Posted on 07/30/2016 2:50:23 PM PDT by monkapotamus
Ted may be brilliant in some ways, but it’s all about Ted...and folks just don’t like that.
He’s book smart, legally brilliant, and people dumb.
And exactly how is “I told you so” going to get him Trump voters.
The answer. It won’t.
Of course it won’t. But Cruz ain’t that swift, and he’s definitely not hip to what is bubbling up out here in the world. He’s an unlikable clod. He makes Benny Hinn look like St. Augustine.
>What a fall from grace. At one time, Cruz was a shining star in the conservative movement. We are hard pressed to find another politician who fell so far so fast. And it was all of his own stubbornness and his delusions of grandeur. Such a shame.
The only people I see talking well about Ted Cruz these days are Democrats.
>The thing I don’t get, what did he THINK was going to happen? He should have just stayed home. There was nothing to gain by doing what he did.
>It just shows he is somewhat delusional to think he was going to get some kind of magical career lift with that performance.
Obama promised him something on that flight they took together.
‘but make no mistake.... the man is brilliant.’
You and I are apparently the only two who still believe this—and I haven’t been a Cruz supporter for over a year.
He would have had the nomination if he had supported the American people and the Constitution with his votes on the TPA,TPP, and the Iran nuclear treaty. I forgot to add the H-1b visas.
He chose.....poorly.
Like I said - you can be book brilliant and people dumb as my grandmother used to say.
That fits Cruz.
I was an early Cruz supporter, but he jumped the shark. He turned out to be petty. His future in politics is zero.
Agree!
Another Word Crime in that last sentence. Can you spot it?
Ted Cruz still has a future as a Presidential Spoiler.
Cruz is a paid candidate spoiler for Democrat billionaire donors. Bet he has a fat bank account. Retired for life. Like Paul Ryan’s huge mansion, like a drug lord, there is big money in spoiler politics.
>Cruz is a paid candidate spoiler for Democrat billionaire donors. Bet he has a fat bank account. Retired for life. Like Paul Ryan’s huge mansion, like a drug lord, there is big money in spoiler politics.
Nah, Ted’s done after this year. He can switch parties but he won’t get traction. Rick Perry is running against him in 2018. Ted and his followers are being used like cheap whores.
I think he thinks Trump will fail, and he’ll say “See, I told you so.”
Or he thinks Trump will win. Then Cruz can lead the “true conservative” opposition to “NY Liberal” President Trump. I don’t doubt Cruz has wet dreams about fundraising off opposing a President Trump agenda. Regardless, by going AWOL in the battle to defeat the Butcher of Benghazi Ted Cruz has proven he is no patriot.
Watching Cruz with his family was sad and enlightening. I have a genuine affection with my children. My friends have a genuine affection with their children. Cruz does not appear to have that. There is something wrong with his family dynamic.
I believe he lived apart from his “wife” for 8 years. Something real odd going on in that family, IMO.
Exactly my thought. I can't stand Boehner and McConnell but they did peg Cruz correctly.
And exactly how is “I told you so” going to get him Trump voters.
The answer. It won’t.
I don’t think he has a choice. Most likely the infidelity rumors are true and Heidi has Ted by the you know what. She very likely could be calling many of the shots here.
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