Case closed.
But Trump thinks this is a big deal.
So the question arises...
Does Trump not understand margin loans or is he just stupid?
Posted on 01/14/2016 10:02:14 AM PST by Isara
And maybe there is a third. Just how good is the NYT when it misses stuff that is on the internet and can be found via a Google search? Or did it miss it?"
Chalk up another one for “The Donald”.
The American Press = Paid Democrat Liars
Form and article dollar amounts don’t match. Article stipulates 250,001-500,000 for the loan but the form highlighted in red is only marked for 125,001-250,000.
All hype, all distortion, all the time.
Lies, lies an poppycock.
Jen Rubin, cheez. She is psycho.
They do this to Trump too.
It’s not to only bring down Cruz but Trump also.
Erick Erickson’s homo Red State doing their best to cover up for Cruz. That form is not to the FEC. July is when Cruz had already beaten Dewhurst, and the money listed therein is said to only be between 100 to 200 thousand. That is a financial disclosure form, with Cruz’s debt being listed as part of his personal liabilities (iow, does not disclose he used this money for his campaign.) It’s not the entire loan either. Also, the filing for the FEC is more vigorous, since the entire purpose is to make sure there was no hanky panky between Goldman Sachs— of which Heidi Cruz was VP for— and the Cruz campaign, so Ted is required to give them all the paperwork for the loan to insure that nothing untoward was going on. The “press” information Red State cites is from 2013, obviously after the campaign was already over, and after Cruz had sold his supporters on the idea that he had liquidated all his assets and put them toward the campaign.
The facts don’t matter.
The buzz has already ramped up on this one in the MSM - and regardless of the facts - damage will be done.
Remember you are talking about an extremely ignorant and gullible voting public (The Ignorant Masses - or as A.H. put it - “Your people, sir, is a great beast.”). It doesn’t take much to get the beast stampeding in one direction or another.
Massive blow. Unlikely. But keep in mind - A death by a thousand cuts.
Facts upsetting you is a normal thing.
This is for all of them, and not just for Cruz:
Why would Cruz or anybody, and especially just a candidate, spend 1.2 million of his own money for a job in the US Senate that pays only $174,000. a year?
It would take 7 years or so, paying every dime of a senate salary, to receive back 1.2 million dollars.
And that would leave nothing to live on.
Having said that, this disclosure form for the Senate is very different than a FEC disclosure detailing how his campaign is financed. His opponents will say it seems awfully convenient for him to forget a politically problematic loan on his campaign filings.
WaPo really hates Cruz, even more than other rags.
Ha-Ha, the Trumpsters getting sucked in by the mainstream media...AGAIN.
The problem is the loan itself, not whether Cruz reported it or not. Corporatist leanings are becoming corporatist supineness for Cruz. Too late to shift like he has tried to do on H1b visas.
He is such a disappointment. Watch the GOPe start supporting him as one of them.
Case closed.
But Trump thinks this is a big deal.
So the question arises...
Does Trump not understand margin loans or is he just stupid?
Trump has been a media bad boy for decades. They know full well what they say will only help him, but not nearly as much as the air time they give him for free and the way they reinforce the way he controls the agenda.
Don't let the screaming mouths on the screen fool you: Trump is a media creation, not a target. They know he'll change "The Deal" at the first opportunity.
So the media lied when reporting on the only conservative un the race? I’m shocked.
Correct assessment. And a lawyerly defense buried in legal minutia will just seal the deal.
One added point: seems this form actually was already mentioned within the New York times article itself. Did not satisfy disclosure requirements, but RedState wants to pretend it did and as if they found something new.
Chortle!
Another one of your attacks against Ted Cruz bites the sand?
Enjoy!
Trump May or may not change the deal.
To my mind the deal is not why I like Trump.
Trump has stopped Jeb Bush and the other GOPe. Cruz was also necessary for that, as was Carson.
This gas been a glorious season so far in seeing the GOPe lose and be marginalized. And in having the media belittled and exposed.
It’s almost miraculous.
Trump merits respect and support for his large role in this.
Cruz and Carson also.
The GOPe are counting on a divided house that cannot stand.
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