Highbrow Magazine - political campaigns https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/political-campaigns en Ted Cruz’s Dangerous Ideologies https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/5755-ted-cruz-s-dangerous-ideologies <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/news-features" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">News &amp; Features</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Sun, 04/17/2016 - 15:17</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1tedcruz.jpg?itok=7GMXvMq0"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1tedcruz.jpg?itok=7GMXvMq0" width="480" height="270" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><strong>From our content partner <a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2016/04/ted-cruz-the-galician-curse.php">New America Media</a></strong>:</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Commentary</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Whenever Ted Cruz appears on television, I cringe as unpleasant memories of distant relatives cross my mind, reminding me of things best forgotten. And what is best forgotten is simply the Hispanic political tradition of severity.</p> <p> </p> <p>Think Francisco Franco. Think Fidel Castro. Think Ted Cruz? Yes, Ted Cruz is a would-be autocrat.</p> <p> </p> <p>My paternal grandmother, a Galician matron who despised sexism in all its forms, called it “la maldición gallega,” or “the Galician curse.” By that she meant the dreadful and familiar anti-democratic tendency in the political lives of the Hispanic world where dictators, strongmen, caudillos, and caciques have ruled as autocrats.</p> <p> </p> <p>She was in a position to know. Her maiden name was Bahamonde; she was related to Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain during his dictatorship with an iron fist. Fidel Castro, with no tolerance for dissent, brought ruin to his country, banishing millions of his fellow countrymen into exile.</p> <p> </p> <p>And Ted Cruz, today, represents the same menace as someone who wishes to impose a theocracy in the United States.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, fled Cuba in 1957, becoming a zealous born again preacher. “It’s time we stop being politically correct and start being biblically correct,” the elder Cruz told the Associated Press in 2014.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ted Cruz follows in his father’s footsteps. His idea—that the separation of Church and State has to be done away with—is consistent with the ideological worldview that characterizes dictatorships in the Hispanic world. Francisco Franco embodied the Catholic Church during his reign of intolerance; Fidel Castro replaced faith in God with faith in himself when Cuba became officially atheist.</p> <p> </p> <p>That’s the cloth from which Ted Cruz’s political philosophy is cut.</p> <p> </p> <p>This twisted predisposition resonates in his declarations: “I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.”</p> <p> </p> <p>Does America want a leader who claims to have a hotline to heaven? Does America want to impose a Christian version of Sharia law? Does America want “divine right” rule to be restored?</p> <p> </p> <p>Cruz says, “Sí!”</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/2tedcruz.jpg" style="height:413px; width:600px" /></p> <p> </p> <p>To his way of thinking, the Bible alone offers the framework for the entirety of civil society.</p> <p> </p> <p>“I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism,” Ted Cruz has said, in English, to non-Hispanic Americans.</p> <p> </p> <p>My grandmother rolled her eyes in both bewilderment and anger at the manifold manifestations of “the Galician curse” in the Hispanic world. She told stories of an uncle who would caution his daughter on the importance of remaining a virgin by saying, “Remember, no man buys a used shoe.” She told stories of one of Franco’s relatives who, determining that garbanzo beans were meant to be peeled, demanded that his wife peel each garbanzo bean one by one—in dishes that required hundreds of garbanzo beans.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ted Cruz’s singular world view would lead him to appoint judges to the Supreme Court who would undo social progress that is consistent with what his reading of the Bible tells him has gone “wrong,” including a woman’s right to choose and the right of same-sex couples to marry.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ted Cruz in the White House would bring the worst of intolerance and religious bigotry of the Hispanic world to the United States. His vision is for our country to turn back the clock and be governed with an iron fist imposing law, order—and God.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dictators in the Hispanic world have longed to fashion societies where political dissent is crushed, young women are left to wonder what their honor has to do with a new shoe, women are badgered into peeling hundreds of garbanzo beans, and what is not biblically sanctioned is outlawed. These are the vestiges of dictatorship all Hispanic democracies struggle to overcome.</p> <p> </p> <p>My grandmother loathed what her distant nephew, Franco, had done to Spain. She applauded the reforms introduced after his death and she never looked back at his dictatorship with nostalgia.</p> <p> </p> <p>Though she is not alive today to recoil in horror at the sight of this would-be strongman, I know the one word she would tell the American people concerning Ted Cruz: “Corran!” “Run!”</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Author Bio:</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em>Louis Nevaer is the author of the first guides to Cuba compiled since the re-establishment of relations,</em> Cuba As Never Before, <em>and</em> The Best of Havana: 2016.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>From our content partner <a href="http://newamericamedia.org/2016/04/ted-cruz-the-galician-curse.php">New America Media</a></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/ted-cruz" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ted cruz</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/dangerous-ideologies" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">dangerous ideologies</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/political-campaigns" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">political campaigns</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/republicans" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Republicans</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/religious-fundamentalism" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">religious fundamentalism</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/2016-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">2016 elections</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Louis E.V. 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Both sides must show up with their ‘A’ Game in tow-- the biggest, newest, and best technology, the absolute smartest people manning the controls. This has always been the case in American politics, and it’s still the case now, as the leaves begin to turn on a brand new election season. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">The face-off between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, former Governor Mitt Romney, will be the  57<sup>th</sup> quadrennial election in the history of the </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">United States</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">. However, more has changed in these past four years than in all others, combined. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">How so, you might ask? Well, just take a look at what you are doing this very instant. You are viewing these words, dear reader, not from a newspaper or some other form of printed media, but from a computer screen. After you finish reading, you can tweet this article to your friends, or even ‘Like’ it on Facebook. And, as if that isn’t enough, right beside you is  most likely your Internet-ready smart phone (gone are the days when all a phone did was simply make a call). It’s not easy to navigate this dense, ever-changing landscape of technology; however, just like the rest of us, you do your very best to keep up. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">These days, it’s no different for a presidential candidate. It’s the 21<sup>st</sup> century in </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">America</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> and, the dawn of a new era. No longer is it enough for a presidential hopeful to pick a catchy slogan, churn out a few buttons or bumper stickers, and call it a day. The way that a candidate must connect with his or her potential supporters is the same way in which we connect with each other: through technology. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">In1960, Americans turned on their televisions for the very first time to watch a presidential debate. The first televised debate in history found Senator John F. Kennedy going head-to-head with Vice President Richard Nixon, and a record number of Americans tuned in to watch the drama unfold right before their eyes. Tired from the campaign trail and recovering from a recent illness, Nixon notoriously refused make-up and other preparations for the event. His opponent, however, was all-too ready for his big moment in front of the nation; fresh-faced, tan, and sharply dressed, the handsome Kennedy quickly left the sweating, bumbling Nixon eating his dust. And, while that particular election turned out to be one of the closest races ever, many attribute JFK’s spectacular appeal during the debates to be a key turning point in his eventual victory. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">History repeated itself four years ago in 2008, when a young, charismatic senator from </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st1:state w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Illinois</span></span></st1:state><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> made </span></span><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">New Mexico</span></span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">’s veteran Republican John McCain look like yesterday’s news. While McCain is certainly applauded for his many years of service to his country, to put it quite bluntly,  he didn’t stand a chance. From the get-go, Barack Obama waged one of the most successful campaigns the country had ever seen, using all of the latest technological advances to his very best advantage. At nearly  26 years McCain’s junior, Obama was able to connect with young Americans and other key groups-- such as women and Latino voters-- like few candidates before him. From the start, it was smooth sailing straight to the Oval Office.</span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/mediumObamaSpeaking%20%28BeckyF%29.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 450px; " /></span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%">  </p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Four years later, however, the odds are not overwhelmingly in the President’s favor, with a still-poor economy looming in his shadow and an opponent who spends much time and energy going over some of the less-than-stellar details of the President’s record with a fine-toothed comb. What will Barack Obama need in order to make lightning strike twice, and what will it take from Mitt Romney to throw a major wrench into the President’s plan? The answer is the same now as it was in both 1960 and 2008: get smart, get connected, and get people voting. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Now, with two  months left before </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">America</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> heads to the polls, both parties are on the social media offense, throwing their best punches and ducking their opponents’ toughest blows. Thus far, Romney’s plan appears to be quite simple: attack the President’s record from every angle possible while emphasizing his own experiences in business and job creation. Romney may have the corporations on his side, but where he’s still falling flat is with women, an area where Obama easily has the upper hand; just recently at the Republican National Convention, when Anne Romney awkwardly yelled “I Love Women!” in the middle of her speech, the gesture appeared so strange and insincere that it made Oprah’s infamous “YOU Get a Car!” seem like the better turn of phrase in comparison.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Once again, the Obama campaign has done a great job of engaging voters through the two most popular social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, with Romney right on his tails. Ironically, the candidates’ official sites appear to be nearly identical to each other; loaded with pictures, facts, and links for visitors to click if they happen to be feeling generous, they seem more like personal blogs than campaign sites. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/MediumRomney_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 333px; " /></span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">This sort of behind-the-scenes, intimate approach works well for both candidates. President Obama’s Twitter account, for example, often feels like an extension of his own diary. Recently on his birthday, the President (or, more likely, his people) tweeted an old picture of himself and his family in front of a birthday cake. It may not be an economic statistic, but it certainly tugs on the heartstrings-- and voters are people, after all. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Mitt Romney also sends regular tweets, Facebook status updates, and emails. As a father to five sons, Romney has five built-in campaigners that regularly connect with supporters across all aspects of social media. Plus, now that Paul Ryan is a part of </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">America</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">’s self-proclaimed “comeback team,” the Representative is jumping on the technological bandwagon, as well. As of just a few days ago, Ryan has 229,930 Twitter followers (V.P. Joe Biden trails considerably with just 123,564.) By comparison, the President sweeps the field with  more than 19 million followers, while Romney has just under 1 million.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Where the President also clearly pulls ahead is in the battle of the wits: the world of television satire. Mitt Romney is often parodied in <i>Saturday Night Live</i> sketches as stiff and robotic, incapable of connecting with the average, middle-class American . </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Of course, we all know what Tina Fey’s spot-on impersonation of Sarah Palin did  for McCain’s chances back in ’08; by choosing cutesy, simpleton Palin as his running mate, McCain made it all too easy for the media to exploit the fact that his campaign had morphed into a real-life parody of itself. And while the well-mannered Paul Ryan may be a far more obvious choice of potential V.P., that doesn’t mean he’s exempt from the glare of the satirical spotlight. Thanks in part to a political youth culture formulated mostly by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the “Paul Ryan Gosling” Twitter account is currently one of the Internet’s most winning-- and hilarious-- joke accounts. Based on the silly, nonsensical “Hey Girl” meme created by devoted Ryan Gosling fans, the young politician and the dreamy actor are fused in one-liners such as, “Hey girl, I didn’t disclose my million-dollar trust fund. But I’m happy to disclose my love of warm sponge baths.”</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">So if a presidential election is like a war, then for the voter, choosing a candidate is a lot like choosing a date. It doesn’t matter if a person is attractive, or accomplished, or on paper seems like a really great fit. In the end, what is really comes down to is a connection -- either it’s there, or it isn’t. Obama has two months left to show America that the spark is still alive, while Mitt Romney will work on convincing the nation that it’s time to break up and move on to something better. In the meantime, Americans are weighing in by plugging in, and in today’s world of social media, we don’t have to miss a single thing. </span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Author Bio:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><em>Loren DiBlasi is a contributing writer at </em>Highbrow Magazine.</span></span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <em><strong>Photos: Adam Conner7, Becky F, Gage Skidmore (Flickr, Creative Commons).</strong></em></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height:200%"> <span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/twitter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Twitter</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/facebook" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Facebook</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/president-obama" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">President Obama</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/mitt-romney" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mitt Romney</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/paul-ryan" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Paul Ryan</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/social-media" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">social media</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/obama-twitter-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">obama twitter page</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/romney-twitter-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">romney twitter page</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/democrats" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Democrats</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/republicans" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Republicans</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/2012-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">2012 elections</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/political-campaigns" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">political campaigns</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/voters" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">voters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Loren DiBlasi</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Adam Conner, Flickr (Creative Commons)</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Out Slider</div></div></div> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:11:57 +0000 tara 1494 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/1520-iheartpresidentialelections-obama-romney-and-social-media-war#comments