Electability: He can't win, he's the … Let the image makeover begin!
Posted on 04/02/2015 5:17:17 PM PDT by VinL
In the eyes of the political and media elite, presidential candidate Ted Cruz is far too extreme ideologically to win the nomination; doesn’t have enough support from party bigwigs; is hated by almost everyone and no one trusts him; uses distortive, misleading rhetoric; is venal and self-obsessed; says crazy things; is not actually very smart; and is everything that is wrong with modern politics.
In the eyes of the political and media elite, Ronald Reagan was too extreme and too simple to win the presidential nomination; a potential disaster for the GOP in the general election; an amiable dunce who was shockingly dumb and cruel; an evil man with no care and no concern for working-class Americans and future generations; cold and mean with ice water for blood; and an egotistical bore who had no friends, only cronies.
See any resemblance?
Former Reagan presidential aide Jeffrey Lord told WND, “What’s being said about Ted Cruz today was said endlessly by establishment Republicans about Ronald Reagan.”
“They were wrong then; they are wrong now,” added the associate political director in the Reagan White House.
One of the biggest criticisms has been that Cruz has so little support among those GOP elite.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/ted-cruz-channels-reagan-media-go-bonkers-again/#QPCpTefjziVoKwdz.99
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
The 1st Bush gave us Pres. Clinton- the 2nd Pres. Obama— Nothing funny about the Bushes! (I know you were joking about my mistake- it was funny).
Sen. Cruz, regards the Iran deal: “Any deal that is not ratified as a treaty by the Senate is not binding in American law,” Cruz said. “The next president can repudiate it.”
Electability: He can't win, he's the … Let the image makeover begin!
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