{"id":3793,"date":"2017-01-25T07:22:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/staceydash\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2017-01-25T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:22:28","slug":"magazine-tells-sen-cruz-eat-sh-t-response-won-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/staceydash\/2017\/01\/magazine-tells-sen-cruz-eat-sh-t-response-won-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"After a magazine tells Sen. Cruz to &#8220;eat sh-t,&#8221; his response won the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/631484402\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/631484402?et=lfvy5k9IQql2SR_NhAhIhQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=mYFc-7sXHh6b8sW19FaWDLOmPxAJDBkzyCPvy8d_-3k=\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently, Sen. Ted Cruz suggested some pick up ball with other Senators to improve morale, a \u201cmagazine\u201d started foaming at the mouth.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>People having fun! A new opportunity to make fun of Republicans!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Consequently, they asked readers to send in proof that Cruz plays basketball. \u00a0(Yes, this is how demoralized Democrats must entertain themselves.)<\/p>\n<p>But when they asked their readers for this proof, Ted Cruz himself responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deadspin\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Deadspin<\/a> what do I win? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XuRmmIkJS\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9XuRmmIkJS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/824048983869890560\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wow! \u00a0I had no idea he played for Duke.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps not shockingly at all, the magazine responded with a classy two word reply:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@tedcruz<\/a> Go eat shit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deadspin\/status\/824057420221513728\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 25, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be a long 4 years.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Cruz\u2019s response was classic, and won rave reviews from everyone \u2014 left and right:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deadspin\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Deadspin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMiDBco2TB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TMiDBco2TB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/824061358819966979\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Ted Cruz for at least TRYING to engage people with whom he disagrees\u2026.  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