Posted on 05/02/2016 2:42:39 PM PDT by catnipman
Ted Cruz, in his outsider’s bid for the White House, has depended heavily on the largesse of just three wealthy donors to establish credibility and stay afloat amid a chaotic nominating process that killed off most of his rivals.
Now, at perhaps the most desperate moment in his quest to win the Republican nomination, Cruz is learning the perils of relying on strong-willed magnates who carry their own agendas and have demanded an unprecedented level of control in how their money is spent. ...
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true that
Soros perhaps?
C’mon Old E...you’re one of the few FReepers I would never go after. But you’re being disingenuous.
Billionaire Trump has been a “wealthy donor” to politicians including Hillary, Schuemer, Reid, Emanuel, McConnell, Pelosi, and many many others. For many years. He even supported Cruz’s senate campaign.
But Cruz is evil for accepting contributions from wealthy donors when running for president - the most expensive race in American politics?
Hillary is accepting money hand over fist from “wealthy donors”. To the tune of $1 billion. So did Jeb. And Marco. And yes, Bernie. You can’t expect Cruz to unilaterally surrender, can you?
Donors with successful primary candidates continue to donate in the general. It’s another campaign process Trump hasn’t paid attention to.
The way Cruz supported TPA showed who Cruz was to me , a fraud, con man selling out America like all the other politicians.
Trump is the only one I trust. Go Trump!
I read Trump’s books long ago! There is a video here on freerepublic that shows Trump saying the same things in interviews all throughout decades. where is that video?
Trump said the same Things about Japan ripping the USA off then as he does about China today. Factories = production = wealth creation = wealth.China has stolen our factories.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/04/17/trump_im_so_happy_china_is_upset_with_me.html
More proof that Cruz is a fraud:
Cruz is a big time liar. Now Cruz is with the gope and endorsed by most of them Romney , Lindsay Grhaham, etc.
Cruz support of TPA, Corker bill , the 2 worst bills ever.
There's a million more lies by Cruz that prove Cruz is the biggest snake I've ever seen. You can't seriously be believing this snake Cruz can you, you have to be a paid campaign bot.
Also, Freepers complaining that Cruz is accepting contributions from “wealthy donors” is literally identical to liberal democrats complaining about Citizens United. A First Amendment win in SCOTUS. Literally identical to Pelosi, Reid, Schuemer, Leahey and the rest of the vermin.
PS: you’ve been a Freeper favorite of mine from the first time I read your screen name.
Trump supports Planned Parenthood, Medicaid expansion, Ethanol subsidies, Harry Reid, and the Clinton Criminal Foundation.
No spam. Just facts.
Lapdog. A kept man.
It does my heart good to see The globalist, Cheap Labor Express blow well over 100 million dollars propping up losers : )
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With Jeb, are we approaching a half billion at this point? I lost track with all of the superpacs.
Why doesn’t your long list of politicians Trump has donated to also include such people as Ronald Reagan to whom Trump not only donated, but worked raising funds for him?
I think the ground you’re standing on is mighty shaky.
He should sell his “assets” he told everyone he had liquidated in order to run for Senator. That of course was just another of his lies.
“Lapdog. A kept man.”
And pathetic to listen to as well.
One bare-faced lie after another.
Well, Sanders did it one way, Trump did it another way. Peeps should be able to donate as much as they want as long as everyone knows. The Clinton/Cruz way has its problems, hence the globalist deindustrialized predicament we have.
Trump doesn't support the abortion-related services of Planned Parenthood, and he doesn't currently support either Harry Reid of the Clinton Criminal Foundation. But you already knew that, right?
Supporting ethanol subsidies, while it might be something I disagree with, isn't the end of the world either.
I also disagreed with Cruz's vote for TPA that allows the TPP to be passed with only a simple majority, instead of the 2/3 majority which treaty should require. How conservative was that?
Nor did I agree with Cruz' vote for the Corker Bill.
At least the complaints I raised are relatively current, whereas the ones you try to raise regarding Trump have the disadvantage of being rather outdated.
So, yeah, outdated, irrelevant, nit-picking, divisive?
SPAM, in other words.
Vote Trump
I totally agree with your point. My problem is that Trump is a “wealthy donor” who gave to everybody but Cruz is evil for taking donations from three. It’s nonsense.
Also, Trump is LOANING his campaign money. Who’s going to pay back the loans? Melania? Or future donors - wealthy and otherwise?
Trump supports America First, Bringing jobs back to America, Rebuilding our economy and our manufacturing base, building the wall,and rebuilding our military.Facts! These are the issues.
All the rest .....the social issues....are just a bit of fodder beside the REAL ISSUES.
No, Cruz is evil because he's an unprincipled, naked opportunist who will say anything to win, has been doing so, and he believes the end justifies the means.
Ted Cruz has made Donald Trump's "Lyin' Ted" moniker an accurate label...
Vote Trump!
Do really think he's going take their money and then not open the borders and outsource our jobs like they want?
The only wealthy donor I really object to is George Soros. He is funding the anti-Trump rallys through MoveOn.Org. which I have detested as long as I’ve detested Code Pink. Soros is persona non grata in certain countries. WHY is he permitted to exist here? Whatever he touches I am against and that includes Cruz, whom I detected as the cheap globalist he is a long time ago.
I really think you just want to be persuaded to vote for Trump. Your “leanings” are showing. I don’t think you are really “into” Cruz.
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