Cruz seemed to bring out the worst in people, even here at FR.
It wasn't Cruz that did that.
Well, for sure Trump brought out the worst in John McCain.But Trump has delivered judicious judicial nominees, and on that basis alone he is the heavyweight champ. No guarantee that any of the other candidates for the Republican nomination could have won. Cruz in particular - whom I did favor, and contribute to - claimed that he would beat Hillary in debate. Well, maybe - but that would not be enough, as we saw when Trump did it.
When Trump had to cancel a Chicago rally because of
demonstrationsrioters Cruz properly condemned the rioters. But because Trump had insulted Cruz’ father, Cruz committed an unforced error by proceeding in the same paragraph to criticize Trump. I was appalled, because in context nothing else mattered but censuring that violation of the “right of the people peaceably to assemble.” And I pretty well knew that at that moment Cruz was close to being cooked.I guess you could say that Trump has prospered by bringing out the worst in his opponents.
Yeah, pretty amazing that people are still doing the "Never-Trumper"/"Trump-can-do-no-wrong"/Ted Cruz stuff...very detrimental to FR. Led to a big jump in use/membership at "TOS".
... a reflection of Cruz?
Or of FR?