{"id":6811,"date":"2015-12-01T04:15:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/12\/01\/ten-reasons-to-support-ted-cruz\/"},"modified":"2015-12-01T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T04:15:14","slug":"ten-reasons-to-support-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/12\/01\/ten-reasons-to-support-ted-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Reasons to Support Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/spengler\/2015\/11\/24\/daves-top-10-reasons-to-vote-for-ted-cruz\/?singlepage=true\" target=\"_self\">excellent piece<\/a> by David P. Goldman, a.k.a. Spengler. &#0160;Excerpts:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">5. Cruz is in but not of the system. The distinguished conservative scholar Robert P. George mentored him at Princeton and the flamboyant (but effective) liberal Alan Dershowitz taught him at Harvard Law School. Both agree he was the smartest student they ever had. An Ivy League education isn&#39;t important unless, of course, you don&#39;t have one: to run the United States, it helps to have dwelt in the belly of the beast. Cruz came through the elite university mill with his principles intact, and a keen understanding of the liberal mentality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">[. . .]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">And the top reason to vote for Ted Cruz is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">He can beat Hillary Clinton. Not just beat her, but beat her by a landslide. Mrs. Clinton isn&#39;t that smart. She looks sort of smart when the media toss&#0160;her softballs, but in a series of one-to-one, nowhere-to-hide presidential debates, Cruz would shred her. Cruz was the top college debater in the country. He knows how to assemble facts, stay on message, anticipate his opponent&#39;s moves and neutralize them. He&#39;s a quarter-century younger than Mrs. Clinton, smarter, sharper, and better prepared. 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