Ted Cruz: John Kerry, Chuck Hagel 'Less Than Ardent Fans' Of Military

[Mass]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/26/ted-cruz-john-kerry-chuck-hagel_n_2558491.html

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) dismissed the military credentials of two of President Barack Obama's cabinet nominees Saturday despite the fact that both are veterans.

"Okay, we've got two pending nominations, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel," he said in responding to a question at the National Review Institute summit in Washington. "Both of whom are very prominently -- "

Cruz took a pregnant pause. "Anti-us?" said a moderator.

"Less than ardent fans of the U.S. military," he continued.

Hagel, a former Republican senator who Obama nominated for secretary of defense, and Kerry, a Democratic senator and nominee for secretary of state, both served in the Vietnam War. Hagel received two Purple Hearts; Kerry received three and a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.

Cruz went on to say that former President Ronald Reagan was more deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize than every other nominee put together for his stance towards the Soviet Union. Cruz threw in a reference to the only vice president ever to resign from the office, Spiro Agnew, who served under former President Richard Nixon, saying Reagan overcame the "nattering nabobs" at the Department of State to tell Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, "Tear down this wall."

"My view of national security and foreign policy is exactly that of Reagan's," he said.

Spiro Agnew? Really? This is what your references are?

[hedgehog]

1. "My view of national security and foreign policy is exactly that of Reagan's,"

That must include sending people out to die while avoiding military service himself!

[Angry Dragon]

2. This explains a lot about Cruz ......... Reagan had Alzheimer's

[MrScorpio]

3. I'm sorry… What the fuck?!?

Has Ted ever serve in combat like Kerry and Hagel, or is he just another in a long line of Republican chicken hawks?

[TwilightGardener]

4. The military doesn't need "fans". It's something to be used and maintained for our

defense. Its members need to be cared for in order to maintain readiness and capability, and to honor our promises to them (and attract future recruits). That's it. Kerry and Hagel have a very realistic, non-sentimental view of the military (which comes from their service and their wounds) that will serve us well. Ted Cruz is an utter jackass.

[bluestateguy]

5. Opposing the president's national security nominees in a time of war

Disgusting.

[Jim__]

6. Ah yes. Our national security and foreign policy should be mostly about stopping the USSR!

[tularetom]

7. The "nattering nabobs" at the state department knew the wall was coming down

And they informed the white house of that fact.

So Ronnie was able to get up and grandstand and pretend that he caused the wall to be removed.

By the time the wall was removed Reagan's "stance toward the Soviet Union" was that he couldn't find it on a map.

And by the way WTF is some asshole moderator doing leading this asshole on by tossing in little remarks like "anti-us"?

[dsc]

8. and of course he has spent not one second in the military

[ProSense]

9. Can the Senate be saved?

Ted Cruz.

Ron Johson: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022253278

Rand Paul: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022262613 (5:25 mins in)

[gordianot]

10. Reagan claimed he filmed Nazi death camps in spite of never leaving Hollywood during the war.

Reality impairment a common Republican quality.

[neverforget]

11. Cruz is the new Demint. aka batshit crazy teabagger

[Jennicut]

12. Nutball teabagger never served in the military.

Total chickenhawk. Are we all that surprised?

[SHRED]

13. Yet another chickenhawk opens his beak and squawks

[bemildred]

14. That's because they have been IN the military.

Cruz sounds like a fool.

[Arkana]

15. Yes, Ted.

Two guys who served on the FRONT FUCKING LINES IN VIETNAM have no respect for the military. You giant fucking douchebag, do you LISTEN to yourself when you speak?

Jesus FUCKING Christ, can we just have these guys committed? Can we make it so that they have to spend the rest of their Senate terms in a padded goddamn room somewhere?

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. I'm perfectly happy for idiots like this to keep talking

This is the Christine O'Donnell / Sharon Angle effect. Yuck it up, genius. Most people know Kerry and Hagel served with distinction in combat, while Cruz is a coward teabagger chickenhawk. This isn't even in dispute.

What a clown.

[tavernier]

17. We need a good Chickenhawk printout picture

and every time one these disgusting cowards open their mouths, we bombard his office with thousands of chickenhawk pictures. Something to paper their walls.

Anybody have a good one??