Posted on 03/23/2016 7:39:44 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Mazin has seriously kicked it up a notch since Cruz launched his presidential campaign in March 2015 and has been one of his most vocal critics. There are personal shots from their time together 25 years ago, but he also weighs in on Cruz’s positions as they relate to the presidential campaign.
The hatred clearly runs deep.
“I would rather have anybody else be the president of the United States,” Mazin told the Daily Beast in 2013. “Anyone. I would rather pick somebody from the phone book.”
He’s also called Cruz “a nightmare of a human being.”
“I have plenty of problems with his politics, but truthfully his personality is so awful that 99 percent of why I hate him is just his personality,” Mazin said on the Scriptnotes podcast in October 2013. “If he agreed with me on every issue, I would hate him only one percent less.”
Mazin isn’t alone in his dislike of Cruz, as Donald Trump has called him a “nasty guy” while saying “nobody gets along with Ted.
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As a Trump supporter, I believe any consideration of an old roommate “99%” concerning “personality” is COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.
There definitely seems to be a trend here - personal hatred of Cruz. No one in Congress likes the guy. Trump, discounting they are opponents, doesn’t like the guy. But when someone has carried such active hatred of the guy for 25 years, that is very telling.
Ted sees himself as a savior. That is a dangerous place to be. He took the South for granted because of it. Trump did not
Off your meds again, eh Glenn?
I’m with you. I wasn’t the biggest fan of some of my college roommates either. When I consider the personality and political inclination of most college students - even 25 years ago - I completely dismiss this jackass’s opinion on anything.
Or, Cruz is a truly miserable person with whom this person was forced to live with for nearly a year. It probably ruined his first year of college, which should have been a wonderful time of his life. I have known a few people in my life that were dreadful people, and if any of them suddenly surfaced, all those old feelings would come flooding back. And if one of those people were running for president, I would be on the warpath too.
He can*t make a simple statement without sounding like a holier-than-thou preacher.
Perhaps if Cruz would denounce Glen Beck, Donald would consider denouncing Cruz's roommate.
At better idea would be to stick to the actual issues. In all the nasty side antics, few have noticed that now Donald is clearly the most Conservative candidate in the race.
Exactly!!!
“Why would any Republican listen to him??? Can anyone say ‘15 minutes of fame?’”
If you are going to shut your ears to anyone who was in a position to dissent on the basis of past experience, how do you expect to discover any of the candidate’s deceptive acts?
I guess Ted told him he only dated girls.
Good lord. Now we are listening to college roommates with an ace to grind? Can’t we all just admit that we are going to vote for the R nominee regardless of who it is?
Who cares what this liberal fruitcake has to say, about anything. Why would you even post this garbage here?
Hmmmmmm! Bill and Hillary didn’t endorse Trump. In fact they attempt to defile him. Big difference. But nice try though. :-)
Character is character.It matters.
Obviously Cruz lives in this guy’s brain. I think a guy like this has mental issues and/or may be gay.
You are who you associate with... at least according to Trumpeteers when they talk abotu Cruz, or does that not apply to him. Reminds me of Obamacare not applying to democraps.
Mazin sounds a bit unhinged.
The only thing my freshman roommate and I had in common was the key to the room. I think he only started three unprovoked conversations with me all year.
But that was probably because he was a much more sophisticated guy than I was then, or than nearly all of us were then; and we thought he was weird.
ML/NJ
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