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182. The first time I saw him,

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:31 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.

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Am I alone in finding Ted Cruz just plain creepy? [View all] 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