Posted on 12/14/2015 4:42:05 AM PST by dontreadthis
We’re often asked why not just unmask candidate Ted Cruz and lay bare with all of the gathered research on his manipulative intents. The simplest answer can be found in the following analogy some might be familiar with:
…â€have you ever tried to convince a 17-year-old teenager their boyfriend is wrong for themâ€?…
There are some things you make a decision not to do, choosing instead to watch people awaken on their own, at their own pace. Preferring to support them after the awakening.
Ted Cruz, as a known toxic entity, is one of those type of examples.
What Campaign Chief Jeff Roe describes in the recent Washington Post article is MK-Ultra type of psychological operations.
The objective goes hand-in-hand with the approach Senate Candidate Ted Cruz first deployed in his 2012 bid to become a U.S. Senator.
Many of us who supported Cruz at the time (2012) recognized the concerning aspect, but set it aside as an issue ‘for future reference’.
However, when you digest the approach, it accurately describes why “religion†is an essential element in his campaign. It also explains why Cruz can turn against someone like Sarah Palin, once her usefulness was exhausted – now, collaboratively with Glenn Beck, calling Sarah Palin “a clownâ€.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
Cruz will be exposed for the career politician that he is. I too used to like him and supported him at the outset of his campaign. I’ve come to dislike him immensely. No actual accomplishments in life short of living off the taxpayer dime and giving theatrical speeches to the masses to play up his conservative bonafides, all the while playing the game with the same people he rails against. TPP, amnesty, Corker, PAC money all non starters for me. And he just comes across as slimy and insincere. Overly rehearsed and theatrical. Hillary and her minions will make him the most unlikeable candidate to ever run for office. Just fact.
start stacking these things up and you get a stinking pile
What private info is. Cruz “stealing”?
Because $69K buys you a President?
Legally, maybe nothing.
From a not so tech savvy voters perspective, maybe stuff off their phone.
I can see where his whole PhysOp operation could come back to bite him, can’t you?
The operation is specifically designed to manipulate voters.
If that is known by a broad base of voters, it could damage Cruz.
I still support a Trump/Cruz ticket, but Ted needs to get out in front of this before it metastasizes.
He might be your nominee
“Cruz’s campaign manager, Jeff Roe, spit chewing tobacco into a soft drink bottle as he explained the campaign’s heavy investment in data and analysis. It’s critical because of changes in the nature of the electorate, popular media, polling and campaign finance law, which make many of the old axioms of campaigning - gathering endorsements, purchasing high - cost broadcast ads - less valuable.
‘There is no handbook for this,’ the Missouri-based political consultant said of running a presidential campaign in 2016. ‘The conventional wisdom has been destroyed. What you can do is rely on data.’ “
Perhaps in the 21st Century this is just a smart thing to do. I have seen no article (yet) that lists how they go about this - whether you can opt out or in or if they are using black helicopters with scanners or have contacts within NSA helping with the heavy lifting. Can we really say that people who use Facebook and Twitter really care about privacy? Not to mention that the article sited is the Washington Post - no spin there, right? There’s no perfect candidate running last time I checked. It would be nice to be able to see into the heart and know the real motivation of a person running for public office - but we can’t. If Cruz happens to win the nomination and you are unhappy with his “data mining”, you’ll still have a choice - Bernie or Hillary.
As a so-called conservative, Cruz is a critic of excessive government data collection. But he has been notably aggressive when gathering personal information for himself...to advance his ambitions.
Some data comes from readily available sources....voter consumer habits and Facebook posts.
But some of Cruzs alleged data collection is startling....such as a new smartphone app that keeps supporters in touch w/ him.
But the Cruz campaign is co-opting his supporters by scraping supporters phones without their knowledge or consent for additional contacts....a shady way to get new donors and votes.
Adding to that his flip-flopping on crucial issues, it makes you wonder what in heavens name he would do w/ his grubby hands on presidential power.
He isn’t stealing jack squat. Just more lies from the Trump-a-maniacs who are backed into a corner by a superior candidate and have no leg to stand on to show their guy is a more trustworthy man or more reliable conservative. When a volunteer knowingly shares their contacts with Cruz’ app, that isn’t “stealing.”
Look, you don’t have to go all Tedaroid snotnose.
I don’t think he’s stealing in a legal sense. He’s manipulating. His program is called physops for a reason.
If it becomes widely known, alot of folks won’t like it. Many of them will see it as a form of theft. Count on it.
Ted needs to explain himself and nip this in the bud or it will bite him big time.
He’s been my second choice but he needs to clean up this mess.
Not only that, but Breitbart is also giving its polling data to Ted Cruz. I’ve never signed up for any of Cruz’s crap, but actually got an email from Cruz, with my full name, with a “personal” video message. Didn’t bother to watch the video, but maybe I should have to see what the pitch was.
I just don’t feel right about orange people.
Actually, people don’t like to hear the truth about people....I was hoping that Trump would pick Cruz as V.P. at first, and then as I started researching him and his stands on different things, and then seen how he flips and flops when he found that Trump stood up for the things he was against, I lost all faith and hope in Cruz....I don’t personally want him any where around Trump, I don’t want anything that could ruin what Trump will bring to America and Americans, we have so much of that since Clinton, it’s time to really put America ahead this time...sorry if that offends you Cruz supporters, you have been out there with your opinions on Trump, so now we are out there with our opinions on Cruz....
I like the Mexican and other people, to bad you have to call them by the ‘orange people’....not nice....
My unfoldment regarding Cruz is very much like yours.
Being the first to announce, he really won my heart and mind.
Now, not so much.
For me, it’s all about the crossover votes.
Trump resonates.
I am pretty sure that the app asks if you would like to sync your contacts. It does not do it automatically.
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