Texas Republican Senate candidate Ted Cruz spoke at the Patriots for Romney rally Wednesday afternoon, an event held just outside the Republican convention in Tampa. His appearance proved that if this whole politics thing doesn’t work out, he has a possible future in stand-up comedy instead.
He began by noting that in his speech last night he said that when his daughter was born four years ago, the national debt was $10 trillion. Now it is $16 trillion dollars. He then noted a twitter quip by comedian Paula Poundstone: ”What the heck did she do?”
Later in the speech Cruz started to say that “Barack Obama is the most radical…” only to have a sharp blast of feedback hit the sound system. Without missing a beat, he joked: “And he’s taking over the sound system!”
He re-told the story of how his father was imprisoned and tortured in Cuba and survived to come to America, adding: “I cannot tell you how many conservatives… have told me ‘Ted, we like you fine, but we love your dad.’”
He concluded his remarks by praising the effort and determination of the Republican activists in the room.
“I want to salute each and everyone of you,” Cruz said. “Here are a group of people who gathered in airplanes and flew towards the hurricane.”
