I don’t think Glenn Beck did Cruz any good at all. All his talk about Cruz being sent by God to guide us thru the rapture, how Scalia’s death was part of God’s plan to get us to vote for Cruz, how Cruz was the fulfillment of Mormon prophecy, and how Cruz was like Moses, all sounded like something coming from someone holed-up in a compound with a stockpile of Kool-Aid. Cruz should have never accepted his endorsement, and should have denounced Beck’s religious lunacy.
Because of Beck’s “help”, Cruz went from being a poor candidate to a totally unacceptable one. Anyone who has no better judgement than Cruz showed by aligning with Beck has no business being in the Senate, much less in the White House.
Now there's the understatement of the year.
All his talk about Cruz being sent by God to guide us thru the rapture, how Scalia’s death was part of God’s plan to get us to vote for Cruz, how Cruz was the fulfillment of Mormon prophecy, and how Cruz was like Moses, all sounded like something coming from someone holed-up in a compound with a stockpile of Kool-Aid. Cruz should have never accepted his endorsement, and should have denounced Beck’s religious lunacy.
I'm not one to play the guilt by association game, and I don't think a candidate is obligated to say "I don't want your support" to every lunatic that endorses him. However, when a candidate starts believing the same crap as his lunatic fringe supporters, it becomes a problem. I got the impression that Cruz himself started to think he was some sort of messiah or prophet. He certainly campaigned more like a candidate for preacher than for President a lot of the time. All the theo-babble from Beck and from his own father probably got to his head. Getting cozy with Beck's lunacy and with the corrupt Romney/Bush wing of the Republican Party are what dragged really him down. All a shame really, since Cruz is a smart guy who had a lot of potential.