[DoughtyOne]

For stating I couldn’t have gone on vacation at a time like
this, you call me a girly-man.

Smile...

If that was an attempt to anger me or put me down or hurt
my feelings, I’d say you’re the girly-man.

If rolling up my sleeves and helping in a make-shift
food kitchen, or helping do some other menial task that
would help out in some way, makes me a girly-man, I’d be
very proud to be a girly-man.

I’d also be doing interviews and telling the people of
Texas that I was sorry for what they were going through
and would to my best to make sure these issues are
addressed and never happen again.

Senators do things to help their own state all the time.

Just so you’ll know, that doesn’t make them a girly-man.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yes, it does.

The fact that you felt compelled to deny it proves it.

[Joe 6-pack]

As a brand new second lieutenant meeting with my platoon sergeant for the very first time he gave me sage words of advice that have hung with me these many years. He said, "Sir, as a leader, you live in a fishbowl. Everything about you is going to be on constant display. Your technical competence, your ability to handle pressure, your work ethics, your integrity, your off duty behavior, and perhaps most of all, the way you deal with your boss, as that's going to set the standard for how you want them to deal with you."

Cruz may have an Ivy League education, but apparently none of his professors were ever up to the task of sharing SFC Hildebrand's wisdom. It's a shame as it might have spared Cruz this entire fiasco of his own making.