Cruz supporters started the mean spirited bashing last January, 2015.
At that time their venom was directed at Walker supporters.
When Trump entered the race they aimed their ceaseless fire at both.
Do you think Ted Cruz himself is as mean spirited as his supporters here on Free Republic?
I personally never got into the fray with Walker or other candidates. At one point I was hoping to see solid conservative positions from a few candidates such as Carson. Instead it seemed like the only two candidates that were committing to governing conservatively were Cruz and Trump. All the others have moderate compromises on one thing or another.
My biggest concern with Trump has always been that he would be like the endless list of others who pretended they were going to be conservative but then abandoned conservatism once they got elected.
Rubio was much like this to me. I think Cruz was exactly right in the last debate about Rubio making promises he did not keep. Cruz kept his promises.
Will Trump? Are we even clear on what he has promised to do beyond stopping the immigration of Muslim terrorists?
But back to the point: the campaign and the debates here have both taken a turn toward personal attacks on the candidates. This seems to have worked in Trump’s favor. It is something I think Cruz should completely stay away from. When he did, he went up in the polls. When he did not, Trump pulled way ahead.
Cruz needs to stick to arguing policy differences and skip trying to draw attention to things like Trump calling people fat, ugly, losers, etc. Everyone already knows this about Trump. If they do not like that, Cruz does not need to bring it up. If people don’t care, Cruz bringing it up will not help him either.
But on this forum, I get really tired of Cruz and Trump supporters making personal attacks. I would like the discussion to be about their positions. That used to be what was debated.