Posted on 03/27/2016 7:55:53 AM PDT by GilGil
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump blamed rival Ted Cruz for starting a spat leading up to a report in the National Enquirer claiming "political operatives" are looking into rumors that the Texas senator had multiple marital infidelities.
Trump again denied he or his campaign had anything to do with the National Enquirer report. Cruz on Friday had blamed the report on Trump and his "henchmen" while forcefully denying the report.
"I had nothing to do with it. The campaign had absolutely nothing to do with it," Trump told ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week" Sunday. "I have over control over the National Enquirer."
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
There is an old wise saying about spreading derogatory rumors:
“If you don’t have enough solid proof to prove it in court when you say it; you may have to try to do so later.”
First off, Post 9 clears up the question of whether or not Trump was behind it.
Secondly ...
Blaming Trump is a reckless shot in the dark while the Rubio connection at least has some relevance ...
Ted Cruz Cheating Scandal Not Linked to Trump Campaign – Was Started by GOP Elites [a Rubio time bomb]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3413980/posts
Virtually everyone in the blog-o-sphere who supported Marco Rubio was active, tweeting, re-tweeting, or following the events related to #TheThing. Now they’re running for cover and trying to hide their fingerprints.
Anti-Trump Republican operative Rick Wilson tweeted this out weeks ago. (He has since deleted it.)
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More about Rick Wilson and Cruz Mistress Scandal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413997/posts
... one of the now deleted ‘tweets’ was from Rick Wilson, who stated the owner of ‘The Thing’ should just upload it to You Tube and the reporters could ‘discover it’ there.
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What I admire about Trump is that he does not hide from the press. No other candidate republican or democrat has the courage to face the press. His only limitation is time otherwise he would do wall to wall interviews and let the chips fall where they may.
Even the press comments constantly how unbelievably accessible he is. He simply does not hide.
Cui Bono with Cruz having to defend against this NOW instead of one, three, six months ago, or this October?
“..that he had sex with up to 8 women other than his wife.”
All at once ?? Wow, Ted !!!
I’m a Trump supporter, but were you proud of him when he implied, on national television, that no one should vote for Carley Fiorina because she was ugly?
Why not just debate the facts, not the size of one’s hands.
We will have to wait and see if it was all at once. If true he should get the nomination immediately. What a man!
Trump never said Fiorina was ugly. Go back and look at what he said.
You mean like your stated "fact" that Trump was involved?
two bratty 3d grade girls starting rumors about each other
I tend not to believe the Bible-thumping Canadian Horndog.
So it is just a coincidence that when Carson was up in the polls, the Enquirer ran the story about “Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!” , when Fiorina did so well in the first debate and was rising in the polls, they ran “Homewrecker Carly Fiorina Lied About Druggie Daughter”, and now, with Cruz closing in, they ran the Cruz story? Amazing how they always go after anyone who’s a threat to Trump.
“We deserve better..... I hope.”
So, just who is the “better” we deserve? Someone the GOPe selects?
Resting Bitch Face is not attractive, and given her involvement in Hush money, I’d say Donald was right about Carly’s persona.
“That is also a rumor.
Why doesn’t everyone wait for some FACTS!”
Just wondering... Do you have any proof of the rumor in your tagline.
Politics is a dirty business and you better be good at dealing with it. Trump has the creds to shred Hillary to pieces. That’s all I care about. She will be dirtier than anything going on between republicans.
UntwusTed! He and Bubba Klintoon are dogs ...
Well, that's why I told him to read on....
But Nooooo!
So it is just a coincidence that when Carson was up in the polls, the Enquirer ran the story
No, it is not a coincidence. They are a grocery checkout tabloid. They run stories about whatever is popular. Do you see the correlation now?
In truth, politics has always been a rowdy arena, and if one looks to our founding period for a bastion of politeness, they will not find it there.
“Men in public life called each other, not just the traditional ‘liar,’ ‘poltroon,’ ‘coward,’ and ‘puppy,’ but also ‘fornicator,’ ‘madman,’ and ‘bastard;’ they accused each other of incest, treason, and consorting with the devil.”
–Gentlemen’s Blood: A History of Dueling
Oops! The drip,drip,drip of Cruz’ steel crank is dripping out.
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