I was wondering how Cruz, a senator, was considered an outsider, so I googled it. It looks like, if he’s an outsider at all, he’s an outsider mainly because nobody in the establishment likes him.
Outsider. Pariah. Whatever.
Interesting article in Slate, with the headline:
“Harvard-Educated Lawyer Who’s Worked for Every Branch of Government Runs for President as Outsider”
CBS news ran this article, with the hard-hitting headline:
“Ted Cruz, Washington outsider and proud”
The first two paragraphs:
Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is glad he isn’t a part of the nation’s political elite.
“You may have heard I’m not exactly the most popular person with congressional leadership,” the cheerful Texas senator said Friday to a group of conservative business leaders.
The third paragraph explains why (he claims) he’s not well-liked. Turns out he’s an obstructionist douchebag:
Cruz, the first major Republican to officially declare his candidacy for the White House, said that because of his role in the 2013 government shutdown over Obamacare he wasn’t well-liked among the party’s heads. And as a result, campaign donations dried up.
It appears the republicans now have two gigantic assholes from which to choose. One who’s basically a fascist, and one who wants to take his ball and go home when he doesn’t like the way the game is going. At least Trump would almost certainly lose in November. Cruz apparently has a real shot at winning the general election:
