I understand the dreadful calculus of necessity. Cruz knows he is not likely to win the NY State delegates, nor NJ, CT so he can savage NY and smear Trump in so doing so with no cost to himself electorally and he may manage to keep his campaign alive thru Iowa.
The cost is not only measured that way. He has behaved as a cad, attacking people and an entire state that had done nothing to deserve attack. He has raised millions from the NYC corporate world, more than from his entire grassroots network.
Cruz is running for President in a Nation that needs desperately to be healed. A Nation where race, religious and class warfare has been ginned up by the current administration to a fever pace. Instead of showing the Nation that he embraces all of America’s diversity he showed he was willing to sack NY to win a few points on his opponent. I have lost respect for him as a candidate and a man because he put his election above the good of the Nation.
I’m sorry for the folks who claim to live in NYC and hate its guts. NY is a very unique place, lots good, lots not so good and parts that are exceptional and those parts inspire the world. 20% turnout in the last election because people felt hopeless about their choices so take the DeBlasio meme for what it is.
‘He has behaved as a cad, attacking people and an entire state that had done nothing to deserve attack.’
Hannity has been nailing it about Cruz and NY values. It was not being a ‘cad’, but hey!
I expect New Yorkers to react with pride. We expect nothing less. He woke them up, challenged their sense of right-and-wrong. Some will end up thanking him for it one day.
And in the meantime, Trump reminded them, New England, and all the US of 9-11 in a profound way. Not even ‘Have You Forgotten’ could have done a better job of bringing us back to basics.
9-11 was New York’s finest hour.
I feel tingly just remembering what Trump said [and this coming from one of the most rabid New York-bashing critics on earth].