Correction: Twitchy, not Sen. Cruz, made the boo-boo. As our astute commenters have pointed out, Grover Cleveland served two nonconsecutive terms. Our apologies to Sen. Cruz.
Senator Ted Cruz might be one of the smartest people on Capitol Hill, but he made a bit of a boo-boo today by asking which of “our 43 American presidents” inspire his Twitter followers. Of course, there have been 44, counting President Obama — which our friends on the Left were giddy to point out.
@EyeDesertBlog @tedcruz interesting that you 'limited' answers to our "43" Presidents!
— Connie McDonald (@ConnieAustinTX) February 19, 2013
44 DOLT! RT @tedcruz: Happy Presidents' Day! Which of our 43 American Presidents inspires you most to fight to preserve our great republic?
— Miles Tache (@Sublimateus) February 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/cguirre/status/303662257865367553
https://twitter.com/heartland_/status/303658341400444928
https://twitter.com/MooseOfReason/status/303657796904300544
It’s possible that Cruz meant to ask only about past presidents, or that it was simply a typo. Either way, he got some interesting responses from all 57 states.
@tedcruz Ronaldus Magnus!
— Rafael Cardona (@Rafi_88_Fan) February 19, 2013
@kesgardner @tedcruz Don't forget William Henry Harrison. He got sworn in, gave a speech, and died. Least intrusive President of all time.
— Alex Kauffman, D.D. (@alexkauff) February 19, 2013
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@tedcruz Cleveland was a GREAT Conservative http://t.co/qO1xVst1
— Al Garcia (@AlGarciaUSA) February 19, 2013
@tedcruz Ronald Reagan! And i think he'd be proud to see you in office. Thanks for all you do!
— Rana salmawi (@ranasalmawi) February 19, 2013
HARDING. RT @tedcruz: Happy Presidents' Day! Which of our 43 American Presidents inspires you most to fight to preserve our great republic?
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) February 19, 2013
@tedcruz Wilson, Roosevelt, Johnson, Carter and Obama.These adherents to progressive tyranny are the only catalyst for Conservatives action.
— mike schirmer (@themikeschirmer) February 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/LAmikemartinez/status/303663327257714688
Franklin Pierce? Not sure we would have picked that one — but he did have awesome hair.
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/303684599068889088
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/303685715441635329
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/303682873347694592