Posted on 02/03/2016 5:46:10 PM PST by Citizen Zed
The controversy stems from a CNN scoop that was broadcast Monday night, minutes before the Iowa caucuses began. Reporter Chris Moody received information from the Carson campaign that he would be taking a break from the campaign trail after Iowa.
Moody, and the other CNN reporters who followed up on the report, said Carson would continue campaigning after taking a break at home in Florida. His next stop, they said, would be Washington, D.C., for the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.
During CNN's live coverage, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash called the move "very unusual," but said nothing about Carson dropping out of the race.
Somewhere along the way, the story got twisted. Cruz campaign aides alerted supporters in Iowa that Carson might be a goner. Before long there were allegations that the Cruz campaign had suppressed Carson's vote total by spreading rumors that Carson was giving up on the race.
Shortly after the CNN report came out, Carson's campaign downplayed the significance, saying the candidate needed a fresh set of clothes. Meanwhile, political analysts generally agreed with Tapper and Bash's assessment that it was unusual for a presidential candidate to not rush to New Hampshire. Virtually all of Carson's rivals hurried to New Hampshire after the caucuses.
The next morning, Carson's side started lambasting Cruz for "dirty tricks." This prompted a half-apology from Cruz that pointed a finger at CNN.
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:-) They are sooo easy to work on. I learned what little I know on a VW bus (68), a 76 MG Midget, & a 59 Austin Healey 100/6. The Healey wasn’t so bad, but the Midget was not easy. LOL Probably why my back is dead after I bend over a lot.
(I would love to have another sports car, but we’re not in that income bracket. Probably a blessing.)
It’s okay.
May the fleas of a thousand Iranians infest your pubic hairs.
I mean that in the nicest possible way :)
Thank you. Am spreading info around. I always check your comments. :-)
Ha! I blew out my back in 2010 lifting a 2000 pound Xray Carm into place. My motorcycle has been lonely ever since. Just can’t take the ride any more. Age sucks. Lol
I understand. Still Carson is not being fair to people who donated to him in good faith by taking several days off at a critical point in the campaign with the stated reason being he needs to get new clothes.
OW!
It really does. I could stand it if I still had the strength I once did. It’s so frustrating.
You’re welcome LJ. :-)
The way I look at it, a number of Trump enemies are involved one way or another, primarily or peripherally, in this fraud...Cruz, Rubio, Steve King, CNN, Levin, Carson....who cares.....a pox on all of them. Stick 'em all with this "little deal".
"Little deals" put together can result in "death by a thousands cuts". As a Trump supporter, I give no quarter...and stay on the offense against all these turkeys.
Leni
“Cruz, Rubio, Steve King, CNN, Levin, Carson...”
They all could have had a hand in what happened in IA.
Enjoyed our chat. Careful with the back. God bless.
John
Bumpity bump to your well stated post!!
I guess I’m sort of back on FR.....
:-) Me, too. I always am. lol Until I’m not.
Kari
I’ll suffer that over Brad Paisley anyday!
http://www.dailywire.com/news/3099/no-cruz-didnt-win-iowa-cheating-heres-why-trumps-ben-shapiro
https://politistick.com/uh-oh-was-marco-rubio-guilty-in-the-ben-carson-dropout-rumor/
Kristine pipeline - public use
Limousine parking lot - Trump’s fantasy playground
Trump makes dozens of statements expressing his desire to have unconstitutional powers, including the use of eminent domain for his pet projects. And you bring up the keystone pipeline? The Don thinks the US would be a better place if it were a Don-archy. Apparently you do too. Damn the constitution
It doesn't matter that Trump lost going to court, the point is that this phony dislike for eminent domain is hypocritical to the core. The pipeline will not be owned by the government. It will transfer oil that will be privately owned and sold at a profit. The pipeline isn't a highway.
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