And everyone I've spoken to at work, regardless of political orientation, says that story is bunk.
The press conference with Carla F. He just came across as hiding something, that is the impression he left.
Among those who want to believe he's hiding something. You see such countenance because you WANT to see it.
The 500,000 hush money directed to Sarah in Carla’s campaign. That actually may rise to the level of a crime.
PAC to PAC. No matter your suspicions, it's not a campaign-to-campaign transfer. Prove (and NOT suppose or assume) otherwise.
Amanda Carpenter: her tweets, the time stamps, the pictures, the black list and her actions on CNN. She looks like a women in love with a married man, that is the most logical explanation for her actions.
You can make your own suppositions based on what you think someone is up to. Not sure what you mean by "looking like a woman in love with a married man."
The voters of Wisconsin will tell us whether "Cruz is damaged goods."
So.. to sum up.. in your mind, Cruz is guilty because 1.) You spoke to some people at work who agree with you; 2) Two PACs exchanged money; and 3) Amanda Carpenter acts odd.
That's it? No pics, videos, admissions, confessions or eyewitnesses... IOW... actual proof?
Well certainly the social world in VA may be different from PA. eastern PA is an old time mixed industrial/agricultural state, with a large English/Swiss/German/Italian/Irish mix, at least in my circles. That could certainly account for the difference in opinion if your section of VA is simply different in outlook. Point taken.
Nonetheless while folks certainly allow for the possibility that Cruz is innocent, the circumstantial evidence is pretty compelling to folks here. It is not that folks want to believe it, it is their read on the folks involved. 500,000 dollar donations to your opponents PAC does not make sense, but a payoff to keep a mistress quiet does. The distributions of the PAC, the timing of same and the continued payments to Sara F. all are congruent with a payoff, which would by the way be illegal.
Amanda Carpenter, a married women with Kids extreme advocacy of Cruz is kind of odd...unless she is in love with him. The Tweets, pictures form 2014 to 2015 seem to be again consistent with an affair of the heart. Said another way: the subtle read of character we all do says that Amanda was infatuated with Cruz and still is, does not hid it, despite being married to another man. That is the read of the women I know, and I have noted women are much better at picking up other women’s feelings then men, it seem to be a sport to them.
As for proof, folks have to make assumptions based on partial evidence all the time. You may well be right and folks should wait for proof, but that is how the real world works. For example you assumed I want to believe this, though I have said nothing of the sort. In fact your response makes a lot of assumptions about me, without a shred of evidence. See what I mean?
As for what I would like: I would have preferred a Trump Cruz ticket with Trump as President and Cruz as VP. Trump if he wins is strictly a one termer, he will be 74 when His first term is up. If he were to get the trade imbalance in headed in the right direction, build the wall, get rid of at least a good percentage of the illegals welfare and criminal class that would be pretty good for one term. then a successful VP Cruz could run and move the country in the conservative direction that a lot of Cruz folks want.
But that is not to be. The two candidates have damaged each other , it seems the time for a unity ticket is past. Perhaps Mr. Cruz thinks that Trump is such a dangerous man that taking his own career down is worth it and he is a real patriot, I do not know. Regardless he is damaged goods and is likely among the worst candidate to run in the coming election cycle. I am saddened by what has occurred, not glad of it, I think the big chance to move things to the right might have passed us.