Posted on 03/26/2016 8:01:15 PM PDT by Zakeet
PDFs of the National Enquirer article about Ted Cruz having five affairs were sent to me by a friend on Wednesday evening. When he sent it, my buddy reminded me that the National Enquirer has been right about this kind of stuff before, like in the case of former Senator Edwards.
I read the article about the Cruz affairs, but for many reasons including the fact that Roger Stone, Trump friend and "hit man" was quoted in the story paid it no heed (although it did make me wonder if Stone is the one who planted the story).
My friend was correct when he said the supermarket tabloid has been proven right at times, but the National Enquirer has been wrong more than it's been right. 
Consider stories such as Hillary Clinton has brain cancer (it may seem that way but her only mental disease is extreme liberalism), Angelina Jolie was down to 83 pounds and near death (there was a recent picture of her in the latest Vanity Fair and she looks pretty hot for a dead lady), and of course Michelle Obama’s planned divorce because the president has been with 12 different women (with all the time he is taking to ruin the country he has little time to sleep around). Face it this is the magazine that has said Faith Hill and Tim McGraw were getting divorced so many times that I am sure the still happily married couple must be beginning to doubt themselves.
But on Friday the Cruz story erupted, and things I should have noticed when I first read the story on Wednesday came to light.
For example, three of the five women have been identified, one of the women Amanda Carpenter I know personally. Not that we are good friends but she is more of a friend to some of my good friends. And from everything I know about Amanda, everything I’ve read about her, and from posts on her Facebook page about her family, I feel comfortable betting big money on the fact that Amanda has never cheated on her husband with Ted Cruz, or any one else.
Amanda vehemently denied the story on CNN today (see the video below). Another of the five women who have been identified is Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson who has denied the accusations and a third who has been identified is former Carly Fiorina staffer Sarah Isgur Flores who hasn't denied it yet, but I am sure it's coming.
The Enquirer piece neglected to mention that National Enquirer owner David Pecker is a close friend of Trump's and this is not the first time the magazine tried to destroy a Trump rival.
This past October 7th issue, on the same cover that announced Ben Afflack and Jennifer Lopez were once again an item (no one told them), the 
National Enquirer promoted a story about how Ben Carson butchered a child’s brain. Inside they published a story about Dr. Ben Carson (who just so happened to be catching up to Donald Trump in the polls) called "Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!" (which btw sounds like the title of a great horror film). Per the article, Carson "brandished a scalpel like a meat cleaver!" (meat cleaver? Who knew he did circumcisions). The article said he botched surgeries leaving patients disfigured and in pain. According to the author of the piece "Judging by White House wannabe Ben Carson's track record as a neurosurgeon, his presidential campaign should be declared dead on arrival!"
When Carly Fiorina had an excellent debate in September and began to rise in the polls the Enquirer ran an article called, "Homewrecker Carly Fiorina Lied About Druggie Daughter" 
That story however, didn’t make the cover because of more important stories such as "Joan Rivers Death Cover Up," "Dolly Parton's 6-year Affair" and of course, "Tom Selleck's $25 Million Divorce Shocker."
Why would the Enquirer run a hit pieces on Donald Trump’s opponents when they just so happened to be creeping up in the polls on “The Donald?” According to an October 2015 issue of New York Magazine:
Trump and Enquirer CEO David Pecker have been friends for years. "They're very close," said a source close to the Enquirer. In July 2013, Trump even tweeted that Pecker should become CEO of Time magazine, which at the time was being spun off from its corporate parent, Time Warner. "He'd make it exciting and win awards!"
My favorite story coming out of this bogus scandal is that Breitbart.com had the story but former editor Ben Shapiro killed it. Think about that one for a second. They are talking about the guy who recently quit his position at Brietbart because he couldn't get management to support reporter Michelle Fields who was attacked by Trump's campaign manager. If Ben Shapiro had that kind of power at Breitbart wouldn't he have gotten them to treat Michelle Fields better so he wouldn't have felt he had to resign?
It is very difficult to prove a negative, especially when the story is about five affairs that never happened. But for all the reasons stated above I believe this National Enquirer tale is nothing more than a political smear.
I don't know it was placed by Trump operatives or whether, there were simply no aliens from a different planet working at a Kosher ice cream shoppe in Secaucus N.J. for the Enquirer to write about this week, causing David Pecker to order his staff to come up with a false rumor about Trump's only real remaining opponent to fill the magazine's pages.
In the end this is a familiar story; strong conservative women are having their reputation and dignity impugned (which coincidently is the type of attack the Trump team likes best, just ask Megyn Kelly, Cheri Jacobus, or Carly Fiorina just to name a few).
My college Joe Newby has much more on this story at his site, The Conservative Firing Line. But first watch the video of Amanda Carpenter on CNN this morning.
I pointed out the actual NE words in a post yesterday.
Something like:
“..have discovered reports that Cruz may have been...”
“..sources say that...”
“...the shocking claims...”
And then went on to say that with all of this evidence against him, I’m surprised that he didn’t drop out of the race this morning and Heidi divorced him.
I got two replies agreeing on how it was all over for “Lying Ted”.
I used to use the /S on my posts. It is more interesting not to right now!
Doesn’t exactly scream “total innocence” to me.
Yeah, and Cruz didn't say anything at all about being the Boston Strangler, or the Zodiac Killer so he must be guilty of murder too! Geez, this place is overflowing with logical fallacies.
Roger Stone was contacted by several newspapers to find out what he knew about this story. And, you believe any negative garbage about Trump. This dam*ed story has been out there for months, and if Trump was behind it - he would have it released long before now. In fact, the Rubio campaign is behind it, so, eat sh** and go away you fool
And, don’t call me “pal.” I’m female - you can believe all the lies you want, and it seems that you do since you support Cruz. When people like you accuse Trump, I secretly want this story about Cruz to be true - just so you can eat crow and choke on it.
The type of individual who craves the Presidency craves attention and admiration by others. They have many more opportunities for indiscretion that average folks.
In addition the “blackmail theory of politics” suggests that they would not be successful in politics unless wealthy supporters (individuals, corporate, whatever) were confident that they could be blackmailed and controlled as needed.
Furthermore politicians are polished liars—that is their job.
I have no information about Cruz’s life—but he does fit the profile of a serial cheater—agreed about that.
Liar.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gq-editor-recalls-donald-trump-878336
Alongside the increasingly playground-like tussle between Trump and Cruz, the re-emergence of the nude photo has actually angered Verglas.
“I never gave any approval for this image to be used anywhere else but GQ in the U.K. It puts me in a very weird situation as I have to protect my intellectual property and the privacy of Melania Trump,” the photographer says, adding that he's already talking to his attorney. “I don't want those pictures to be used in certain ways which are inappropriate.”
Still Report # 736 - Enquirer: 3 More Cruz BabesI'm sure you meant well, but it looks like you have posted this story many times, but the author (Bill Still) now says that story WAS A FAKE and he FELL FOR IT...
My guess is the 5-mistresses story was known by the Cruz camp to be looming for weeks, and they were ready with the "faked similar stories" to deflect the real story.
That was a counter-tactic Hillary used to do as well, on Bubba's behalf.
The Cruz staffers may have even known WHEN "theThing" was coming, hence that could be why Jeff Roe (Cruz's "bare-knuckle" campaign manager) bought and used the GQ photo of Melania Trump when he did it.
Cruz would like nothing better than FR and others on the internet to run with the FAKED "3 More Cruz Babes" story, in order to say... "see, the internet is full of KOOKS"
Still Report # 736 - Enquirer: 3 More Cruz BabesI'm sure you meant well, but it looks like you have posted this story many times, but the author (Bill Still) now says that story WAS A FAKE and he FELL FOR IT...
My guess is the 5-mistresses story was known by the Cruz camp to be looming for weeks, and they were ready with the "faked similar stories" to deflect the real story.
That was a counter-tactic Hillary used to do as well, on Bubba's behalf.
The Cruz staffers may have even known WHEN "theThing" was coming, hence that could be why Jeff Roe (Cruz's "bare-knuckle" campaign manager) bought and used the GQ photo of Melania Trump when he did it.
Cruz would like nothing better than FR and others on the internet to run with the FAKED "3 More Cruz Babes" story, in order to say... "see, the internet is full of KOOKS"
you’re missing my point Dforest- and I’ll thank you to quit with hte accusation of lying- Trump threatened Cruz- it was a threat to him- regardless of how you portray it- Trump was going to use his wife to get to him- the other facts i mentioned are also a part of why ted very likely naturally believed the hit piece came from Donald NOT that this was the ‘spilling of beans’ Donald was speaking about- It looked like Donald was attacking Ted- through the NE- Anyone would have thought the same thing in light of the fact that Donald had a friend working at NE
Here’s a thought forest- how about attempting a post WITHOUT accusing someone of lying- think you can do that?
pssst- rubio is no longer in the race- he isn’t calling the shots any more- Rubio isn’t the one with the friend who works at NE either- Donald is
Cruz and Rubio both GOPe. The sex scandal had to come out sometime. So, GOPe leaked the story when it could do Trump the most harm and Cruz the least harm... right after Trump’s triumphant AIPAC speech.
[[Yeah, and Cruz didn’t say anything at all about being the Boston Strangler, or the Zodiac Killer so he must be guilty of murder too! Geez, this place is overflowing with logical fallacies.]]
Aint that the truth- I can’t count how many times I’ve seen someone idiotically say “
He didn’t file a lawsuit, so he must be hiding something” or something similar along those lines-
He was seen i na room with other people- some of whom were women- therefore He’s an adulterer- or “His wife didn’t look enthusiastic enough onstage with him- therefore He’s an adulterer- or “He didn’t state his anger angrily enough therefore he’s guilty-
It’s just rediculous
Nothing will matter to Trumpbots. He could tell you people the earth is square and you’d believe it. If he said Cruz was really Jack the Ripper you’d believe that too.
Since that was true all the other trash they run is true too. I bow before your intelligence.
Perhaps you are right- perhaps it was the GOPe who did it- we won’t know for sure likely, ut it did seem like trump was the one who ordered it after the threats, and after the carson deal (Ne publishing that hit piece on him) and after learning trump’s buddy works at NE- I do not believe rubio ordered it after dropping out
This blogger is a Cruz hack still pimping that Michelle Fields was attacked by Trumps campaign manager
Why give him thread space ?
He’s a liar already
I swear I’m being blogged to death.....humblegunner!
Help me!
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