What I find troublesome here is Ted Cruz even mentioning these men’s conduct as a benchmark to boost his own perceived political saleability, through his own implicit praise of himself. None of these past candidates were my favorites, but it was not the best forum to condemn them with faint praise. That’s what marks Ted as a little too brash, and probably due for some correctional experiences yet.
Ted Cruz was making a very valid point about the Republicans running as democrat lites and always losing. That was the point, that Republican candidates need to firmly say what they believe and not be afraid of it. That is what gets them to the White House. How anyone could be even remotely offended by what he said is just ridiculous and are just trying to change the subject away from the truth.
Are you a troll? Seriously. You need not look back more that 4 years to see what McCrazy has done for the cause. He attacks someone for doing What they said they would do when running for office, along with his RINO voting record.
John McCain is addicted to power, Cruz threatens his place. John isn’t happy about.
McCain bringing up the service record of Bob Dole and subtly implying Cruz insulted McCain, also, was a smokescreen to deflect the truth of what Cruz stated.
If stating what millions of fed-up Republicans already know is being 'brash' and, in your opinion, requires 'correctional experiences' then the GOP is in serious trouble with conservatives. We've sat by and watched the alleged wise men of the party hierarchy effectively cede winnable elections to the Democrat while the Republican candidate 'took the high road' - to defeat. We're done with that and if the GOP insists on trying the same tactic and getting the same defeats, we're done with the Republican party and it's aversion to 'brash' senators who state the truth.
Cruz loses out, though, in comparison to Rand Paul who makes the same point without what could be perceived as a personal attack.