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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ted Cruz slanders war hero, embarrasses TX and violates Armed Services Committee tradition [View all]
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/282819-ted-cruz-slanders-war-hero-embarrasses-texas-and-violates-armed-services-committee-tradition-Ted Cruz slanders war hero, embarrasses Texas and violates Armed Services Committee tradition
By Brent Budowsky - 02/13/13 10:54 AM ET
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The Senate Armed Services Committee has a long and proud tradition of bipartisan statesmanship that was violated by the Tea Party freshman senator who tried to smear a war hero who not only served his country with courage but also has battled for veterans and military families in Texas and nationally for a generation.
Nationally, the shameful performance by Cruz, who acted like Joe McCarthy in short pants with his insults of war hero Hagel, illustrates why Republicans keep losing elections, why the Republican and Tea Party brands are in such disrepute, and why the so-called Republican reboot (which I have called the Republican retoot) is still not close to credible.
In Texas, veteran voters know that Hagel is enthusiastically supported by the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and groups speaking for veterans of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Presumably while Hagel was battling as a decorated war hero and fighting for all living veterans, Cruz was being cheered at Tea Party seminars and eating popcorn at war movies.
Cruz's performance at Armed Services was disgraceful and appalling. He violated the proud tradition of a great bipartisan committee and did no service to the countless veterans and war heroes of Texas and the nation who know that Hagel is a great friend and member of the band of brothers and sisters who serve Texas and America with valor.
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Ted Cruz slanders war hero, embarrasses TX and violates Armed Services Committee tradition [View all]
babylonsister
Feb 2013
OP
They used a couple of pages out of the John Kerry "swift boat" smears during the 2004 election....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#3
You know, we keep criticizing these crackpots that have been duly elected by the citizens
winterpark
Feb 2013
#9
AND he never, ever served. He's my Senator and I never voted for him or .....
marble falls
Feb 2013
#10