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Which Dad is More Embarrassing: Ron Paul or Rafael Cruz?

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| Mon Oct. 20, 2014 2:10 PM EDT
Paul: Tom Uhlman/AP; Cruz: Tony Gutierrez/AP

If Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) do battle for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, they'll have to carefully manage their most popular yet embarrassing surrogates: their fathers. Here's a quick guide to the septuagenarian bomb-throwers.

 
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