Ted Cruz: “what happened in Mississippi was appalling”… Really ? Really Ted ?

Conservative Tree House ^ | July 8, 2015 | Sundance

[true believer forever]

Senator Ted Cruz seems to express disgust and outrage against the tactics deployed by what he calls the “DC Machine”. Cruz states that their conduct in the Mississippi runoff was "incredibly disappointing" etc.

However, we now know - from specific documentation provided by internal research into the activity around the Mississippi campaign - that the National Republican Senatorial Campaign, the NRSC, was the financier for the attack ads against Chris McDaniel.

So who is the "DC Machine", this "leadership of the NRSC", that Senator Ted Cruz is so incredibly disappointed in?

Whoopsie - Yes it would appear that Ted Cruz is incredibly disappointed in ?

Nuf said.

A filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) shows that the NRSC paid National Media Research, Planning & Placement of Alexandria, Virginia $13,000 for media production and $69,000 for the attack ads.

[justlittleoleme]

FROM 2014 - OLD NEWS

Just another sad case of CDS.

[circlecity]

Great post. You owned him with that one.

[SPRINK]

You really can’t trust what sundance says in this election....

[justlittleoleme]

Great post, Thank YOU!

[circlecity]

"I would ask that ALL Cruz supporters stick to the facts they have to rebut the narrative presented here."

See post #9 - you've been owned.

[fingers_crossed]

At a minimum he does have some “splaining” to do, don’t ya think

[tacticalogic]

But you also have to realize that Cruz is only one member of the group.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. We know McConnell embarked on a campaign to co-op the incoming Tea Party winners in the in the 2012 election. We're seeing some of the tactics.

[katana]

It will be interesting to see how apoplectic Trump and his fans will become if Cruz wins the Iowa Caucuses and does well in the southern slate of primaries, not an unreasonable outcome based on how carefully his campaign has prepared the ground. Their candidate’s reliance on polls and schoolyard taunts to intimidate and smear are getting a little old. Trump may well ride his steady 30% into the nomination, but the game hasn’t even begun yet and semi-coherent rants, vague pie in the sky promises, and gutter level attacks may not be enough to get that done.

[true believer forever]

It was an open secret that McConnell gave Cruz the position to try to rein him in and keep him out of trouble (from McConnell's perspective). Cruz was effectively a head of the minority of the committee, which means he had zero power. McDaniels knows that, which is why he is a prominent Cruz supporter.

This attack is disingenuous. I am a Cruz supporter who defends Trump from unfair and disingenuous attacks. (I just defended him against George Will, just now.) I wish Conservative Tree House had higher standards.

There are two elements to my post:

1) Cruz went on and on about how horrible Mississippi was while he was Vice Chair of the committee that paid for the ads.

2) The January 30 Hannity show, where both Cruz and Paul said they would not get involved in any incumbent races. get it, incumbent? Like who Cruz was running against when Sarah saved his day, by his own words.

Cruz never fails to remind people how COURAGEOUS he is, this times it doesn't bear out.

[true believer forever]

My post wasn’t about McDaniel. Good for him for forgiving Cruz. My post was about the fact that Cruz never ONCE spoke up for McDaniel. He may have not had any power, as you say, in that committe but he still could have taken a principled stand. Consistent conservative and all that. And if he didn’t why didn’t, he?

[Servant of the Cross]

I would ask that ALL Cruz supporters stick to the facts they have to rebut the narrative presented here. If you attack the sources or the poster, I will assume that you have no valid argument against the contentions here. If you attempt to change the topic, I will take that as affirmation of these very serious accusations.

I guess you mean, it is not the the nature of the evidence, it is the seriousness of the charge ..., right?

From the article ......

Senator Ted Cruz never once campaigned for a conservative in the 2014 mid-term races, nor did he ever discuss the absence of a federal budget once Republicans were in control of both the House and the Senate.

Senator Ted Cruz took himself out of the NRSC 'management' [Ted Cruz steps back from leadership role in GOP campaign group], in order to be a "nice guy" to his fellow Senators (remember ALSO: this is what Trump accuses him of NOT doing and is a BAD thing). McConnell, et al were furious with Cruz for supporting TEA PARTY candidates in the primaries and in fund raising letters, so he backed off ... COMPLETELY.

TED CRUZ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MISSISSIPPI AND SUNDANCE IS AN A**HOLE FOR SUGGESTING IT.

So what is it Trump? Is Ted Cruz a bad guy for not getting along with the GOP Senate, or a bad guy because he secretly does?! You are very confused.

Why don't we just go straight to Chris McDaniel and ask him how he feels about Senator Ted Cruz?

In my humble opinion, it is crap like this that has this FR all-out war happening. Conservatives will not put up with this without objection.

[Dr. Sivana]

1) Cruz went on and on about how horrible Mississippi was while he was Vice Chair of the committee that paid for the ads.

2) The January 30 Hannity show, where both Cruz and Paul said they would not get involved in any incumbent races. get it, incumbent?

Neither of these are inconsistent with mere membership on a committee. If I quit every political organization I was a member of whenever a bad policy was pursued, there'd be nothing left but one man organizations.

McDaniels support of Cruzx is ABSOLUTELY AUTHORITATIVE in this case, as he was the one directly wronged by the committee. For all we know, Cruz was feeding him inside info.

[cripplecreek]

The Fauxervative Trumphouse is not a legitimate source of info so I don’t waste time on it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Discussed and debunked. Ted Cruz had nothing to do with the theft of the MS Senate primary. If he did, Chris McDaniel would certainly have nothing to do with him.

[SquarePants]

Shouldn’t ANY candidate’s past be fair game?

I know what Trump’s excuse is- he was running a business in NYC and if you burn your bridges in New York you won’t have a business anymore.

What’s Ted’s excuse?

[grania]

So the story is speculation, neither confirmed nor disproven.

[Nickname]

Voters, at that time, were fed up with DC sticking their noses in primary races and wanted them to keep out.

Cruz did not run against an incumbent for senate.

[grania]

You are on my way to saying that the story is too speculative to have merit. Then you had to go and add: “in my opinion it’s crap like this...”. What’s your point? You just did what needs to be done to counter a story, and for some reason had to put a zinger at the end.

[nitzy]

Are you stupid or are you a liar?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Senate/2014/0708/Ted-Cruz-speaks-out-as-Mississippi-s-Republican-civil-war-spreads-video

[true believer forever]

Neither of these are inconsistent with mere membership on a committee. If I quit every political organization I was a member of whenever a bad policy was pursued, there'd be nothing left but one man organizations.

McDaniels support of Cruzx is ABSOLUTELY AUTHORITATIVE in this case, as he was the one directly wronged by the committee. For all we know, Cruz was feeding him inside info.

The fact that McDaniel forgave Cruz or put the past behind him does not mean the account is untrue.

the link at the end is to a wp article citing Cruz and Portman as Vice Chairs, not minority committee members with no power.

I posted this because to hear Cruz and his supporters say it, Cruz has never failed to stand for principle. Maybe they forgot Mississippi. A lot of us didn't.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2012/11/14/portman-and-cruz-to-serve-as-nrsc-vice-chairs/ Portman and Cruz to serve as NRSC vice chairs