Posted on 02/02/2016 8:35:42 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
o hear the pundits and experts in Washington tell it, the problem with Ted Cruz is that he doesn’t play well with others in the Senate, he’s too hardheaded and he doesn’t compromise. In other words, he’s exactly what the Republican primary voters want. On this score, I side with the Republican primary voters. If Cruz’s problem is that he is a conservative who has no regard for senatorial decorum and fights too hard for the right things, I’m all in. Story Continued Below But there is a far bigger problem with Cruz: Donald Trump is not the most self-absorbed Republican running for president—Cruz is. Whether you like Trump or not (and I don’t), at least Trump makes no effort to hide his narcissism. In that sense, Trump is oddly genuine. Cruz, on the other hand, takes great pains to be whatever he thinks you want him to be. And the troubling thing is he’s really good at it. Occasionally, he offers a glimpse of his vanity and his need to be loved—such as the hilariously painful 15 hours of B-roll footage his campaign put on the Web for use by his super PACs. My favorite part of that footage is the multiple times he and his family practiced the prayer scene before a meal … once more, with feeling. There is nothing quite as genuine and humble as a rehearsed, made-for-TV prayer. The other revealing scene is when Cruz is sitting on the couch with his mom and he says, “Not a day goes by that my mom is not lifting me up in prayer.†Then mom agrees saying, “It’s true.†But then, Cruz can’t help himself and he adds, “for hours at a time,†after which mom can’t take it anymore and very tellingly gives us a roll of the eyes that says it all. My dad was a preacher for 40 years—a great one I might add. He gave me some sage advice: “Never trust a preacher who wears makeup.†There it is. Cruz is the televangelist candidate. (To be clear, not all televangelists are phony, just most of ’em.) There is no denying that Cruz is a smart and gifted orator. But if you listen closely you will find that he sells everything with the exact same level of zeal. Whether he is condemning the Islamic State or ordering a ham sandwich, the invective is identical. When a speaker oversells everything, it calls everything he says into question, and it begs questions regarding authenticity and genuineness. And when it comes down to it, Cruz does not stand by all that he so dramatically defends. For example, he proclaims he’s always faithful to the most conservative positions. Yet he found himself in 2013, when the political winds on immigration seemed to be blowing toward a softer approach, including legalization, earnestly advocating for a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants already in the country.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/ted-cruz-2016-ego-213460#ixzz3z4nmo5Pd
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How about a debate in a mud tank?
Narcissist, nah.
The term they are struggling with is WINNER.
Deal with it!
Orange Jello
Trump = real guy
Crooze = Phoney
that simple.
Yeah uh huh....stumble on in the dark and you’ll find out when you walk into the wall. Cruz is NWO personified. He even sleeps with it.
Real Canadian
Real Sneaky
Real Phoney.
Whos afraid of Donald?
The same raving lunatic fringe stumbles onto these threads in perfect lockstep to worship Daddy Cruz’ Anointed Son.
Blind Men.
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