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Ted Cruz camp: 'Blow to Sarah Palin' if she endorses Donald Trump
Washington Times ^ | 01/19/2016 | David Sherfinski

Posted on 01/19/2016 5:27:37 AM PST by GIdget2004

A spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential campaign said Tuesday it would be a "blow" to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she endorsed businessman Donald Trump for president.

"I think it [would] be a blow to Sarah Palin, because Sarah Palin has been a champion for the conservative cause, and if she was going to endorse Donald Trump, sadly, she would be endorsing someone who's held progressive views all their life on the sanctity of life, on marriage, on partial-birth abortion," Cruz campaign spokesman Rick Tyler said on CNN's "New Day."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016trump; 3dollarbilltedcruz; canadian; cruz; donaldtrump; ineligible; palin; sarahpalin; trump
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To: montag813
Trump is more conservative than Cruz. Cruz is very weak on immigration.

Trump on the Issues:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Donald_Trump.htm


61 posted on 01/19/2016 5:55:51 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: CAluvdubya

Cruz isn’t eligible. He knows it, Trump knows it, Palin knows it, the RNC knows it, and the state GOP operations know it. The only people who don’t know it are the unwashed masses, who have been duped.


62 posted on 01/19/2016 5:57:20 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: CAluvdubya
I'll be pretty surprised if she does endorse Trump. Of course, I was surprised that Shlafley endorsed him, too

Probably believe that Cruz can't pick up the independents and Reagan type democrats etc etc
63 posted on 01/19/2016 5:57:37 AM PST by uncbob
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

I see a lot of operatives here like you.

It is not a good thing for Trump.

People aren’t stupid.


64 posted on 01/19/2016 5:58:21 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: hoosiermama
Energy department head

That's a very excellent point, and one I hadn't considered.

I've always though Sarah seems rather likable in a personal way. I've admired her spirit and the way she managed to smile despite the fact she was so ill-used by the McCain bunch.

Although I thought it was rather tacky to hint she was running from president and then didn't, but she could have easily been waiting for a signal that never came.

I'm sure she'll be a bright spark at the rally, though. Can't wait to see it!

65 posted on 01/19/2016 5:58:28 AM PST by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Law of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

IIRC, Branstad was staying out of it. All he said was that questioning Cruz’s qualifications, or observing that his qualifications are in question, was fair game for other candidates to bring up.


66 posted on 01/19/2016 6:00:06 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Helicondelta

Ah yes, because most conservatives support partial birth abortion, support the government taking land from private citizens to give to other private citizens, and support national healthcare.

Real conservative...

Trump is square in the middle of that chart, he is whatever you want him to be, because he wants nothing more than to get elected. He has the record to back that claim up too.


67 posted on 01/19/2016 6:00:16 AM PST by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: GIdget2004

So Cruz is already attacking Palin...


68 posted on 01/19/2016 6:00:31 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: GIdget2004

Ted sure wanted her endorsement when he ran for senate


69 posted on 01/19/2016 6:00:58 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: uncbob
Probably believe that Cruz can't pick up the independents and Reagan type democrats etc etc

Could be. That has always been my worry about Cruz.....that and the H1B visas, and TPP vote.

70 posted on 01/19/2016 6:01:37 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! Trump and Cruz, abolish the GOPe!)
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To: GIdget2004
Sadly...The Beer Hunter (Palin) has become a national joke.

In this case the only ones who give her any thought in the political realm are what Buckwheat lovingly refers to as “bitter clingers”.

In this case Osama might have a point.

But welcome to the circus...oh one of endless ridicule.

JMHO

71 posted on 01/19/2016 6:01:44 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: plewis1250

You are right, nobody but politicians can be trusted to keep their word.


72 posted on 01/19/2016 6:01:48 AM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Helicondelta
Cruzers are already waging a full blown smear campaign against Sarah Palin on twitter.

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73 posted on 01/19/2016 6:02:37 AM PST by don-o
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To: PCPOET7

Trump would be a slash and burn president and is feared by most of the insiders that do crony capitalism because he knows personally most the players.


Repeat LOUD and OFTEN.

We are way past liberal /social issues. It is time to tear down the central authority and then rebuild. There is no fixing the current govt. Trump is one way to tear down Washington, there are others..........


74 posted on 01/19/2016 6:03:07 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MamaTexan
I'm sure she'll be a bright spark at the rally, though. Can't wait to see it!

I have a cold and I'm so tempted to call in sick so I can see it. Was hoping the rally started earlier, before I go to work.

75 posted on 01/19/2016 6:04:01 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! Trump and Cruz, abolish the GOPe!)
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To: Lakeshark
I still prefer Cruz, but IMHO, this would be a master stroke, game over kind of thing for Trump.

It is - because Palin still has a support base, many of whom are not yet completely familiar with Cruz. Now, they may never take the time to become so.

Palin endorsed McCain, also - so this is not really out of character. She is a more mainstream Republican than the pundits seem to believe.

76 posted on 01/19/2016 6:04:02 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: bray

When you hitch your wagon to a corrupt NY LIEberal, you’ve righly earned the vitriol that follows. If your honest, you will have to acknowledge that Trump is the nastiest out there when he doesn’t get his way or feels his manhood is threatened, but Cruz or anyone who supports him are somehow more vile than a DUmocrat? I don’t think so. Beyond the fact that he has been co sistently on the wrong side of EVERY issue, the whole Megyn Kelly Twitter fit is a prime example why Trump is unfit for the office...that temper is Yuge! To endorse him is a detriment to your credentials.


77 posted on 01/19/2016 6:04:14 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: GIdget2004

If Palin does this, it proves she’s not really a conservative, and maybe never was.

But it will probably make her popular with the lamestream media until Sen. Cruz is defeated.


78 posted on 01/19/2016 6:05:01 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: GIdget2004

Amazing. Fantastic. She’s amazing. She is is a
fantastic person. I am amazed.


79 posted on 01/19/2016 6:05:19 AM PST by Sivad (Elect Hillary : Trump or Cruz haters stay home in November)
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To: GIdget2004

Palin’s endorsement of a Senate candidate here in Missouri (just south of Iowa) a few years back had no effect on the outcome. The candidate she endorsed lost. I don’t think a Palin endorsement carries much weight anymore.


80 posted on 01/19/2016 6:05:57 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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