Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz.
Posted on 02/04/2016 9:04:05 PM PST by Red Steel
Greta Van Susteren went off on the Cruz Campaign tonight over their handling of the Ben Carson Caucus scandal.
On Monday Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses.
Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz.
Carson was right to be outraged...
The Cruz camp sent out messages and made calls to all precinct captains that Dr. Carson was dropping from the race.
On Thursday Greta Van Susteren reacted to the Cruz campaign scandal.
Greta Van Susteren: Horrible!... This is appalling!
For some reason to me, what happened that night was terrible. But then when they have time for reflection they make it even worse with this statement tonight. It's just appalling.
Karl Rove: They're circling the wagons. They know they made a big error. They're trying to change the subject and they're circling the wagons.
Greta Van Susteren: Then don't tell me that Senator Cruz apologized! Because all he does is try to make Carson wrong in this whole statement and Carson didn't do anything wrong. It's just completely ridiculous to say Senator Cruz apologized. They got caught. Now they got double caught. This is horrible and shame on the Cruz campaign!
I think you’re right.
My sincere apologies.
If I have to read one more damn headline about this issue......you get my drift, I’m sure.
It’s ludicrous, it’s boring and this website is headed downhill as fast as Breitbart.
Most of them simply forwarded the message cnn put out.
Nothing wrong there.
If a campaign worker interpreted cnn story to say carson drppping and told voters, then maybe deal with that? Then again, even FOX NEWS said they thought he was dropping when when they got the same info.
I look at the whole person. And, since all of us have things in our past we’d like to forget - b/c of stupidity, b/c of ignorance, and b/c we were just too damn smug in our pride - I am not gonna throw stones at a guy if he can show me he is sincere in the desire to “wise up” ...
Trump has said and done stuff that is questionable at best, and downright shameful at worst ... But he’s also done things that were beyond gracious and rather incredible.
Like my priest once told me - “You’ve got a generous heart - but you’re a real pisser when you’re angry.”
Same goes with Trump - I know his character all too well. That’s the reason I can appreciate who he is and what he is able to do - but also, I am fully aware of the destructive tendencies that go along with that personality.
The peculiar thing is that Trump’s dark side is what also acts to make him no pushover in a fight. When the SHTF, the guy I want in the foxhole with me is more than likely gonna be the man that I know can give what he gets.
I have a little pamphlet titled ‘The Four Temperaments’ - you might want to look it up and give it a read sometime; it’s a real eye opener in how to know yourself and others.
Donald Trump is a classic colic-melancholic, as are most great leaders - and dictators (including Vladimir Putin). So, there is good reason for us to proceed with caution. Unfortunately, the times call for a man who will kick ass and take names. Senator Ted Cruz simply has not the right temperament for the job at hand - no matter how bright and shiny his conservative credentials ... More pointedly so since he has demonstrated that is armor is not so well-polished after all. Like Trump, he’s just a man. The difference is that we can see the cracks in his armor; and, as you observed, too few others a willing to look.
“..........TRUMP has gotten the media spot light shining on him and the field and the voters watching him.”
Exactly. Perception becomes reality also applies.
In the midst of this mother of all media circuses, has ANYONE bothered to ask the Iowa voters if this affected the way they voted???...Heck no....They all left Iowa to band together for bashing of the winner....go figure...
The astounding thing is that CNN got the information for their post directly from a Carson campaign staffer.... CNN repeated this verbatum…...which was then read by all of the other campaigns and reported to their respect precinct chairmen..... King and Cruz campaign staffers then transmitted this information “”””AFTER”””” most of the Iowa Caucus sites VOTED…
Additionally Carson admitted that his camp made the wrong statement to the media.
another point for ALL of you a Rubio supporter tweeted at 6:29 pm that the Rubio campaign was pushing the narrative that Carson was getting out. This is a full 23 minutes prior to the CNN tweet about Carson going to Florida. And isn’t it just amazing that Rubio jumped so much more than he was polling also.
So this CARSON campaign generated (with a lot of help from Rubio) miss-information trick had absolutely NO impact upon the real caucus results.
Below are the links to Carson being called out by reporter, the article concerning Rubio which includes the tweet from the Rubio supporter:
https://politistick.com/uh-oh-was-marco-rubio-guilty-in-the-ben-carson-dropout-rumor/
http://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/02/03/ben-carson-gets-hoisted-petard-isnt-pretty-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCzksoprMP4
You are preaching to the choir, my dear. But please continue; I like it.
For the first time in all my voting years, I will stay home if Trump is the nominee.
I don’t think much of Rubio, either.
Thus the ever compelling " you got the wrong guy, cnn did it " defense.
Don’t worry about it, you’re doing good.
LOL!
Hey, General Chang! Where can I get one of those riveted eye patches?
I’m getting tired of wearing this damn prosthetic eye all the time!
In your very short history here, you’ve done nothing but hype Bernie.
Troll posting history:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:quigleydu/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
Many of your comments about “Bernie” contain the tell tale symbol marks that say “copy and paste” Copying directly from dummy underground.
TWitter was abuzz during one of TRUMP’s rallies, last night.
They were saying effectively, against Cruz, “watch your ballot, watch your back, and if his lips are moving, you know he’s lying.” :)
Cruz has one lousy TWO weeks in a row. Except for a caucus night victory which will now go down in history as “suspicious”, or worse.
He has killed his own campaign, shot himself in the foot and didn’t budget for any of it. Imagine. How do you clean up from stupidity. Ya’ know he IS the smartest guy in the room. He said so.
Ah, you need G’Kar’s prosthetic eye. (Babylon 5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_T4YKiyCRo
I always figured Dr. Franklin had to make up a 2nd one after Delenn woke up early that morning and smashed the 1st one.
Of everything you said, and of all the many attributes and qualifications I've pondered and examined, this is, by far, the most important:
...the times call for a man who will kick ass and take names. Senator Ted Cruz simply has not the right temperament for the job at hand - no matter how bright and shiny his conservative credentials
That would be a reasonable theory if it actually happened that way, but it didn't.
Per verified reports (articles are in the sidebar now), all 1,500 Cruz Iowa precinct captains received two phone calls from the Cruz campaign, telling them to go with the story that Ben Carson was not going on to NH and SC, and that he was suspending his run.
All 1,500 were emphatically told to communicate this to the Carson supporters IN CAUCUS, to persuade them to vote for Cruz.
Team Cruz did this without first verifying the reports/rumors with Team Carson, as they should have. Instead, they saw an opening and ran with it, despite the questionable ethics involved.
Trust me, this is going to hang around Ted Cruz's neck like Watergate hung around Nixon's. It's going to define him, and there's nothing he'll be able to do to stop it.
Sadly, Rush Limbaugh is giving Cruz a pass on this crap, while going after Trump with the long knives. Good old El Rushbo is a freakin’ hypocrite! I think Rush and Snerdly are banging heads on this.
I think that Cruz will eventually learn that he lost much more than he thinks he won in Iowa.
Wait a minute. You point out “Rubio jumped so much more than he was polling” (and in fact the Rubio campaign’s message was earlier and more direct, so it may well have had more effect). Then you say there was no effect.
Further, your argument is like saying 2 thieves came to my house, 30 minutes apart, but the 2nd guy deserves less grief because he found less to steal.
Now, I do think Greta in particular should have her feet held to the fire. “Dear Greta, Marco Rubio’s campaign ran even more egregiously with the false rumor about Dr. Carson dropping out, than did Ted Cruz’ campaign. Are you equally offended by that?” (I just sent that to Greta, and I hope others send similar messages.)
I know where Rove’s coming from, but Greta might have some integrity. We shall see. :-)
BTW, not to be mean, but in the pic of Greta above, does she look like a female version of Balok’s alter ego, or what?
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