[Excellence]

Ted Cruz is whip-smart and loves his country. What’s not to admire about that?

[Night Hides Not]

Davy Crockett: “You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”

[Svartalfiar]

In today’s world Ivy Leaguers are expected to buy into the world of American liberalism. Not unlike another Ivy League Texan — George W. Bush — Cruz didn’t buy in, making him a magnet for the kind of intense feelings of class betrayal that Bush attracted routinely.

As good as this article is regarding Ted, this sentence just stands out. Bush most definitely bought in, his whole second term was chock-full of his lack of complete conservative principles.