Posted on 01/21/2016 4:41:30 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans
In response to Sarah Palin's endorsement of candidate Donald Trump, an apoplectic Glenn Beck has announced his intent to rally with Ted Cruz in Waterloo Iowa.
However, the event itself is being organized by a pro-Cruz group 'Keep the Promise 1' (KtP1), a Super-pac originally started by billionaire hedge-funder Robert Mercer, who eventually turned over control of the Political Action Committee (PAC) to David Barton.
David Barton is Co-Chair for Glenn Beck's Mercury One charity, and the assembly of interests provides an opportunity to explain how all of these entities connect.
[GPH: Documents at link]
Billionaire Robert Mercer originally started KtP to promote candidate Ted Cruz. Eventually three pro-Cruz KtP enterprises were started but not before $500,000 was transferred to start up another Super-PAC for Carly Fiorina, "Carly for America" (CfA).
The Federal Election Commission sent an inquiry directed to Mercer's KtP, requesting an explanation of why a Pro-Cruz Super-PAC would be funding the start up of a Pro-Carly Super-PAC. -LINK-
The financial transfer remains a mystery, but common sense and a look at the timing of the transfer, would indicate this was a way for Robert Mercer to hedge his bets (no pun intended) in the event Fiorina gained more traction than Cruz. Mercer obviously wanted to have self-interested influence with both candidates.
The extraordinarily wealthy influence agent, Robert Mercer currently owes the IRS somewhere between $6 billion and $10 billion dollars. If he can help purchase a White House victory for either candidate, obviously the scales could be tipped in his favor.
However, as noted, not long after founding the political committee, Mercer turned over the Super-PAC to Glenn Beck's friend and business partner David Barton.
Barton (pictured right) now runs "KtP1" in addition to being Co-Chair for Beck's Mercury One charity.
But the Mercer influence didn't just stop with the KtP organization.
The billionaire also purchased a controlling stake in Breitbart.Com, who then began promoting a years' long poll of presidential candidates.
Unknown throughout most of 2015 – in the background for the poll data was actually a secondary Mercer enterprise, Cambridge Analytica.
Cambridge Analytica is a rather spooky enterprise consisting of a massive data-mining operation collecting the information of Breitbart.Com poll users. This data was then organized, packaged and used for social media micro-targeting and Ted Cruz campaign donation requests.
It is from the Cambridge Analytica data that millions of targeted GOP voters are inundated with Ted Cruz campaign donor requests.
In essence Robert Mercer used his financing to create a massive data set which targeted voters and then, in order to work around FEC limits on campaign finance rules, Mercer (via Cambridge Analytica) sells the data to the Ted Cruz campaign via KtP. See example FEC filing.
(See link for the rest, along with pictures, sources and documentation)
Beck is likely Bi-Polar. Poor Crazy sicko
So is Mark Levin??? He endorsed Cruz and will be campaigning with him!!
I expect a person to vigorously support his or her candidate of choice, but I fail to see why someone would constantly try to destroy an opposition candidate. During the Trayvon Martin case, I thought that the Conservative Treehouse did an excellent job and meticulously reported the facts. I understand that Sundance is for Trump, but I don’t understand the way he is going after Cruz time after time after time. It’s not politics as usual. It’s pure hatred. It’s disturbing.
Saint Cruz may not be able to walk on water after all??
Pray America wakes
It was announced today that Orrin Hatch (R) Utah is thinking of going with Trump....
So if Cruz is hugging up to Beck for the Mormon vote, it isn’t there, they don’t like Beck anymore than we do...
I seldom get a headache. Just reading your reply gave me a slight one.
Cruz is nasty and corrupt, not what he claims to be.
It was stupid of Levin not to be up front about the personal connection to Cruz through his fiance’s son.
In the posts below the article:
“Mark Levin Tonight Accused Trump of Digging Dirt On Him
Forced To Admit His Personel Connection To Cruz’s Senate Office
He opened his show deeply intoning hidden research being done on his personel life, stating he believed it was from a campaign or individual running for President, whom he could not name – but darkly hinted that this candidate is not happy with his (Levin’s) advocacy for a rival candidate.
Then he admitted he is engaged to be married to his longtime girlfriend and his fiance’s son is a staff member in Ted Cruz’s Senate office.
Levin is offering a cash reward of $5,000 to anyone who will supply him with the confirmation that it is in fact the candidate he believes it to be (Trump).
Then he took a number of calls from people who claim Trump is establishment all the way.
This guy is coo-coo for coco puffs. And a liar. And a fraud. And a phony. He’s trying to hide the fact that his “girlfriend’s son” is so close to him for so long, he’s essentially Levin’s stepson.”
How in the heck do you owe the IRS this much money and still walk around free?
“The extraordinarily wealthy influence agent, Robert Mercer currently owes the IRS somewhere between $6 billion and $10 billion dollars. If he can help purchase a White House victory for either candidate, obviously the scales could be tipped in his favor.”
Huh? Mark Levin has been married for years.
He opened his show deeply intoning hidden research being done on his personal life, stating he believed it was from a campaign or individual running for President, whom he could not name, but darkly hinted that this candidate is not happy with his (Levin) advocacy for a rival candidate.
Then, he admitted he is engaged to be married to his longtime girlfriend and his fiance son is a staff member in Ted Cruz Senate office.
I don’t know anything about Levin’s life. This is going around the internet. The quote was on a post at the Conservative Treehouse. But I also saw the same story on other sites.
It’s true. He got divorced and now is engaged. I don’t know all the details.
But her son working for Cruz doesn’t mean crap to me. Big deal. I don’t think that decides who Levin is supporting. I know he prefers a good conservative and that is Cruz.
I’m confused too — when did Mark Levin divorce and start dating?? He has always referred to his wife and children (son and daughter?) on air. Is there a source for any of this other than forum comments?
Funny it is reported that in a segment of his show Levin said he does NOT think is is Trump.
I agree. Beck is a moonbat.
“But her son working for Cruz doesn’t mean crap to me. Big deal. I don’t think that decides who Levin is supporting. I know he prefers a good conservative and that is Cruz.”
It wouldn’t matter except they are supposed to be upfront about their connections. I’ve heard a few talking heads on Fox News announce when they have a connection to the campaigns of people they are covering. Sometimes a wife or husband. I think a fiance’s son should have been disclosed.
I’m close to dropping him too. God he gets old.
If I were Cruz I’d leave Glenn alone, and if I were Trump I’d leave Hatch alone.
They’ve been attached at the hip for a long time, which beggers Ted’s common sense and intelligence.
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