Cruz is very good at using language in misleading ways to confuse his listeners. This includes both twisting the words of his opponents and saying things that sound like something completely different from what he actually said. This is an excellent skill for a master debater or someone who is trying to get the guilty off with a slap on the wrist. So I applaud him for his mastery of words.
However, this is not an important skill for the job of Commander-in-Chief when the world is in crisis. It may even be a severe detriment. Ted is too smart by half as they say. His charisma is almost non-existent and his trustworthiness is completely non-existent. He is not a leader who inspires anyone to acts of greatness. He is a phony who just does not have it. I used to call him an Elmer Gantry, but that does a disservice to Elmer Gantry. Elmer Gantry had the ability to inspire others.
This latest episode just illustrates once again that Ted is first and only a political opportunist. He will try anything to win an office that he is completely unqualified for. There is no one in the world who I can’t stand more than Obama but I have to grudgingly admit that even Obama has a quality that Ted Cruz does not possess. Even if Ted were somehow elected, we would never see hundreds of thousands of people in Europe coming out to get a glimpse of him. He is unattractive, uninspiring, unreliable and nothing but a straw man that even the GOPe knows they can discard once he has served their purposes.
Thanks for the thoughtful post. I’m beholden to no politician. I respect that you’ll have an opinion, and I have mine. Mine may be not as informed, but it is still valid, nonetheless.
Besides remarks here and there and some volatile supporters, I don’t see him as any worse or better than Trump. Frankly I don’t understand the staunch support for Trump on a conservative website. He may be anti-establishment, but I’m not convinced he won’t do whatever to get what he wants. That is something of a concern.