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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“Ted The Righteous and Protector of Denmark”
ROFLMAO!
Sad to see Mark taking this very dark path.
O’Reilly laid out the (damning) timeline, on his his show tonight....showing the time and exact content of CNN report and the inaccurate and inappropriate CRuz staff tweets.
But Trump as a very wealthy citizen did widely use the practice of buying influence with local politicos and got those same local politicos to take the woman to court to force a sale of her property at a price she did not accept to benefit a private neighbor, one Donal Trump. Fortunately for her this was pre Kelo and she won in court. Which in no way excuses Trumps use of the state in an attempt to evict a woman from her property involuntarily.
Accusation.
I actually said Cruz did wrong. But I’m sure you will wind it around to your liking anyway.
Did he lay out the timeline of Carson’s precipitous fall in the polls after Trump ran around the country calling Dr. Carson a homicidal psychopath?
Sorry I haven’t talked to the Cruz people, nor do I intend to.
My point is that CNN is garbage and their people are vicious lying scum no matter who on the right they have in their crosshairs.
Anything else?
That’s cute. Technicalities. Trumpertantrum’s a big fan of eminent domain though isn’t he? He’s never been shy about bullying people around, lying a little, bribing a little, to get his way.
‘[Trump] got those same local politicos to take the woman to court to force a sale of her property at a price she did not accept to benefit a private neighbor, one Donal Trump.’
Link for this info. I.e.: link that documents Trump’s manipulation of the local politicos.
Link to documentation of Trump bribing people.
Why do you need a link? Trump admits to buying politicans and supporting Kelo on a daily basis. Are you arguing the merits or just being a pain in the arse? For 50 bucks to FR I will get you a link to the entire sordid affair.
I hate country music
Makes my ears bleed.
The last good CNN reporter was the scud stud. Forget his name now.
BOOM. That’s y’all’s REAL problem with Trump. He’s a ‘’very wealthy citizen’’ & King Ted can’t wait to get his greedy mitts on that WICKED MAN’S MONEY to ‘’deliver to the priests’’. That way, you can REDISTRIBUTE it to those you deem ‘’worthy’’.
OR just keep it for yourselves.
It is a sin to covet stuff that belongs to other people. Read the Ten Commandments again.
I have seen and read many, many links re the Coking property. None document any manipulation on Trump’s part of the Atlantic City officials.
I saw Rove on O’Reilly.
He was speaking very fast, but it seemed he wanted the audience to imagine that, IF only 4 Carson voters in every Iowa caucus site had switched to Cruz, Cruz wins. On the other hand, if they didn’t switch, Trump wins.
He was so excited to be explaining this that he appeared to be spitting.
Arthur Kent
Thanks. He was the bomb.
Levin has just gone off the deep end.
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