I was for Cruz last April before Trump came in, and thought he could win, but honestly thought he was so unpopular and so ineffective in the Senate that as Orez I didn’t think he would do anything except take arrows.
Trump showed me he could send arrows back. After I switched I still planned to support Cruz if he got the nomination, but I do think that he began playing the God card way too heavy, and mixing religion and politics more than anyone since Pat Robertson.
Ok, so if you want to run as William Jennings Bryan, fine but you better be squeaky clean, and then came the “vote fraud” and Carson stuff. Again, ANY OTHER CANDIDATE this wouldn’t have been a big deal, but Cruz’s supporters were going on and on about Trump’s divorces and gambling and now Cruz is down in the dirt. Then the porn actress, then the Rubio-dropping-out rumors, and Beck swearing him in.
But most of all, his continual movement toward the GOPe sealed it for me. He is not an “outsider” at all-—merely an ineffective insider.
That’s exactly how I felt about Cruz earlier. I read about his supposed brilliance and debate skills in places like NR and I was ecstatic about his Senate win. However, he was pilloried by the media after the filibuster and he’s been acting like Elmer Gantry lately, so he really has an uphill battle getting elected now. Then I find out about his duplicity and chicanery, and it’s apparent that he’s not who he says he is.