GOPe: Ted Cruz is Too Slick. And a Narcissist.

Erick on the Radio ^ | December 28, 2015 | Erick Erickson

[Dante3]

No true regarding Cruz. But dead on regarding Rubio.

[b4its2late]

They’ve been so right in the last 2 presidential elections...

[bmwcyle]

Go Ted Go

[cripplecreek]

LOL I like it.

[ManHunter]

Let’s see, Alex worked for Haley Barbour, Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Dole, John Thune and Mitt Romney - all of whom (and many others) are major contributors to the popular dissatisfaction with the GOP. Alex is a “good guy”, but obviously as full of shit as all of those for whom he has worked. Now we’re supposed to take his opinion as objective and accept that he’s no longer representing the collective opinion of the GOPe.

I would submit that, given his behavior since he was elected to the Senate, Ted Cruz is the antithesis of a narcissist. If he were a narcissist, preoccupied with personal power and prestige, wouldn’t he be positioning himself for a leadership post within the party, as opposed to fighting against everything McConnell, Boehner and now Ryan have done and are doing, i.e., being a “pain in the ass”?

Maybe, just maybe, Ted Cruz really is a dyed-in-the-wool constitutional conservative who adheres to some very firm principles and personal beliefs. I happen to think he’s a helluva lot brighter than 99.99999 percent of the people in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government. Add to that the fact that he’s a Christian and I have no doubt that the GOP, including the vaunted “consultant” Alex, would perceive him as a narcissist and a monumental pain in the ass for actually standing for something and representing the interests of his constituents and conservatives everywhere. Face it, neither the Democrats nor Republicans have seen anything like him in quite some time...

[loveliberty2]

Isn't it revealing that the political class now identified as the "GOP-E" are, in fact, combining their efforts with the Democrats in denigrating the intelligence of their fellow citizens who now favor either Trump or Cruz--and that is exactly what they're doing when they are either dismissive or disparaging in their criticisms of those two primary candidates!

Is it that they are fearful of what Thomas Jefferson called "the intelligence of the people" to choose their own leaders? By the way, the GOP-E has done a terrible job at picking their idea of a candidate for several election cycles now, and just look at the consequences for those "people" whose judgment the elitists now question indirectly by disparaging the "outsider" choices of "the people" right now!

[Oak Grove]

I am the Chairman of a Republican County Committee in a mid-Atlantic State.

I, and most of the members of the Committee, are solidly for Cruz.

We hold the Washington Republican Establishment in utter contempt for giving Obama and the lobbyists everything they want.

The GOPe will be hearing from us when the Primaries begin.

[bmwcyle]

There is so much to clean out.

[conservativejoy]

God Bless you for your hard work.

GO CRUZ!

[chajin]

THEY all consider themselves to be some kind of Brahmins

I just had an mini-epiphanic experience here...

Hinduism promotes five castes: the top two are the Brahmin, the priestly caste, and the Kshatriya, the warrior caste.

All Democrat leaders see themselves as Brahmin, those who should rule because they are supposed to rule, and whose rulings should never be questioned. They have their Kshatriyas in the MSM and activist groups.

The GOPe likes the Brahmin role as well, but because the GOPe is not conservative in the Reagan sense, it is uncomfortable with its own Kshatriyas, who are conservative; this is why it feels more at home with the Dems than with the base.

The base, therefore, is turning from the Brahmins to the Kshatriyas, those who were willing to be warriors for conservative issues. The first generation Kshatriyas have been either martyred by the opposition (Sarah Palin, Susan O'Donnell, Michele Bachmann, Scott Walker) or co-opted by the Brahmin (Marco Rubio, Kelly Ayotte, Trey Gowdy).

The second generation GOP Kshatriya are learning from the mistakes made by the first, which is what warriors do; this is why the usual battle tactics aren't working against Trump and Cruz. If we're lucky, the MSM and activist groups will not be able to change their tactics in time.

My one concern is that at some point in the middle of primary season there will be three remaining candidates, one Brahmin (probably Rubio) and two Kshatriyas (Trump and Cruz), with the latter splitting the base vote and the former getting the nomination: that is how McCain split Romney and Huckabee in 2008, and Romney split Gingrich and Santorum in 2012.

[libbylu]

Trump is worse than bambi. A whiny-baby bully with no real knowledge of policies or the constitution, whom many believe when he says he will do things that he cannot do. He is the dude in the bar except instant name recognition from his reality show with experience - he wrote the book - on manipulation and intimidation.
And the fans go wild.

[yoe]

It’s a little early, but word on the street is that some event will decide this election....with that in mind is there any one in the campaign who is strong enough to keep America from sinking further into Socialism or into the abyss of terrorism and maintain a strong foreign policy at the same time? Other than Trump, name him/her.

[PTBAA]

Rubio is a “used car salesman”. Ted says what he means and means what he says.

I for one would like a guy who is smarter than me to be President, provide he has a strong Judaeo-Cristian moral compass.

Ted is, perhaps, the only person in America who meets both criteria for me. (How’s that for narcissism!) :o)

[jospehm20]

I do not see the Cruz is is a narcissist thing. Maybe it is just me.

[Isara]

Other than Trump, name him/her.

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[Lurkinanloomin]

Curt Anderson is a Republican political consultant. He worked for Haley Barbour at the RNC. He’s worked for Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Dole, and John Thune. He worked for Mitt Romney in 2008 (snip) He’s a good guy.
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Can’t be a good guy when he’s working for The Cheap Labor Express trying to steal our country from us.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Walker belongs in the co-opted group, imho

[RightGuy]

Big Lib -

You’re the drunk in the bar who walks out on the tab and thinks it’s cool to do so, foolhardy tool that you are, without a thought it your soused pea brain.

[duffee]

“Ultimately, they are all Republicans who see Ted Cruz as more often than not opposed to the Republican team.”

The “Republican team” has become the Washington Generals to the democrats Harlem Globe Trotters and their “fans” are calling for a new coach and benching and or releasing most their players and replacing them.

[FerociousRabbit]

is there any one in the campaign who is strong enough to keep America from sinking further into Socialism...

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That leaves Trump out.