That’s the sad thing and the point of Mr. Sowell’s article. Senator Cruz is exceptional in that he can articulate conservative principles AND rip right through the left’s hogwash. He’s very much the exception.
I’m actually giving Speaker Boehner a lot of credit recently for standing firm, but he’s a terrible spokesman. Why does our side pick people like him to lead us? I question whether he even believes anything he says. He was supposed to be a small government conservative at one point. Now? Who knows. If he is, he can’t articulate it.
President Bush was another one. Agree or disagree with him, but he couldn’t put two words together without stumbling over them. I still blame him for the election of President Obama. The left ceaselessly attacked everything that Bush did, and his administration simply laid there prostrate and took it.
The left has to obfuscate and use emotional appeals. Conservative ideology, on the other hand, is based on simple truths. All we have to do is articulate them.
I'm fairly certain this was due to the advice of one Karl Rove.