Ted 'Calgary' Cruz: Michele Bachmann with a twang

To understand just how crazy Canadian-born U.S. Sen. Ted "Calgary" Cruz really is, you've got to listen to him in his own words, and this May 2010 speech to the Heritage Foundation is as good a place to start as any.

Unfortunately, the speech is 30 minutes long, but if you don't have the patience to listen to a half hour of Ted Cruz droning on and on about how a new "great conservative awakening" will defeat President Barack Obama's "socialist agenda" in 2012, you're in luck'I've edited it down to less than 90 seconds. The video is at the top of this post. Enjoy.