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Cruz isn't likable -- and that's an asset
The Chicago Tribune ^ | April 8, 2016 | Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post

Posted on 04/09/2016 12:38:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

To his credit, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas admits he is not a warm and fuzzy guy. In the town hall before Wisconsin's primary, he acknowledged, “What I will say is I'm a pretty driven guy. That has pros and cons. I have always been a very driven guy.” In a GOP debate in October, he offered, “If you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy. But if you want someone to drive you home, I will get the job done and I will get you home.”

Now it is true that the most likable candidate usually wins a high-stakes race. George W. Bush beat then-Sen. John Kerry handily on the “want to have a beer with” question. Ronald Reagan was the quintessential likable candidate; as an actor he knew how to engage an audience. But in not every election does the nation or a party pick the most congenial candidate.

Richard Nixon was not likable, but in 1968 he was offering what the country felt it needed. William Schneider wrote in the National Journal in 2000, “Nixon was no more likable in 1968 (than in 1960). But he won that year because the country was in crisis. So what if he wasn't such a nice guy? Voters wanted someone who knew what he was doing.”(continued)

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To: nopardons

My father spent his adult life hating “Tricky Dick” because that’s what good Democrats always said. A lot like the next generation who will always think of “Lyin’ Ted” because that’s what good Trumpsters always say. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.


21 posted on 04/09/2016 2:01:42 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: PhilDragoo

General Curtis Lemay, the Air Force Chief of Staff who retired rather than be part of Johnson’s half-a**ed war in Vietnam, was George Wallace’s running mate for VP in 1968 then got audited by the IRS during the first term of Nixon.

Lemay believes it was a warning to him to stay out of politics by Nixon.

I was a listener to the radio preacher, Dr. Carl McIntire, who’s radio station was shut down by the Nixon FCC on “Fairness Doctrine” grounds.

McIntire’s crime was advocating military victory in the Vietnam War, achievable if Lemay’s tactics had been employed.

McIntire received a letter of apology that was not specific, but sincere, from Charles Colson. Colson was the WH Counsel for Nixon who ended up in prison over Watergate and had the reputation as the ‘hatchet man’ for Nixon who dealt with his enemies.


22 posted on 04/09/2016 2:08:06 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS:REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: chajin
But there's a BIG difference between the "TRICKY DICK" nick name and "LYIN' TED"! The latter is true; the former is a COMMIE SMEAR.

The "TRICKY DICK" thing came about because whilst running against Helen Gahagen Douglas, he printed flyers about her on PUNK paper. Yes, she WAS indeed a damned PINKO, but he only posted facts about her actual political history and NOT her delight in thins USSR !

23 posted on 04/09/2016 2:09:02 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Gene Eric

At least Cruz is a Conservative and not faking it like Trump. How have so many here become so gullible?


24 posted on 04/09/2016 2:24:24 AM PDT by BreezyDog (Trump is the democrat backup plan if Clinton gets indicted...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
To his credit, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas admits he is not a warm and fuzzy guy.

Yeah, just ask his kid.

25 posted on 04/09/2016 2:38:50 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: nopardons

I always admired the story about how he set up a casino / gambling operation during WWII.


26 posted on 04/09/2016 2:47:23 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Cruz isn't likable -- and that's an asset"

Charlitans start out as "likable guys."


27 posted on 04/09/2016 2:49:03 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is strong and dedicated and does not sacrifice principle to expediency. That makes him capable of changing the direction of this nation at a time when we desperately need a direction change. It also makes him unpopular with those who want to continue to reap the benefits of the corruption that is destroying our nation.

Vote Cruz!


28 posted on 04/09/2016 2:54:38 AM PDT by Puzzleman ("Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. " -- Edmund Burke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is like Nixon... only less likable... with a grating voice... and not born here with two American parents.


29 posted on 04/09/2016 3:05:06 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That is precisely why Cruz will NOT beat Hillary. Cruz will not get enough crossovers and independents to overcome the majority parasite vote.


30 posted on 04/09/2016 4:01:15 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s stupid to think not well liked is an asset.


31 posted on 04/09/2016 4:02:04 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

>That is precisely why Cruz will NOT beat Hillary. Cruz will not get enough crossovers and independents to overcome the majority parasite vote.

Cruz is going to lose a bunch of people who normally would have voted for him thanks to his disgraceful behavior during the primary, too.


32 posted on 04/09/2016 4:07:09 AM PDT by RedWulf
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To: alexander_busek
It shouldn't be a popularity contest.

But, alas, it is, which gave use eight years of Obama because Obama was "cool".

Obama and Trump have made me increasingly sympathetic toward the modern argument for a British (or Dutch or Scandinavian) style constitutional monarchy: the populace can lodge their affections on the monarch as head of state and the royal family, freeing them to vote on the basis of party platforms (or manifestos as they call them over here -- I'm sojourning in the UK this spring), rather than the personality of the candidate for head of government. I'm not entirely sure I buy the argument, but, as I say, I've become increasingly sympathetic to it lately.

33 posted on 04/09/2016 4:07:34 AM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: nopardons

Your time is just SO valuable that you took the time to post about what a waste of time this was for you. Uh huh.


34 posted on 04/09/2016 4:25:10 AM PDT by Notforprophet (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: RedWulf

Cruz is not likeable because he always thinks he is in a debate, and has long pauses, even when talking to 1 person.

It is very irritating. He seems almost robotic, with his answers.


35 posted on 04/09/2016 4:25:19 AM PDT by Mifflin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

36 posted on 04/09/2016 4:31:10 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“What I will say is I’m a pretty driven guy. That has pros and cons. I have always been a very driven guy.”

I’ve noticed he will do or say anything to win. Must be another one of his core principles.


37 posted on 04/09/2016 4:38:21 AM PDT by McGruff (The Republican elite would rather see Hillary Clinton president than Donald Trump.)
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To: alexander_busek

“It shouldn’t be a popularity contest.”

Independent of the relative pluses and minuses of any of the candidates, unfortunately it always comes down to being a popularity contest. I wish it wasn’t that way, and that voters would be aware of the issues and how each candidate stands on those issues etc., but it just isn’t the case. Sad.


38 posted on 04/09/2016 4:45:48 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nixon & Spiro were way cooler dudes than Cruz.


39 posted on 04/09/2016 4:48:24 AM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal (Mofopolitics: Trump probably gets 1,237 even w/out OH)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

LOL at female vote


40 posted on 04/09/2016 4:48:53 AM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal (Mofopolitics: Trump probably gets 1,237 even w/out OH)
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