Much like playground bullies, it does not take long for the liberal media to poke fun at the family members of candidates they don’t like – Republican candidates. The father-bashing began in earnest on Tuesday afternoon shortly after Rand Paul’s campaign announcement when MSNBC’s Live With Thomas Roberts decided to headline a segment of the fathers of Republican candidates with the phrase “GOP Contenders with Father Issues?”
Having set a tone nowhere close to objectivity, Roberts jabbed Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, asking how Ted Cruz will “break his father's shadow or potential hindrance of saying something and really getting caught with having to explain it away.” (One sign of liberal gusto on this front is Buzzfeed’s listing of the 68 most controversial statements of Ted Cruz’s dad.)
Aaron Blake of The Washington Post helpfully piled on. “Ron Paul says a lot of things that maybe unhelpful for Rand Paul. Rafael Cruz probably says even more unhelpful things. But I think, you know, by virtue of the fact that he hasn't been really been in politics for many years like Ron Paul has or like the Bush family has, I'm not sure people are necessarily going to tune in too much to what Rafael Cruz says. I don't know that Ted Cruz is necessarily going to invite his dad to the campaign trail...he's certainly not a natural fit for being on the campaign trail.”
Like a true MSNBC “Lean Forward” type, Roberts joked in response, “I think reporters will -- if he doesn't show up on the campaign trail, they’re happy to go find Rafael Cruz, and take the cameras and microphones to him.”
Blake concluded that Rafael Cruz “is a pastor so he's accustomed to public speaking and he’s shone before that he’s not afraid to say things that maybe his son would rather have him not say.”
This is the same liberal elite who never mentions Michelle Obama's mother -- who lives in the White House residence -- unless the Obamas might allow it, and who present the president's late parents as sainted figures. They couldn't even locate Obama aunts who lived illegally in America, and never mind Obama skipping the funeral to go golfing. These are GOP "talking points," which can't be news.
