Ted Cruz: From Doable Asshole to Unthinkable Liar

Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has had high expectations for himself since he was a high school student in Houston in the '80s. In a YouTube video flagged Saturday by Politico, the 18-year-old Cruz said he wanted to "you know, rule everything" after someone off-camera asked him what his "aspirations" in life are. Being a teenage boy, Cruz responded with, "Aspirations? Is that like sweat on my butt?" ... But then he moved on to more serious goals: world domination. "Well, other than t