What genius came up with those score cards? Total and absolute PR disaster.
With each passing day I am even more pleased that I had switched from supporting Cruz to supporting Trump.
Go Trump Go.
So Cruz did nothing that hasn’t been done b a number of other candidates in the past.
Cruz does the same thing and the Trumpites are suddenly outraged.
Never mind that Trump has been politically connected to high-rankuing Democrats at the local, city, state, and national levels when it suited his crony capitalistic projects and liberal ideals.
Even those these are undisputed facts, the Trumpites simply choose to ignore them and in their fantasy world, think somehow Trump has changed. They have suspended all rational thoughts in their minds.
Sucks to be Ted Cruz this weekend.
“There is no such thing as an election violation related to frequency of voting.” = Well that can’t be true - can someone vote multiple times in same election /sarc
Pretty scathing!
What was he thinking?
I’ve never doubted Cruz was brilliant. Immigration is my #1 issue, having escaped Mexifornia. So Trump’s policy was much better and more consistent.
But this just makes me wonder about some of his recent decisions.
The GOP-e is totally trying to take Cruz out In Iowa as many FReepers cheer them on. It’s like an alternate universe around here.
Sadly, a lot of candidates get into these bizarre scare tactics to turn out voters. Cruz, while I like his positions, is totally uncharming and has no personal touch and doesn’t seem to realize how the average human being would react.
People keep talking about Cruz and Reagan, but there’s no similarity. Reagan did have a long and consistent conservative track record, even though I disagreed with many of the things he did as governor of CA, such as defunding the mental hospitals and releasing the patients on the world. But whether you agreed or not, he was good at communicating his opinions and it’s not for nothing that he was known as the “Great Communicator.”
Like Trump, who in my opinion is a nutcase who shouldn’t have a single voter, Reagan had an entertainment background and therefore he realized that you have to get the audience on your side. Cruz doesn’t seem to understand this and no matter how good his ideas are, he’s incapable of communicating them or attracting people to his side. He even drives away his friends. Very strange.
“Meet Don Trump, an event hosted by Paul Pate, Iowa SOS”:
http://www.linncountygop.org/events/meet-don-trump-hosted-by-secretary-of-state-paul-pate-2/
he must have had one great campaign jingle.
Is Accusing citizens of Iowa of a “voting violation” based on Iowa Caucus participation, a Christian value?
Or give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s?
Makes me wonder if this intimidation and lies are an earmark of what would Jesus do?
Wow
“Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening, saying that the targeting had been “very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven’t voted before to vote.â€Â
First there was the Glenn Beck dirty trick with the photoshopped Tweet, in violation of Federal Election Law (in an election you can’t send out a communication PRETENDING that it came from a candidate or campaign that it did NOT come from). Now THIS illegal act. Sheesh. “Consistentconservatives” my ass!
Methinks when Glenn Beck came in he brought some Romney staffers...
someone is giving Cruz terrible advice..
maybe Romney is planning a convention surprise..
he wont get it but maybe he thought Cruz was the only one he needed to take out..
https://lawyerscommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DeceptivePracticesReportJuly2012FINALpdf.pdf
“The right to vote should be unimpeded by deception and intimidation.
Yet, the freedom to exercise this right is compromised when voters encounter trickery, fraud, or intimidation before and during the voting process. Deceptive election practices occur when individuals, political operatives, and organizations intentionally disseminate misleading or false election information that prevents voters from participating in elections.”
Above is a sample of what to expect from Li’l Debbie Mayo-head. The `rats have (and will) screw Cruz over NBC; next the party of Walking Dead voters will have a field day with this mailer.
Yeah, 1,) it’s a caucus vote, and 2.) they are trying to get people to vote, but you know some are licking their chops.
Cruz has got to get out front on this, disavow, fire and ... un-schlong himself from this mess his people created.
Seems like Cruz is going off the rails a bit. He’s trying too hard to beat Trump. If he can’t beat Trump straight up, why not just stand for what you believe as persuasive authority among the voters? That is a worthwhile effort isn’t it? This makes people like Cruz look like winning and politics is more important than doing the right thing if doing the right thing means you may not win.
More turn off for me on Cruz.
I really am speechless. Can’t believe how badly Cruz’s campaign has been run.
The Cruz campaign jumped the shark when Glenn Beck “swore him in.” From hear on out it’s just acrobatics.
The Donald has Cruz on the ropes, and Cruz pretty much shot himself in the foot.
Donald made him do it BLAME TRUMP