Posted on 02/17/2016 4:31:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Two things about this. One: Cruz is entirely right that Trump's lawsuit would be frivolous. Watch the allegedly "defamatory" ad below. It's Politics 101: My opponent may say X now but he said Y before, so how can you possibly trust that X is his true opinion? Trump seems to think that using old footage of him stating his own position on abortion constitutes defamation unless the viewer is also told that he's since changed his mind. It would be like Rubio suing over an ad that showed him touting comprehensive immigration reform in 2013 because he no longer believes that's feasible (for the time being). Good luck with that in court. But then, the point of threatening a suit isn't to win or even to try to intimidate Cruz, who knows this is garbage, but simply to get the media to write it up. Trump has done major damage to Cruz's favorable rating over the last six weeks by accusing him of being a liar and a cheat. A voter who sees a headline that Trump may sue over defamation will have no idea whether that claim has merit or not; all he'll know is that Cruz's supposed dishonesty has now reached the point where legal action may be warranted. Who'd want to vote for a guy like that? This is all about impugning Cruz's character, not "defamation."
Two: That said, I don't know what the point of this presser was. It'd be one thing if Cruz had walked out there and given a short but pointed statement to Trump: You're full of it, we both know it, and if you sue I'll tear you apart in deposition....
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That sound great.
A bumbling know nothing with a 3rd grade vocabulary being deposed by a lawyer who wins at the Supreme Court would be funny stuff...that idiot haired moron’s head would explode
How anyone can listen to that Whiny voice is beyond me.
I don’t know what the point of this presser was.
Go on TV, cry about Trump, and blabber a bunch of fancy lawyer-speak gibberish to show off how much of a smarty-pants legal-eagle he is.
Mission Accomplished.
I bet The Hair survives the explosion ; )
Trump will sue Cruz only over one thing... eligibility. And this will depend completely on how things shape up after Super Tuesday.
I’m glad to see Cruz is finally taking Trump to court over these birther claims.
Yeah, Trump is irritating, isn’t he?
But he is a star on celebrity apprentice, so go figure!
This is a preview how Cruz would handle world leaders, scary!
A battle of two egos....
After Trump mops the floor with Cruz in SC, he won’t need to sue. This is Cruz’s last gasp for air before Trump puts the pillow over his face.
Is anyone else getting the feeling that Trump is in the race as a trouble-maker? He’s firing his greatest salvos at the only other significant anti-establishment candidate in the race. If Trump turns out to be “other than we thought” after Cruz is eliminated... then what? I’ll tell you... the establishment wins. You remember them? The ones this election is about... and also the ones Trump has funded for decades.
And once again make the turd look like a moron.
I do. The point was to play the ad. And it worked. :-)
Yep, he would call their bluff and let them know they are out matched. Scary to all America's enemies. Scary to the Global Warming tyrants. Scary for Isis.
Cruz stands when others cower!
Me!
That could be true, except Trump has spent more time going after Bush.
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