Obviously, Ted Cruz’s dad must have had his studies funded by Communists. Or maybe Canadians.
And, let’s see, he was a young Cuban who fought against Batista’s dictatorship . . . why would he prefer to move to America in 1957 and go to college at UT-Austin instead of staying behind and facing a government crackdown? He must have been a Soviet mole, I tell ya.
Ted Cruz is a brilliant guy (should he have turned down Princeton University and Harvard Law?), a phenomenal appellate lawyer with ample experience (including arguing cases before SCOTUS) and a principled conservative. So what if he isn’t a private businessman—he was too busy making sure that Texas laws were executed and that Texas’s rights were respected by the judiciary.
David Dewhurst is a go-along-to-get-along, moderate-to-conservative establishment Republican in the Kay Bailey Hutchison mode; certainly less conservative than Rick Perry or John Cornyn (neither of whom is the all-around conservative that Ted Cruz is). And, true, Dewhurst is 25 years older than Ted Cruz (66 versus 41), but why on Earth would we prefer an old moderate instead of a young conservative?
As for Dewhurst’s age providing “natural term limits,” I would posit that Ted Cruz’s talents would provide “natural term limits” as well, since I have no doubt that Cruz will be a candidate for SCOTUS after one or two terms in the Senate (and perhaps even earlier).
I get it, Dewhurst is worth $200 million and thinks that he can buy whichever office on which he lays his eyes. But I’m not impressed. I’ll go with the young, principled conservative whose odds of winning the general are the same 99.99% as for Dewhurst.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, Ted Cruz’s maternal grandfather must have been the drunk driver who killed Dewhurst’s father. I mean, he was Irish-American and raised a daughter who studied math at Rice University, married a Cuban and moved to Canada for a few years while she and her husband were working in the oil industry, so we know he must have been a drinker (and since he married an Italian-American, he probably fought *for* the Nazis). I tell you, that Ted Cruz is bad news, while David Dewhurst could be the next Lamar! Alexander.
Cruz is adamant that he doesn’t want to be on any Court. He says he wants to be “a policy maker, not a policy interpreter.” Which is just as well, he hasn’t demonstrated principles in his tactics during this race.
With all his brilliance, surely he could spend his time telling the truth about himself and his plans, but evidently decided that would win his race as well as lying and tearing down the Lt. Governor without a single concrete example.
Wait, you did give us one example, didn’t you? You tell us that Dewhurst has @200 million, reverting to reverse-class warfare.
You’re knocking a man who has his time to serve Texas and the US after serving in the Air Force and the CIA and founding a successful business that survived in the energy business in the ‘80’s.