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A Sex Scandal? Who Cares? (some interesting tidbits)
American Spectator ^ | F.H. Buckley

Posted on 03/26/2016 9:40:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

I don’t now about you, but I’ve found the Republican race a bit of a disappointment until now. Sure, there was the enjoyment of mud-wrestling “debates,” the spectacle of Trump-derangement syndrome, but where was the sex scandal?

And when we get the sex scandal, it’s about Ted Cruz!

Still, beggars can’t be choosers. The scandal, such as it was, has been floating around for a least six months. That’s when a reporter (not from the Spectator) called to ask if I knew anyone who could confirm the story. (As if I’m supposed to know this stuff.) I told him I didn’t and that the people I knew wouldn’t want to touch it, even if they knew something about it.

Now the story has gone public, thanks to a muck-raking journal that as it happened also outed John Edwards. And everyone is wondering whether the story is true.

Except me. Because I don’t much care if it’s true. Given Heidi, I wouldn’t blame Ted. After all, she apparently refuses to live with him. And given Ted, I wouldn’t blame Heidi.

Novelists will sometimes mention some little incident that doesn’t really move the story line, but which nonetheless matters. The little incident that sticks in my mind is the story that she once ran out of the house and was found on the side of the highway by the police, who thought her suicidal. What sticks in my mind is that Ted hadn’t followed her.

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KEYWORDS: cruz; cruzsexscandal; hypocriteted; sexscandal; trump
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1 posted on 03/26/2016 9:40:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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2 posted on 03/26/2016 9:41:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: RoosterRedux

But I don’t say the story is entirely without interest. First, there are the Trump haters. A Cruz supporter flashes pictures of Melania, and they hate Trump. A story emerges about Cruz’s affairs, and they hate Trump. The story came from Rubio people, but they hate Trump. This is getting to be a bore.


Indeed. Two days in, it’s already tiresome. But I can’t really blame Ted’s supporters entirely. They learned it from watching their candidate, who has vaulted to the top of the list in terms of most chronic cases of TDS.


3 posted on 03/26/2016 9:45:16 AM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: RoosterRedux

Sounds like chickens coming home to roost on Cruz. If you don’t mind the poultry reference, Rooster.


4 posted on 03/26/2016 9:45:31 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: RoosterRedux

I don’t care.

Ted sold out to the GOPe.
That I care about.

Make America Great Again!


5 posted on 03/26/2016 9:46:08 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: RoosterRedux

But I don’t say the story is entirely without interest. First, there are the Trump haters. A Cruz supporter flashes pictures of Melania, and they hate Trump. A story emerges about Cruz’s affairs, and they hate Trump. The story came from Rubio people, but they hate Trump. This is getting to be a bore.

Thank God the frump people love everyone.


6 posted on 03/26/2016 9:47:09 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Who still cares about candidate's extramarital affairs?

Damn few people, with the exception of Evangelicals.

Wait, that's Ted's base, isn't it?

7 posted on 03/26/2016 9:50:58 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: RoosterRedux

Cruz owes Trump an apology for blaming Trump for this sexgate story. Cruz knew this story was coming out (from what I heard) a few weeks ago. That was time enough (in my mind) to rehearse a “blame Trump” in hopes it sticks speech. I do not think the story is true but whether it is or isn’t to blame Trump with NO Proof what so ever is bearing false witness......Shame on Cruz!


8 posted on 03/26/2016 9:51:08 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m still loyal to Cruz, God knows why, my little brother inspires loyalty from his scores of ex-girls and wife, who would kill for him.

Not trying to hurt kids, but this pic of Carpenter’s sweet daughter suddenly made everything clear.
https://scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12565407_10103198660864988_6364053053820624763_n.jpg?oh=d9889c09ac572bf8d58041b13201b852&oe=5786B0C3


9 posted on 03/26/2016 9:53:02 AM PDT by txhurl (Unity: we can take ALL the marbles now. It's now or never.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Excellent article.

I enjoyed this the most ........

“Except me. Because I don’t much care if it’s true. Given Heidi, I wouldn’t blame Ted. After all, she apparently refuses to live with him. And given Ted, I wouldn’t blame Heidi.”


10 posted on 03/26/2016 9:55:00 AM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: ZOOKER

To be fair, I don’t like sex scandals or any other type of scandalous stuff, when it’s going on in the moment. It is a huge distraction, and someone who is supposed to be doing the will of the people in government cannot possibly hope to focus on their job when they’re being dogged by revelations about their personal indiscretions.

Stuff in the past, I’m more willing to give a pass on. But in the moment, it’s bad news.


11 posted on 03/26/2016 9:55:08 AM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: blueyon

I found this very interesting.

http://youtu.be/1dB3VXwD6X0


12 posted on 03/26/2016 9:55:52 AM PDT by sarasotarepublican (Politicians are like diwapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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To: miss marmelstein

LOL. Don’t mind at all.


13 posted on 03/26/2016 9:55:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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14 posted on 03/26/2016 9:56:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The point on the lack of empathy for others was a great observation.


15 posted on 03/26/2016 9:56:23 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (GOP delenda est)
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To: RoosterRedux

Given Heidi, I wouldn’t blame Ted. After all, she apparently refuses to live with him. And given Ted, I wouldn’t blame Heidi.

But “we” are running for president?
Now where have I heard that before??


16 posted on 03/26/2016 9:58:42 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: RoosterRedux
Don't forget the Clinton Rules, which excuses presidents or presidential candidates who have multiple affairs. This ain't 1950 anymore, folks. Like it or not, Cruz and Trump both have junk in the trunk, and they're just the ones we know about.

Of course, so did Kennedy and Eisenhower. And then there's He Whose Name Shall Not Be Impugned and his "body man", Reggie Love...

17 posted on 03/26/2016 9:58:55 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: txhurl

Saw that photo earlier. Looks just like a Cruz mini-me.


18 posted on 03/26/2016 9:59:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: RoosterRedux
A Sex Scandal? Who Cares?
Probably a couple of innocent little girls who've been betrayed by their (pretend) "principled, constitutional conservative" dad.
19 posted on 03/26/2016 10:00:38 AM PDT by lewislynn (Ted Cruz: " I'll never have 'a plane with my name" (or a Presidential seal))
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To: RoosterRedux
After all, she apparently refuses to live with him.

Say what?

20 posted on 03/26/2016 10:01:00 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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