Posted on 01/26/2016 10:42:26 AM PST by conservative98
With the bromance between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump over, the mogul turned GOP front-runner has begun trash talking the senator from Texas. "He's a nasty guy," Trump recently huffed. "Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him." For members of the politerati, this was no revelation. As Cruz has quickly climbed the political ladder, he has left a long line of associates who complain, without much prompting, that he is an insufferable schmuck.
A prominent aide to George W. Bush's 2000 campaign could barely contain himself when we asked him to discuss Cruz, who worked in the campaign's policy shop. This person described Cruz as hyper-arrogant and widely despised, and he emphasized--over and over--that the pervasive dislike of Cruz within the Bush ranks had nothing to do with ideology. (Cruz, he noted, never objected to Bush's call for compassionate conservatism, immigration reform, and national education standards, and no one on the campaign regarded him as an ideologue.) The problem was simple: his personality. "That's exactly what he was: a big asshole," says a campaign veteran who worked with Cruz.
"Ted thought he was an expert on everything," says this campaign veteran, who asked not to be named. "He was a smart and talented guy, but completely taken with himself and his own ideas. He would offer up opinions on everything, even matters outside his portfolio. He was a policy guy, but he would push his ideas on campaign strategy. He would send memos on everything to everyone. He would come to meetings where he wasn't invited--and wasn't wanted." In fact, this Bush alum recalls, "the quickest way for a meeting to end would be for Ted to come in. People would want out of that meeting. People wouldn't go to a meeting if they knew he would be there. It was his inability to be part of the team. That's exactly what he was: a big asshole."
The Bush vet goes on: "I don't know anyone who had a decent relationship with Cruz." And when Bush became president, his top campaign aides agreed Cruz should not be offered a job in the White House. "No one wanted to work with him," this source remembers. "George W. Bush couldn't stand the guy."
Sounds more and more like John MeCain or Mitch McConnell!
Sure. But he has some good qualities too.
Did this aide do Cruz the favor of telling him to pipe down and behave?
Probably not. Too wussy.
Donald Trump thinks he's on the reality show 'Survivor'.
Couldn't stand waiting to let everyone know what a lowlife loser Sarah and her family were, so they "didn't hold anything against McCain!"
Cruz sounds like one of those brilliant minds that just has no personality.
Put him on the Supreme Court
Good. Sounds like what we need. I for one am tired of people going up there and trying to get along with the Democrats. I want war to the knife.
Exactly!
SCOTUS and he can annoy liberals for 40 years.
You mean the guys Donald Trump says Cruz needs to work with? That seems odd.
Politics 101 is getting elected. Can Cruz win the General? Not so sure about that.
I’ve seen various videos of people challenging Ted Cruz at campaign stops like that girl from Juno. In each of those, he responds with critical thinking and reasoned debate that defeats the challengers liberal worldview. When Donald Trump is challenged he responds with insults and temper tantrums, never addressing the flaw in their argument.
The better question is, “Which of them ISN’T?”
How else to analogize a Primary?
I would rather believe someone who KNOWS Ted Cruz and who has actually worked with him CLOSELY on a personal level, rather than someone who doesn’t know him and gets his information from legislators who would rather compromise with Democrats to the detriment of the country. ( and forget their promises to the voters ).
READ THIS FROM SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED WITH HIM AT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION:
THE REAL TED CRUZ
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/01/the_real_ted_cruz.html
I expect Donald to throw out the “Wacko-Bird” next.
Coward.
Nobody in Congress likes him.
Uh, this is an insult? Trump is an ass.
If you read up on Cruz’s past, this is a consistent theme. He’s always considered himself better than everyone else, and that attitude has a price. Given the decorum standards of FR, let’s just call him a “BA”.
Well I watched an interview a few mos back with Cruz and he basically said his own ambition/arrogance was what kept him from getting a top job in the GW Bush Admin. He said he learned a big lesson from that experience. I don’t know if he did or if he didn’t.
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