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Ben Carson first blamed media for sabotaging his campaign in Iowa
Business Insider ^

Posted on 02/02/2016 9:29:32 AM PST by DrewsMum

Contrary to FALSE MEDIA reports, Dr. Ben Carson is not suspending his presidential campaign

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; election2016; iowa; luzers; newhampshire; sourgrapes
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To: dynoman

LOL, spanked by the mod.

About time.


41 posted on 02/02/2016 10:03:47 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: I want the USA back

This is a mortal political disaster for Cruz. This was an intentional lie contrary to the real Christian standard. I am deeply offended. This changes by view on Cruz. Bad Very bad.


42 posted on 02/02/2016 10:05:03 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: DrewsMum

He must be staying in since he’s not going for the required rant against Trump on his way out the door.


43 posted on 02/02/2016 10:05:10 AM PST by moehoward
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To: I want the USA back

Cruz is a thug!!! He send out a mailer which was mind boggling telling old people that they were accused of voter “VIOLATIONS!!!” It was sneaked out on the last day and covered by the caucas news but this man is not what he appears.


44 posted on 02/02/2016 10:07:58 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: WENDLE

You have always hated Cruz and there was nothing wrong with Cruz supporters making sure that Carson supporters knew about the news breaking on CNN that Carson was leaving the campaign to go home to Florida. Sorry, but there is absolutely no scandal here just sour grapes.


45 posted on 02/02/2016 10:10:13 AM PST by dschapin
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To: DrewsMum

He needs to blame his campaign staff for even THINKING that leaking he was going straight home to Florida was a good idea.

Amateurs.


46 posted on 02/02/2016 10:11:16 AM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: DrewsMum

7:03pm is when CArson’s informal advisor tweeted that the media reports were lies. Then at 7:11 he said what Carson’s plans were.

CNN didn’t correct the lie until much later. at http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/carson-other-campaigns-sabotaged-us-dirty-tricks it shows Steve King’s tweet, at 7:20pm.

That site also names some locations where the announcement was made: Johnston (Polk County), Iowa State University (Ames, IA, in Story County), Waterloo (Black Hawk County), and Boone (Boone County, very close to Story County).

Another article named the counties which Marco Rubio won: Dallas, Polk, Story, Johnson, and Scott. About the same time as CNN came out with the false tweet that Carson would not be campaigning for the next 2 or 3 primaries, Rubio’s people started saying how they were going to do a lot better than anybody expected. And in at least some of the places where CNN’s lie was announced by Cruz’s people, he did...

I suspect that CNN and the GOPe are trying to help Rubio, to bring down both Cruz and Trump (whose supporters are at each other’s throats over this) and force a brokered convention, as GOPe people have been guaranteeing would happen.


47 posted on 02/02/2016 10:12:07 AM PST by butterdezillion
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To: DrewsMum

Really makes me think less of Ben. Why would he blame Cruz? Trump is the one who called Iowa voters stupid for supporting Carson and also said Carson had mental problems.


48 posted on 02/02/2016 10:13:43 AM PST by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: xzins

Get over it.....

If you realy want a good president...

send money to Ted Cruz

do it now.


49 posted on 02/02/2016 10:13:55 AM PST by LtKerst
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To: xzins

well said.


50 posted on 02/02/2016 10:14:14 AM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

Did you see the screen grab in McGruff’s post? It was a story carried on CNN.

Did Ted Cruz give the story to CNN? WTH?


51 posted on 02/02/2016 10:14:52 AM PST by JewishRighter
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To: dschapin

Despicable lie. They knew it wasn’t true.. His wife was giving a speech at a caucus!!! They tried to stop Carson supports from speaking!!!Unbelievable fro a purported Christian. Terrible.


52 posted on 02/02/2016 10:16:33 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: LtKerst

See #29


53 posted on 02/02/2016 10:17:02 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: JewishRighter
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54 posted on 02/02/2016 10:17:46 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: DrewsMum
Carson is playing the victim now........who always needs someone to blame.

Can't believe his team confirmed he was going back to Florida for fresh clothes.......as if Iowa and NH don't have dry cleaners......so Carson himself left the door open for whatever followed with that dumb reasoning. Mu gosh you'd think his ad visors would see how lame that is.

55 posted on 02/02/2016 10:17:55 AM PST by caww
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To: spacejunkie2001

You are right. Cruz needs to drop out for several reasons.


56 posted on 02/02/2016 10:18:37 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: hollyweed
For him to make statement like he did an hour or so before voting started; was just really foolish.
He thinks it was taken out of context; well maybe it was or maybe it wasn't.

A candidate just doesn't issue a statement about taking a rest; right before voting starts.

We all agree he is a nice guy; but he isn't anywhere fit to be President.

57 posted on 02/02/2016 10:19:12 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland
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To: dynoman

***”Carson said he was taking time off to go home. We simply repeated what he said,” Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said Monday. “Our email simply stated the facts.”

When asked what the “big announcement” mentioned in the email referred to, Frazier did not respond.”

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/***

Stay classy, Ted.

How very Evangelical of him.


58 posted on 02/02/2016 10:19:53 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Lil Flower

Or should I say Dominionist?


59 posted on 02/02/2016 10:20:47 AM PST by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: WENDLE

Look at my recent posts, at http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:butterdezillion/index?brevity=full;tab=comments , to see why I think this was sabotage set up between Robio’s people, the GOPe, and CNN.

Carson’s people put out a statement, apparently around 7:03pm, correcting the CNN lie. Do we know when CNN corrected it? The critical time period would have been right before the caucuses, and there was a CNN report at 6:45.


60 posted on 02/02/2016 10:21:12 AM PST by butterdezillion
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