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Carson says an apologetic Cruz asked for a meeting at debate (busTED)
Washington Post ^ | 2/7/16 | Robert Costa

Posted on 02/07/2016 7:57:55 AM PST by patq

Ben Carson said late Saturday that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas approached him during an off-camera break at ABC’s Republican debate to apologize for his campaign’s conduct during the Iowa caucuses and requested a one-on-one meeting with him.

“He said he’s sorry that this happened and he wants to sit down and talk,” Carson said in an interview with The Washington Post. “He wants to discuss the whole thing and clear the air.”

In the interview, Carson said pointedly that if the meeting with Cruz is scheduled, that does not mean the the senator will be absolved.

“The evidence is there,” he said, citing voice-mails that his campaign has released of Cruz allies telling caucus-goers that Carson was likely to suspend his bid. “Tapes, written communications, it’s all out there. People have to decide whether this kind of behavior is acceptable to them.”

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; carson; cds; cruz; iowa; noob; shenanigans; troll; zot
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To: LS

Proof of vote fraud?


281 posted on 02/07/2016 11:44:51 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: skeeter

...”Carson is really showing his ass over this thing. What a disappointment”....

He’s been a whiner from the get go.....so this does not surprise many....he covets the attention now and using Trumps playbook to retain media attention....and in time get the pay off rewarded to those who bow out when the price is right.


282 posted on 02/07/2016 11:45:13 AM PST by caww
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To: HarleyLady27

Ok, what did he blame in CNN that wasn’t true?


283 posted on 02/07/2016 11:45:52 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: Outlaw76

Because Trump’s groupies act like deranged liberal mobsters. It’s a total mob mentality.


284 posted on 02/07/2016 11:47:03 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: austinaero
I find the fact you assert St. Cruz is a “good” man reprehensible. Who backs that up exactly?

Guilty until proven innocent? Hmmm...

Peace,

SR

285 posted on 02/07/2016 11:50:04 AM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: skeeter

What did you observe?


286 posted on 02/07/2016 11:50:09 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: DrewsMum
Name the law broken.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.

Leviticus, Catholic chapter nineteen, Protestant verses sixteen to eighteen,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

287 posted on 02/07/2016 11:53:31 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: tennmountainman

Glad we have an eyewitness who heard ‘Cruz Beg Carson’!

Thanks for that ‘on the spot/I was there’ report.

Take care.........pilgrim


288 posted on 02/07/2016 11:54:11 AM PST by pilgrim
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To: skeeter

“Carson is really showing his ass over this thing. What a disappointment”

A rational person might postulate that Ted Cruz has shown his ass and its unattractive. :-)


289 posted on 02/07/2016 11:55:37 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DrewsMum

So now we see the violence inherent to the system! LOL

It’s all glad handing and lies

What the Trumps record?
Don hands out turkeys for the holiday and people vote

I stood for cruz in 3 votes and he went in there and took the punches gave them back and lived another day, Lord he is still taking the punches but he is no career politician.


290 posted on 02/07/2016 11:56:55 AM PST by mylife
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To: katiedidit1

To be clear CNN was body slamming Cruz last night after the debate with a point by point refutation of Cruz’s explanation for the dirty trix.


291 posted on 02/07/2016 11:57:42 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Not if they actually check the actual facts.


292 posted on 02/07/2016 11:58:00 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

See my post #291


293 posted on 02/07/2016 11:59:36 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

CNN and Carsons team were the very source of the leak


294 posted on 02/07/2016 11:59:53 AM PST by mylife
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Go take a nap and wash yer undies Ben


295 posted on 02/07/2016 12:01:22 PM PST by mylife
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Yes...it's relentless against Cruz....or completely silent....heck even when he won Iowa the media framed it as an after thought. Trusting God will move the people's hearts and minds rather than the media. They seem to be chasing glitter rather than seeing the diamond before them.
296 posted on 02/07/2016 12:04:59 PM PST by caww
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To: Georgia Girl 2
No wonder Cruz ran to Carson in a panic..

"Correspondent Tom Foreman then said, "Erin, at no time did CNN say that Ben Carson was dropping out of this race, not online, not on air, not anywhere. And for Ted Cruz to stand onstage, once again tonight, and suggest that CNN did is a flat-out lie. This is what was tweeted shortly before the caucuses opened that evening about Ben Carson's travel plans by our Chris Moody He tweeted, 'Ben Carson will likely speak at his victory party in Iowa before caucus results are in so he can catch a flight.' Then he added, 'Carson won't go to New Hampshire, South Carolina, but instead will head home to Florida for some R&R. He'll be in DC Thursday for the National Prayer Breakfast.' And then this, 'Ben Carson's campaign tells me he plans to stay in the race beyond Iowa no matter what the results are tonight.' All three of those tweets came out in less than two minutes before the caucuses even opened. And 45 minutes later, Moody hit it again by saying, 'Folks, Ben Carson is just making a brief stop at home in Florida tonight and campaign says he'll be back on the campaign trail by Wednesday.'

297 posted on 02/07/2016 12:06:14 PM PST by moehoward
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To: mylife

“Ted did nothing but win. jeez that has bunch of knickers in a wad”

That isn’t why people’s knickers are in a wad. That’s how you’re trying to minimize what he did. People’s knickers are in a wad, because he revealed a lack of character.

“Trumped whined for a few days but he was and is a contender and took it like a man but even he knocked of the whiny baby crap.”

To the extent that Trump even matters in this, it’s only that he made himself look foolish at the start by saying he would sue or that he wants a do over.

“Carson needs to drop out and stop attacking cruz”

He doesn’t need to do anything. Cruz attacked him, that’s Cruz’s problem. His choice, his consequence.

Hillary and Sanders are not competing for my vote. Cruz is. I can’t help that he did this, alright?

If you are going around talking about the Light of Christ and doing group prayers and things like that, and then you go and do something sleazy, you are gonna raise some eyebrows.


298 posted on 02/07/2016 12:06:30 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: georgiegirl

This wasn’t underhanded in any way. Rubio tried to get things going but Ted’s camp was the most obvious. Mostly Trumpsters are the most offended. The Cruz campaign wasn’t just making things up.


299 posted on 02/07/2016 12:10:46 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: moehoward

Yep. Cruz is busted and its hurting him badly. Maybe he will learn a lesson in ethics from this. He will have time to reflect from his senate seat in the months to come after Nov. 2016.


300 posted on 02/07/2016 12:11:31 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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