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Cruz: I didn't attack Trump earlier to avoid becoming 'roadkill'
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Posted on 03/25/2016 1:25:30 AM PDT by springwater13

Ted Cruz didn’t attack Donald Trump early in the cycle because others who had “ended up as roadkill.”

In an interview with Wisconsin's Charlie Sykes of WTMJ, the Texas senator was pressed about his earlier fawning statements about Trump, including a tweet from December that said he wouldn’t engage with Trump because the billionaire businessman was “terrific.”

“What took you so long?” WTMJ asked, referring to Cruz's now full-throated attacks on Trump.

“It was a wonderfully diverse, talented, dynamic, young field. It had really incredible talent. If you look at a number of the candidates that took on Donald Trump early on, they ended up as roadkill,” Cruz said in the Wednesday interview, which was first reported by BuzzFeed News.

Cruz said the strategy all along was to first build up a strong core of support before directly taking on Donald. “And not be roadkill,” Cruz added. “I am very strongly committed on the anti-roadkill approach.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2nddivisionvet; cru; cubanmistresscrisis; elections; lyingted; trump; weaksister
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To: jpsb

Different 2nd Division.

81 posted on 03/25/2016 5:26:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: grey_whiskers

So the National Enquirer is now a reliable source for accusations against a conservative candidate?


82 posted on 03/25/2016 5:28:44 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
After the Gawker verdict?

And Jonathan Edwards, and Clinton, and (I think) Tiger woods, ...

Were those 5 mistresses snake-handlers too?

83 posted on 03/25/2016 5:40:51 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And just think, by going with five, NE even fulfilled the biblical mandate “accept no charge against an elder unless it is supported by two witnesses.”


84 posted on 03/25/2016 5:41:47 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I knew that I was just having a little fun. Semper fidelis solder and thank you for your service.


85 posted on 03/25/2016 5:49:54 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: jpsb

Actually, the 2ID had a Marine component during World War I and had several USMC commanders, the only Army division to ever have that.


86 posted on 03/25/2016 5:52:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: grey_whiskers

Unfortunately for the Trumpets and the tabloid, all the supposed mistresses are laughing off the whole idea of it.


87 posted on 03/25/2016 5:54:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: springwater13

Well you are road kill now National Enquirer star!


88 posted on 03/25/2016 5:55:05 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Links or it didn't happen. Gateway Pundit doesn't even give a name, so it's useless for evidentiary value.
89 posted on 03/25/2016 5:55:44 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

You want ME to prove that a false allegation isn’t false? Are you a French lawyer by any chance?


90 posted on 03/25/2016 5:59:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Trumpinator

It is wrong to slime Trump with sex allegations.

It is wrong to slime Cruz with sex allegations.

Knock it off.


91 posted on 03/25/2016 6:01:16 AM PDT by Theo (Trump = French Revolution. Cruz = American Revolution.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So if Cruz doesn’t win, you’re moving out of the country?


92 posted on 03/25/2016 6:01:31 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: PJammers

Anything is possible.


93 posted on 03/25/2016 6:02:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well I did not know that, interesting, the 2cd D is a great division with a great history. I looked into the Marine commending officer because I thought that was quite unusal and found this tibit at Wiki.

On 28 July 1918, Marine Corps Major General Lejeune assumed command of the 2nd Infantry Division and remained in that capacity until August 1919, when the unit returned to the US. The division went on to win hard-fought victories at Soissons and Blanc Mont. Finally the Indianhead Division participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which ended any German hope for victory.

Camp Lejeune is the home of the Marine 2D.

94 posted on 03/25/2016 6:03:31 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Now you're moving the goalposts. YOU posted it was being denied by all five of the women.

I said "Links or it didn't happen."

And you accused me of a logical fallacy and threw in an ad hominem.

Back up YOUR assertion, that the women are denying it: and that they are truthful in their denials. Even Clinton got on national TV and waggled his finger and said, "I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky."

95 posted on 03/25/2016 6:04:50 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Looks like one may be a picture of Michelle Fields.... If so, totally explains why she faked her “assault” by Lewandowski. And is another one Katrina Pierson?? If so, sheds light on why Trump keeps calling him “Lyin’ Ted”. Not saying I believe it, but not saying I don't either. Ted has my vote if we Trumpets fail to get our choice at top of ticket.
96 posted on 03/25/2016 6:04:55 AM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: grey_whiskers

President Clinton had been known to be that type of individual since junior high or before. But now you want us to believe that a man with not a wisp of rumors before now is not only cheating on his wife but has FIVE mistresses? Where in the hell would he find the time? Just the logistics of it make it improbable. Is he having oysters and goat weed delivered to him at his office?


97 posted on 03/25/2016 6:10:21 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He and Heidi lived / worked apart you know. Don’t make this even more trivial than it already is.


98 posted on 03/25/2016 6:13:43 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: springwater13

Cruz used the word “roadkill”. I find this very troubling as yet another mental-word-slip revelation of his Zodiac personality. This guy is more than creepy, this Creepy Cruz.


99 posted on 03/25/2016 6:16:36 AM PDT by ShivaFan
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To: grey_whiskers

Boy, I’ve never heard of two high-powered executives living apart due to their careers! Now you’ve convinced me!


100 posted on 03/25/2016 6:17:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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