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On Thursday, Republican senator Ted Cruz tried to insult his political opponents by comparing them to Lisa Simpson, and Republicans to Homer Simpson. But the dis fell flat when his targets agreed with him completely.

During a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, conservative commentator Ben Domenech said the ongoing debate about gun control was similar to an episode of the Simpsons. To that, Cruz said “I think the Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson and Republicans are happily the party of Homer and Bart and Maggie and Marge.”

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The response was a collective arched eyebrow from Democratic fans of the long-running Fox animated series. Some pointed out that Lisa is the show’s smartest and most ethically consistent character. Others noted that Homer is a drunken idiot and arguably “the stupidest man in Springfield,” (which means comparisons to him are the real insult).

A still greater number noted the unintentional irony of Cruz’s comparison, thanks to a 2000 episode of “The Simpsons” called “Bart to the Future,” in which Lisa and Bart get a glimpse of their lives in the far-flung future of the 2020s. As it turns out, Lisa ends up being elected president, and specifically, she’s forced to deal with the fiscal and diplomatic disaster caused by her direct predecessor — Donald Trump.

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Read on for some of the best responses.

Lisa Simpson aka the smart one https://t.co/Qo8tgdRA1m

— Zach???? (@ZachsRevolution) February 22, 2018

this is not an insult https://t.co/qIWnYVGSRK

— Geraldine (@everywhereist) February 22, 2018

"Lisa Goes to Washington" https://t.co/tBSqJtq85C

— Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) February 22, 2018

okay this one might actually represent the modern GOP pic.twitter.com/E2njYzRAtC

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) February 22, 2018

I don't understand how Lisa Simpson is supposed to be insulting… ????????‍♀️ saying your own party is like Homer is the real insult. pic.twitter.com/NK3FlgHjP3

— A ❄️ (@WineAndWin) February 22, 2018

"We are the party of arguably the stupidest man in Springfield. Yes, even if you include Ned Flanders or Chief Wiggum" https://t.co/tJtCvPkU6k

— wakandan sisterwife (@simplysope) February 22, 2018

So Ted Cruz says that Democrats are the party of Lisa Simpson (caring, intelligent, proactive) and Republicans are the party of Homer (dumb, loud, nearly destroyed the town multiple times)… Seems about right.

— Tyler (@FWE_Games) February 22, 2018

Republicans are so high off their own anti-reason fumes they think saying "we're the party of Homer Simpson and Democrats are Lisa" makes them look good.

— T'Challah French Toast (@BostonJerry) February 22, 2018

Ted Cruz was spot on saying Republicans are the party of Homer Simpson though.

He thinks he's an "everyman" who has "common sense ideas" but really he's bumbling, irresponsible idiot who destroys everything he touches.

— T'Challah French Toast (@BostonJerry) February 22, 2018

Lisa Simpson is the smart one. Bart and Homer are the dumb ones. So, yeah, not sure where Ted Cruz is going with this. Maybe he should try actually watching The Simpsons. https://t.co/wyyAcgUG5y

— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) February 22, 2018

“You win friends with concealed weapons, not salad. Get it? Because you don’t win friends with salad like Lisa Simpson or the Democrats. Worked on that for a year.” — Ted Cruz

— Mustafa Redonkulous (@mredonkulous) February 22, 2018

Well, I don't know if you remember but Lisa Simpson was voted into office in a future-telling episode of The Simpsons right after "President Trump" had been in office.

— Papa Fargo (@jmfargo) February 22, 2018

HIGHLIGHTS from [my Senator]Ted Cruz at CPAC: Dems are the party of Lisa Simpson, colleges are run by hippies and more! https://t.co/nunc0rRh4R via @twitchyteam

— FlameCCT (@FlameCCT) February 22, 2018

Lisa Simpson became president https://t.co/cKoVS5W24m

— ???????????????? ???? ???????????????????? (@papa_dagon) February 22, 2018

Remember the Simpson lore has it that Lisa Simpson is preceded by Donald Trump who leaves the country broke and Lisa is bullied by the country's foreign creditors until Bart comes in and drives them away https://t.co/LiAzJy7iUZ

— Farrukh K. Pitafi (@FarrukhKPitafi) February 22, 2018

Fun fact- Lisa Simpson grows up to be President. Ted Cruz does not. pic.twitter.com/6gekbH27Ay

— Kid Phantasm (@cbbruuno) February 22, 2018

Former “The Simpsons” animator Anna Maltese even dropped in to explain why Cruz was both right, and also very wrong.

Homer voted for Obama in 2008. And I personally worked on the gay marriage episode, in which Marge pleads with Reverend Lovejoy not to stand in the way of people who love each other. In fact, that's the episode I'm most proud of.

— Anna Maltese ???? (@MalteseAnna) February 22, 2018

I think what this really comes down to is that @tedcruz is simply thirsty for a VO spot on the show and this – in addition to that Simpsons "audition" video he made – is another cry for help in landing that gig.

— Anna Maltese ???? (@MalteseAnna) February 22, 2018

The 2018 CPAC conference kicked off Wednesday and runs through Saturday.

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2016 Nobel Prize Winner

In a 2010 episode, Milhouse predicted that Bengt R. Holmstrom would win the Nobel Prize in Economics and, sure enough, in 2016 Holmstrom and Oliver Hart were announced as joint winners of the prize.
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Seventeen years ago in an episode titled "Bart to the Future," Lisa becomes president after Donald Trump, apparently, ruined the economy.

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Siegfried and Roy Tiger Attack

In 1993, an episode titled "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)," magicians in a Siegfried and Roy-like show got attacked by their trustworthy tiger.

In 2003, Roy was attacked by one of their white tigers during a live performance. He sustained injuries, but lived.

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Arnold Palmer

On the 28th season premiere, the satirical series made an Arnold Palmer joke... on the day that golfer Arnold Palmer died.

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“Arnold Palmer Lenny?” Marge responds. “You’re going to Arnold Palmer Lenny?”

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Faulty Voting Machine

During the 2012 elections, a voting machine proved faulty when votes cast for Barack Obama went to Mitt Romney instead.

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Higgs Boson

In a 1998 episode, "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," Homer writes out an equation on a chalkboard which, if solved, “you get the mass of a Higgs boson that’s only a bit larger than the nano-mass of a Higgs boson actually is," says Simon Singh, science author.
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Horse Meat Scandal

In 1994, an episode titled "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song," the lunch lady was seen reaching into a barrel labeled "assorted horse parts" and putting the meat into the school's lunch pot.

In 2013, it was reported that traces of horse DNA was found in beef products across the UK.

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Guitar Hero

The now basically extinct but once popular video game Guitar Hero was first released in 2005.

But in a 2002 "The Simpsons" episode, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards give Homer a jacket that has "guitar hero" printed on the back of it.
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Farmville

The virtual reality game, Farmville, was all the craze in 2009 with people rushing home from work or school to tend to their farm.

In a 1998 episode, "The Simpsons" shows a scene were kids are excited to play in a yard work simulator.
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Old Beatles Letters

In Season 2's episode 18, "Brush With Greatness," Ringo Starr from the Beatles is shown responding to fan letters while saying: "They took the time to write me, and I don’t care if it takes me another 20 years. I’m going to answer every one of them."

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Smart Watches

Sorry Apple, but "The Simpsons" had smart watches first.

In a 1995 episode in which the show is set in the future, Lisa's husband is shown speaking to a phone on his wrist.

The first smartwatch wasn't created until 2013.
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U.S. Wins an Olympic Gold Medal in Curling

In 2010, Homer and Marge beat Sweden and took home an Olympic gold medal for Team U.S.A. in Mixed Match Curling. As the animated sportscaster said, "Open your history books, tear out the pages and put this indelible Olympic moment in."
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