A Cruz PAC put out a smear ad showing Melania Trump in a naked pose.
Ted Cruz, upon discovering this, did not immediately condemn the ad. Instead, he chose to merely distance himself from it, saying in effect, “I dindu nuffin.”
Trump rightfully came out with strong criticism of the ad, and of Ted, for failing to call it what it was - pure sleaze politics, which Ted benefited from.
When the National Enquirer then ran the story of Ted’s alleged affairs, the first thing Ted does is kick the cat, i.e., Trump, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the story or it’s publication.
That’s the timeline, and those are the reactions of both candidates to the events.
The point is, Trump did not accuse Ted with the ‘mistresses’ allegations. National Enquirer did. Ted then attacks Donald Trump for what someone else published, which is simply shooting at the wrong target.
An independent PAC, which claims to support Cruz, but which is not part of his campaign, ran an ad showing a picture published in a worldwide gentleman's magazine, which the now Mrs. Trump posed for.
Whether they support Cruz is debatable. This whole sh*tstorm was predictable, all downside, and any benefit in a Conservative Western state would be questionable. Folks out here don't take kindly to attacking someone's womenfolks and the likelihood that Cruz would get the blame for something he didn't do was tremendous, as the whole crapfest has shown.Are these people supporting Cruz? With "support" like that, who needs enemies?
If anyone puts forth that this whole thing may have been instigated by the (former?) GOPee operatives in the Cruz campaign, who may well be there to sabotage it, not help it along, well, at first, even I thought that they were most qualified available people for the job, but now I am not so certain that they aren't there to throw the fight.
It sure seems that way.
Ted Cruz, upon discovering this, did not immediately condemn the ad. Instead, he chose to merely distance himself from it, saying in effect, “I dindu nuffin.”
Cruz said 'it isn't one of ours'. That is a disavowment, by definition. It isn't the type of histrionic display many Trump fans are used to, but in any part of the world, saying something isn't yours is, in effect, disavowing it.
Trump rightfully came out with strong criticism of the ad,...[Sure he did. After all, the ad was sleazy, by benefit of the image. But it isn't (first off) Ted's ad, it was from an independent PAC. Second, no one went window peeking to get the photo and (I assume) there were no roofies involved, just a straightforward skin shot as part of a modeling job for GQ Magazine..]...and of Ted, for failing to call it what it was - pure sleaze politics, which Ted benefited from.
As for sleaze politics, well, yes it was. As for Cruz benefiting from it? Nope. The ad, even conducted by an independent, has hurt him, fed the 'lying ted' meme (through the usual distortion of fact), and has been used to smear Cruz for days. I would not call that a benefit, and like I said, those results would be entirely predictable.
In addition, Trump and his pals in the tabloid media are fully attacking Cruz and his wife and their marriage. All over an ad some alleged supporters put out.
And they are laughing so hard at DU they are having trouble breathing.
cruz wants to be the president who could not shoot straight?
we tried that these last eight years.