There’s an endless list of things I don’t like about BillyJeff, but he IS smart academically. LOTS smarter than the dork who’s there now, but not IMO on par w/Cruz. BillyJeff’s big downfall is his complete lack of self-discipline. And his politics.
(you couldn’t possibly have been referring to his southern accent as disqualifying him from ‘sound[ing] like a Rhodes Scholar,’ could you?)
I’ve lived almost half my life in the South.