Smear merchant: NY Times

The NY Times has nominated Johathan Weisman to write the first major hit piece on Ted Cruz. If I were the Washington Post, I would sue for plagiarism because both bird cage liners have come out with the same attacks: why doesn't this first termer shut up and sit down?

In just two months, Mr. Cruz, 42, has made his presence felt in an institution where new arrivals are usually not heard from for months, if not years.

This is especially true of Republicans although it seems that the rules are suspended if you are a lightweight from Chicago who goes for the Presidency shortly after being elected to the Senate.

The Times pulls out a lot of the stops: he’s a Tea Partier, he’s the reincarnation of McCarthy, he’s not a military veteran, he was born in Canada. So far no intimations of infidelity, but that will come.

You can tell a lot about people by looking at their friends and their enemies. I like Ted Cruze already.