This is the use of the Alinsky Method at a savvy level. To cast your opponent as an object of ridicule in a skillful way is going by the rules. If Cruz cant make a counteroffensive when these little things rear their ugly heads, he may be really flat-footed when the big bombs come in from the pros.
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Your point is perfect. We have all seen for many years the alinsky methods used successfully 100% of the time. There is never ever ANY push back let alone attempt to turn them around.
Other than Trump, there is no candidate who has shown the least ability to do so. Nor have they shown the slightest inclination to do so, other than Trump.
Just to take the citizenship thing as an example, Cruz should have anticipated the issue and planned to meet it head on. Alinsky methods do not depend on the merits or substance of an issue, just the destructive power. Arguing over legal language during a campaign is a loser’s game.
Now the issue is whirling around Cruz and he has no capacity to stop it. He did not prepare, and he cannot think on his feet.
I would love to have the intellectual capacity and Constitutional principles of a President Cruz at work. But if he can’t reach first base, he is not going to reach home plate.
Thank you for your well thought out comment about Cruz and the Alinsky Method. I brought up this subject, because I believe this method of attack is a blind spot for his organization. They have shown no effort to respond to it. Cruz is so vulnerable that a Saturday Night Live skit would derail his campaign. The DemonRATs play like thugs and will play Knock Down King. Cruz will not even know what hit him.
The irony is that when Trump counteracts these Alinsky tactics with attacks of his own, people here will often say that Trump is being "thin-skinned" and thus does not have the temperament to be president.
Yet we see what happens to Republicans like George W. Bush, Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin when they decide to just ignore the attacks and "suck it up."
Trump fighting back like he is, the Democrats and their henchmen in the mainstream press have never seen this before and haven't yet figured out how to deal with it.