Posted on 03/25/2016 10:54:55 AM PDT by bobsunshine
The National Enquirer published a story this week claiming evidence of multiple sexual trysts by presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz. ........ Ted Cruz just blamed Donald Trump and his former consultant Roger Stone for the National Enquirer article accusing the Texas senator of extramarital trysts. Cruz blamed Donald Trump and his “henchmen” including former consultant Roger Stone for advancing the rumors.
Cruz told reporters in Wisconsin the story was “all lies.” Cruz then went on to blame the article on Donald Trump and his “henchmen.” Cruz argued Roger Stone has been forwarding the article today on the internet. He thinks Trump campaign is behind this story. Cruz also said the publisher of the National Enquirer is a friend of Donald Trump’s.
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You were never going to go for Trump so why lie about maybe voting for him if he met your conditions?
Nobody here cares who the hell you vote for.
We don’t really need you telling us 500 times a day that you won’t vote for Trump. We KNOW!!!
RE: They have slightly disguised pictures of women, of which 3-4 have been easily identified overnight.
So, let’s have their names. Why the need to disguise?
The names will come out soon enough.
Look at how the John Edwards story unfolded, Rielle Hunter’s name didn’t come out immediately but it ultimately did.
You want immediate confirmation or denial.
Talk to your man Cruz, THAT is why I posted what I did at #20.
One of the owners is a s former Clinton WH staffer named Altman.
The other one Donated to Hillarys campaign this year!
They are hard core Dems!
Could be. One thing is certain. Everyone, including Cruz, has known this was coming for weeks. I think this is why pictures of Trump’s wife were posted. Distraction. And now blaming Trump when he knows otherwise.
The National Inquirer loves Trump, as much as they loved Obama in 2008 when they went after Palin. This is more than just a passing affection for a liberal who can give them years of trashy headlines. In this case, it is personal. Donald Trump and National Inquirer CEO David Pecker have been close friends for years. As noted in New York Magazine.http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/trumps-alliance-with-the-national-enquirer.html ;
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Trump and Enquirer CEO David Pecker have been friends for years. “They’re very close,” said a source close to the Enquirer. In July 2013, Trump even tweeted that Pecker should become CEO of Time magazine, which at the time was being spun off from its corporate parent, Time Warner. “He’d make it exciting and win awards!”
This isn’t the first time that the National Inquirer attempted to help Trump. In October, the Inquirer went after Trump’s then main opponent, Ben Carson:
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...the Enquirer published a cover story on Carson headlined “Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!” The article called Carson a “White House wannabe” and claimed he “brandished a scalpel like a meat cleaver!” It went on to quote angry former patients saying he botched surgeries that left them disfigured and in pain; one patient who sued Carson said he forgot to remove a surgical sponge from her brain after a procedure. “His presidential campaign should be dead on arrival!” Enquirer reporter Sharon Churcher wrote.
The Inquirer even placed the source of the Carson attack directly at the Trump Campaign.
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This person also said that Trump’s campaign was a source for the article: “His campaign provided information that was used,” he explained. A Trump friend said that in the days leading up to the article’s publication Trump was telling people that Carson “had a lot of medical malpractice suits” and “almost killed a guy.”
But before you think this is just the National Inquirer looking for tabloid trash to boost ratings, consider that just a few weeks ago, they took valuable space in their magazine to write a glowing, groveling endorsement of Trump. The National Enquirer Declares, Trump Must Be President the article started.
You can read the whole endorsement here:
https://www.datalounge.com/thread/16599573-the-national-enquirer-donald-trump-must-be-presiden
RE: That said, how much would the story hurt him?
There’s a simple answer =-— if they are true, it will hurt him and he ought to drop out if he has any sense of shame.
If they are false, then the perpetrator of these false stories ought to be condemned.
How would we know if true or false?
FIRST STEP — identify these women so that we can find out.
There were stories from several sources about Palin’s marriage being on the rocks dating back to 2009 mentioning affairs on both sides, there are pictures of her not wearing a wedding ring etc. They’ve apparently reconciled and the stories died out.
No lawsuit against the Enquirer was ever filed
Michelle Obama watches her husband like a hawk when there are attractive women around him. Google Obama and Denmark sometime.
Lotsa lawyers looking it over I bet.
Teddy has denied so NE will likely start providing details soon.
How is Trump responsible for the National Enquirer article
But Cruz is not responsible for a PAC ad that said vote Cruz...
What hypocrites
Have a look here for more background on the $500,000 transfer from Cruz to Fiorna superPAC:
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-elections-commission-opens-inquiry/
Note that this was unusual enough that the Federal Election Commission asked for an explanation.
Question for Cruzbots: How do you feel about your guy begging for money and then his PAC sending a cool half-mil to a competitor (who has since dropped out)? Might as well have thrown that money down a rathole...
Rush referred to it this morning.
That’s the thing the Cruzbots are overlooking; the National Enquirer has a pretty good track record with breaking sex scandals, and is certainly a better source than the New York Slimes, Faux News, and the rest of the MSM sources they love to cite.
In June 2012, the Chattanooga Times Free Press announced that he would be joining its staff on July 1 as opinion editor for the Free Press editorial page, writing editorials and a weekly column.[4] On August 1, 2013 the newspaper announced that Johnson was terminated for violating the newspaper's standards in altering an editorial headline. The newspaper stated the alteration was "inappropriate" and that Johnson did not follow normal editing procedures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Johnson#Career
From his Twitter feed however, it is apparent he’s not a Trump supporter, seems very more a libertarian.
3 of the women have been ID’d but not by the Enquirer. They are Amanda Carpenter of CNN, Katrina Pierson, Trump spox, and Sarah Isgur Flores, Deputy Campaign Manager for District of Columbia for Fiorina.
Exclusive — ‘Disturbing Pattern’ of ‘Untruthfulness’: Team Kasich Says Ted Cruz Lying About New York Ballot
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/14/politics/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-lies/
“Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are dishonest politicians” -
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/chris-christie-calls-ted-cruz-and-marco-rubio-liars
Yes Cruz did lie about Carson campaign - http://www.mediaite.com/online/yes-cruz-campaign-did-lie-about-cnn-starting-ben-carson-rumor/
Rand Paul: Cruz has an ‘authenticity problem’
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/267472-rand-cruz-suffers-authenticity-problem
And last but not least we have Trump railing about Ted’s lies.
And then the world watches the Cruz supporters call everyone else a liar and pretend that their candidate is the ONLY one telling the truth.
Yeh. Uh-huh.
Ted Cruz “classy”? I guess it is classy to boink little conservative harlots in closets.
ROTFLMAO!
“Donald Trump and his sleazy friends at the National Enquirer made me have sex with those women! And I want to tell you, my friends, I hated every last moment of it! Now I will go spend the Easter holy weekend with the love of my life and my adoring children.” - Ted
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