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The Day That Bill Clinton Met Ted Cruz (Airport flashback May '16)
The New York Times ^ | May 16, 2016 | Maggie Haberman and Matt Flegenheimer

Posted on 07/01/2016 6:40:55 AM PDT by monkapotamus

But that afternoon, Mr. Cruz came upon Mr. Clinton at the airport, where both men happened to have landed for events for the respective campaigns.

Angel Urena, a spokesman for Mr. Clinton, and Catherine Frazier, a spokesman for Mr. Cruz, both confirmed the encounter, but declined to discuss any details of what happened or what they discussed.

But according to three people briefed on the interaction, who were granted anonymity to describe the meeting, Mr. Cruz had landed at the airport before Mr. Clinton did, for an event tucked into his schedule just a day earlier. The Secret Service traveling with Mr. Clinton established that Mr. Cruz was on the other plane with a small coterie of aides; when Mr. Cruz learned that the former president was there, he expressed interest in saying hello, according to the people briefed on the encounter.

The visit, in many ways, was a vintage performance for Mr. Clinton, who as president made a point of attempting to charm political rivals. That is not an approach that Mr. Cruz has taken since becoming a senator, although his rise in politics was fueled in part by personal relationships with members of a Washington establishment that he publicly disparages.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: clinton; cruz
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1 posted on 07/01/2016 6:40:55 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

What, is this supposed to draw a parallel with Clinton’s airport meeting with Lynch?

As far as I know, Ted Cruz isn’t involved in an ongoing investigation.


2 posted on 07/01/2016 6:44:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Watched the segment on O’Reilly with the reporter that broke the Clinton/Lynch meeting last night, and it was pretty apparent that they didn’t want any of this getting out to the press.

The reporter heard from two airport sources, who didn’t know each other, about the meeting. Apparently, the FBI and SS people with Lynch and Clinton, respectively, were shooing people away and not allowing them to take pictures. Very sneaky, if you ask me.


3 posted on 07/01/2016 6:47:51 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: monkapotamus

Bill Clinton is having meetings now on planes now????

This is rather odd...


4 posted on 07/01/2016 6:48:14 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: monkapotamus
And exactly what do Ted Cruz and Loretta Lynch have in common...other than that they're both bipeds?
5 posted on 07/01/2016 6:48:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I was wondering if this was something former president Clinton did regularly...so at least we have one example, although the interest seems to have come from Cruz.

Maybe these private plane owners regularly use the tarmac as a place to meet and greet, discuss grandkids and golf scores?


6 posted on 07/01/2016 6:49:39 AM PDT by GOPPachyderm
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The NYT methods are as transparent as ever. I’m sure an editor put this reporter on the case to dig for such a parallel so that the suspicions regarding Lynch and Mr. Bill could be quashed.

Except, NYT, there is a criminal investigation ongoing and your tit for tat story is a non-starter.


7 posted on 07/01/2016 6:50:04 AM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I am prepared and like a watchman in the night.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Both #nevertrump-ers.


8 posted on 07/01/2016 6:51:18 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: woweeitsme

Did you hear the reporter say that he has as yet been unable to get verification that Bill did actually golf in Phoenix.

Is this contrived meeting an indication that Clintons are very concerned about the server investigations?


9 posted on 07/01/2016 6:51:49 AM PDT by GOPPachyderm
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To: GOPPachyderm

Or maybe Bill really does hate Hillary riding on his coattails or on Huma’s for that matter.


10 posted on 07/01/2016 6:53:10 AM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I am prepared and like a watchman in the night.)
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To: CARTOUCHE

You might be on to something there.

Wonder if Bill was on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane?


11 posted on 07/01/2016 6:55:41 AM PDT by GOPPachyderm
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Just shows that Lynch and Clinton spent atl east one half hour with no one else present


12 posted on 07/01/2016 6:56:21 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: GOPPachyderm

Bill may have been on Epstein’s private plane but I’m certain the lavatory basin has been scrubbed and any DNA evidence lost to the ages.


13 posted on 07/01/2016 6:57:56 AM PDT by CARTOUCHE (I am prepared and like a watchman in the night.)
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To: GOPPachyderm

I did catch that. I have no doubt they are concerned, because she is guilty.

Any person working in national security would be fired and prosecuted for what she did.


14 posted on 07/01/2016 7:09:24 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: GOPPachyderm

WSJ story says he was there for a fundraiser which is more plausible than ‘cardiac’ Clinton golfing in 108° + heat. Whether this version adds to the believability of the whole “chance meeting” meme is something else entirely


15 posted on 07/01/2016 7:26:27 AM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: monkapotamus

4 paragraphs of preamble. bye Maggie, bye Matt.


16 posted on 07/01/2016 7:31:44 AM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Bill Clinton ‘learned at the foot’ of his friend Jeffery Epstein - - if you want TOTAL privacy talk on a plane YOU have control over. Guess the bed wasn’t necessary for Loretta...


17 posted on 07/01/2016 7:38:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (Bill Clinton's white trash. Loretta Lynch is black trash... Comey has NO backbone. Welcome to AMeriK)
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To: monkapotamus

I suspect the Cruz-Clinton meet was nothing more than a social event. NOT SO with Lynch.


18 posted on 07/01/2016 7:41:38 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
You are right. This is the New York Times trying to find a cute way to trivialize the Lynch/Clinton private confab.

The Times, as usual, is all in for those who want to change America beyond recognition.

19 posted on 07/01/2016 7:48:12 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: GOPJ

Trump will have that down pat. He invites people all the time to look at his jet. What’s one more ;-) Trump can trump Slick Willie on this one.


20 posted on 07/01/2016 8:12:13 AM PDT by RummyChick
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