I know. This eight women nightmare for Ted may seem like old news and these allegations have run their course. And that I'm just beating a dead horse by continuing to bring it up for discussion here at fr. I'm simply reminding everyone of a horrible and precarious situation we might all find ourselves in.
Now, I haven't kept track, but I'll guess that there have been a dozen or so Cruz supporters here (over the past ten days) who've attacked my position (attacked my posts) that I've taken on Ted's impossible situation. With each of these folks here, I've pointed out that Cruz is now in the dubious position of dealing with and living with ....a cloud over his head.
In some of my posts on this topic, I've gladly endured being flamed and in fact been called different names. A weirdo. A pervert. A screw up. A liar. An oddball. And....that I simply "make things up." Not so, as we'll all now see:
In each of these dozen or so heated discussions with my fellow posters, each one of them were in the unenviable and losing position of trying to prove that ...there is no such thing as a - 'cloud' - over Ted. This cloud hanging over Ted is in fact -embedded in the minds of millions and millions of people now since these sordid details came out on April 3rd.
I'll sum this up about this 'cloud' now hanging over Ted ...with this: Folks who take the position that there isn't any such thing -as a cloud- hanging over Ted ...are stopped in their tracks -when they finally and correctly come to the conclusion...that once a person has heard something, they'll never ever be able to get (what they heard)...out of their minds. And that's that. It's what God created us all with. Our natural ability to ...remember. And when folks go to the polls, I ask, is it possible that folks might -remember- these allegations about Ted and his lady 'friends' - - - why of course they can!
Unfortunately for Ted, it's not whether these allegations are true...or not true. But it's the perception! I'm not saying he is guilty of being with any amount of women outside of his marriage. But only that there is now...a cloud hanging over Ted. This damning cloud / perception is stuck over Ted and will remain so for the rest of this life. Period.
And we all must ponder ...another horrible and precarious circumstance! What if Ted does...happen to be our conservative nominee. And when Ted stands behind his podium...facing Hillary in the September and October debates -exactly what is Ted going to say...when Hillary inquires (on national television) about these eight women. Where does 'our' nominee even begin to start -with a defense against that insinuation from Hillary?
Now, I'm sure that some folks here -in this thread right now- might step up and attack my position, but we'll all know ...that they'll be operating from a position of weakness. They, like all the others, will end up sitting down -and look ridiculous having tried to prove that -clouds of suspicion- are a myth. That folks don't have long term memories. And that their bad memories of all this could cause them to just sit out and not vote -for our Presidential candidate. And Hillary overwhelms our conservative voters.
Now, let's see if anyone comes forward to argue the points I've made quite clear here.
Your main point, about the NE allegations forming a “cloud” of doubt about Ted Cruz with “millions” of people is what I will address now. I believe that’s all you’ve essentially said, and all you’ve offered as a reason to continue bringing up that garbage.
For reasonable people, the National Enquirer is a known cesspool of gossip and innuendo. So no one takes what they say seriously. Never mind the fact that no one bothers to sue them for libel much less slander, not because they don’t care about their reputation but because the Enquirer writes their articles in such a way as to hide behind weasel words, making it impossible to prove any intent of libel or slander. Lawyers know this. This is why Cruz hasn’t bothered wasting his time. Again, reasonable (and informed) people know this.
Even when they were later proven correct in a few of their “expose’s”, it was only because other sources of data confirmed their allegations. And they’ve only reached that level of credibility a few times. A few times out of the hudreds of thousands of stories they’ve run. So to say “they were right about John Edwards” as some kind of reason to give this or any other story consideration is like saying the time of day is whatever a stopped clock says it is, since it’s right two times a day.
If Hillary dares bring this up in a debate all Ted has to do in reply is ask, “So how’s that brain tumor working out for you Hillary?”, because that and other rediculous stories are also courtesy of the Enquirer. And then people will laugh (at her for being stupid to bring an Enquirer story into a debate) and everyone will move on. It won’t hurt him in the slightest in any debate.
The only people who are swayed by that salacious story are those who are either too stupid to realize the Enquirer is a rag, fish wrap not worthy of most fish, and those who already hate Cruz for other reasons and are too evil already to realize how much they rely upon gossip to make their own lives worth living.
In conclusion this “cloud” only matters to those Cruz would never win anyway: the gossiping clucking hens of this country who have no moral compass of their own and live for stories such as this to hide from their own inadequacies.
So Ted sCruz now has his very own “Bang of 8”
But wait, Ted argued against dildo’s in Texas, can’t wait for the gif with him wagging a dildo at us.
“This eight women nightmare for Ted may seem like old news and these allegations have run their course.”
A false smear campaign.
Russia, China, Japan and heck even Mexico knows that obuma is a phony from his head to his feet and have the proof of it, they also probably have better information coming out of Hillary's ‘bathroom server’ than our own FBI, or CIA, and they are using it...hence back door deals (Iran deal ring any bells)
We need people who has nothing in their closets, and Cruz's whole life is one big lie, so lets start supporting a person who has been put through the ‘spyglass’ for the past 40 years and Make America Great Again...
No argument per SE, however we haven’t got the specific denials that could be helpful for Ted. All we get from him is sorta denials. He cannot say “I did not get matching tatoos with THAT WOMAN” nor can be assure us that he did not loan her his jacket at the hotel or even meet with her alone. He very likely did.
Hillary will use it on him if he is the candidate.
If one were to accuse Donald. He would likely shrug and say “Its probably true. I said something about that in my book. Look circumstances hit my marriage so I hit back 10 times as hard and I made the thing right with the people involved, we are all friends now, in fact so and so endorsed me and I was best man at their marriage... And I introduced them to their new investment strategist. Everybody does stupid stuff but my family and I have worked it out. So what?”
Water off a ducks back.
But Ted has played the savior card... aka “the face of God maneuver” and it will never wash clean without explicit legal documentation that “I did not have sex with that woman,or that one,or that one... “ and he damned well better give the entire list because I guarantee you Hillary has and keeps lists of women.. She was after all married to wet Willie... Decades of experience.
She will also enjoy ruining the young women... As a bloodsport activity. It is her favorite.