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Ted Cruz: ‘Star Trek’s Captain Kirk was probably a Republican
MSNBC.com ^ | 7/24/2015 | Benjamin Landy

Posted on 07/24/2015 10:38:00 AM PDT by GoneSalt

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz offered some surprisingly strong opinions on the politics of “Star Trek” in an interview published Thursday in The New York Times Magazine, arguing “it is quite likely that Kirk is a Republican and Picard is a Democrat.”

“Let me do a little psychoanalysis,” Cruz says when asked about the fictional space captains from the landmark 1960s television series and its ”Next Generation” follow-up, which aired some 30 years later. “If you look at ‘’Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ it basically split James T. Kirk into two people. Picard was Kirk’s rational side, and William Riker was his passionate side. I prefer a complete captain. To be effective, you need both heart and mind.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cruz; election2016; kirk; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 07/24/2015 10:38:00 AM PDT by GoneSalt
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To: GoneSalt
And what am I, big boy?


2 posted on 07/24/2015 10:39:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (WSJs approval of law-breaking and disdain for the Bill of Rights reveals anti-American principles)
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To: GoneSalt

Well, it’s a fair thing to say that Landru (TOS episode “Return of the Archons”) was a Democrat.


3 posted on 07/24/2015 10:40:32 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Uncle Miltie

weird.


4 posted on 07/24/2015 10:40:56 AM PDT by brivette (lol~)
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To: GoneSalt
Crap, don't open that can of worms.

The MSM has dashed off to interview Wm Shatner as we speak. Expect lefty Shatner to say something snide about Cruz and the MSM to sneeringly play the soundbite, over and over.

5 posted on 07/24/2015 10:41:33 AM PDT by skeeter ( THAT)
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To: Uncle Miltie

What about the klingtons LOL!


6 posted on 07/24/2015 10:41:55 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: GoneSalt

The Tribbles were Democrats.


7 posted on 07/24/2015 10:42:49 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: GoneSalt

Star Trek is big government utopianism. Especially after TNG.

I expect writers and actors will jump at the chance to ridicule him, because leftists are petty like that.


8 posted on 07/24/2015 10:43:37 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: skeeter

wan’t shatner in some legal show where he was being mugged and shoots the mugger as he was turning over his watch and wallet.


9 posted on 07/24/2015 10:45:06 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: blueunicorn6; All

“The Tribbles were Democrats.”

The Tribbles were Democrats on welfare.

Fixed it: )


10 posted on 07/24/2015 10:45:28 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Shadow44

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html


11 posted on 07/24/2015 10:45:48 AM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: blueunicorn6

The tribbles definitely voted democrat. They met all the requirements. They sat around, did nothing but breed and consume resources.

I’m surprised you didn’t see them sitting on that ladder in the engine room with a brown paper bag containing a bottle of Thunderbird in front of them.


12 posted on 07/24/2015 10:46:23 AM PDT by henkster (Where'd my tagline go?)
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To: GoneSalt

Did Cruz just say a leader might need a “Democratic side” to be “complete”?

There will be unrest among the perennial purists tonite


13 posted on 07/24/2015 10:46:43 AM PDT by GoneSalt
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To: longtermmemmory

Dunno, probably. Shatner has appeared on every TV show since 1962.


14 posted on 07/24/2015 10:47:33 AM PDT by skeeter ( THAT)
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To: Shadow44

“Star Trek is big government utopianism. Especially after TNG.”

There have been a couple of non-canon books written about “Life under the Federation”. One idea is that the reason mankind expands so fast across the universe is that people are seeking to escape from “Benevolent Government”.


15 posted on 07/24/2015 10:48:31 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: GoneSalt

http://mashable.com/2015/07/23/shatner-cruz-kirk-star-trek/


16 posted on 07/24/2015 10:49:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: GoneSalt

How about the TOS episode “This Side of Paradise”, that featured the late Jill Ireland? That episode was a fairly good comment on mindless welfare state freeloading and related ills.


17 posted on 07/24/2015 10:50:07 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: blueunicorn6

>>>The Tribbles were Democrats.

Yup, all they did was eat all your food and multiply.


18 posted on 07/24/2015 10:50:40 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: GoneSalt

Harvey Mudd: McCain


19 posted on 07/24/2015 10:51:04 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: GoneSalt
Did Cruz just say a leader might need a “Democratic side” to be “complete”?

No, it appears it was just you saying it.

“Let me do a little psychoanalysis,” Cruz says when asked about the fictional space captains from the landmark 1960s television series and its ”Next Generation” follow-up, which aired some 30 years later. “If you look at ‘’Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ it basically split James T. Kirk into two people. Picard was Kirk’s rational side, and William Riker was his passionate side. I prefer a complete captain. To be effective, you need both heart and mind.”
20 posted on 07/24/2015 10:51:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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