Posted on 03/28/2016 6:23:30 PM PDT by FR_addict
Ted Cruz dodges question about whether he's 'always been faithful' to his wife as endorser Carly Fiorina leaps in to insist a declaration that he's not an adulterer is a 'dance to Donald trump's tune'
Texas senator could put National Enquirer scandal to rest with a simple statement that he has never strayed in his 14-year marriage
Instead he has batted down the supermarket tabloid's speculative story about five alleged affairs in a more limited fashion
Carly Fiorina leaped in to intercept DailyMail.com's request for a blanket statement of marital fidelity and Cruz ultimately punted on the question
Fiorina pleaded for a return to discussing issues, but lobbed her own accusation at 'serial adulterer' Donald Trump
Cruz also challenged Trump to a one-on-one debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: 'Why don't you show up and debate like a man?'
Ted Cruz declined to answer a question on Monday about whether he has ever been unfaithful to his wife Heidi.
'Senator Cruz,' DailyMail.com asked him, 'can you please swat down more definitively this National Enquirer piece by telling us on the record that you've never been unfaithful to your wife?'
The National Enquirer published a story last Wednesday that speculated about five women with whom the Republican presidential candidate was rumored to have had extramarital affairs.
Cruz has batted down the specifics of the story on numerous occasions since it appeared in supermarket checkout lanes.
But instead of making a blanket declaration that he has been faithful during the entirety of his 14-year marriage a move that would effectively end the vicious news cycle Cruz stood silently as campaign surrogate Carly Fiorina leapt in to intercept the question and change the subject.
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Sounds like Ted is in B.J. Clinton territory now.
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Maybe he and Heidi can do a 60 Minutes “Confession.”
Yup, she's been Cruzed. Blame Trump for this or Trump had affairs. I said earlier today that he could clear this up with a statement like the reporter proposed.
“What’s Cruz afraid of?”
Why would Cruz confess to something he didn’t do?
Cruzer Deflection
Folks who are asked a specific question and respond with a question instead of an answer, are generally being deceptive and evasive. See the tagline.
If Cruz came out and directly denied any infidelity, Trumpbots would just say “...anyone who would cheat on his wife would lie about it...”, so NOTHING he says will satisfy the Trump Inquisition.
And slimy as hell too.
He could have given a definitive statement right then and there and chose not to.
He’s making all the wrong moves, in my opinion.
Doesn’t matter what he would have answered, some on FR would find a way to twist his words to “prove” it was an admission. He said the accusations were “categorically false” and people were complaining that his wording wasn’t convincing enough. He’s better off just ignoring it. The people who believe he did cheat (with no evidence to this point) will still believe no matter what. Anything else he says just gives the sleaze-mongers more ammo...
Heidi supposedly cancelled an event in New Jersey. I think it was for Wednesday.
Fiorina may be in trouble about the $500,000 given to her SuperPAC from the Cruz SuperPAC. The Liz Mair superPAC that put out the Mealania “Support Trump banner ad has the same address as Carly’s and has the same treasurer.
... hence the reason he has lost the majority of the Evangelical vote thus far? It would seem that conservative American Evangelicals aren't as “low information’ as Cruz has portrayed them to be.
Like Eddie Murphy said, In Hollywood (and Washington DC), women throw their Ps like they’re Frisbees.
Exactly. Those who were ready to believe without proof aren’t going to be swayed...
The Cruz campaign is one tearful admission away from complete destruction. If just one woman comes forward the whole house of cards comes down. If he was a Democrat or even Donald Trump who has been honest about his past indiscretions it wouldn’t matter, but Raphael has pretended to be the anointed one, the pure conservative.
Carly is his mommy now...mark my words. She will be there to stop that questioning.
I’s protest vote Sanders over sleazeball teddy.
He has been asked a direct question. Rather than answer it he disparages the question. That is deflection.
I note with interest tonight that more and more posts are moving from strong denial to "everybody does it" or similar moral equivalency. Interesting.
That is quite an accusation, especially since you have no evidence yet that he has even done what he has been accused of. Vote for whom want but I would hesitate to slander a man’s relationship with Jesus without more evidence then a supermarket tabloid.
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