Comments on: Cruz’n for a bruise’n https://habitablezone.com/2016/07/21/cruzn-for-a-bruisen/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:11:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/07/21/cruzn-for-a-bruisen/#comment-37030 ER Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:25:16 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=58783#comment-37030 Cruz is dangerous too, probably the most dangerous man in the world. But he is far from being a fool. Cruz is dangerous too, probably the most dangerous man in the world.
But he is far from being a fool.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/07/21/cruzn-for-a-bruisen/#comment-37029 ER Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:21:50 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=58783#comment-37029 Ted was perfectly within his rights to tell the Trumpster to perch and swivel. I cannot imagine how party loyalty is supposed to demand that you bend over and spread your cheeks to the man who insulted your wife AND your father. Maybe its just because he's Cuban, or at least Cuban Canadian, but I salute his action, and politics has nothing to do with it. Its the least any real man could do, and if he hadn't he would have revealed himself as much a spineless sycophant as those who booed him. From a purely tactical point of view, it was the smart thing to do. If Trump is not elected, or if he's elected and does poorly, Cruz is positioned as the man who stood up to him and tried to warn his party how badly it was stepping on its collective dick. In the event Trump is a successful President, or is re-elected four years from now, then chances are no one will remember anyway in 2024. It wasn't just the right thing to do, it was the smart thing to do. Ted was perfectly within his rights to tell the Trumpster to perch and swivel. I cannot imagine how party loyalty is supposed to demand that you bend over and spread your cheeks to the man who insulted your wife AND your father. Maybe its just because he’s Cuban, or at least Cuban Canadian, but I salute his action, and politics has nothing to do with it. Its the least any real man could do, and if he hadn’t he would have revealed himself as much a spineless sycophant as those who booed him.

From a purely tactical point of view, it was the smart thing to do. If Trump is not elected, or if he’s elected and does poorly, Cruz is positioned as the man who stood up to him and tried to warn his party how badly it was stepping on its collective dick. In the event Trump is a successful President, or is re-elected four years from now, then chances are no one will remember anyway in 2024.

It wasn’t just the right thing to do, it was the smart thing to do.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2016/07/21/cruzn-for-a-bruisen/#comment-37028 mcfly Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:00:29 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=58783#comment-37028 In a way, I feel for Cruz. He's almost universally disliked. That's got to take a toll. But a quitter he ain't, as witnessed by his opening salvo for the 2020 election cycle. From a liberal standpoint, though, this is a big, heavy double-edged sword. Sure, I loved watching Trump get a finger in the eye, but this also strongly suggests that the *extreme* right will continue to have high-profile representation in the GOP for years to come. Yay. In a way, I feel for Cruz. He’s almost universally disliked. That’s got to take a toll.

But a quitter he ain’t, as witnessed by his opening salvo for the 2020 election cycle. From a liberal standpoint, though, this is a big, heavy double-edged sword. Sure, I loved watching Trump get a finger in the eye, but this also strongly suggests that the *extreme* right will continue to have high-profile representation in the GOP for years to come.

Yay.

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