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Comedian Lewis Black seemed shocked that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) could be seriously considered as a presidential candidate during a panel discussion on The Nightly Show on Tuesday.
I took LSD in my youth, and it didnt prepare me for him, Black said of Cruz, before seemingly comparing him to former Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy.
Weve lived through this before. This is 1956, Black said. If [Cruz] had appeared at Liberty University and it was shot in black and white, then Id go, I get it. This is someone who should never have made it to color television.
Black clashed with Blaze TV anchor Amy Holmes, however, when he said that the Liberty students believed he would go to hell because he is Jewish.
Its not really a place for me to jump in and go, Oh boy! What a great candidate! Black argued. I cut out 90 percent of what he said. He believes Im going to hell, so what are we talking about?
Many of them would say that it is not for them to decide, that they have accepted Jesus into their heart, Holmes told him, before asking, Are you saying that someone who is an open Christian, who wears their religion on their sleeve, shouldnt be president of the United States? That doesnt make sense.
That isnt what I said, Black replied. You took the joke and drove down a bad highway.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/lewis-black-not-even-taking-lsd-in-my-youth-could-prepare-me-for-ted-cruz/
marble falls
(57,518 posts)malaise
(269,299 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Shut down Holmes' idiotic blathering without missing a beat.
Lewis Black rocks.
niyad
(113,950 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)lastlib
(23,377 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,010 posts)bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)I only stayed up to see him, and yes, I think he was going for a "Tailgunner Joe" comparison. I see it in Cruz all the time.... glad someone else does.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)just make sure you know where your life preserver is and try to stay close to the lifeboats.