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Cruz, Carson Held Secret Meeting About Dirty Tricks In A Closet
thedailybeast.com ^ | February 20

Posted on 02/20/2016 2:31:39 AM PST by Helicondelta

Two grown men running for president met in a storage closet last night. The meeting, called by Ted Cruz in an attempt to mend fences with Ben Carson ahead of the South Carolina primary, was held on Thursday night before the Conservative Review convention. The two huddled in the unusual venue for nearly 20 to 25 minutes, as Carson's Secret Service detail stood outside, according to a Republican operative who witnessed the strange scene.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canadian; carson; cruz; dirtytricks; ineligible; iowa; paidtrumptroll; southcarolina
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To: OldSaltUSN

Carson has no obligation to Cruz what so ever. Cruz screwed up and he is running a very nasty negative campaign. Carson, Trump, Rubio and Paul have all accused Cruz of lying.


21 posted on 02/20/2016 5:04:33 AM PST by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: OldSaltUSN

I’m a horrible person and a poor representation of the human race...

That being said... lighten up Francis...


22 posted on 02/20/2016 5:09:38 AM PST by Stormy_2021
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To: jpsb
"Cruz screwed up and he is running a very nasty negative campaign. Carson, Trump, Rubio and Paul have all accused Cruz of lying." - jpsb

S I G H....

And you, my FREEPER friend, are a diehard Trump activist who really doesn't care about all those other candidates. You want Trump to win, regardless of what it takes, because he is the great Messiah of the Republic.

I appreciate your zeal and honest support for Trump, but don't pretend that you give a flying FREEPER what Carson or any of the others have said about Cruz.

Do you hate Cruz because he's Latino?? You know, this is the first time that it occurred to me that some folks here might be going batshit wild about Trump because of a racial (not "racist") sentiment. Nevermind, it was just a thought, but there has to be some reason FREEPERS will all but sell their soul to the devil to elect Trump.

23 posted on 02/20/2016 5:15:37 AM PST by OldSaltUSN
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To: Helicondelta

Ben Carson's reaction to Ted Cruz's apology during last debate.

24 posted on 02/20/2016 5:15:42 AM PST by McGruff
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To: Stormy_2021

Not another Sergeant Big Toe!?


25 posted on 02/20/2016 5:15:47 AM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: Stormy_2021

:-)


26 posted on 02/20/2016 5:16:14 AM PST by OldSaltUSN
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To: Undecided 2012
November, if it's Trump, simply pay back and stay home

I'm like you, but I always go to the polls even if I have vote 3rd party or to write in "Donald Duck".

27 posted on 02/20/2016 5:18:50 AM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: McGruff

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that, in that photo, Ben does not appear to believe him and doesn’t like him very much.

Cruz is Nixon.


28 posted on 02/20/2016 5:20:48 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: OldSaltUSN

Christians are called to forgive.....
....but they are human and it is harder to forget, takes longer

Christian Corrie ten Boom forgave the abusive German guard at Ravensbruck when she was sent to the concentration camp during the Holocaust......where her sister died.....and at other imprisonment locations her father and newphew died or were killed...

God gave her the strength and courage.....when the guard asked.......to say ..’ I forgive you’......but how can one ever forget the deaths of multiple members of one’s family.

What Cruz or Cruz Team did ......affected the outcome of one state during an election.
....it doesn’t rise to the level of Corrie ten Boom’s loss...

STILL.....an ‘I’m sorry, forgive me’ ...doesn’t rejuvenate a political campaign either ........or bring loved ones back from the dead.

In reading the story, it appears Carson was at peace with the closet outcome.....
carson wasn’t obligated to meet with Ted, but he did.
....but Cruz perhaps wanted more from the experience.....ie, a piblic hug from Carson or public words of solidarity.......and didn’t receive that.

Thise of you who are impugning Carson’t Chritianity should cease and desist.


29 posted on 02/20/2016 5:25:41 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Guenevere

Ted wanted Ben to drop out and endorse him.


30 posted on 02/20/2016 5:28:00 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Helicondelta

I hate it when people use closets for dirty tricks - like when all those things fall on poor Fiber McGee’s head when he opens the door.


31 posted on 02/20/2016 5:30:28 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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To: jpsb

Please provide a link to your condemnation of trump for saying Carson was “like a child molester”. If you can, you’re words may have some merit. If you cannot you’re just another hypocritical hack and can rightly be ignored as such.

Ignoring this or attacking me will serve as tacit acknowledgement of being a hypocritical hack. Balls in your court chief.


32 posted on 02/20/2016 5:30:46 AM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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To: OldSaltUSN; All

AHA!!!
I finally realize that familiar harsh tone....
....Everyone, we have a 4 day old newbie here eager to badmouth and insult Trump fans

Why didn’t I catch this sooner....didn’t think I recognized the ‘name’

Sheesh Louise, Y’all are just coming out of the woodwork!!!!!!


33 posted on 02/20/2016 5:31:32 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Helicondelta

Two Corinthians walked into a bar......


34 posted on 02/20/2016 5:32:27 AM PST by Lakeshark
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To: OldSaltUSN

7!!!!!! Insulting posts.....against Carson and Trump, in one thread!

FROM A NEW NEWBIE!


35 posted on 02/20/2016 5:36:46 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Helicondelta

Only Carson and Cruz know what was said during the conversation. Folks should stop speculating.


36 posted on 02/20/2016 5:37:21 AM PST by MLL
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To: jimbo807

Honestly, that never occurred to me....

Brings a smile to imagine what Ben Carson responded : )


37 posted on 02/20/2016 5:39:55 AM PST by Guenevere (If.the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: Guenevere
"Everyone, we have a 4 day old newbie here eager to badmouth and insult Trump fans"

Yeah, that discredits everything I've written.

Now you're entitled to put words into my mouth, smear me, and call me names. Have at it.

##TrumpSupportersNODAMNRULESAPPLY

38 posted on 02/20/2016 5:39:57 AM PST by OldSaltUSN
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To: Guenevere

It’s a calculation. Ted is in trouble because the evangelical vote is split. The *only* thing that puts Iowa to bed once and for all is for Ben to drop out and endorse Ted before the SEC primary. Ted might not beat Donald, but he would vanquish Marco.

I’m guessing the doctor declined. lol


39 posted on 02/20/2016 5:43:14 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Guenevere
Quote them. Put up or shut up. Hit the "abuse" button, if I'm attacking FREEPERS with personal insults. That's what it's there for.

Please, have the courage of your convictions.

What's an insult? Not supporting Trump? Accurately describing Trump's antics and those of his FREEPER supporters?

Calling out a Trump supporter when he posts pejorative, attack remarks in the first post of a thread?

Mostly, what I've tried to say, is "we can be better than this", with a few bits of sarcasm mixed in.

FReegards

40 posted on 02/20/2016 5:44:25 AM PST by OldSaltUSN
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