Terrible advice by DeLay. I didn’t read the whole lurid story, but from what I saw, the National Enquirer played the old game of reporting that rumors say “x,y,z”. Since various sources aver they were approached by political operatives pushing the Cruz affair story, N.E. has an affirmative defense (reporting that there were rumors was factual, whether the rumors were true or not). Cruz would lose a libel case, even if he never had sex in his life, and afford the media opportunities to rehash the whole thing. And libel suits can backfire badly — reference Oscar Wilde.
Advice from a non-Cruz fan who hates sleaze, (assuming Cruz knows he’s not guilty):
1) Deny it vigorously and unequivocally;
2) Demand that anyone who maintains otherwise either present their evidence by noon tomorrow; or, take their slanderous dirty-tricks back into their snake pits and pull the holes in after them.
3) Any questions?
The Gary Hart defense. How did that work out for Sen. Hart?