Interesting that the author talks about Barry Goldwater, but neglects to mention Ronald Reagan...
I would hope that the liberal media do its usual overkill that exposes how far left they are so that ordinary Americans can see that Cruz is a good man who deserves a chance to be heard.
You’d think the media would be ecstatic about a Conservative running since the memo is non-Socialist Republicans are “unelectable.” Of course, we know they’re worried not because he’ll lose, but because he can win.
“Which incumbent president with a martyred predecessor will Senator Cruz be running against in 2016? Does Julian know something we don’t?”
Excellent point. In this article we have the problem of getting a “history lesson” from someone too young to know the mood of the American people during the election of 1964.
Goldwater ran for President the year after John Kennedy was assassinated. He was running against Kennedy’s memory as much as he was running against Lyndon Johnson and in that atmosphere no Republican had much of a chance.
And as liberal as the mainstream media is today, it was just as bad if not worse then. And you didn’t have any alternative to ABC, NBC, and CBS’s version of what was news.
This article doesn’t take into account the lies Johnson told about his intentions in Vietnam. I do note,however, he makes the point Cruz is an extremist several times. This is the type of hit piece Ted can expect to see time and again in the coming months and this is from a “news” source which protected Obama without fail.
Incidentally it is stated Rockefeller was booed when he spoke at the 64 Repub convention. But what the author fails to tell you the booing was a set-up, and was done by Rockefeller activist to embarrass Goldwater.
That campaign of 64 was a particularly nasty one from the get go
If a radical leftist, socialist, probably communist, constitution usurping, dog and grasshopper eating, almost certainly non-American, Muslim, Kenyan can get elected as POTUS, I think Ted Cruz has a shot.
Cruz is probably the most articulate of all the GOP likely candidates. That is what scares the mainstream media and some of his opponents. He may not win, but he will tear the other size to shreds in the process.
When the guy is in a debate (former national debate champion), he is brilliant. Like to see him go far if for not other reason to have one on one debates with Hillary.
Just not sure he has enough to win over those that already have a negative opinion of him.
Every major media outlet in TX was campaigning against Ted Cruz, but he won handily in his first campaign for office. When the media attacks him, he prevails because he tells the truth, and the people know it. That’s why they are scared of him.
Ronald Reagan.