Yes, I remember Adlai Stevenson very well as I worked on Eisenhower’s reelection team. We soundly defeated Stevenson for the second time.
“Arrogance” is a word often misused when someone labels a person who is simply confident. Trump is supremely confident, but is not really arrogant. On the other hand, Cruz is not self confident and covers his fears with arrogance, assuming an air of superiority in everything he does. He has never been well liked, even when he was in school because he hides his insecurities behind his “holier than thou” attitude. Nothing is a greater giveaway than his “pregnant pauses” when he speaks.
Point was— please stop using “smart” as a basis. An undisciplined intellect is going.... literally nowhere. We lost people like Ike long ago, and it was the internal communist front that made sure the leadership supply was corrupted with the “new” liberalism of the Soviet era post Stalin into the 60’s.
We are revisiting the same tactics, this AM in Cuba with the little cuban commies carrying away the propaganda victory over a willing supplicant apologist in b. hussein obamaumao.
obamaumao was said to be “very intelligent”. The condition of not being well liked was not ever mentioned— but he was not as well... so point taken. With a very real difference— if in fact Cruz is some kind of fanatic Christian/Goldman WSJ amalgam— perhaps he can maintain independence- to the extent anyone can (and include trump in the fact that trump is NOT independent either— and whether one can support who supports him). It is encouraging to watch the old guard squirm— because assuredly, they do not want trump or cruz. We want to shut them down? Trump and Cruz need to get together and “make a deal” and shove this down the DNC and commies and muzzies... well, you know. BTW— Molly Pitcher is a heroine of our family. Deo Vindice.