Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?

Jackson Hole News & Guide ^ | December 5, 2015 | Susan Estrich

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is Ted Cruz too mean to be president?

Being nice is, for better or worse, not a qualification for the presidency. “Nice” is not a term one often heard associated with Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, both — in their ways, and with obvious limits — highly effective presidents.

But I don’t remember reading quotes about either Nixon or Johnson from those close to them describing them as unqualified for the presidency on account of being just too mean, too arrogant and too self-centered.

After all, most nice people are not nearly so in love with the sound of their own voices as most politicians are; most of us don’t crave the adoration most politicians do; and frankly, being nice is often not consistent with the willingness to use people and then jettison them when they become a liability, which has become a hallmark of modern politics....

[lee martell]

Obama is mean too, but for the wrong reasons.

[CyberAnt]

Susan’s comments are just plain juvenile, whiney and petty.

And .. I’d rather have a “mean” president than a cowardly, back-stabbing president, like the one we have now .. which I’m sure Susan voted for.

[Telepathic Intruder]

What most liberals call being “mean” is just telling the truth. Political correctness is nice to them because it puts truth secondary to feeling good about yourself, whatever it is you’re doing. It’s replacing right and wrong with what feels good and what doesn’t. But without truth, there can also be no love.

[shibumi]

Is Ted Cruz too mean?

Offhand I'd say ... no.

[Viking2002]

Susie Estrogen is still around? I thought she slithered off to a booth in some dive bar years ago, chain-smoking Pall Malls and downing double bourbons on the rocks......

[faithhopecharity]

well, Obama is mean as his mentor Satan
and
Hillary is a b,,,h

(so why did he write an article about Cruz?)

[Politicalkiddo]

Shut up Susie Snowflake.

[crosdaddy]

Had a couple of those tonight(dbl bourbons/rcks).

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

If anything, Ted Cruz is too nice.

Mean? Susan Estrogen must be kidding.

[G Larry]

“mean” = Will remind us that we should NOT be killing our babies.

[Gil4]

One man spent his free time writing frightening, NRA-loving, hate-filled screeds on Facebook about the other’s religion.

The other proved that what he wrote was accurate.

[Gil4]

Never have two threads open at the same time. Especially after midnight. (Yes, that was intended for another thread.)

[JoSixChip]

which I'm sure Susan voted for.

That's the problem. Not that obumber is president, but that we have a citizenry that would elect him. I don't see how we overcome that. Even a Trump and/or Cruz presidency could fix that.

[Viking2002]

Really? How many fingers am I holding up?

[Uncle Miltie]

Tell us more about "mean", Susan:

[shibumi]

I knew immediately which thread.

And yes.

[crosdaddy]

Ah,that looks like your big toe

[CyberAnt]

However, it turns out that the DemocRAT party is in the midst of dying. They are deeeeeeeply in debt; all their candidates are in their 60’s or close to it .. and there are no young DemocRATS to replace them.

So, the conservative voting block will do very well this election.

[McGruff]

Oh dear.