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Sun Oct 27, 2013, 10:35 AM Oct 2013

king cruz....two dumbasses with guns

AKRON, Iowa -- Republicans have become accustomed to defending former Vice President Dick Cheney's political record, but Texas firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz is now defending his reputation as a hunter.

Cruz joined Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, for a pheasant hunt in western Iowa on Saturday, and the two discussed the now infamous 2006 incident when Cheney accidentally shot a friend while quail hunting in Texas.

"Look, it happens," said Cruz.
King said the incident "doesn't bother me a bit. The way I understood it, he was standing in the wrong place."

Cruz and King spent hours Saturday trudging through brush in western Iowa with a group of hunters in the hopes of bagging a few pheasants. King has hosted past Republican presidential hopefuls Rick Santorum and Rick Perry for similar hunting outings in the first-in-the-nation voting state.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/26/21175199-republican-senator-ted-cruz-on-cheney-shooting-incident-look-it-happens?lite

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king cruz....two dumbasses with guns (Original Post) spanone Oct 2013 OP
I can only hope. russspeakeasy Oct 2013 #1
Calling what Cheney was doing at the time "hunting" is a bit of a stretch... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #2
...and then cruz saying 'look, it happens'.... he's talking about shooting a man in the face. spanone Oct 2013 #3
Well, it does if you've got a gun! rock Oct 2013 #4
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