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Joe: Cruz staffer firing tells me a lot
Newsmax ^ | 2/23/2016 | Joe Scarborough

Posted on 02/23/2016 5:16:48 PM PST by GilGil

"Ted Cruz's campaign is over," and it ended after Donald Trump beat him among evangelicals in South Carolina on Saturday, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough declared Tuesday morning.

"It ended in South Carolina when Donald Trump beat Ted Cruz among evangelicals after coming out in support of Planned Parenthood," the former lawmaker said on his "Morning Joe" talk show.

"Ted Cruz's campaign is over. Mark it down. He is not going to win the nomination. He may win Texas. It's over."

It wasn't just the South Carolina race that ended the Texas senator's campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, said Scarborough, but other incidents as well, including his decision on Monday to fire national spokesman Rick Tyler, who made a social media post of a video claiming that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio suggested to a Cruz staffer who was reading the Bible there "aren't many answers in it."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; election; scarborough; trump
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To: GilGil

Bill Clinton was a governor.


41 posted on 02/23/2016 6:07:23 PM PST by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: GilGil

http://detonite.com/no-ted-cruz-did-not-fire-rick-tyler/

Except he didn’t fire him


42 posted on 02/23/2016 6:08:26 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: entropy12

I have not defended Cruz nor attacked trump here. My beef is with the butthurt trumpeters screaming lie,lie,lie....about everybody but their guy. I’m just calling for integrity.
I’d think that would be what we all want.

And dyno has demonstrated himself to be one of the preeminent hypocritical hacks with zero integrity.


43 posted on 02/23/2016 6:08:33 PM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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To: buwaya

It hurts fox. Im down with that.


44 posted on 02/23/2016 6:09:31 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: GilGil

They want Ted to take out Trump so Rubio can slide up the middle unscathed


45 posted on 02/23/2016 6:10:23 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: HarleyLady27

Okay, I finally found the opinion piece about Tyler being fired. Apparently Cruz’s asking for a resignation does not translate as a firing to some. Most of us would know to pack up our personal belongings and head for the nearest employment website/office/ads if we were asked to resign. Then it’s speculated that Tyler was merely demoted. No evidence, mind you, just tossing possibilities out into cyberspace.

What happened to basing our arguments or opinions on facts?


46 posted on 02/23/2016 6:12:35 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: GilGil

Newt won Georgia


47 posted on 02/23/2016 6:12:38 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: GilGil

Get lost Joe, nothing like a turncoat.


48 posted on 02/23/2016 6:21:20 PM PST by Fungi
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To: dynoman

So did Palin.

He has been pounded on the head from Rubio and trump both at the same time. As an aside, if all the other candidates had attacked trump all at the same time he probably would have gotten damaged also. He would have spent all his time at the podium on defense and the accusations, no matter how meaningless, will take its toll.


49 posted on 02/23/2016 6:31:45 PM PST by biff
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To: Axeslinger

Fair enough.


50 posted on 02/23/2016 6:33:39 PM PST by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: GilGil

I wonder what the Texas numbers are for the GOP race.


51 posted on 02/23/2016 6:34:37 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: entropy12
Your candidate did not win a SINGLE COUNTY in evangelical rich South Carolina.

And there you have it. Enough 'spirit filled' people saw through Cruz and it wasn't just the growing revelation that he was not the person he claimed to be. Trump was the only true outsider who was strong and precise on the issues, and folks believed his conversion into a Paladin, a Galahad.

52 posted on 02/23/2016 6:35:44 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: skr

That’s the problem, we don’t know...


53 posted on 02/23/2016 6:35:46 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: Lagmeister; entropy12
And there you have it. Enough 'spirit filled' people saw through Cruz and it wasn't just the growing revelation that he was not the person he claimed to be.

So Democrat Cross-Overs in an open primary had nothing to do with it? Wow, you really are willfully deceived!

54 posted on 02/23/2016 6:39:15 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: Axeslinger

When you lie about someone’s current position on an issue, it is a lie. When you contextually twist words to change the meaning of something. That is also a lie. If Cruz wanted to run ads claiming that Trump changed positions since he was a private citizen, fair game. But, other than that, a lie is a lie is a lie.


55 posted on 02/23/2016 6:41:42 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Axeslinger
Ted lies I point them out - I bought his book "A Time For Truth" - what don't you understand about that??

.@MikeEmanuelFox: "@tedcruz has to be worried that the allegations of lying & dirty tricks will have an impact..." pic.twitter.com/7PMRcmwXwC— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 24, 2016


56 posted on 02/23/2016 6:43:59 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Grizzled Bear
Wow, you really are willfully deceived!

Is it possible to be willfully dumb? If so, that's you. I said 'spirit filled', as in Evangelicals. Enough of them chose Trump, not Cruz. I suggest you read the ongoing demographics about how Cruz cannot carry his own church.

57 posted on 02/23/2016 6:44:39 PM PST by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Lagmeister

Exactly. Lie of omission.

“Also known as a continuing misrepresentation, a lie by omission occurs when an important fact is left out in order to foster a misconception. Lying by omission includes failures to correct pre-existing misconceptions.”


58 posted on 02/23/2016 6:49:34 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Lagmeister

Trump is doing as well as McCain and Romney in the primary. I bet he performs as well as they did in the General.

Hillary Clinton thanks you for your support.


59 posted on 02/23/2016 6:52:16 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: Lagmeister

Didn’t challenge any of that, now did I. That is not the point. Oh hell Im not typing it all again. Go reread my comments to entropy12.


60 posted on 02/23/2016 6:56:08 PM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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