NY Times Op-Ed regarding Senator Cruz

[PJMcK]

This is a column about Senator Cruz's over-all political persona that clearly illustrates his extremism and intolerance. It's written by David Brooks, no less, and this criticism by a conservative is remarkable.

[link:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutalism-of-ted-cruz.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0|

[Human101948]

1. Read the comments!

Brooks is skewered for his part in enabling the rise of people such as Cruz.

[PJMcK]

3. David Brooks does not usually make sense

His writing is generally far to the right and illogical so I've rarely found agreement with his columns. And he certainly has contributed to the stark polarization of our politics and even our culture. In my view, he has been a poor replacement for William Safire.

Mr. Brooks' points here are interesting because they illustrates the rank hypocrisy of Senator Cruz and, by extension, his supporters.

[wiggs]

5. NYT comments are often better than the article. Intelligent,

well-written.

[underpants]

2. Wow thanks for the short concise refutation of the entire RW talking point Brooks

The fact is this apocalyptic diagnosis is ridiculous. The Obama administration has done things people like me strongly disagree with. But America is in better economic shape than any other major nation on earth. Crime is down. Abortion rates are down. Fourteen million new jobs have been created in five years.

Obama has championed a liberal agenda, but he hasn’t made the country unrecognizable. In 2008, federal spending accounted for about 20.3 percent of gross domestic product. In 2015, it accounted for about 20.9 percent.

[Gothmog]

4. Carnival Cruz is an extremist nut case who is scary