I'm telling you, it's not the message, it's the messenger.
More to the point: It's the messenger's campaign staff.
Look, think objectively about what I'm about to write. It's not meant in a meanspirited way:
His campaign has made one blunder after another. The robocalls and push polls, the Carson incident, the "voter violation", the photoshopped Rubio thing on the website, the sleezy campaign spokespeople on TV. On and on.
Now, individually, these things may be defensible, but collectively they paint a picture.
Think on it: Two fellow candidates called him a LIAR on the national debate stage. Not, "I disagree" or "you misstated the facts" or something soft like that. LIAR. That's harsh.
And, yet, there wasn't any widespread public outcry or condemnation. You know why? Because the public believes the charge to be justified.
So, the campaign has maneuvered this evangelical candidate, a good man, into a position where the public in general thinks he's a sleezy, dishonest politician.
That's why I think it's been an awful campaign staff. In a perfect world, Cruz would clear out the whole lot of them. But I think it's too late now.
Well stated, and accurate in detail. In no way mean spirited.
“Two fellow candidates called him a LIAR on the national debate stage. Not, “I disagree” or “you misstated the facts” or something soft like that. LIAR. That’s harsh.”
Don’t forget CNN said it too.
“So, the campaign has maneuvered..”
And I gotta add one more thing. Cruz is equally guilty. He and his spokespeople all engage in the same kind of half quote “he said mandate” BS.
Maybe there was a time when this kind of dirt was the norm, but in case they haven’t noticed, everybody is sick of the norm.
Cruz would clear out the whole lot of them. But I think it's too late now.Nope, sorry, it's not the fault of his campaign. He is a sleazy, dishonest politician. A leopard can't change his spots.
Don't forget his refusal to apologize for the mailers.
In 55 years of watching debates (first was JFK-Nixon) I do not recall any candidate calling another candidate a LIAR on his/her face. I mean not even close.