Cruz-Hating Republicans Need a Reality Check

The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 25, 2016 | Ramesh Ponnuru

[PLMerite]

And I hope to soon be one of them.

[Jim W N]

I don’t know if I see that either. Again, that sounds more like the “all-or-nothing” thinking against Cruz among Trumpiteers. I mean, I’m for Trump but where has Cruz clearly demonstrated by his record that he is not trustworthy (meaning honest about his convictions)?

[vette6387]

“Texas has had people coming here from all over the world seeking freedom for several years now. “

Be careful who you take, your “brand” will suffer! But while you’re at it, why don’t you overhaul “what passes for a justice system there.” This business with Planned Parenthood and the video investigators and the Whacko Biker mess, don’t look good from where I sit. Your “good old boy” justice system is a disgrace! Can you say Ronnie Earle, Abel Reyna, etc.?

[TigerClaws]

Cruz for SCOTUS.

He won’t win any states we lost last time out. In fact, he’d do worse than Romney.

[Jim W N]

Maybe that’s why an outsider, a “citizen-statesmen” is needed. I mean Reagan was from outside the beltway and he got along with everybody pretty much even though the GOPe didn’t like him. Who knows, maybe if Reagan had been a Senator for eight years, they all would have hated him too. Dunno. Is there a way to stand for the Constitution in the Senate anymore without being tarred and feathered? I don’t know. But, again, if not, then maybe an outsider is what is needed to deal with these jackals but in a Reaganesque way, meaning VERY SMART (Reagan was a negotiating pro) while getting MOST of what you want.

I think Trump could come in with the same, possibly better, skills but always with the idea of getting MOST of what you want (what you promised the American People) and then after the success of the 70% you got, it’s easier to get most of the remaining 30%. That’s how Reagan did it.

Somehow you’ve got to stand for your convictions without alienating these guys. If Cruz has alienated these guys, then at least for now, Cruz may be a lost cause. BUT, if Cruz were Trump’s VP, who knows, maybe there’d be a different dynamic in eight years and Cruz could be a successful President. Sixteen years of recovery. That’s a good start.

[JSDude1]

What do you have against Indian Americans?

[JSDude1]

Maybe you’re reading your own motives into this article? I merely posted it, and I think your reasoning is stretching.

[JSDude1]

Did you even read the article, or are you just projecting the headline onto your own motives!?

[donna]

Well, they did try to impeach Reagan for negotiating with terrorists.

We need to elect more virtuous senators so there will be fewer haters.

[JSDude1]

Funny that’s what I kind of think about Donald Trump (though I would still vote for him, if he makes it through the nomination).

[SunkenCiv]

How nice, another red herring topic -- Trump haters need to stop calling Trump supporters "Cruz-haters".

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[Lee'sGhost]

You can redefine “hate” all you want, that doesn’t mean you aren’t wrong.

Do a search for “republicans hate Cruz” and you will see dozens of examples. Notice the word HATE.

[katana]

There are fellow senators of his who hate him with a passion. Partly because he is sand in the gears of their gravy train. But also, I suspect, because when Cruz enters a room full of Republican politicians he doesn't pretend to be the smartest guy in the room, he really is the smartest guy in the room and the others are exposed as morons. Supposedly people in GWB's 2000 campaign and the Texas governor himself did not appreciate that aspect of Cruz's personality either. But it didn't stop them from putting his brain and drive to work road blocking Gore's Florida coup attempt.

The two presidents who tend to come out on top in any reasonable list of who had the most striking native intelligence were Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. Both were roundly hated by their fellow politicians, and in Roosevelt's case for the same reasons Cruz is despised by some of his colleagues. TR was incorruptible and as NY governor was a thorn in the side of the Republicans in Albany. Pres. McKinley's power broker back in Ohio, Mark Hanna, helped his New York brethren rid themselves of the troublesome governor by maneuvering him into the 1898 vice presidency, hoping of course that would be the death knell to his career. An assassin's pistol ruined that plan.

Point is, politicians are an egotistical, jealous, corrupt, and in most cases not too especially bright breed and one of their mottoes is "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down". Right now, seeing in Trump someone who's been playing the game with them for decades and who in their estimation is less of an insult and threat intellectually, Trump is the lesser of two evils. They're probably thinking once Cruz is out of the way the worst that can happen is a compliant President Trump or someone whose corruption and lack of actual intelligence rivals their own, Hillary Clinton.

[katana]

Sorry, 1900 election.

[vette6387]

“What do you have against Indian Americans?”

They aren’t “American” in their outlook. Actually, I don’t like anyone who has a hypnenated addendum to the word AMERICAN when they are referring to themselves. Can you say Nikki Haley? My wife and I were just discussing this very subject. Her father was Irish. One of her brothers is active in an Irish Heritage group. So she asked her dad why, since he was Irish too, that he didn’t do something similar. His answer to her was “because I’m an American!” Somewhere along the way, we’ve allowed “ethnic and religious compartmentalization” to fluorish in this country and it’s a shame, since it’s completely antithethical to our founding principles.

[Jim W N]

My comments were directed at the author of the article, not you as the poster. I know you didn’t write the article.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

This same writer had a hate Trump piece yesterday.
Who the heck is this guy?

[brickdds]

Re:”Yeah, that’s just what we need, and coming from some “Transplanted Elephant Driver” from India or Bangladesh. Sheesh Texans, you’ve allowed your media to be polluted by these fifth colmn foreign turds.”

From Wikipedia:
Ponnuru was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. He attended Briarwood Elementary School and Mission Valley Middle School. He skipped the 8th grade and directly entered high school. After graduating from Shawnee Mission East High School at the age of 15, he went to Princeton University, where he earned a B.A. in history and graduated summa cum laude. Raised by a Hindu father and a Lutheran mother,[2] Ponnuru is of Asian Indian descent and has converted to Roman Catholicism from agnosticism.[3] He is married to April Ponnuru.

Us Texans elected Ted Cruz; you are welcome.
You do nothing to help the cause of conservatism disparaging this man simply because you take issue with his stance.
If you can read you would see the dude is from the states. He ain’t Hindu either. He is a Conservative Christian American.
You on the other hand are a garden variety bigoted Trumphole.
Get over yourself.

[Jim W N]

You miss the point.

Reagan was an expert negotiator and was able to accomplish his promises and goals because of it, the Iran-Contra affair notwithstanding. The fact is Reagan negotiated tax cuts that brought us 25 years of economic growth and prosperity and negotiated the USSR out of business.

We need someone smart like that in the WH.

[brickdds]

Re:” IMO, I’ve seen a lot more vitriol towards Trump coming from those who favor Cruz than visa-versa.”

Then you haven’t been paying attention.