Trump dismisses Cruz explanation in fight over wife's photo

The Washington Examiner ^ | 3/23/2016 | Gabby Morrongiello

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Donald Trump on Wednesday kept up his attack against Ted Cruz by claiming the Texas senator is behind a recent ad showing Trump's wife Melania in the nude.

Trump first accused Cruz on Tuesday of circulating a provocative image of Melania from a January 2000 photoshoot with GQ Magazine. In the accusation posted to Trump's Twitter account, the brash businessman also said he would "spill the beans" on Cruz's wife, Heidi.

But the Texas senator said he had "nothing to do" with the ad after the anti-Trump Make America Awesome PAC took credit for it.

On Wednesday, Trump slammed "Lyin' Ted Cruz" over his repeated assurance that he took no part in the development or circulation of the ad.

Cruz hit back at Trump Wednesday morning – hours before the billionaire's latest tweet – during an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo.

"It reveals a lot about class, that Donald's instinct is to try to attack my wife and sully her," he said.

[Bubba Gump Shrimp]

Nice post by the way. Well said, well written.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

The buck stops WHERE???

Anyone can start a PAC. I could have easily bought the ad myself without even starting a PAC. Ted Cruz can't stop any PAC or individual from doing it.

[Bryanw92]

>>Yes but he also spent over a decade supporting Democrats more then Republicans.

His businesses operated in states with more Dem politicians than GOP. So, when he was giving to every career politician asking for money, he had more opportunities to give to Dems. In Dem-controlled states, you pay to play. He probably paid off mobsters too, but that doesn’t make him a member of La Cosa Nostra.

He understand the corruption that exists in the dark soul of EVERY career politician because he had to pay them off and make time for the photo-ops while he was just trying to run a business.

[savedbygrace]

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[JediJones]

The Enquirer says Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson is one of the alleged mistresses.

You really think this is a plausible report? LOL! The article is couched in so much qualifying language that they don’t come out and claim anything. And it quotes the king of dirty tricks. Trump operative Roger Stone openly. You know, the guy who said last week he expected kidnapping to occur at the GOP convention as a tactic to win the delegates.

[JediJones]

Totally absurd. Cruz can win all of those. Trump is the one who will lose in a landslide. Your opinions don’t “trump” the polls.

[hoosiermama]

She is as ambitious as Mrs Clinton Some of the beans that need spilled
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gXcYCwaBKnQ

[vrajavala]

ted is a great Dr. Seuss reader. Maybe he can get a job reading to kids at the local library after he gets thrown out of his Senate seat by “quo warranto”

[Democratic-Republican]

Totally absurd. Cruz can win all of those. Trump is the one who will lose in a landslide. Your opinions don’t “trump” the polls.

JediJones, are you for real? That is exactly upside-down. You are the one pushing "polls", not me. You're religious faith in the mythical Cruz is clouding your perspective but it cannot trump data. You=polls, me=data.

OH, PA, NC, IN, FL, IA, VA, MI, WI, NV, NM, CO

Once again, the twelve "purple" states, all of them went "blue" in 2008 against the more "conservative" ticket of McCain/Palin who won 0, and almost all went "blue" again in 2012 when the douchebag ticket of Romney/Ryan won just 2 ( NC, IN ).

You just categorically stated Cruz can win those big three ( FL, OH, VA ) because of what, wishful thinking? This is why many people are stumped by Cruz sycophants. They are fact-free followers, with a religious zeal of "belief". We just do not have any time left to engage in ignorance. There is way too much on the line.

So anyway we do have current data, Trump v Cruz head-to-head actual primary election results for 7 of those 12 purple states right now ( we'll treat caucuses the same as an election for the sake of argument ) ...

OH, PA, NC, IN, FL, IA, VA, MI, WI, NV, NM, CO

|------------------- Trump v Cruz ------- Trump v Cruz -------- Margin -----|
Ohio ............. 700,464 - 259,694 ... 35.87% - 13.30% ..... +22.57% Trump
North Carolina ... 460,974 - 421,136 ... 40.24% - 36.77% ..... + 3.47% Trump
Florida ........ 1,079,741 - 404,804 ... 45.72% - 17.14% ..... +28.58% Trump
Iowa .............. 45,429 -  51,666 ... 24.30% - 27.64% .....  +3.34% Cruz
Virginia ......... 355,961 - 173,191 ... 34.73% - 16.90% ..... +17.83% Trump
Michigan ......... 482,825 - 328,894 ... 36.50% - 24.86% ..... +11.64% Trump
Nevada ............ 34,531 -  16,079 ... 45.91% - 21.38% ..... +24.53% Trump
TOTAL -------- 3,159,925 - 1,655,464 ... 65.62% - 34 37% -------------------|

JediJones, exactly how does your logic work? 'Cruz can beat Hillary in the swing states where he cannot even beat Trump'. Is that it? Who would vote for Cruz in those states that already has not? In all but one Trump has beat Cruz and by massive margins ( in four of them he crushed Cruz by more than 2 to 1 ). So *please* explain this logic. I think you have one giant assumption in there. You would need to expect that if the nomination was stolen from Trump in a floor fight and somehow given to Cruz, that the Trump voters would stick around. I can guarantee they will not and will bolt the party forever.

The current data indicates the logical strategy is to send in the candidate who does the best in those swing states. Who is that JediJones, can you at least answer that question?

This is more science than art now. It is not difficult. It is time for everyone who is capable of it to come to their senses. If you don't, then Hillary will finish off the country for our kids and grandkids and everyone who comes later.

[JEDI4S]

I don't think anyone on “our” side will be in the mood for laughter should Trump be on the ticket without Cruz.

He'll get crushed. The numbers don't add up with large swaths of real conservatives and the rino scum not voting for Donny.

Many have been fooled by the North East Yankee carpetbagging liberal supporting flim-flam man.

A shame really.

He talks like Michael Savage then supports liberals with money that NO conservative of any stripe would dream of giving.

But it's o.k. He's gonna build a wall and deport the brown ones.

Yeah.

[Democratic-Republican]

He'll get crushed. The numbers don't add up with large swaths of real conservatives and the rino scum not voting for Donny.

Many have been fooled by the North East Yankee carpetbagging liberal supporting flim-flam man.

Read the post from me right above yours. It is true that we do not know that Trump can win the general, the demographic trend is killing us and the electoral map is against us. He shows great strength in the critical swings states where the election is routinely decided and that is a very positive sign, and that is why so many jumped on board the Trump Train last summer.

The only thing we almost know for sure is that Cruz would get crushed in the general election. That means that if you have any logic or common sense, you need to correct your mistake of supporting a loser before it is too late. This is objective reasoning, pure math and historical data, and demographic awareness. It is not personal. If you have to cross a 100 mile desert in a car that has 35 miles worth of gas, you need to think with your head rather than your heart to avoid making a fatal mistake.

Now about your "Yankee" and "liberal" remark ( I'll leave "carpetbagging" out since you obviously have no idea what that word even means ). It is just as dumb an insult as the earlier one from Cruz with his idiotic "New York Values". When Saint Ted said that, the klaxxon should have sounded off in your head that your candidate was either clueless or was never really running for President of the United States. He shot his own legs out with that crack because he is supposed to be collecting votes from everybody, not just "Red" states. And unless you actually believe you can win a general election without (D) and (I) votes, which is utterly insane, then you should have recoiled in horror from that act of self-sabotage.

Secondly, up here in New York I have routinely listened to smartass liberals badmouth the great people of the South with "redneck" and "southern hicks" and much worse, and I always hammer them mercilessly for being the arrogant, hypocritical, "racist", schmucks that they are. NOTE: I don't do this because I am politically correct or offended, quite the contrary. It is just that when a liberal does it you get a wonderful chance to shove their self-righteous SJW act right up their bunghole. And it stings them, and that is awesome.

So what does this say about you? It sure is ironic wouldn't you say, that someone presumably from the great American South is acting like a northern liberal scumbag? If you bothered to check, which you have not, you would have learned that Trump is not one of our liberals. Besides that, by now you should have figured out that no liberal wants a wall, or a moslem ban, or is anti-Amnesty, or is against offshoring jobs and criticizes phony "free trade". No liberal wants tax reform or a strong military. No liberal is pro-American or nationalist in the least. How could you possibly associate his major positions with any liberal?

Now something else. You are swimming in delusion about the state of your own country. Your juvenile association of Trump to a liberal boogeyman raises the spectre that electing this menace might make abortion legal in America! Or he might invent something called planned parenthood! Or legalize gay marriage! Or exercise eminent domain! Well genius, we already got all those things and they were given to us by GOPe (R)epublicrats and liberal (D)ummycrats, and have a Supreme Court firewall protecting them. You fell for the oldest trick in the uniparty handbook: getting the sheeple to argue over issues that have nothing to do with the election at hand. Can you say baaaaahhhhhh?

You want my diagnosis of your state of mind? You fell hook, line and sinker for the very status quo that brought us to this precipice in the first place. You are trapped in a cult of personality fueled by the Rush and Levin mega-error of misreading William F. Buckley's guideline: "In the primary, elect the most conservative who can win" and like them, you stopped reading before the bold part. You are left shrieking for a "real conservative" regardless of all facts that are right in your face. You are willing to send this "real conservative" into the States that continually reject them and are willing to let America crumble just to satisfy your doctrinaire principles.

You guys don't even realize that the place we need "real conservatives" is in the House and Senate where on a good day there might be perhaps a dozen in total and we actually require 535 of them to save the country. So it is perfectly fine in your world that these "real conservatives" ABANDON their duty post where they can actually do good to run for an office where they would be handcuffed and will never get elected anyway. Off they go to a corporate desk job once they lose and we are all left wondering what happened.

Cruzers need to come to their senses before it is too late. This election is about getting someone successfully elected, not about fulfilling your personal ideological wishes. The only real difference between Sanders and Cruz supporters is that Bernie actually could get elected, God forbid, thanks to the slanted electoral map and the (D)ummycrat head start. Is any of this sinking in?

One more thing ...

What do you think is happening here? Do you not believe that "real conservatives" are at these rallies? Who is in those crowds? Isn't possible that most other "real conservatives" have already figured this out and left you and a few Cruzers in the dust? Wake up FRiend. We can use your help.

[JEDI4S]

You have been had. Took the shiny lure...got hooked and now...are about to get gaffed.

Just like so many around the country who have been fooled by the T.V. star.

That is what the crowds are all about by the way. More than half of those won’t vote for anybody.

FRegards.

[Democratic-Republican]

Really? That's it? A sputtering fact-free response to a fact-full comment to you? Typical. All that typing wasted on the young skull full of mush of a Cruz cult member. ~sigh~

Your guy cannot win and I expect that must be penetrating your brain by now. You will either have that vital epiphany that you are being played by Cruz who knows full well he is out of the running, or you are willingly going down with him, possibly taking the country along if he enables a GOPer to get nominated and defeated in his place.

Use your head! Who do they despise and fear the most? Who has the enemy GOPe bureaucrats, liberal (D)ummycrats, enemy media, Wall Street, K-Street, Chamber of Commerce, politically correct SJW warriors, billionaire moguls, and more, going thermonuclear? Trump. And has them lining up behind him now? Cruz.

This really is not rocket science. And I know that you can pull through this because I did so myself. I was far more rabidly for Alan Keyes, a true Constitutionalist and bigger Christian warrior than Ted Cruz can ever be. But facts are facts. Keyes would never get past the electorate, and neither can Cruz. There is no election for President of the Red States of America. Snap out of it son!

[JEDI4S]

My apologies for a fact free response to your misguided post.
Things are a little busy. The turning of delegates from Trump to Cruz is somewhat time consuming yet quite rewarding in the end.

Here are a few facts I can share with you. Over the past six days or so millions of women have turned from Trump. The picture thingy?...well at first they gave it a pass. The messing with someones marriage via false claims?...not so much. Add to that the Trump campaigns number 1 guy busted for assaulting a woman...(on video no less)...and that sort of seals the deal.

On the bright side it has brought much needed reinforcements to the cause. Along with some evangelicals with buyers remorse it makes the job of convincing some delegates to change their allegiance much easier. Let me explain.

Every person who has been in a relationship of a romantic nature has at some point had a false accusation foist in their direction. Be it just a vindictive or jealous person, or to be used as a weapon (as is the case here) to advance some sort of personal gain. Those accusers are never forgiven nor forgotten. Most people looking outside the relationship also vent anger at those who would do harm to their friends, family and neighbors. To mess with someones marriage? UNFORGIVABLE! Thus the buyers remorse from some who had supported Trump.

Must have been a lot of discussion over this at Easter services one would imagine. As for the name calling and references to the “Cruz Cult”. Interesting that support for a person who has been standing and fighting for the same things I believe in for several years when few others would not dare, should be declared a “Cult” by those who claim to believe in those same positions. But alas, core principles and values are apparently an evolving paradigm these days.

“Using my head” I can declare with most certainty that Cruz Cultists never gave money to support the GOPe, liberal demonrats, the Chamberpots or K/Wall Street oligarchs. Most of those who support Cruz/Rubio/Paul are in fact Tea Party or Tea Party allies. For goodness sake we didn't just send you 1 or 2 candidates for President...we gave you 3 choices. Your choice and the choice of many others; was another North East Rino/liberal entrapped by what James Carville once referred to as “BOOB BAIT FOR THE BUBBAS”. In this case a wall, deportations, make America Great Again...blah blah blah.

Shall I go into the chances of Donald winning the general election? Thanks for asking. Let's just take a quick peek at some of the base support needed for such a victory and some that have been peeled away due to Donny the Democrat Donors actions, deeds, or words shall we?

Mexican Americans (where Cruz had made many inroads), Muslims (the King of Jordan is one, and is an ally of ours), Mormons (Beck not withstanding), Cubans (attacking the first 2 Cuban Americans running for POTUS does not shore up the base). Woman, some Catholics, ardent Pro-Lifers, NRA members loyal to Cruz (he actually fought for their rights)...the list is almost endless.

And growing by the day.

Tell me again how Trump wins the general. It should be fascinating.

Anyway, if you are ready to bailout of the bozo bus I can assure you that all will be forgiven. We all have been fooled or flimflammed on more than one occasion in our lives. No harm, no foul. All will be forgiven and we can use your help in turning delegates. Frankly, it is more fun than fishing with hand grenades. Hope this helps.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU.
Jedi.

[Just mythoughts]

FACT: Cruz is a ‘natural born’ Canadian... He is NOT eligible to hold the office of president... You think Hillry is going to allow a second Harvard Law Schooled junior senator deny her... FACT: the claim of following the ‘original intent’ of the Constitution has been a lie.

[JEDI4S]

I would refer you to Judge Napolitano (hope I speelled that rite), from Fonz news.

On his website it is explained in great detail why your narrative is completely incorrect. The links should be easy find from the Fox News site.

Once you have relived yourself of the pain and suffering of incorrectinitis; please return from the dark side of the force and join us the in the “GREAT DELEGATE HUNT”.

More fun than SNIPE HUNTING! Cheers.

Jedi.

[Democratic-Republican]

Wow! Complete sentences! Thanks. And you sound very happy.

Hey young Jedi, any numbers or cites for all the switchovers from buyers remorse? Love to see it. My data has Trump pulling away now due to the backfiring of the dirty tricks, which is about to accelerate. Keep your optimism though, you are going to need it in the next week. But do send me that data mmmmkay?

Oh, and all actual measured data thus far, exit polls from actual voters from SC and elsewhere for some strange reason demonstrate the exact opposite of what you are saying. Funny that. I mean your nemesis takes it all: democrats, republicans, independents evangelicals, women, white, black, hispanic, young, old, umm that covers just about everyone except, well, Jedi knights apparently. You know what? By stating the absolute inverse of reality you are quite literally copying Lyin' Ted. Your folks must be very proud of their young warrior.

Perhaps if Saint Ted cheats some more on the old lady, and runs around some more yelling about planned parenthood and partial birth abortion and gay rights and all those issues that liberals and women hate, well surely that will boost his cut of the female vote. Isn't that how it works? Could it be how Trump, by keeping a low profile on these topics, broke through and got the women vote which left Romney sitting at the altar?

That cheating scandal. Tsk tsk. Well by now you have certainly been faced with the fact that GOPe operatives, mostly Rubot followers actually leaked the news that Saint Ted was bangin' ho's outside his marriage, not Trump. The cognitive dissonance must be unbearable. There is a way out son, repent. Cleanse your heart and your mind by apologizing to those you have borne false witness and absolution shall follow. It is the only way.

Jeez I read all those words you just typed, especially the part when you started talking about looking at the general election and how Trump or Cruz could win. I got excited for a second, but for just a second though. Problem is, there is nothing there! You don't mention a single one of the swing states where the election gets decided and where we must obtain a specific number of electoral votes or go home. In all seriousness, you don't really have any idea what I'm talking about, do you? You don't know those states or anything, right. Kind of like what the word 'carpetbagger' means and your trying to use it in an earlier comment. Ah well. They got this thing called the Internet coming soon. I hear tell you can learn stuff. I'll ping you when it arrives.

Oh, hey Jedi, one more thing, and this is really gonna blow your mind so go slow to avoid the classic liar paradox from Star Trek ... When you do what you did above just like Lyin' Ted does, by reinventing and inverting reality, retcon'ing your wishes into false facts, well you know what ultimately happens?

... Greedo fires first!

[Just mythoughts]

I do not need a ‘judge’ to tell me what ‘natural born’ means... I have known what it means since I took the Constitution test in school... some 40 years ago. I am NOT a ‘natural born’ US citizen... I was NOT born on US soil... These legal scholars in all manner of elected and appointed positions take great pleasure in remaking the Constitution..

NO judge or act of Congress can bestow ‘natural born’ citizenship upon anyone. Only two US citizen parents giving birth to their child upon US soil creates a ‘natural born’ citizen. ‘Natural born’ US citizenship is akin to a birthright... government cannot give it or take it in spite of the claim to the contrary. Napolitano should know better than to subvert the Constitution.

Why do you think the Obama crew produced a born in the USA birth certificate for Barry? Hillry is to going to ignore a second Harvard Law Schooled ineligible junior senator... My guess is she has already judge shopped the perfect place to file.