Ted Cruz Isn’t Real Either

Craig Mazin, the Hollywood screenwriter who was Ted Cruz’s freshman roommate at Princeton, has been sharing Cruz Memories on Twitter since Ted was elected to the US Senate. He has been tweeting up a storm for the last few weeks:

His voice. https://t.co/5doneNQHNW

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 7, 2016

It’s not “astonishing” that Ted keeps lying. It’s what he does. To everyone. In fact, it’s ALL he does. https://t.co/kg62mBfKlR

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 7, 2016

Ted responds to “Maybe you have no heart” with a heartless, calculated chuckle.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 7, 2016

Oof. This is Ted, all right. Creepy, unfunny, mean, boring.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 7, 2016

No. He doesn’t value it. That’s what people need to understand. He thinks authenticity is foolish. https://t.co/YSQqlz5rtZ

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 6, 2016

Guy from 1988 hasn’t changed at all, and is running for President now. Relevant. Non-scandals from ’93, not so much. https://t.co/6aIx5jBPEz

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 6, 2016

I never saw it. I never saw anything come close to it, in fact. https://t.co/vdga7LyCC1

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 6, 2016

Disturbingly, there is no difference. Pedantic, smarmy, creepy, arrogant, nasty, inauthentic and unfunny as hell. https://t.co/vsAWrDHLbz

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 6, 2016

No. And no friends from his high school ever called our room, come to think of it. Huh. I WONDER WHY… https://t.co/inBRWdKLrX

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 5, 2016

I never saw him help anyone but himself. And “prep for test well” isn’t exactly the stuff of nostalgia. https://t.co/NaGCIMR4TI

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 5, 2016

Ever read Gladwell’s “Blink”? That’s how quickly I knew he was phony, calculated, inauthentic. An ersatz persona. https://t.co/XADixNiOJc

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 5, 2016

He doesn’t admire anyone. His software engaged the “pander” subroutine. https://t.co/GK3lmlW3Ld

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 4, 2016

Classic Ted. Implies Carson drops out of the race. Then claims “I just meant he was going home.” His voice pitches way up when he lies, btw.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 4, 2016

I never saw him pray. Not once. https://t.co/ar6v1HxmMh

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 4, 2016

He was “Ted” from the start. Nickname only, I believe. https://t.co/mM0d1E6PXz

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 3, 2016

I don’t think he’s ever believed anything truly. He exists to achieve a goal. https://t.co/vs5tbJdw4O

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 3, 2016

Other than Ted, neither have I. He’s the least authentic person I’ve ever known. In that sense, he’s superlative. https://t.co/Fd5JWQy4xp

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 3, 2016

Yes, a character from a remaindered Left Behind knockoff novel who thinks his son is going to bring Jeebus back. https://t.co/sO0Rocg9iB

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 2, 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, here is your anti-elitist, just one-of-the-folks populist Ted Cruz! https://t.co/M5KWXWA8Oq

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 30, 2016

Typical Ted. “It’s allowable, therefore it’s ethical and wise.” He literally cannot see the problem. https://t.co/GO1uR3hYuZ

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 30, 2016

He’ll try again. He will try and try. He will never stop trying. He’ll take a break, then try again. https://t.co/osB1k762pa

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 29, 2016

He’s actually *all* lying. Everything he says is calculated down to the syllable. There is no authenticity to him. https://t.co/XNu4RTJiQj

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 29, 2016

Yes. Someone programmed it into his brain very early on. It’s that synthetic quality so many of us found creepy. https://t.co/1rTZ3ui8G7

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 22, 2016

Ted Cruz doesn’t like “New York values.” His wife works for Goldman Sachs. This is how dumb he thinks you all are.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 14, 2016

How little has Ted Cruz changed since 1988? If he hadn’t gained weight, I could make a strong case that he was a cyborg.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) December 8, 2015

Atlas Shrugged https://t.co/dg6XHrzThX

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) February 4, 2016

@DanSwerdlin What you see before you now is EXACTLY who he was back then. He does not change. The way zombies and mold don’t change.

— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) October 11, 2013

Mazin paints a consistent portrait of Ted Cruz’s personality: highly intelligent, inauthentic, extremely ambitious, creepy, coldly calculating. He’s the like the Asian kid in class who spends all his time on test prep and who checks every box on his resume.

That is precisely what has always bothered me about Ted Cruz. I’ve always had this gut feeling from his various battles in the Senate that it was all smoke and mirrors – grandstanding and token gestures – meant to advance Ted’s presidential campaign. It’s like he was ticking a box on a resume because he thought it would get him somewhere.

I’m not sure what Ted really believes aside from wanting to be powerful. From what I have read, I think he is genuinely religious and opposed to abortion due to his father’s infuence. I’m sure if I beliege anything else he says though. There’s something “off” about him.