12/11/2023 0 Comments John boehner ted cruz devilMuch of what makes him so compelling a figure is how effectively he converts his own misery - his terrible fall from grace and his painful knowledge that for God this act of banishment was almost an afterthought - into purpose, and power.Īnd that sounds a lot like Cruz. Well, Milton’s Lucifer is indeed a rather miserable son of a bitch. So what about Ted Cruz? How does he measure up to Milton’s conception of the Prince of Darkness? Thus he becomes humanity’s adversary as well. Nonetheless, out of sheer spite he sets out to frustrate God’s plans by corrupting his terrestrial creation. Milton’s Satan sees himself as God’s adversary - he believes himself to be self-created and has the titanic ambition to defeat and overthrow God himself, an ambition he pursues even after he knows it is absurd because he was just almost casually cast out of heaven and has no way to return. These two sides of this figure’s personality are united in the greatest literary conception of his dark majesty: in Milton’s Paradise Lost. But when a character named Lucifer first appears, in Isaiah (as an epithet for the ruler of Babylon), he is God’s adversary, the personification of the arrogant assertion of self against all restraint. To answer that question requires a brief inquiry into who the devil Satan or Lucifer really is. The word “Satan” derives from the Hebrew word for “adversary,” and when he first appears in the Book of Job it is as the adversary of mankind: Satan walks the Earth looking for evidence of sin and brings the evidence of human weakness and failure to divine attention. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” The comment earned the headlines it subsequently solicited, both as a barbed contribution to the fray of this presidential campaign, and a delayed form of personal payback.īut was it good literary criticism or good theology? Was Lucifer - fallen angel, ruler of hell - really a “miserable son of a bitch?” If so, is Ted Cruz a reasonable choice of avatar? Or do other candidates perhaps better deserve the title of satanic majesty? And finally, whether or not any of the current candidates actually resemble Satan, would they do as good a job as Satan at directing American foreign and domestic policy? “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. WCPO has reached out to the staff of the Stanford Daily for comment.In a candid conversation with Stanford students last week, former Speaker of the House John Boehner was asked his opinion of Ted Cruz. Read the full story from the paper, here. Because apparently, Boehner doesn't make deals with the Devil. > Boehner called Donald Trump one of his “texting buddies.” Boehner voted for Kasich in the Ohio Republican presidential primary, but said he'd vote for Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee. “Don’t be shocked.if two weeks before the convention, here comes Joe Biden parachuting in and Barack Obama fanning the flames to make it all happen,” Boehner said. He recovered when he said he had known Clinton for 25 years and finds her to be very accomplished and smart.īoehner also speculated about surprises that could come closer to the Democratic National Convention if Hillary Clinton’s emails became a larger scandal. > Boehner impersonated Clinton, saying “Oh I’m a woman, vote for me" and received a negative crowd reaction. "But he’s still my friend, and I love him." “ requires more effort on my behalf than all my other friends," Boehner said. > He called presidential hopeful and Ohio Governor John Kasich needy. "I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life.” “I have Democrat friends and Republican friends," Boehner said. > Boehner called Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh." Here's what else the student newspaper claims Boehner said at the public event: If only that was the most outlandish thing the West Chester native told the audience. He also told audience members at the talk, hosted by the Stanford Speakers Bureau, they could call him "beaner" and "jackass." “You can call me boner," Boehner said as he took the stage at Stanford University's CEMEX Auditorium on Wednesday evening, according to the university's student newspaper, The Stanford Daily. It's the word many unfamiliar with the former Speaker of the House have mistakenly said when trying to pronounce his name.
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