[John Valentine]

It is a valid political truism that one NEVER responds to slanders by repeating the charge from your own mouth even as part of a denial.

NEVER do it: it’s fatal. Lyndon Johnson’s famous adage was that if you can make your opponent say “I am not a drunkard”, you have the election in the bag.

Cruz is well advised not to give any more credibility to these slanders than they deserve, i.e. NONE AT ALL.

[Arrian]

Hey, look on the bright side. At least the Cruzer was nailing females. Right???

[fortheDeclaration]

But Cruz has responded to the attack and yet won't say that he never was unfaithful to his wife.

You can't have it both ways.

Had he ignored it, then he could keep quiet.

[FR_addict]

“Cruz is well advised not to give any more credibility to these slanders than they deserve, i.e. NONE AT ALL.”

It is easy to say “I have never been unfaithful to my wife”, if it is true. but Cruz is worried about something.

As I just posted, Ben Carson was asked this question, even had a woman claiming he fathered her child. Ben said he had never been unfaithful. The story went no where.