[dynoman]

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"Cruz Iowa staffer Spence Rogers sent precinct captains an email during the caucus hinting that Carson planned to leave the race, despite the fact that Carson's campaign said he would continue.

"Breaking News. The press is reporting that Dr. Ben Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail after Iowa and making a big announcement next week," the email, acquired by CNN, read. "Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted Cruz."

Meanwhile, Cruz surrogate Iowa Rep. Steve King told followers on Twitter that "Carson looks like he is out."

Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope. https://t.co/lW5Js50EMA— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) February 2, 2016

Carson told Fox News his wife, Candy, had to correct the misinformation at one event.

"She spoke at one of the caucus sites and before she got there one of the Cruz people had again disseminated that information to the crowd," he said. "And one of the organizers told her 'I'm so glad you're here, so you could set the record straight.' And she did and we actually won in that precinct."

Carson's campaign was furious when they first learned of the tactic, and Carson decried it as a "dirty trick" during remarks Monday night at a party with supporters in West Des Moines.

"This is really a dirty trick," Carson said. "This makes me more determined than ever to keep going."

Cruz's campaign defended the Rogers message to the precinct captains.

"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/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/index.html

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Related;

Carson to Florida to get 'a fresh set of clothes,' accuses Cruz campaign of 'dirty trick'

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/index.html

[spacejunkie2001]

The press is reporting....

that’s what the above says.

[RasterMaster]

[ScottinVA]

A fresh set of clothes? No “Men’s Wearhouse” in NH? I highly doubt that.

[hollyweed]

Who in the hell leaves the campaign trail with a primary in one week to get fresh clothes? Sorry, I like Carson but he’s not a serious player. It’s a tough business Ben.

[Sidebar Moderator]

Stop spamming all the threads. Thank you

[butterdezillion]

So the Cruz campaign acknowledges sending out the letter to the precinct captains, at least one of which then gave a copy of the letter to CNN - the source for the claim cited in the letter.

One thing I know: CNN is smack-dab in the middle of this mess. They reported that Carson would not be campaigning for the next 2 primaries, and they are gleefully spreading the story that Cruz is slime.

There is more to this story. See my recent posts for information. This smells of Rubio.

[House Atreides]

Getting pretty darn desperate there, aren’t you.

[zerosix]

Rumors abound in campaigns and in these days of instant messages plus following hundreds of Tweets, it would be impossible to lay any one rumor as a "dirty trick!"

I have worked as both a volunteer and paid staff of local, state and national campaigns since the '80s and even jumped to the "dirty tricks" thinking myself, especially when some "questionable things" happened!

The younger and especially virtual naive in politics, it's very tempting to jump on the conspiracy theories!

Volunters are especially susceptible to this and the old salts love to "rattle their cages!"

[traderrob6]

LOL, spanked by the mod.

About time.

[Lil Flower]

***”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.

[Theo]

You are STILL sharing that phony Photoshop hoax letter? It’s Rathergate 2.0.

Really pathetic, dynoman.

[TexasCajun]

If I told ya Trump was considering going back to his running his empire, that you should vote for Cruz.

I can only imagine the two-word response.

If Carson supporters bought it from the Cruz camp without hearing from Team Carson, that's on them.

[seekthetruth]

Some proof of the nasty politics here:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/breaking-carson-accuses-cruz-camp-of-foul-play-at-iowa-caucuses/

[Syncro]

What started all of this was Carson saying he was headed to home in FL after Iowa.

Who doesn’t do that when they get a chance?

Opportunists will jump on anything.

Cruz should not have let this happen, and it may be why Cruz was first.

Politics is a dirty rotten corrupt dog eat dog system.

Big mistake by Cruz team so Cruz is responsible.

For shame.