Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?

Jackson Hole News & Guide ^ | December 5, 2015 | Susan Estrich

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?

Being nice is, for better or worse, not a qualification for the presidency. “Nice” is not a term one often heard associated with Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, both — in their ways, and with obvious limits — highly effective presidents.

But I don’t remember reading quotes about either Nixon or Johnson from those close to them describing them as unqualified for the presidency on account of being just too mean, too arrogant and too self-centered.

After all, most nice people are not nearly so in love with the sound of their own voices as most politicians are; most of us don’t crave the adoration most politicians do; and frankly, being nice is often not consistent with the willingness to use people and then jettison them when they become a liability, which has become a hallmark of modern politics....

[Viking2002]

It is. Get off the floor. You look silly.

[bkopto]

So this shrivelled prune mummy-hag is still alive?

Go back to smoking your Camels, Susie. No one cares what you think.

[Mastador1]

I knew there was a reason my brain saw her name as Susan Ostrich! Looking at that picture proves my brain was right.

[monocle]

Susan piles one assertion on another without providing any facts.

[Calpublican]

Look, I don’t have the patience to figure out what this twit is talking about and, frankly, I don’t care.

We need a tough, honest president. If he has to be not nice, so be it. So what?

Get over yourself, Susan, you’re an idiot.

Further more, you’re writing is convoluted.

[Cobra64]

I want a bare-knuckled, street-fighter to kick ass in Washington, intimidate our trading partners, and nuke the Muslim pricks trying to kill Americans.

Reagan's Rule: America should be respected by our allies and feared by our enemies.

[Calpublican]

Write in clear, declarative sentences.

The first rule of journalism is you must be understood.

Actually I don’t know if that’s the first rule, but it should be.

Sorry, Hon, you have the voice of a man, the face of a witch, and the writing clarity of someone who probably needs a teleprompter when they speak.

We don’t GAS what you think.

[Olog-hai]

Scary when she makes Bruce Jenner look more feminine.

[Cobra64]

Obama possessed by Satan:

[Yosemitest]

CRUZ or LOSE!

"The Republican establishment has more experience electing Democrats than I do.
They've shown they know how to do it, in presidential races. "


What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz ( 1:46 )

Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.

CRUZ or LOSE!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

They’re really searching. How lame.

[shibumi]

Your best caption would be from the Gospel of Mark 1:5-13 -

"My name is Legion, for we are many."

[sparklite2]

I'm so mean, I had a dream of beatin' myself up.
Broke my nose, I broke my hand, I wrestled myself
 to the ground and then, I choked myself to death
and broke the choke and woke up. Argh! I'm mean.
You know what I mean. If you know what I mean,
you'll know what I mean! I'm mean! Meaner than...,
I sure am mean! Yeah, mean. I'm meaner than that.
You know what I mean. I'm so damn mean! I'm mean!

[DaxtonBrown]

Susan Estrich, now that’s mean in a bottle. Like anyone listens to her anymore.

Anyone who’s seen pics of Ted with his kids knows he isn’t mean

[fatnotlazy]

She used to show up as a pundit on Fox News. I don’t watch that channel anymore, so I don’t know if she’s still around.

Used to turn off the TV when Susan came on. That voice grated on me. Ugh!

[Lera]

that is so fitting

[TigersEye]

What many Republicans who know him are asking is not whether Cruz would make a good president (they think that's an easy one) but whether the American people will ever see the side of him that they dislike. The short answer, in this age in which anyone with a phone is a videographer, is: How could they not?

OK, Susan, if it's not possible to hide then why haven't we seen his meanness? I sure haven't.

[Viking2002]

Yeah, she looked and sounded like she hit the unfiltered smokes and Jim Beam a good bit, even back then.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Is Susan Estrich too ugly for anything?

[RginTN]

Obama is mean soooo....next excuse!