I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that every conservative gets put in by Democrats and the media. A conservative is either stupid — too dumb to know the right answer — and even worse, if they actually know the right answer, then they're evil. They want people to suffer. I suppose I feel mildly complimented in that they have recently invented a third category, which is crazy. It's the alternative to stupid or evil. And now crazy is the third one, because it seems inconceivable that there could be Americans who believe in free-market principles and believe in the Constitution and are working to defend them.


Interview with Alex Altman of Time Magazine, in Alex Altman, "Why Ted Cruz Thinks the Media Gets Conservatism Wrong", Time Magazine (August 8, 2013).

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I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that...

I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that...

I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that...

I do think in the media there is a tendency to describe conservatives as one of two things: stupid or evil. And those are the two categories that...