Posted on 03/26/2016 9:47:08 PM PDT by Sontagged
It's ridiculous to think Donald Trump leaked the Cruz Enquirer story or had anything to do with leaking it. If he did, the Trump campaign would have been strategic and leaked it to the Enquirer BEFORE the Utah Primary, in reaction to Mitt Romney's GOPe fascism.
I don't buy your premise that Trump was involved. The National Enquirer is in the business of digging up these types of stories. Campaign season is boom time for the tabloids. They have done this since the Gary Hart days. So it's a stretch to say Trump needed to get involved to make this happen. Other outlets had similar stories and chose not to publish them.
But let's say hypothetically that Donald Trump was involved. Maybe he was tipped off about the Melania pictures being bought by the Cruz campaign. Maybe he just heard the rumors and made a call to a friend at the NE to see if they were true. Maybe Trump heard the rumors back in November and called the NE to let them know and maybe the NE was waiting for the exact opportune moment to do the most damage to Ted Cruz.
So what? Who cares?
That's politics. That's what they all do. It happens every big campaign season. People find crap, throw it, and see if it sticks. Campaigning is about cleaning up this stuff and getting back on track. Does anybody think for one minute if Cruz gets the nomination that the Democrats wouldn't have thrown this and then it would be in the WaPo or NYT, giving the story instant credibility. In the Primary the candidate has a chance to recover and then in the general he can say: "This has already been addressed and the voters have spoken".
The real question is why wasn't the Cruz campaign ready for this? Especially if Trump is the big sleaze that the Cruz supporters say he is. How could they be caught so unaware? How could they let their guy go out and say something about copulating with rats? Who cares about the rat part, the Cruz story had to do with copulating why use the word ever or even a synonym?
The funny part about all of this is that Trump said he would spill the beans on Heidi and we've forgotten that Trump ever tweeted that.
I don’t agree. Cruz is in this for some payoff for his acting chops as the GOPe’s Tea Party spoiler.
Looks like somebody should have just gone in the closet and masturbaTED.
Jeff Sessions: Without Ted Cruz, Amnesty Would Have Passed In 2013
I don’t think the three new women coming forward helped much (if that’s an accurate description).
I tend to agree with you, but it is still too early to speak in absolutes on either side.
Honestly, I have no idea how any woman could find that guy remotely interesting. Hey, Heidi obviously did, so there is that.
Karl is that you?
Roger Stone works for Trump.
Cruz also won the Heller case that overthrew the D.C. handgun ban.
No I meant George H. W. Bush, did Levin work for him?
No your wrong!! Trump had every reason to Have his Friend leak this story. By the way the story headline was rumors!!!
projection...and look in the mirror...you respond with namecalling...not unexpected from liberal trump supporters
Yep, you're getting warm.
You are a very gullible fool, who wants someone who is very like Obama, but even LESS qualified, to be president. Ted is NOT a NBC, he isn't even eligible to run for the presidency, let alone hold that position!
Cruz LIED, by omission, to ALL Texans, by not disclosing that 1) he was born in Canada 2) had Canadian Citizenship when he ran for the Senate 3)lied about liquidating all of his assets to fund his senatorial campaign 4) told the truth, when interviewed, on Texas radio, about what a NBC was, but didn't say that he didn't fit that bill 4) voted for the TPA, then lied about it 5) voted for the Corker Bill and on and on.
Cruz has changed his position on amnesty, H-1B visa, open borders and much more, much more recently than Trump has changed his positions.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE BLATANT HYPOCRISY AND DAMNED LIES !
trashytrump has investments in foreign countries...he is the globalist
trashytrump still investing in muslim countries...has yet to divest
Trump said he’d spill the beans on Heidi after Cruz’s Jeff Roe (of the Iowa cheaTED primary scandal) did the whole Melania thing.
Katrina Pierson said Trump meant Heidi’s Globalist pro Amnestym, anti-free trade past.
Was thinking tonight the Enquirer timing was REALLY about Trump’s GREAT Israel speech!
Trump said he’d spill the beans on Heidi after Cruz’s Jeff Roe (of the Iowa cheaTED primary scandal) did the whole Melania thing.
Katrina Pierson said Trump meant Heidi’s Globalist pro Amnestym, anti-free trade past.
Was thinking tonight the Enquirer timing was REALLY about Trump’s GREAT Israel speech!
Unlike the others...Trump is also VERY patriotic and wants to save this nation! he is NOT doing this to enrich himself and his friends. He is NOT doing this for fame! And he is NOT doing this for power.
How is it “my” wrong?
And this has been known for quite some time and shopped around for quite some time by Rubio, so why would Trump have to have someone leak this?
It doesn’t even make any sense, and it doesn’t even help him.
This helps the brokered convention scenario.
Your lunatic lullabies are actually quite intriguing.
You make a good case study. Thanks!
Heller? No, I think that was attorneys Richard Levy and Stephen Halbrook.
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