[DouglasKC]

Yah I'm starting to believe this. And I'm thinking that they snowballed Cruz at the same time. The Cruz campaign took on a TON of Washington establishment staff recently. I would guess that they're an incestuous little group where everyone knows everyone's business but they all keep it hush hush because they're all guilty. So they're getting desperate to stop Donald from getting 1237....and hatch this scheme of trying to make it look like Trump is spreading false rumors. So the GOPe gives this story to the Enquirer...they print it and weirdly Cruz goes RIGHT after Trump. Strange that unless it's part of the plan to pin it on Donald.

But now (provided all this speculation is true) it's backfiring. They figured that nobody would take an Enquirer story seriously...but hmmmm...all kinds of hmmmm moments coming up with the story and it really seems to be getting some legs.

[Bogie]

Good detective logic.

[bray]

The Enquirer story sounds like something Hillary or Romney would do. It is more their style.

Time for Cruz to withdraw for the good of the Party.

Pray America wakes

[Luircin]

Holy crap.

Reading your post, I’m starting to suspect.

I always thought that it was a little odd how so much of Cruz’s words came verbatim from some of his more crazed followers on FR weeks before he said them.

And now this story comes out, and before I can even figure out what happened, the usual suspects are screaming that it’s all Trump’s fault that this story broke. And right after that, Cruz blames Trump for it.

...you think that this is campaign ops? It’s just too much of a coincidence for me to accept as a coincidence.

[mbrfl]

Interesting theory. Could the releasing of the story through the National Enquirer been an attempt by the GOPe/TeamCruz to discredit a story that they knew was hanging over their heads and would have to be dealt with? They knew it would get released eventually so if they released it themselves, they could do it in a way where they could control the narrative and, by discrediting the story, put it behind them?

One thing is clear. Whether it’s true or not, everyone in the know, knew about this story for months.

[TexasCruzin]

The story is getting some legs and it looks like Ted got plenty of leg too.

[protest1]

"and weirdly Cruz goes RIGHT after Trump. Strange that unless it's part of the plan to pin it on Donald."

Very weird indeed.... unless Ted knew this was going to come out sooner or later so he does a deal with his new BFF's to try to "control" the situation by deflecting attention away from the story and try only to attack the messenger. He is promised after a few years they will throw him a bone so his career is not totally over.

ok I admit I am a total cynic

[Repeal 16-17]

Yah I'm starting to believe this. And I'm thinking that they snowballed Cruz at the same time. The Cruz campaign took on a TON of Washington establishment staff recently. I would guess that they're an incestuous little group where everyone knows everyone's business but they all keep it hush hush because they're all guilty. So they're getting desperate to stop Donald from getting 1237....and hatch this scheme of trying to make it look like Trump is spreading false rumors. So the GOPe gives this story to the Enquirer...they print it and weirdly Cruz goes RIGHT after Trump. Strange that unless it's part of the plan to pin it on Donald.

The GOPe is beyond contemptible. They're trying to frame Trump. The only thing I'm not certain about is whether Cruz is being played or he is in on the framing.