, these refugees trying to get into our country, and open your hearts.” “I would love for Senator Cruz, and everyone creating fear-mongering and hatred, to consider creating hope, optimism, and love.
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“This man is not putting forth ideas that are at the heart of what that movie is all about,” Patinkin continued. The line: “I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.” At the time, in Patinkin’s view, Cruz was exploiting fear of the Islamic State to promote an anti-Muslim agenda. “I would like to be with Senator Cruz for a moment and I would like to respectfully ask him, since he quotes all the lines from The Princess Bride and certainly all of my character, Inigo Montoya’s lines, I would like to know why he doesn’t quote my favorite line?” Patinkin said. In the spring of 2015, Cruz discussed some of his favorite episodes with Federalist publisher Ben Domenech during a radio program, just days after doing some Simpsons impressions for Good Morning America. He’s been an emphatically on-the-record Simpsons fan for years, even as the show itself has not returned his ardor in fact, one could argue that Cruz’s fervor for The Simpsons was an integral part of his brand as a presidential candidate. I think Ted’s the one who could use a pacifier in his mouth.”Ĭruz has to be used to this by now. Already, it has drawn scorn and derision from the people who actually make The Simpsons show-runner Al Jean quickly shot back on Twitter, writing, “Ted Cruz says Maggie Simpson would vote for him. This questionably accurate assessment is far from the first time Cruz has attempted to strike a chord with the people by referencing the beloved Fox comedy. On Thursday, the onetime presidential hopeful dropped the following Simpsons reference at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC): “I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson, and Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.” Congratulations are in order for Ted Cruz, whose unrequited crush on pop culture has officially reached a fever pitch.
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