Define "intelligence." There are many types of intelligence, and ivy league degrees are evidence of some of them but not others. I do not doubt that he may have aced all his exams in law school or that he was an extremely capable attorney or that he possesses a certain type of cleverness that lends itself well to playing political games.
But I reject the notion that he's any sort of off-the-charts genius as I've seen you insinuate in other threads. And there's a difference between intelligence in the sense of book-smarts and the wisdom required to apply all that knowledge to the world around you in a sensible, logically-consistent, pragmatic, and constructive manner. I want my president to have the latter more than I want them to have a Harvard J.D., and based on Ted Cruz's professed worldview I don't believe that he has that.
Excellent answer. Thank you.
Just one thing, it was Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, who had Cruz as a law student, who made the comment about Cruz being "off-the-charts brilliant".
I am sure you are aware of that, but just to clarify.
Well, now I doubt Alan Dershowitz's intelligence...
