Posted on 03/26/2016 11:46:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The entire despicable affair regarding the absolutely destructive behavior of Donald Trump has, in my opinion, been orchestrated to maximize the sleaze affect in order to suppress the Cruz vote. Since Trump is maxxed out on being able to get new voters, he is now trying to prevent Cruz from amassing enough votes to win at a contested convention.
Keep in mind my contention that the entire focus of this sequence of events is based upon the fact that the biggest enemy in the GOP primary is not Trump, but Ted Cruz. So let’s take a look at the start of the sequence.
The SuperPAC called “Make America Awesome” is a corny-sounding spoof of Donald Trump’s slogan (stolen from Reagan, by the way) “Make America Great Again.” It feature a nude picture of Trump’s wife, Melania, lying on a mink rug (hello, PETA?). The picture is contemporarily tasteful for GQ, and I have no qualms about it in that sense.
The ad was ostensibly supposed to repel Mormon voters from Donald Trump. It may have worked to a small degree, though I believe the vast majority of Utah voters have other issues with Mssr. Trump. But the first thing that made me suspicious, as any rational constitutional conservative, is the message on the ad: MEET MELANIA TRUMP. YOUR NEXT FIRST LADY. OR, YOU COULD SUPPORT TED CRUZ ON TUESDAY.
Just like clockwork, Trump reacted and started the entire sequence of events in which he accused Cruz of putting out the ad, and you know the rest of the sordid story. But back to “Make America Awesome.”
For the record: I believe that “Make America Awesome” is a “TrollPAC” which is used strictly to denigrate.
From Open Secrets:
Official PAC Name:
MAKE AMERICA AWESOME
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA 22313
Industry: Unknown
Treasurer: MARSTON, CHRIS
FEC Committee ID: C00594176
(Look up actual documents filed at the FEC)
Total Receipts $20,752 Total Spent $5,940 Begin Cash on Hand $0 End Cash on Hand $14,812 Debts $12,491 Independent Expenditures $18,800 Date of last report February 29, 2016 2016 PAC Contribution Data
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients) $0 Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more ( list donors) $2,000 Individual donors gave 7 large ($200+) contributions to this PAC in 2015-2016.
Contrib Occupation Date Amount SHEFFER, ANN
WESTPORT, CT 06880PHILANTHROPIST 01/12/16 $500 WURTZEL, NATHAN
CHANTILLY, VA 20152THE CATALYST GROUP 01/09/16 $250 GLOVER, JULEANA
WASHINGTON, DC 20008PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 12/29/15 $250 BAILEY, PAUL
MATTOON, IL 61938PRESTON HUNTER 01/31/16 $250 HAYWARD, ALLISON
CAMBRIA, CA 93428ATTORNEY 01/19/16 $250 MCGRATH, BRYAN
EASTON, MD 21601THE FERRY BRIDGE GROUP, LLC 01/23/16 $250 NICHOLS, JAMES
INFO REQ, VA 11111INFO REQ 01/14/16 $250
First up: Who is Chris Marston? From LinkedIn (Note: Free LinkedIn membership required to view profiles):
A political consulting company, offering general consulting, campaign finance compliance, and other campaign support services. From his website:
Election CFO provides a full-range of campaign finance services, providing only the services you need. We recognize every organization is different and customize our offerings accordingly. You only pay for the services you use.
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His life experience? He ran for clerk of Alexandria County (unsuccessfully), he clerked for Rob Portman in congress, and he’s done a lot of consultin’ for the Establishment. As such, he’s an INTEGRAL part of K Street…not exactly a Ted Cruz supporter.
Now for the donors. There were only six listed donors who gave over $200 who account for only $2,000 collectively, or less than 10% of the entire $20,752 raised to date. I can list five of the donors’ here.
First on the list, $500 donor Ann Sheffer. Her pedigree? She is a philanthropist of the Arts, who once worked for Bill Clinton. From The Westport News:
Sheffer has been a lead advocate for arts funding on the local, state, and national levels, according to Kristin Briner, Westport Arts Center board member, and co-chairwoman of the 2014 gala. Sheffer served on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities under President Bill Clinton and was instrumental in the creation of the Westport Arts Advisory Committee. She currently serves on the Connecticut Advisory Committee for Culture and the Westport Country Playhouse board of trustees.
Confirms my suspicions. Ted! would do well to fire the Bushies quick.
They are tied to Carly and Perry, who are tied to Cruz...
We know these guys aren’t doing Cruz any favors.
This is more like operation chaos. Stir the mud. Sort of like the typical debate forum all this year.
RE: They are tied to Carly and Perry
Any proof of that?
First of all, the people who donate aren’t the ones who create the ads and run the PAC.
Secondly, Cruz brought all this mess on himself. Is it really THAT hard to just pop onto TV and say “I don’t approve of these type of ads and I don’t want people doing them in my name or putting my name on anything like this.”?
I don’t think it is. But oily lawyer Raphael can never do that. He goes on TV, says “I didn’t have anything to do with it, and by the way, Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump Donald Trump!!” As usual, Cruz stayed quiet until the damage was done, and then popped up to blame Trump for all the ills that face the world.
The dirty tricks, the lies, the "rat copulation",
like the SECRET ObamaTRADE support for Heidi Goldman,
is NOT Mr. Trump's fault.
And what about the $500,000 BRIBE?
Is that Mr. Trump's fault, too?
Amanda Carpenter (One of Cruz' Alleged Mistresses) Broke The 'Carson Leaving Race' Lie Via Twitter
Hasn’t GQ said that it was Cruz’ campaign manager who bought the Melania Trump picture from them for the ad?
According to GQ, Jeff Roe, Cruz’s version of Valerie Jarrett, placed the order for the pic and then handed off to Liz Mair.
Hasn’t GQ said that it was Cruz’ campaign manager who bought the Melania Trump picture from them for the ad?
That was proven false. It was a tweet that was sent out and people ran with it thinking it was true.
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From the beginning, I thought this was an operation to cause all out civil war in the GOP.
War came to Chicago and Cruz joined the Enemy.
Ted State trying to cover for Ted?
That’s a surprise....
RE: Ted State trying to cover for Ted?
Which part of the report is untrue?
Looking up Liz mark on twitter,then look at her client list,carly,perry,walker
The suppositions begin in the first sentence, presented as facts. Typical Cruzlim bs.
The attempts by the Cruz campaign to deflect from Ted’s issues aren’t working.
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