Conservative commentators rallying around conservative leaders used to be pretty standard. This site used to discourage leftist smears and it was often not tolerated at all. There are a lot of websites on which liberals can smear conservatives, troll conservative’s supporters, and promote their liberal idols. This didn’t used to be one.
Birtherism is all over the place and the attacks on Cruz are identical to those you see on the left, even to the point of calling him the “Christian Taliban”.