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(February 8, 2016) Critics file complaint alleging Cruz campaign mailer violated Texas law
Houston Chronicle ^ | February 8, 2016 | Brian M Rosenthal

Posted on 02/17/2016 1:25:50 PM PST by euram

AUSTIN -- A liberal Texas political group has filed a formal complaint alleging that a recent fundraising solicitation mailed by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential campaign violated state law.

(Excerpt) Read more at houstonchronicle.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blamecanada; canada; cruz; cruzisatitagain; cuba; election; fakephonyfraud; fineprint; godcrieswhentedlies; letterofthelaw; smartestlawyerever; tedcruz
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1 posted on 02/17/2016 1:25:50 PM PST by euram
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To: TexasCajun

Ping.


2 posted on 02/17/2016 1:27:28 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: euram

Meh, it’s probably legal, so these libs are wasting their time and effort.

Still a disgusting campaign tactic for Ted “Creflo Dollar” Cruz to mail out fake checks.


3 posted on 02/17/2016 1:28:24 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: euram
A liberal Texas political group has filed . . .

'Nuff said.

4 posted on 02/17/2016 1:28:40 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: euram

now we’re quoting self admitted liberals to make our case? Well, why not....when you support one....it makes sense.


5 posted on 02/17/2016 1:30:45 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: euram

I’m thinking it may be illegal because they turned it into a mailing list AND gave a made up grade which was NOT part of the public record.


6 posted on 02/17/2016 1:31:42 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: euram

A Liberal political action group will file endless garbage lawsuits against Conservative candidates and generate much hype and heat in the Establishment media, then quietly drop them after Election day. This is a tactics I have see the Democrat machine use in politics for decades. It is a useless noise and utterly irreverent.


7 posted on 02/17/2016 1:32:12 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: euram
Hay, you can't buy votes, however you can make a deal and pass out a little Johnnie Walker.....
8 posted on 02/17/2016 1:33:42 PM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
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To: euram

Poor widdle snowflakes need protection from mean old liar Cruz; wonder what they would do if they received a mailing from Publisher’s Clearinghouse or a local car dealer? Commit suicide???


9 posted on 02/17/2016 1:33:53 PM PST by E=MC<sup>2</sup> (Are liberals born stupid, or do they have to work at it???)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Freeper Please. When your side spend all day posting the Daily Beast, the Nation and other far left Wack job publication it is the height of hypocrisy for you to say this.

now we’re quoting self admitted liberals to make our case? Well, why not....when you support one....it makes sense.

10 posted on 02/17/2016 1:34:11 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Sacajaweau

Oops...guess I should have read the article first. This was about the check enclosed fiasco.


11 posted on 02/17/2016 1:35:03 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: euram
Progress Texas claims this? ROFL

I'll wait and see how this turns out, since this organization is known state wide as operating by spreading "lies" and "half truths" as most Liberal/Progressive/Socialist/Marxist organizations do.

12 posted on 02/17/2016 1:41:49 PM PST by TXSearcher (Trump, like Obama, keeps redrawing that "red line" in the sand.........)
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To: euram
The critics on Facebook included Darrell Maloney, a Lubbock man who posted that his 83-year-old mother had confused the mailer for a Social Security check.

Who else gets Social Security checks made out to "Cruz for President"?

13 posted on 02/17/2016 1:58:48 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: euram

According to the article, Texas law requires that a non-negotiable check must print a warning to make clear the check is non-negotiable - - certain words of a certain large size and type.

Cruz sent out a non-negotiable check without the required warning, apparently violating the law.

Either these are facts or they are not facts.

It is illogical to “refute” the facts by citing who brought the facts to the attention of the authorities, or by disputing the wisdom of the law.

A proper argument would be: Cruz appears to have violated the law but Cruz violating the law is not significant because [fill in your reason for why Cruz violating the law is not significant].


14 posted on 02/17/2016 2:01:38 PM PST by Gratia
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I am about to get my first SS check.....I wonder if that will make me a socialist
15 posted on 02/17/2016 2:09:40 PM PST by curdogmen
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Did you even see one of those “checks”? There was absolutely, positively no way for any sane person to think that was a real check. Why is it disgusting for Cruz to try to raise funds? After all, his competition is a very wealthy multi-billionaire. Should that be the criteria for who we support, how much money they have? This week it’s Trump, next week it’s Bloomberg, after that comes Soros.

This is plain harassment, cause...Trump...


16 posted on 02/17/2016 2:10:42 PM PST by jstaff
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To: curdogmen

How did you pull that off?

They told me 3 yrs ago I could only do direct deposit.


17 posted on 02/17/2016 2:11:57 PM PST by nascarnation (RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
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To: curdogmen
I am about to get my first SS check.....I wonder if that will make me a socialist

Let us know if the "Pay to the order of" line says "Cruz for President" or "Sanders for President" or anything like that. Inquiring minds want to know if the new Social Security checks look like a fund-raising brochure.

18 posted on 02/17/2016 2:14:04 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: curdogmen
I am about to get my first SS check.....I wonder if that will make me a socialist

No, but according to more than a few on FR, it makes you a leach on society and those still working.

19 posted on 02/17/2016 2:18:58 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

I believe you to be right....I may just have to walk backwards every time I cash a check.....ooo I forgot it is a direct deposit .....and I am ready to spend it.....thanks to those folks that are working sooooooooooo hard to pay this to me...I may drive to Colorado to see how it spends there if ya know what I mean...wink...wink


20 posted on 02/17/2016 2:23:43 PM PST by curdogmen
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