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The fake Ben Carson controversy should end here and now
Steve Deace ^ | February 4, 2016 | Steve Deace

Posted on 02/04/2016 11:23:54 AM PST by GodGunsGuts

I know there are some of you who are willing to do what it takes to win but you want to make sure you do so with character and integrity. There's a line you don't want to cross. You are fine going up to that line and doing whatever you can that is within bounds but you don't want to cross that line and I am totally with you on that.

I am going to walk you through this faux outrage story regarding Ben Carson and Ted Cruz. I'm going to walk you through a timeline but before I do, I need to make sure you know what life is like at an Iowa Caucus. I'm on Team Cruz. I was one of the precinct captains in one of the larger precincts in Central Iowa...

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To: Ms Mable

Have you read the article?


121 posted on 02/04/2016 1:07:51 PM PST by dschapin
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To: altura
I think Ben is a decent man but I’ve lost respect over him because of this whining.

Ditto. Well, partly the whining, but mostly the hypocrisy of that one interview where he's complaining that Cruz doesn't take responsibility for what Cruz people do, while denying any responsibility for what Carson people do. Someone needs to sit Carson down, make him watch his own interview, and say, "This is what you've come to." Maybe that'd wake him up.

122 posted on 02/04/2016 1:10:50 PM PST by Amity
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To: ScottinVA

As was pointed out elsewhere, Carson got 9.3% of the vote in the caucuses, on the high end of the range in which he was polling going in (polls ranging from 6% to 10%, mostly in the 7% to 8% range), so the passing on of CNN’s rumor doesn’t seem to have actually swayed very many from Carson to Cruz or anyone else.


123 posted on 02/04/2016 1:11:19 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Please read the actual article. CNN was tweeting contradictory things at the same time. Most of the information coming out of CNN was still sounding like Carson was doing some type of at least temporary suspension of his campaign until well into the caucus.


124 posted on 02/04/2016 1:13:25 PM PST by dschapin
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To: GodGunsGuts

This whole thing proves why the GOP is called “The Stupid Party”.


125 posted on 02/04/2016 1:14:50 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sideshow Bob
"There was nothing wrong with telling Iowa caucus voters to not waste their vote on Carson."

Sure, tell people to switch their votes based on a 'LIE'!

It's called deceit!

This type of thinking belongs in the Democrat party.

I have lost my respect for Ted Cruz!

126 posted on 02/04/2016 1:16:25 PM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: dead; napscoordinator

LOL...Hypocrisy know thyself!


127 posted on 02/04/2016 1:18:47 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

We’re going to have to put half of FR on suicide watch when their Dear Leader self-immolates...and, oh wow, is it coming.


128 posted on 02/04/2016 1:19:19 PM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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To: LibFreeUSA

Have you read the article, it has a very detailed timeline of what the Cruz campaign sent out and when? At the time that the Cruz campaign was communitcating with their caucus captains CNN was still actively reporting that Carson was going home to FL and not continuing on to NH and SC but would instead attend a prayer breakfast in DC later this week. CNN’s anchors commented that this was a very significant story and that this was not the behavior of someone who was seriously running for president. This was not a lie since the Cruz campaign thought they simply were informing the voters of breaking news.


129 posted on 02/04/2016 1:25:42 PM PST by dschapin
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To: napscoordinator; dead

Rule #99. Never bs dead. Check.


130 posted on 02/04/2016 1:30:36 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: dfwgator

There are always those within the GOP who reside outside the true core of conservatism, and throw in with whoever the latest campaign conservative happens to be, always declaring that they won’t get fooled again, and then shout the loudest when their candidate stabs them in the back shortly after taking office.


131 posted on 02/04/2016 1:35:47 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: dfwgator

There are always those within the GOP who reside outside the true core of conservatism, and throw in with whoever the latest campaign conservative happens to be, always declaring that they won’t get fooled again, and then shout the loudest when their candidate stabs them in the back shortly after taking office.


132 posted on 02/04/2016 1:35:48 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

No, I’m pretty certain it’s the actual conservatives that get stabbed in the back. Not the hangers on.


133 posted on 02/04/2016 1:38:40 PM PST by The Toll
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To: Boogieman
Please, keep harping on this. You're not hurting Cruz and you're not helping your guy, so please, keep it up!

Will do.
134 posted on 02/04/2016 1:43:21 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - Where sleazy meets creepy)
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To: LibFreeUSA
Sure, tell people to switch their votes based on a 'LIE'!

OK, obviously you have a reading comprehension difficulty or other disability. Please explain again, what is the lie?

Is Carson campaigning in New Hampshire or South Carolina?

Did Carson take a few days off from his campaigning?

Did Carson lay off a good chunk of his campaign staff and slash salaries of other staffers today?

Gee, based on that - it kinda does sound like voting for Carson in Iowa was a wasted vote!

Look, I do hold the Cruz staffers accountable for their actions on Monday night.

They should have been telling anyone who would listen that voting for Trump in Iowa was a wasted vote!!!

135 posted on 02/04/2016 1:47:49 PM PST by Sideshow Bob
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To: A CA Guy

I wouldn’t paint Gov. King Korn Branstad as a neutral observer. His son is a major corn/ethanol lobbyist.


136 posted on 02/04/2016 1:53:00 PM PST by bootless ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth."~RWR)
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To: MomMcGraff

I don’t. I am in the camp that thinks Caucus goers are not sheep. They vote for their guy even if the other guy says not to.


137 posted on 02/04/2016 1:57:25 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: GodGunsGuts

Interesting article from a Cruz guy on the ground in Iowa.


138 posted on 02/04/2016 1:58:56 PM PST by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.)
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To: jwalsh07; dead

Got it. Lessons learned.


139 posted on 02/04/2016 2:01:16 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: GodGunsGuts

And a point of fact: In 2005, we were three years away from Emperor obama being forced on us. He would have to be dead solid psychic to see that coming.


140 posted on 02/04/2016 2:02:29 PM PST by bootless ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth."~RWR)
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