Posted on 03/31/2016 2:34:53 PM PDT by drewh
I agree, in a perfect world.
It just seems that every time it gets this far along with politicians and preachers it turns out to be true. And the denials flow from their lips unless there is concrete proof and they are trapped.
The celebrity stars just seem to expect it from each other.
The Carly moment was what convinced me he is hiding something. How do you specifically say you are going to answer the question clearly ... and then not say "yes" or "no" to a yes or no question?
Well that’s what I’m saying. If you can’t stand up and say you have not had improper relations with women then maybe you have. Innocent people usually are outraged at these kinds of rumors and innuendo. Cruz just deflects and tries to blame Trump. His wife is nowhere to be found at these pressers. She sure isn’t coming forward to defend him.
I would already have been in front of the cameras assuring everyone that Mr. GG2 does not cheat on me.
You know fwdude, that was what I was thinking too!
They are and we don’t have to respond. Trump’s doing it all by himself.
Sarcasm?
The first shoe hasn't even dropped.
Agreed, they are delusional. Pretend that he was born here and no scandal came out, he is still unelectable. There is a huge problem with losing The South, Ohio, and Florida.
FR is not representative of the country or republicans. We are likely less than 10% of the party. We need cross over votes are will lose forever.
And we will shrink to 5% if this election is not won and immigration stemmed. The numbers tell the story. He would lose very badly.
That it is, and I regret that only the tip of the iceberg is out there. I just keep on digging and trying to piece things together, what I can, and try to discern the secular truth(s) as best I can.
I hear you.
the only reason it’s a story is because Cruz has set himself up as a moral compass.
I don’t like either of our two frontrunners... but Cruz’s preacher like holy roller demeanor completely turns me off. So does Trumps bravado and language... but at least he’s not trying to pretend to be someone else.
They never promoted themselves as The Candidate Without Sin.
Their supporters never yelled that they could NEVER support a certain other candidate because of his "sexual immorality".
Wow. What a great post! I had no idea. Thanks.
Thank you.
I asked another FR yesterday when she left Cruz and that article was posted. And then I read the comment and a realized the Team Cruz has known the story’s out there for a long time.
All I get is accusatory comments from some.
Leftist sites have no plan to help conservatives, just because you think something hurts the other candidate doesn't mean you should post these totalitarian *sshole sites.
Just stop.
“All I get is accusatory comments from some.”
That’s all you deserve.
You could well be right. Here's the deal: If the Cruz and his campaign seemed otherwise clean and straight, and the NE story were the only thing going against it, then I would probably discount the story.
But as another poster said here yesterday, there's way too much smoke coming from the campaign for there to be no fire. It seems like every day, we're treated to some new sign of dishonesty, slime, etc. And as for Ted's "non-denial" denial, Judge Judy would no doubt eat him alive on that. After all, she said she knew right away that Clinton was lying about Lewinsky.
In a nutshell, the NE story alone is not enough to cast serious doubt on the Cruz campaign. But taken with the laundry list of everything else, I think you'd have to be as dumb as Jessica Simpson not to see through it all. ;)
Yeh he definitely looks shaky.
| Yes, former Cruz campaign manager, Amanda Carpenter, and political commentator on CNN is now doing her best to take Trump down with her blacklist. Plus Levin's new girlfriend, who works in the Cruz campaign, is probably eager to promote her candidate to the former "Great One." We could go on and on. It's really a function of the network you've created for yourself. And it's one of the reasons Trump is doing so well. Business leaders, celebrities, sports figures, religious leaders, and even politicians are supporting the Trump campaign. And I suspect that once Trump seals the nomination, a number of celebrities will come forward to support him. The celebrity endorsements will probably be 20 times the number that Mittens had in 2012. Trump is as much of a household name as Clinton. And name recognition is a big deal in the general election. Another indicator of network strength is that Trump's twitter followers are now 7.4 million strong. Cruz Twitter followers have just passed 1 million now. Of course, Trump has been building his network for 30 years. Cruz's network is going on about 4 years. Cruz is like the inventor of a new conservative mousetrap (policies) but is crying for distribution. Trump not only invents new conservative mousetraps, he's got a vast network to sell it to. And his brand is strong enough to withstand hundreds of millions of dollars of Donor negative advertising. Amazing what this guy of great competence and leadership ability is going to do for our country. |
The only difference is Trump was willing to tell all. I would like it better if Trump would denounce his past sexual exploits and maybe go into how the sexual liberation movement of the 60s was toxic for our culture. I would say it was that movement that created the women liberation culture which did have some extreme elements and are part of the Clinton grass roots effort now.
Trump has lots of cleanup stuff he is not used to getting into. Give him time. I am sure his standards are noble as he has matured to a grandpa.
What is important to understand, is the Trump team are not actively exploiting the Cuban Mistresses scandal as far as I know. We should not assume they are. Maybe friends of Trump are in the mistress mining mission, but I don’t think Trump is encouraging it. It would be better if Trump won the nomination fair and square without the usual personal scandal, like what happened to Herman Cain, to do it for him.
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