[joesbucks]

It’s not just the left. Many of his primary opponents had the same issues with him.

[kiryandil]

#NeverTrumping Palin-hater joescuck weighs in:

It’s not just the left. Many of his primary opponents had the same issues with him.

The primary opponents who would have been "stew meat" for the Clinton Machine...

[odawg]

“Many of his primary opponents had the same issues with him.”

“opponents” operative word. Political opponents usually try to smear their political opponents.