Posted on 02/05/2016 8:40:21 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
Philadelphia (CBS) – Chris Stigall criticized presidential candidates Ben Carson and Donald Trump for blaming Ted Cruz after rumors were spread by his supporters in the moments before the Iowa Caucus that Carson was dropping out and returning home to Florida.
Stigall, on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, said this entire controversy is Carson’s fault for running such a poor campaign and making mistakes that can be exploited by his opponents.
“These people are in perpetual, constant dog fights. On the mic, off the mic, on the camera, off the camera, on Twitter, they’re never off, they’re never off, they never go away. You certainly do not go away before votes have been cast in the first state in the union to vote. You don’t get on a plane and say, I’m going home for some R and R, I’ll catch you Thursday at the prayer breakfast. You are a political neophyte if you’re out there crying in your beer for Ben Carson. I’m more irritated at Carson than I am Trump, actually. Carson out there [saying] that’s a dirty trick. No, you’re a bad, bad candidate Doctor, and I respect you a lot sir. I think you’re brilliant man, a man of God. But that is a stupid, stupid campaign move at this level. And to blame it on Cruz? Please.”
Different Chris. You’re thinking of Chris Stirewalt. Not Chris Stigall.
One of our conservative talk guys in San Francisco used to shout in a deranged way, ‘ASHCROFT! HALLIBURTON! ASHCROFT!” He was imitating a late-night, low-rated, Communist host who pretty much did that. Definitely became a joke.
Fair enough, but right now... it is not Cruz or Rubio doing the cry baby routine... it is Carson and some posters in this thread.
Oh, thank you for the correction. I was wrong. .)
Megyn has been the home away from home for the anti-TRUMP operators. I can hardly keep up. Thanks. Rita
Eh, Carson can cry about it if he wants to, he was the one who was fouled.
Trump has nothing to say on the matter IMO.
Carson was not fouled. He screwed up and showed he has no clue how to manage the optics of his campaign. This is not the first time he has projected a lackadaisical attitude about running his campaign and it is an example why he isn’t ready for the prime time.
He did this to himself.
No, he didn’t. Doesn’t matter if he is a campaign noob or not.
Cruz and Rubio did it to him.
Like I said earlier, if I leave my door unlocked, and someone comes in and robs me, am I responsible for the robbery?
If a woman leaves her purse unattended in her shopping basket, and someone takes it, is she responsible for the theft or her purse?
The person in front of you carelessly keeps his money loose in his pocket, and when he pulls out his keys, a 20 dollar bill falls out, and you see it. Do you pick it up and keep it, or do you let him know he dropped his money?
Don’t go blame the victim.
Just because someone creates an opportunity to exploit doesn’t make it okay to exploit it.
Honest and honorable people don’t exploit others, do they?
Your analogy fails because this was not a robbery.
It was a case of bad campaigning on the part of Carson. His actions cast doubt on his commitment to the campaign. HIS ACTIONS. His failure to have people at each precinct caused the question to have credibility. HIS FAILURE. His lack of last minute messaging to his party faithful left them wondering what was going on. HIS LACK.
You don’t run a campaign that way.
You’re welcome :)
You don’t think I know it wasn’t a robbery?
Robbery is just an example of what it was, and that is an opportunist taking advantage of an opportunity.
And yes you can run a campaign that way. It is up to the voters to judge the quality of a man’s campaign and then determine if they want their country run the same way. It’s not up to Ted Cruz.
And the failure in this matter was on the parts of Cruz and Rubio, and the failure is in their character.
It really is amazing to me to see seemingly otherwise intelligent, ethical and moral people blame the person who was victimized and defend the perpetrator, because they want to elect the perpetrator to be president.
In fact it blows my mind.
If you can’t see that Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio behaved in a dishonorable and opportunistic fashion here, and in a way that is Not Christian like, as they both claim to be, then you are simply being dishonest with yourself.
To win at any cost is to lose.
If Carson doesn’t want to take the campaign seriously, it is not win at any costs to question if he is really still in it. Did you think this was pee-wee football with participation trophies?
No, what I thought was is that Cruz is a decent man. He’s not.
I have known Rubio isn’t, so that doesn’t surprise me, but Ted Does.
You don’t seem to understand or want to deal with the fact that the issue isn’t Carson or anything that he did or didn’t do.
It’s Ted.
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