It doesn’t matter what Dr. Carson was thinking, if he was close to getting out or not. He made it clear before Cruz sent out his msgs that he was NOT dropping out and was in the race. He had events scheduled for NH & SC.
But even if he didn’t, even if it totally looked like he might drop, that’s not a green light for someone to take it on themselves to tell voters in actives caucuses that Carson dropped. If Cruz hadn’t seen his life flash before him with the entrance polls, maybe he would have confirmed.
What Ted did was to grab the only life preserver out there, Carson’s votes. He deliberately knocked Carson out of the running to take the votes.
Stop trying to defend it, it’s indefensible.
Prove Carson lost one vote or stop.
Ridiculous. I’ve been following politics for about half a century. This is child’s play. Cruz asking for votes because another candidate is sending mixed signals is well within the range of civilized campaigning. If anything, to me it demonstrated who was better equipped to take quick advantage of an opponent’s show of weakness. Cruz takes on Putin, he beats him. Trump or Carson take on Putin, they whine all the way to Siberia that they should have won and can’t we have a recount. In the world in which we live, I want my family under the protection of national administrations that will be run by sharpies like Cruz, not sore losers. Seriously. We have real futures at stake here. I cannot believe the childishness of those two complainers.
Peace,
SR