I have a shemagh... Close as that gets.
Each candidate was asked tough questions. Some handled them better than others. If you think these were tough, wait until CNN/MSNBC get ahold of them.
I thought Ted’s answer showed a level head.
“”In our final moments here together, we’re going to allow the candidates to offer their final thoughts. But first, we want to ask them an interesting closing question from Chase Norton on Facebook, who wants to know this of the candidates: “I want to know if any of them have received a word from God on what they should do and take care of first.””
“CRUZ: Well, I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.
(APPLAUSE)
CRUZ: I’m the son of a pastor and evangelist and I’ve described many times how my father, when I was a child, was an alcoholic. He was not a Christian. And my father left my mother and left me when I was just three years old.
And someone invited him to Clay Road Baptist Church. And he gave his heart to Jesus and it turned him around. And he got on a plane and he flew back to my mother and me.
(APPLAUSE)
CRUZ: I would also note that the scripture tells us, “you shall know them by their fruit.” We see lots of “campaign conservatives.” But if we’re going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative, someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.
There are real differences among the candidates on issues like amnesty, like Obamacare, like religious liberty, like life and marriage. And I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.
And I will be proud to continue to do so as president of the United States.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)”
They weren’t just tough questions.
They were personal attacks.
In Ted’s case, it was an attack on his faith.
This wasn’t supposed to be an interview.
It was to be a debate, preferably about policy positions.
Ted is the only candidate I’ve contributed to.