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 ...
Jennifer Rubin needs an enema. Unfortunately her brains may be flushed out in the process...
What is this crap. I think it was pretty common knowledge that Cruz would not win New Hampshire. He worked hard, that’s just due diligence. NH is a great place with interesting people, but really doesn’t represent the Republican electorate at all. Example: Kasich and Bush’s strong showing.
As my son a veteran says “I fought for people’s right to have an opinion” even if it is wrong. Whether we get the candidate we want or not, hopefully we will respect each other.
I consider Jennifer Rubin a knee-pad, scum-sucking leftist propagandist. She can kiss my grits.
I despise the traitors and seditionists at the WP. The only reason the WP exists is because the filthy, left-wing bureaucrats in DC use our tax dollars to subscribe to the WP. Period. Exclamation point.
we wont. too much animosity between Cruz and Trump voters.
bordering on hatred. have you read the posts?
not dozens but thousands of vile ones.
You realize what you’re saying is someone who doesn’t curse is not qualified to be president?
Wow, from 1st to 4th (at best).
Well/ maybe Rafael will make it a little closer, perhaps counties bordering Canada have not reported yet.
Thanks for starting the thread on this article. My best friend since Kindergarten over half a century ago is a huge Cruz supporter. He wanted me to explain to him last night why so many think that Cruz has a difficult time getting along with others. I didn’t feel like getting him riled up yesterday, but I think that I will forward this article. It covers the subject pretty well and is most of what was on the tip of my tongue.
What exactly has he accomplished? Becoming a senator? Hillary and the usurper Obama can also claim that as an accomplishment. I actually liked Cruz until he decided to illegally seek the office of POTUS. Now I just wish the smarmy schmuck would go back to Canada .... or Cuba.
Its simple, he put his ‘Armor’ on backwards this morning.
You got the knack! To pick the biggest lefties to run and quote.
Congrats on your guy getting New Hampshire. Think about it...... New Hampshire.... yep New Hampshire. Reckon New Hampshire speaks for the rest of America or just for the proxy New York values?
CRuz kicked himself in the @zz, after reading the Kick Me sign taped on to him.
He neutered himself at the debate, before last...and then he flip-flopped right off the stage, at the last debate.
The IA shenanigans only sealed his deal.
Ah, JenRub, that beacon for all things smacking of Big Government Republicanism. How could we get through a day without her weighing in with her statist take on things?
Glenn Beck attached to Cruz’s hip did not help.
Third rate law school? LOL. Boalt is harder to get into than Harvard.
Bwahahahshahahaaaa
This stupid git doesn’t realize (is not old enough to know or remember) that Ronald Reagan was intensely disliked by lots of people, particularly the Rockefeller wing of the GOPe— the RINO wing— about whom he knew quite a bit from the Hollywood SAG guild experience. Mzzzzz. Rubin is ONE of those Rockefeller establishment gits— truly a child, and naive in the extreme, brought up in a TV world.
Get used to it, Jenny.
If you vote against Cruz, you hate Jesus and America.
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