Yes, she’s using the kids to do that, but the target is Cruz. Telnaes is clearly attacking Cruz, not his kids. Trotting out your kid front and center to play Child Star is “signing her up” for what Ted says his kid didn’t sign up for. Other politicians have limited their kid to a wave from among the family on a platform, or a silent presence in the familiar “I’m a family man!” political spot. Mike, are you getting paid to pretend to not get it? Because it should be obvious that, if you put your kid in an ad in which she mouths scripted political sarcasm, you have waived your right to privacy. Meanwhile, “hispandering” old lady liar gets a pass: Despicable when a politician points out an attack on his 5 and 7 year old little girls and asks for money to help defeat people who support and defend attacks on 5 and 7 year old little girls. He’s having no trouble using this situation to solicit campaign donations- he’s a pimp. So? Cruz cynically uses his kids like trained monkeys in his political campaign and his use of them is not fair game!? Yet another of his smoke screen blowups: “Stop pointing out my habits as a bottom feeder!”Īnn Telnaes should be offended that the Post chose his narrow interpretation of what clearly was deserving of satire. When it comes to your kids, rational behavior can often fly out the window, so perhaps he honestly thinks he is defending them. I think it is a great cartoon, Ted Cruz should not be offended, and might be using this as a way to score more press. I don’t think the cartoon was meant as an attack or a statement about his kids, it was about Ted using his kids (family) to drum up votes. Sickening.ĭoes that include retroactively? Because the GOP seem to have a field day with Chelsea in the ’90s. Use your kids to spin one’s own political history and objective and when a cartoonist points that out, use the controversy to raise money for the campaign. The Cruz’s campaign launched an “emergency” appeal to raise $1 million to respond to the cartoon, which demonstrates he’s exploiting this kerfuffle for his own political gain. Looking through Twitter, Ann is getting slammed from the right. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree. I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. The Washington Post posted the following in place of the cartoon.Įditor’s note from Fred Hiatt: It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. But don’t be attacking five year-old girls.

Leave kids alone And if the media wants to attack and ridicule every Republican, well that’s what they’re gonna do. “It used to be for a long time the rules across the board that kids are off limits,” he added. “Not too much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls, that’ll do it,” Cruz said in response to the cartoon, which has since been taken down. Stick w/ attacking me–Caroline & Catherine are out of your leagueĪnd according to NBC News on a campaign stump in Iowa, the senator said: Cruz featured his kids in a campaign commercial (see below) where he read parody book titles such as “How Obamacare Stole Christmas” and “Rudolph The Underemployed Reindeer.”Ĭlassy. The Washington Post has made an unusual move of pulling a cartoon by their Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes after criticism that the cartoon depictedpresidential candidate Ted Cruz’s children (see cartoon above) as organ grinder’s monkeys.

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