What it proves is that Ted Cruz is a career opportunist - AKA, a politician, every bit as covetous and conniving for power and prestige as are the worst of his contemporaries ... AND this is what my gut instinct tells me too.
I have this nagging impression of insincerity whenever Cruz speaks on any issue - and that sense is further bolstered by the patronizing way in which he speaks “down his nose” to others he believes inferior to his intellect ...
THAT is an important character distinction to note between Cruz and Trump. Cruz lectures at you, while Trump speaks with you, as in having a conversation.
Everything about Cruz, from his speech patterns to his gestures, seems disingenuous and rehearsed. He reminds me very much of the smarmy patronizing character who was Eddie Haskell, from ‘Leave it to Beaver’ ...
Crusz acts like the teacher’s pet or the neighborhood tattle tale. He’s behaves like the little snitch, who always is looking for an opportunity to ingratiate himself to mommy dearest.
In short, Cruz makes my skin crawl ... And I am certain he has the same effect on many others. Trump is no boy scout, but at least I can clearly see what his past and present positions are - and I trust that he has grown into a more conservative posture as his life experience has changed him. OTOH, Ted Cruz is like driving through a fog - one minute its clear and the next not so much. You are never sure of the boundaries - of where the lines of demarcation truly exist. Your driving along the straight and narrow - and suddenly the road curves.
No doubt the Texas junior senator thinks himself quite the crafty intellectual in his “geometric logic” (to quote Captain Queeg). No doubt he also believes that his brinkmanship, in appearing to support both sides of an issue, will flummox the opposition ... But I am beginning to see that Senator Cruz may actually fall into that class of individuals who are “educated beyond their intelligence” - AKA: being too smart for their own good.
I think we’re both on the same page.
He is too clever by half for me.
There is something I can’t quite put my finger on, and perhaps you’ve touched on it.
I’m tired, so I’ll leave it at that.
Thanks for the response.
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“He behaves like the little snitch, who always is looking for an opportunity to ingratiate himself to mommy dearest.”
Mommy dearest or Mrs. Cleaver.