Posted on 02/09/2016 5:11:10 PM PST by kiryandil
It is no disgrace to lose a presidential primary. Many distinguished people have run for president, and the vast majority of them have lost, many of them badly. Howard Baker, Jack Kemp, George H.W. Bush (1980) and Ronald Reagan (1976) all lost a run for the presidency; some never made it. Sometimes a candidate is not ready, and sometimes the electorate is not ready to hear the message (e.g., Reagan in '76). But it is quite another thing to lose because you, throughout your life, have been hated if not uniformly, then widely and passionately.
Other than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), we are hard-pressed to recall a presidential candidate who so utterly failed to develop trust, respect and friendships in his adult life. Richard Nixon was hated by Democrats but had developed ties and certainly gained the respect of Republicans from his time in the House, the Senate and the vice presidency. Certainly no presidential candidate before Cruz reveled in the message "Everyone hates me!"
If Cruz does not make it to the presidency, he will no doubt blame the "establishment." But whether he recognizes it or not, his wife and political advisers surely understand that alumni, roommates, law clerks, former staffers in the George W. Bush campaign and White House (and the president himself), members of Congress and others who have known Cruz — lots and lots of people — consider him socially awkward, nasty, dishonest, a blatant apple-polisher and all-around creepy guy. You can write off a few of these critics as jealous of his success, or liberal antagonists, but all of them? There is something badly amiss here. Cruz, who so obviously lacks emotional intelligence, cannot recognize it, but those closest to him surely must see that something is awry...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Tubeworm Rubin can go get bent!
Are you an independent thinker?
We’re coming for you...to “intervene”.
A failed third-rate Hollywood lawyer from a third-rate law school goes after a brilliant legal giant.
I like him :)
but then, i’ve always been kind of an outsider myself.
If it’s not meant to be, I’m not gonna jump off a ledge.
I’ll vote for the maniac in November and hope he does a good job.
And hope his followers dont see my Cruz pin and beat me up till then :)
May I recommend the Jones neighbors ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyfR-hFUSZw&list=PLqahuOnbQGyjYSm1bCjI0TUxu_M7mtWxU&index=29
But he doesn’t cuss so he’s morally superior to 90% of the soldiers, rough-necks, and cops out there. /s
Thank you, Ted Cruz. You’re everything that I’ve come to expect from a ‘preacher’s son’.
.. a brilliant legal giant...
Attorney General, Solicitor General, SCOTUS.
All good Cruz prospects.
Cruz is nowhere near as brilliant as he thinks he is. I see a used car dealership in his future.
Teddy Iowa is not gonna get you to the promised land. LOL!
Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and Nixon were very capable lawyers.
Oh here we go. Kiryandil found another negative article on Ted Cruz. This time it’s from the liberal giant Jennifer Rubin.
Must be worthwhile reading, right Kiryandil? It’s antiCruz, so you post it as gospel truth!
Pathetic.
Ted’s young. Plenty of time for him. If he can get away from the cheap labor whores and build a wall Id support him.
Hmmmm
Please fill me in on your accomplishments that rival his.
Heidi and Ted have taken a lot of money---they can't fail without serious repercussions to their careers.
We're coming for you...to "intervene".
LOL! :)
Just get ready for president hillary or sanders then. Both of them will hand donnie his big butt and ego to him on a platter.
ah, i have stomach troubles as it is.
not gonna let this thing kill me, especially since i found out i dont vote until April.
If the country wants to commit suicide, just like an individual intent on it, they will find a away.
a communist and a rapist’s boring, crooked wife. What have we become?
couldn’t have imagined losing to them 20 or even 10 years ago.
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