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Ted Cruz and Karl Rove spar over a passage in Cruz’s book
The Washington Post's Post Politics ^ | June 28, 2015 | Katie Zezima

Posted on 06/28/2015 8:31:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Karl Rove are at odds -- over a description of what happened when former president George H.W. Bush donated to Cruz's campaign for attorney general of Texas in 2009.

Rove is lashing out against assertions Cruz makes in his book, "A Time for Truth." Cruz writes that he went to see Bush in Maine and the meeting went well -- so well that Bush let Cruz borrow clothes and a belt buckle that said "President of the United States," and handed him a campaign donation check for $1,000. Cruz was invited to Maine by the son of one of his current rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, Jeb Bush.

Cruz writes that Rove said the elder Bush "was too old to have good judgment anymore" and demanded that Cruz return the check. Cruz wrote that Rove implied that if he made George H.W. Bush's donation public, George W. Bush would "endorse my opponent and come out publicly for him."(continued)

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


TOPICS: Texas; Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bush; bush41; election2016; karlrove; tedcruz; texas
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To: Bobalu

I have a dick. It’s nothing like Karl Rove.

You owe an apology to my dick.

L


21 posted on 06/28/2015 9:55:08 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Taxman

Looks like everyday Cruz or his crowd has to start some story to stay in the news. This is not important or relevant today. It damn sure is not Presidential. Hell there are bigger things going on.


22 posted on 06/28/2015 10:01:40 PM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is time for Karl Rove to go away.


23 posted on 06/28/2015 10:02:17 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Lurker
I have a dick. It’s nothing like Karl Rove.

You owe an apology to my dick.

Lol!

Please inform your dick that I am very ashamed to have compared him to a little worm like Rove. :-)

24 posted on 06/28/2015 10:08:18 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Bobalu
You mean he's dickless....


25 posted on 06/28/2015 10:10:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Bobalu

My dick accepts your apology.

That doesn’t mean we will be taking warm showers in the wee hours of the morning.

Best,

L


26 posted on 06/28/2015 10:34:21 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lumper20

How did Cruz start this story? It’s about the fat pansy Rove’s reaction to something in Cruz’s book.


27 posted on 06/29/2015 3:20:30 AM PDT by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panels.)
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To: Lumper20

The Washington Compost publishes a hit piece, and somehow it’s the fault of Cruz and/or his supporters.

OK, got it.


28 posted on 06/29/2015 3:45:17 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Bobalu; Lurker
Please inform your dick that I am very ashamed to have compared him to a little worm like Rove. :-)

Oh, great. Now you've insulted worms, those wonderful denizens of the ground.

29 posted on 06/29/2015 4:03:45 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
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To: Lumper20

I respectfully disagree. Rove operates a PAC that is one of the most destructive influences against conservative. He’s the zip inside the wire and he needs to be taken out. Anything that damages or discredits him is news worthy.


30 posted on 06/29/2015 4:21:39 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gotta love it. Rove v. Cruz.

Who're YOU inclined to believe, on first glance?

The one with years and years of Media "cred," the "architect," who might "huff and puff and BBBBLOW you're house down!"

Or the mean ol' young Senator who doesn't know how to play nice and get along inside the Beltway? Hmmm? Let me think... I know where Cruz stands, on nearly everything. Can't remember him ever having lied to me, maybe a clumsy near miss hear and there, an awkward glance once in a while.

And Rove? Honestly, I don't know where Rove "stands" on anything except high-dollar donors, the one's with big bank accounts but pea-sized civil consciences; the audience for these mortar shells he is firing.

On first glance or after years of examining these two individuals, one of whom could arguably be held accountable for laying us open to Obama, I think Cruz has the most credibility with me. But I'm not the water well Rove is trying to poison.

31 posted on 06/29/2015 5:13:12 AM PDT by Prospero (Omnis caro fenum)
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To: GeronL

I wouldn’t believe Rove if he said the sky is blue.


32 posted on 06/29/2015 6:13:27 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.)
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To: Shimmer1

Rove needs to stick that whiteboard up his kazoo.


33 posted on 06/29/2015 6:27:17 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: raybbr

This is old news from March 23. Why bring it up the end of June?


34 posted on 06/29/2015 6:50:49 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: raybbr

This is old news from March 23. Why bring it up the end of June?


35 posted on 06/29/2015 6:51:00 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Fresh Wind

This is over 90 days old.


36 posted on 06/29/2015 6:51:52 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Well, I read the article and I believe Ted Cruz, not the Pillsbury Dough Boy. However, I’m wondering; why is Ted coming out with this now? While I loathe KR, he is influential in political circles and could dry up a lot of money Ted needs, not only during the Primary season, but in the General Election.


37 posted on 06/29/2015 7:42:38 AM PDT by Din Maker (GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico for VP)
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To: VTenigma

I am not a Karl Rove fan. Both of these two like to start crap.


38 posted on 06/29/2015 8:13:00 AM PDT by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Lumper20

I would urge you to check your premises: Karl Rove and the GOP establishment (GOPe) cannot afford to allow a True Conservative to win in 2016. Such a win would put an end to their “Country Club Republican” cash flow and end their power-sharing with the LIEberals.

GOPes MUST BE DEFEATED!


39 posted on 06/29/2015 8:42:33 AM PDT by Taxman (H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Based on what I read, Rove has been playing both sides of the fence with the Bush Family.
For his own purposes...whatever it is.


40 posted on 06/29/2015 8:45:33 AM PDT by Zathras
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