[vekzen]

Yes, you’re correct. George Washington was a great man.

But what does it say about Cruz that he can’t beat Trump. I was led to believe Cruz was a great debater, brilliant, the next Ronald Reagan. I can’t recall a single moment of Cruz eloquence in the debates. It’s discouraging, to say the least.

[nathanbedford]

Cruz has had many very effective moments in the Republican debates. I recall his summation of the sins of the media to have dominated the postdebate discussion.

Note that Cruz accomplished that with a fluidity of speech, reason, and a brilliant exhibition of memory. Contrast that with Trump and his performance during debates. He cheapens and coursens the entire affair and in the process he trivializes the most important civil decision Americans make.

The reality TV charlatan, wrestling entrepreneur and head shaver, prizefight entrepreneur, and media whore has taken his act to the debating stage and the same public who attend wrestling matches approve. It is a rare thing to blame the electorate, as Donald Trump has often done, but I think it is fair to say that the public at large is reacting to generations of liberal education, reality TV, and the frightening coarsening of the American culture.

It is one thing to mindlessly recite with every Trump grotesquerie that he wins but quite another thing to say that right and wrong matter more.

[orinoco]

Cruz eloquently lied to Trumps face in the debate. Trumped asked Cruz to prove his lie. Cruz responded ..go to my web site. That was really weak!