The National review is backing Cruz but they say they don't really like him. They admit they only support Cruz as a way to weaken Trump.
From the article:
(Cruz is) arrogant and condescending, a terrible listener and completely uninterested in actually getting anything done that doesn’t further his own interests. They see him as a right-wing Arlen Specter — a notoriously difficult and self-absorbed senator.
But what the article actually said.
Cruz will tell you that members of the “Washington cartel” don’t like him because he’s challenged the system and is a threat to K Street and so on. But that’s only part of it. His fellow senators don’t like him because they don’t like him. They say he’s arrogant and condescending, a terrible listener and completely uninterested in actually getting anything done that doesn’t further his own interests. They see him as a right-wing Arlen Specter — a notoriously difficult and self-absorbed senator.
The truth is probably somewhere in between. There are people who’ve known Cruz for years and hate him, and there are people who’ve known him for years and love him. I’ve found him perfectly pleasant and engaging in conversation. But pretty much everyone respects his intellect. Cruz is simply one of the smartest people in Washington.
Nice cherry picking job there...
The title said they don’t like him. The first line in the article said they were supporting Cruz to stop Trump. I shortened the quote because I did not want to quote several paragraphs. I linked to the article so everyone could read the entire piece if they wanted.
The point is they don’t like Cruz. Yet because they are trying to get people to support Cruz Goldberg has to write something positive about Cruz. What is telling is that in an article trying to convince people to support Cruz they fell the need to include such negative descriptions of him.