https://twitter.com/gstokes13/status/297059927409700865
Indeed. Senator Cruz continued his streak of awesome during his questioning of Chuck Hagel at his Secretary of Defense hearing.
Ted Cruz notes that Hagel hasn't been transparent and cooperative with the committee.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/297058227558957056
Senator Ted Cruz is smacking Hagel for agreeing with the statement, "The US is the World's Bully" on al Jazeera.
— Debra Heine (@NiceDeb) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/297058843043700736
Ted Cruz: Do you think it's appropriate for the US SecDef to agree the US is "*the* world's bully," like you did, Sen. hagel?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
Good Lord, Hagel agreed the US was "the world's bully" on Al Jazeera.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
After he got Cruzed (yeah I'm going to make that a thing) Hagel is even slower and more stumbling.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 31, 2013
Cruzed! Make it happen, people.
https://twitter.com/AndrewStilesNRO/status/297060452477853696
Yes, some didn’t like Senator Cruz’s epic drubbing. Guess who? That’s right; Media lapdogs. Or, as Ace of Spades calls them “the Left’s rescue efforts.” How dare Senator Cruz question Hagel about statements he made, or with which he agreed?
RT @amandacarpenter: Here is the clip of Hagel's appearance on Al Jazeera @SenTedCruz played at the hearing today http://t.co/uhgXVdUs
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) January 31, 2013
Callers and stuff don’t count. Or something!
RT @daveweigel: God help me if I'm ever judged by how I respond to a C-Span caller.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 31, 2013
@daveweigel I've been on CSPAN dozens of times since 1982 and I've had horrible things said in questions and I've objected. Every time.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 31, 2013
as u see from RTs of @jpodhoretz, left's Rescue Effort is saying "all he did was accept the premise, he didn't offer the premise himself"
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
And then Chuck Todd donned his head cheerleader outfit.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/297061649397977089
Imagine if C-SPAN caller opinions were regularly used against politicians when they choose to ignore and answer what they want.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
Callers and emails? Seriously? C-SPAN Washington Journal producers just panicked that no elected pol will ever come on again
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
Ted Cruz going all @meetthepress on Hagel, he brought a clip
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
Anybody who has ever been on a show that takes callers or emailers knows you try to ignore the crazy and respect a show's format.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
what someone says in an interview in a book, speech etc. total fair game but judging on responses to crazy callers/emailers, come on
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
One thing is clear, Ted Cruz knows how to get attention. He may at the bottom on seniority, but he made the most of his 5 mins
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
He then retweeted this:
Sigh. Twitter users rightly call out lapdog Todd.
@chucktodd You keep saying that Hagel ignored callers. But he didn't. He agreed with them affirmatively.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 31, 2013
@philipaklein I'm not trying to defend Hagel on this; just think going down the road of crazy callers/emailers is slippery slope
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/adstout/status/297066400231616512
https://twitter.com/BartigerHoosier/status/297068060085456896
@chucktodd So you misstate your position on national television in order to appease a show's format. That sounds virtuous.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) January 31, 2013
Boom! Then MSNBC’s Chris Hayes weighs in, pom-poms at the ready.
This is bottom of the barrel stuff from Ted Cruz: playing Al Jazeera random caller asking Hagel a question.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 31, 2013
@chrislhayes Well, good for you. But even if u think Cruz was unfair, do you not agree that there's a distinction b/w ignoring & agreeing?
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/PaulZummo/status/297064427151314947
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/297063568468238336
Zing!
RT @philipaklein: Remember when media attacked Santorum for not correcting questioner who said Obama was a Muslim? http://t.co/zvIuIIii
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) January 31, 2013
Yes, but Obama doesn’t like him!
Those not blinded by Obama cheerleading have a much different take.
https://twitter.com/teachdance4u/status/297063645370789889
Watching Chuck Hagel bumble around, not answer questions and be grilled by Cruz and McCain is quite entertaining. #tcot
— Kevin McKeever (@bankofkev) January 31, 2013
Sen. Cruz hammered #Hagel Sen. Levin tried to mitigate – not working. . .
— Ray H Jenkins (@RayHJenkins) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/297065905005944832
https://twitter.com/kesgardner/status/297058984664395776
Only thing left is for Ted Cruz is to hold up Hagel's severed head.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 31, 2013
Now Ted Cruz is demolishing him.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/297062688784252928
https://twitter.com/OrwellForce/status/297059871344431105
Ace of Spades then puts it all in a nutshell.
I'm less curious whether Hagel is qualified to be SecDef than I am if he's qualified to be Asst. Manger at the Scottsdale Mall Foot Locker
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
Bingo. Also summed up? Media lapdogs.
You can tell @chucktodd and the media are objective by the way they reflexively spin on behalf of a catastrophic nomination hearing
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
I mean, that's what "objective" people do — they immediately claim that what you clearly saw with your own eyes didn't happen
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/bimbim1/status/297070957410000897
Look at all the Democrat Media Complex lemmings fact checking Cruz instead of Hagel. Isn't it adorable? #StateRunMedia
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 31, 2013
Keep exposing yourselves, media lapdogs.
Update: Video!
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/297082606535729154
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