Posted on 03/29/2015 6:44:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As we have discovered since he jetted from the starting blocks as 2016s first declared presidential candidate, Ted Cruz seems to be a lot of things: scholar, radical (or patriot), genius (or know-it-all), upstart, loner, throwback (or traditionalist) and all-around lightning rod.
Unproven, however, is that Cruz, a devoutly conservative Republican, is not qualified to seek the presidency, which was the position staked out by feather-trigger snipers even as Liberty University students showered his announcement with standing ovations. (Yes, they sort of had to be there, but they didnt have to be enthusiastic about it.)
Cruz, 44, is a first-term senator with limited executive experience who started running for president almost (?) before he was sworn in 26 months ago. He betrays no appetite for the difficult work of legislation, appears to have no true friends on Capitol Hill and gives every sign he considers the Senate a launching pad.
What Cruz does have is a proven intellect, a silver tongue, an intriguing personal narrative, a well-formed political philosophy and a passion for unleashing it while correcting the nations wayward course from the Oval Office. Oh, and just this moment hes given a hamsters chance in a den of boa constrictors of becoming his partys presidential nominee.
Taken together, the qualities affixed to Cruz describe, word-for-word, Barack Obama as spring dawned on 2007. Well, except for the proven intellect part. We simply conceded Obama had to be bright, despite an absence of documented evidence. Obamas university transcripts remain sealed tight, and classmates or professors proclaiming his unique smarts seem lost to witness protection.
Cruz, meanwhile, has both the book-learning bona fides he sprung from Princeton and Harvard Law School cum laude and magna cum laude, respectively was a one-man Kentucky of the university debate scene and, says legendary Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz a liberals liberal is off the charts brilliant.
Cruz clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and, as Texas solicitor general, he returned to the Supreme Court nine times to argue cases, each time incandescently, observers say. This is in no way to suggest the country will, or should, promenade again with an untested partner. Only that, in politics, weird things happen.
The real problem with Cruz isnt that he doesnt know what hes talking about. The New Yorkers Jeffrey Toobin, a grudging admirer, says his comprehensive and comprehensible world view informs some very serious political arguments. Yes, even on climate change. Its not that hes hypocritical, although if hed opted for Medi-Share, the Christian health network, instead of Obamacare, it would have been a master stroke. And its not that hes a lousy strategist, no matter whats said about his filibuster that precipitated the government shutdown in September 2013. Every self-respecting Texan aches for his Alamo moment, and a year later Republicans dominated the midterms like Sam Houston at San Jacinto.
No, the real problem with Cruz is that he is absolutely certain he is right. About everything. Even for those on his side, the word for this quality, says wife Heidi, is irksome. To endure, he must learn to talk to, not at, those he needs to persuade.
To Cruzs credit, he insults the right detractors, beginning with the usual suspects: California Gov. Jerry Brown, MSNBC, left-wing talking heads and elite journalists hammering out hit pieces for journals revered on Manhattans Upper West Side. But he also appalls the Republican establishment, who gave America Dole, McCain and Romney.
In other words, so far, so good. Whether this is the boast of the man on his tumble from a high-rise or some genius strategy, only the primaries will reveal.
My bet: they'll find some woman that he tried to kiss back in first grade. The MSM will go berserk, absolutely nuts with it.
What they’ll go nuts with more is figuring out what to do when his supporters don’t care
“the real problem with Cruz is that he is absolutely certain he is right. About everything.”
And how is that any different from Ocarter? I’ve never seen a more smug, self-assured person.
Nothing, my friend. This man has been preparing for this moment all his life. He is what he is—he’s the real deal.
Destiny!
Father God,
We stand on the promises of Psalm 91 for Ted Cruz and his family.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+91&version=NIV
May no arrow formed against him prosper.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
He will blow past Hillary or anyone else the Democrats can heave against him like they were nailed to the ground.
Ping.
Seems to me that would be a valuable characteristic for a POTUS and Leader of the Free World, as long as it focused on its benefit rather than its destruction. :-)
the real problem with Cruz is that he is absolutely certain he is right. About everything.
Other than being a bit soft on deportations he does seem to have EVERYTHING nailed down correctly.
So what’s the issue? Does he have to act introspective or something if he says extended Unemployment Benefits lead to lazy job seekers?
I stand with Ted
I am looking at several of the GOP candidates. To see who I am for. Not Bush, Christie, or Huckabee, but several of the others. Ted is one of those. And, I have never seen such a derangement syndrome from the other side after an announcement. Amazing. Ted has them spooked, bigtime...
No, they didn’t have to be enthusiastic - and several of them were just sitting there - you could see the audience behind Cruz, and there were a few who didn’t seem to be participating.
And .. I believe the President of the school said as much. The students do not have to applaud or stand, they just have to be there.
They run three of those a week, which the media usually “forgets” to mention that.
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Reagan had them so spooked they didn’t know what to do, so they reported him more or less straight. I think they were certain that if they just let him talk, the voters would run to Carter.
Didn’t work out that way. They won’t do that again.
If Cruz wins (or Walker, for that matter) it will only be by taking a huge chunk out of the MSM’s butt. I’m not saying he won’t do it, either. What I’m saying is that Cruz will be running against the MSM to a larger extent than he will be running against whichever goblin the Democrats nominate.
Yeah, the media seems to forget a lot of things.
It works for pilots and surgeons.
It’s the first thing either are taught in their socialization.
People always complain about them in the USAF.
Worked with both
I tell people, it’s not that they’re jerks, it’s that they have a job to do that they’ve prepared for and they appreciate it when those they work with are prepared for their own jobs.
that’s all.
they don’t tolerate dishonesty - there is no time. No room for distrust.
When people like this choose a team, their discernment can appear snobbish, but it’s just excellence.
BSers like those in the media have no stomach for it. And they fade next to it.
I think so too. This election will be about foreign policy, and though there are differences between Walker and Cruz domestically, There is not much daylight between them on foreign policy.
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