Cruz’s performance last night was all about 2020. He stayed as long as he could in front of the cameras and lights all for the sake of 2020. His appearance had nothing to do with the 2016 election except possibly he wouldn’t mind seeing the election thrown to Hillary if he thought that would increase his chances in 2020.
There are certain people I will automatically turn off when they appear on TV. Cruz is now one of them. I used to think maybe he was OK. But as of now, I can’t stand the guy, at least as far as his political aspirations or public persona goes. When he talks, his words sound tinny and hollow to me - nothing solid, no ring of authenticity. Last night was no exception.
I just read a short biography on Benedict Arnold. What came through was a fatal flaw that Arnold’s personal ambition was more important than the lofty goals he was supposed to be fighting for. That’s Ted Cruz. Cruz supposedly stands for constitutional freedom but he’s shown me he puts his own political ambition and future first. In that sense, Ted Cruz is a Benedict Arnold as far as I’m concerned.
Someone said Cruz thinks he’s Reagan in 1976. Apparently his dad and apparently Cruz himself, think that Cruz has some sort of Divine Right to become President. I think they’re both nut jobs.
And if you want, I’ll tell you what I REALLY think about Cruz.
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Cruz’s copy of Reagan’s ‘76 convention speech must be missing the last line: “We must go forth from here united, determined that what a great general said a few years ago is true: There is no substitute for victory, Mr. President.” I certainly don’t remember Cruz talking about unity or victory in the presidential race. Except for some policy overlap, he is nothing like Reagan at all.
I totally agree about Cruz’s fatal flaw of ambition. And the scariest people are sometimes those who believe that they are specially chosen by God for certain tasks or positions, because too many take it as permission to do absolutely whatever they want since they are in a “righteous” cause.
Agree with you Jim, it is a combination of disgraceful and pitifully hilarious (in that SMH kinda way).
Someone else posted that if this was all about 2020 (which I do agree with) then teddy running in 2018 means yet another unfulfilled Senate term. Great strategy teddy!
Here is what I believe. Fredo just trumped himself.
Cruz is about to enter into his future. He can look forward to being shunned in the US Senate, like never before, this time with the public backing it, given no chairmanships, and doubtless he will be primaried in Texas, for his senate seat.
He can look forward to being treated like TRUMP has been treated. Totally alone, despised by all media but for a handful, by both parties, and wholly rejected by donors galore. But, with none of the grace and charisma of TRUMP, he won’t come out on top, but fall from grace and over the cliff.
Cruz sat on upwards of 90 million dollars, poured in by Wall Street globalists and has a buff professional team left over. He will run again for prez on that machine of his. But, next time he will not have the stream lined path to the nomination he thought he had this year. All that money, all that ground game, all that team, and he got creamed.
Now he has even shrunk his voter base by at least 60% all by himself. He never collected all the Evangelicals he thought he bagged. And, with a good shunning, it will shrink some more.
Next time, he will be despised by voters as well as donors who hopefully will be energized across the nation to fuel his opponents at his every turn. Grassroots, like me, will work for his opponent. The media will ride him out of town, including Texas media, in Dallas and Houston and Austin and San Antonio.
Cruz calculated that he had this 2016 nomination either in the bag, or Jeb would win and find a spot for him to run again, in 2020.
Cruz is too narcissistic to even internalize what the hell he has done to himself.
I might watch Cruz. I expect a public melt down at some point.
I also would like to contact his donors and Addleson in Vegas, to find someone to primary him right out of Texas.
TRUMP will probably take care of that for me. LOL!