W was a failed president in a number of areas. This was one of the most egregious examples.
Yes, the Cruz response is perfect. It makes the Bush nastiness look very small and petty.
Increasing the debt, expanding government,supporting amnesty, calling islam "a religion of peace","No Child Left Behind"...yeah, he was a failure in many ways. The only he did that would've been different than a Demonrat was the tax cuts.