It was a margin loan on HIS brokerage account that was already reported many times.
That's much different from running a "charitable" foundation that only accepts donations from business associates, that looks very much like a kickback scheme.
Posted on 01/14/2016 7:18:11 AM PST by Isara
When you’re at the top the attacks come at you from everywhere. In this case it was a NY Times article that, as Levin suggested last night, was fed to them by some Republican operative working for another campaign. But just like the Trump-ed up birther story, it’s another non-story.
Ted Cruz explains below:
Ted Cruz explains Goldman Sachs loan (Video)
It’s no surprise that Ted Cruz is actually human and makes errors like the rest of us. As he said, the loan against his assets has been disclosed in a variety of other ways so it’s not something he’s been trying to hide. And he’ll amend the filing to fix that should the reports be correct.
There is no conspiracy here. Cruz was going up against Dewhurst who was spending millions upon millions of dollars. It takes money to compete at this level and Cruz was certainly the underdog.
So as I said, nothing to see here. If this is all they have against Cruz, if this is all the dirt they can find on him, then this ‘smoking gun’ is nothing more than a broken water pistol.
Well.... it worked for Obama. He just turned off the credit card verification on his website so world Islamists were able to make lots of $100 donations under names like Mickey Mouse, no questions asked. And then when Obama was in office the FEC said the winner gets to write the history...
I hear what you’re saying and agree, but at some point SOMEBODY should take up the issue of why the foreign enemy combatant in our White House right now was given a totally free pass on everything.
That does seem odd. His strange excuse for his behavior is that his opponent was spending millions.
IOW, it was somebody else/s fault.
The liberal game of Becoming a Victim is not something conservatives like to see in a presidential campaign.
Makes you wonder what else he/s jerked around or falsified to realize his political ambitions.
And let/s not forget, Golman Sachs does not throw around a million dollars b/c they/re nice guys. What did Cruz have to promise to get the million?
I believe she quit that job.
I think the point would be that he was scrambling like crazy because the cards were all stacked against him. And they were. It had to be a crazy time, and when things are crazy you make stupid mistakes on stupid things like bureaucratic forms. That’s why we have a chance to amend tax returns or filing extensions. Was this right at the same time that Lois Lerner was putting “True the Vote” through bureaucratic hell, to keep them from being able to get anything else done? If you’re a candidate you HAVE to be able to get things done - especially if the opponent and the GOPe are fighting you with a LOT of money and a LOT of manpower.
It was a margin loan. They weren't throwing money around. If you had a stock account at Goldman, or TD Ameritrade, or Schwab etc, you could get a margin loan too.
What did Cruz have to promise to get the million?
Nada.
It is something to look forward to (/snix).
A president getting rattled when events pile up......so he takes to the airwaves to whine that the whole world is against him.
The dollar amount for the Goldman loan is wrong in that link? It was half a million and that is not what is disclosed here.
A lawyer who gets his paper work wrong.
Baloney. It’s a margin loan against an equity account, which is kind of like loaning yourself money.
At commercial terms.
That was repaid.
And, contrary to the story, disclosed.
Obama is a bad role model in credibility - that man is a cypher.
Not my Cruz to bear.
Donald Trump: A concern troll is a person who participates in a debate posing as an actual or potential ally who simply has some concerns they need answered before they will ally themselves with a cause. In reality they are a critic.
Except, Cruz did disclose it. In fact, here’s the form:
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/687461435522285568
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Are you from India or South Africa?
There are two gas lighting operations going on, and I like to keep my paid posters straight.
Do multiple people use the same account, or just you?
If it was disclosed to the appropriate people, banks, loan officers, goverment officials then there is no problem.
I bet there is some more questionable and damming “ paper work “ that Trump is hiding, or does not want anyone to see “ waiting to be disclosed.
Yeah, the story is about this yuge.
Victory is mine as it will be Trumps.
It was a margin loan on HIS brokerage account that was already reported many times.
That's much different from running a "charitable" foundation that only accepts donations from business associates, that looks very much like a kickback scheme.
Never in a million years would I have guessed that in the 2016 race Ted Cruz would be the target of the vitriol of so many Freepers. Ted Cruz. Wow.
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