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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Except people are fed up with lawyer politicians running the country.
Sounds good but probably not a smart move
You’re saying Cruz is not allowed to defend himself if Trump sues him?
You can’t make America great again if you tear it apart to get elected.
“How anyone can listen to that Whiny voice is beyond me.”
What you said. Plus general creepiness.
I think if Cruz can’t win in a high evangelical state, after the death of a Supreme Court Justice - his expertise - I think Rubio will eclipse him going forward.
>>When’s he going after Rubio?<<
I doubt he will. If he wins. Rubio will probably be his running mate. At this point, it’s all about stopping Cruz.
Any attorney that represents himself has a fool for a client.
Cruz was calling his bluff...and calling Trump out...
I guess that's better than Trump telling Putin he's a nasty, lying, p*ssy and threathen to sue him in world court when Putin challenges Trump...
An attorney as good as Cruz?
Do you know how to read?
Please try this again and go VERY slowly:
Except people are fed up with lawyer politicians running the country.Sounds good but probably not a smart move
Now tell me please after very careful and DELIBERATE analysis, where did I suggest Cruz doesn't have the right to defend himself?
Ted sounds upset.
No no. The Trumpettes told us that was a win for the (D)onald.
snicker
Do you know how to write?
You wrote:
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Except people are fed up with lawyer politicians running the country.
Sounds good but probably not a smart move
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Who are these PEOPLE?
Do you speak for all PEOPLE?
Cruz called Trump’s bluff with that one.
Trump’s statements are more cockeyed every new day.
That’s true and that’s why we should elect Donald Trump.
Yeah, the Trump bashers’ remark sound like Trump himself. The Trump supporters bashing Cruz and Cruz supporters bashing Trump sound like grade school children. Utterly pointless and juvenile.
Ted Cruz’s mother used her first husband’s last name on son’s birth certificate
: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article54991080.html#storylink=cpy
“Cruz’s last gasp for air before Trump puts the pillow over his face”
Freudian slip revealing your hatred of conservatism. Little early even by DU standards to be joking with reference to how the Supreme Court’s best jurist died.
Now you are changing the subject.
Where did I suggest Cruz is not allowed to defend himself?
I replied that Cruz reminding voters he is a Lawyer was maybe not a good idea.
If you don’t realize why the “outsiders” are winning this election, then you are not politically cognizant.
AGAIN, where did I suggest Cruz cannot defend himself, answer the question?
I answered you.
Can someone explain how a brilliant attorney could not know until a little over a year ago that he was a Canadian citizen? Why didn’t it occur to him when his dad became a citizen in 2005 to check on that?
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