So, today we learn that by the time he turned 10 years old, Calgary Cruz already had a political hero, and his name was
Jesse Helms:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz started off his Wednesday speech on foreign policy at the conservative Heritage Foundation with a confession: His first political contribution was a $10 contribution to the late Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), when he was 10. Then he followed it up with a plea. "We need 100 more like Jesse Helms," he said.
Well, I don't know how the rest of America would feel about that, but one thing that's pretty obvious is that if there were 100 Jesse Helmses in the United States Senate, there wouldn't be any room left for any senators named Ted Cruz. In other words, things would be exactly how Jesse Helms thought they should be.