He won't because the baseless accusations then would become the story for the next 6 months, not his platform.
Instead of educating the voters on crucial issues of our time the campaign becomes a source of titillation for the more easily entertained among us.
Mmmhmmmm. And if he doesn’t sue, how long do you think his campaign survives as the details drip out? NE is all about the money. They want to sell copy. They won’t show all their cards at once and with one edition.
No but the baseless accusations Cruz levels against Trump, the lies he presents as truth is his platform.
That’s great that you see it that way. A more typical view is that if a charge or accusation goes unanswered, that means the charge or accusation is true, or there is some truth to it.
Even if Cruz does not sue for defamation (which is a pretty good idea if the accusation is not true), he could at least have a press conference with his wife where Ted can definitively state that he has NEVER been unfaithful to Heidi and to challenge anyone to provide proof that he is lying.
Then the put up/shut up is squarely in the slanderer’s court.
I am thinking that there is something to this as his denial has not been this specific, but instead clouded in legalese.
For example, remember Bill when he did that finger wagging thing? He said that he didn’t have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinski, not a single time. That statement was in fact true. Why? Because he qualified it with the not a single time phrase. Of course he did it multiple times.
Cruz has not denied being unfaithful. He has said that the accusations were utter garbage and false. Isn’t that a denial that he has been unfaithful? No. Why?
Because he doesn’t explicitly frame what accusations were false, he keeps that open-ended, hoping the listener attaches his statement to the question of unfaithfulness.
The current accusation was affairs with 5 women. What if it was 2 or 4 or 6 or 8? Then he can beat his chest and claim the accusations are garbage because the accusation was 5 women and not the actual number.
Cruz can easily get this behind him with the very clear and clean denial, in public, with Heidi, that he has NEVER been unfaithful to her and to challenge any others to provide proof otherwise. If he’s innocent, that’s the end of this story.
I like Cruz, even if he is my #2 choice. It is very important that his viewpoints are heard and pushed in DC. By him not being aggressive in knocking these accusations down, it just gives them life, and that’s not good.
Welcome to The Reality TV Nation. Totally sickening.