Posted on 02/04/2016 2:08:17 PM PST by JSDude1
I know there are some of you who are willing to do what it takes to win but you want to make sure you do so with character and integrity. Thereâs a line you donât want to cross. You are fine going up to that line and doing whatever you can that is within bounds but you donât want to cross that line and I am totally with you on that.
I am going to walk you through this faux outrage story regarding Ben Carson and Ted Cruz. Iâm going to walk you through a timeline but before I do, I need to make sure you know what life is like at an Iowa Caucus. Iâm on Team Cruz. I was one of the precinct captains in one of the larger precincts in Central Iowa where I live in a Des Moines suburb. I received no e-mail. I understand an e-mail went out but I didnât receive one from the Cruz campaign encouraging me to address the rumors that Carson was dropping out.
When you have turnout where 60,000 people you donât have room for show up across Iowa to vote, itâs really hectic. At my caucus site, I counted over 500 people were there yet only 291 of them were registered to vote. We had onlookers. We had observers. We had media. I just had somebody from another part of the state tell me that their precinct turnout was up 60 percent from 2012. Our infrastructure was overloaded.
Even if this was planted by the Cruz campaign (and it wasnât), and even if it was something they plotted to do to take down Ben Carson (and we are going to show you that it wasnât), it could not have been successful because of the hectic nature of what went on all across the state of Iowa with this surge of voters.
I talked to a business owner in Des Moines who knows Rick Santorum and spoke with him at his precinct site. He said he got an alert on his phone that said Carson may be dropping out. He said he took it to Rick Santorum and asked him if he thought this was something he should mention as a Cruz guy. You know what Rick Santorum told him? He said Ben Carsonâs voters should absolutely know about that because they should want their votes to count.
In my precinct, I did not have Internet access in the gym I was in.
Read more at http://stevedeace.com/news/the-fake-ben-carson-controversy-should-end-here-and-now/
Trump-Chump?
Well, it was breaking for me...? Isnât that the new posting standard here on FR when we are totally in the tank????
Once again you won’t answer what’s wrong with Deace’s statements and conclusion... weak and weak.
I don’t think you get it.
It does not matter what Dease is saying.
The fact that he is saying “Whatever” 4 days after the election
shows this issue has not gone away.
The fact that you are defending it 4 days after the election
means Cruz can’t talk about anything else.
And neither can Cruz supporters like you.
That is the point. Cruz has been off message for 4 days.
Lots and lots of TrumperTantrums.
Yes it absolutely matters AS SUBSTANCE OF THE charge: It is either True or it is False, and by this article Steve Deace pretty clearly shows this is a FALSE charge.
This is all a political issue for you isn’t it? You’d rather play political football and fidelity to the truth?
Shows me all I really need to know about Cruz haters.
You are still talking about it.
Greta talked about it.
Carson talked about it.
Thanks for keeping the issue alive.
Thanks to Dease for keeping the issue alive.
You’ve been around long enough to know to do a search before posting.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3392877/posts
Spammers for Cruz
Well Alan, just read your info. You aren’t going to be making any real conservative friends on this board with your sophomoric postings. I have yet to read any adult postings by you, just name calling, innuendo and accusations. If you have an opinion and express it like an adult, you might be taken more seriously.
My life does not revolve around being taken seriously by you.
Good, I’m glad that is the case. And congratulations, that sounded like an adult. Have a good one.
The subject line said it was LIKELY that Carson would drop out, which isn’t the same thing as saying he DID drop out. Everybody knows it’s likely that Carson will drop out; we just don’t know when.
Trump belittles Carson’s faith, and that OK with you.
Trump says Carson has a “pathological disease” that cannot be cured, and you’re OK with that.
Cruz people see reports FROM CNN that Carson is dropping out of the race, and they encourage people to vote for Cruz ... and you call Cruz slimy and manipulative.
Great.
All hail King Trump, beholden to none, benevolent to all, faithful to his many wives, protector of all whose property he’s attempted to take through eminent domain, wise judge of character, poet laureate of campaign 2016.
So, you're saying the Subject might as well have been "The Sky is Blue"?
No. "Perhaps as Soon as Tomorrow" is clearly implied, especially when read in the context of the body of the message.
The Subject, "Carson Likely to Drop Out" motivates the recipient to open the message. Read the rest of the message, and the email's intent is clear.
I'm not saying it wasn't an honest mistake, just that it's wrong for Deace to claim the email "said exactly what these news reporters were saying."
If you look at the transcript of the CNN report (which can be seen at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3392448/posts?page=121#121 ) the Cruz team’s email - subject line and message together -says exactly what the CNN announcers were saying.
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