Posted on 03/31/2016 7:42:11 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are headed to a photo finish in Wisconsin next Tuesday according to the latest poll numbers, which show the Texas senator ahead of the New York billionaire by just a single percentage point.
Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning firm, surveyed likely voters in the Badger State and found Cruz leading the Republican primary contest with 38 per cent, compared with Trump's 37.
The dramatically different results could be explained by sample sizes: Marquette's pollsters interviewed 471 likely Republican primary voters, while Public Policy Polling surveyed 768.
They could also reflect quickly shifting political winds in Wisconsin, seasoned with a series of Trump rallies that tend to create unpredictable news cycles.
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I have been here 15 years. I have been consistent. I remember in 2011 Trump supporters saying terrible thing about me, because I said he wouldn't run in 2012. They insisted he would. I have always been against Democrat socialist Trump as a nominee for Republicans. If he wants to run, he should do ti as a Democrat.
I have been consistent since before he announced this time.
I wish someone would pay me.
By the way, just curious, do you think Carrie Prejean deserved Trump having her humiliated on national TV?
These are republican polls, no one is taking into consideration the open primary with indies, and DEMS crossing over to Trump!!!!!
Heidi Cruz has some very interesting connections. I decided to research a little about Living Water International since she and Ted have been involved with the organization. She did serve on the board at one point and so did Mark Winter.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_Edward_Winter
“HOUSTON (March 24, 2009) – Stewart Title Guaranty Company (STG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corp. (NYSE-STC), announces the election of Mark Winter, executive vice president of public policy for Stewart Title, as president-elect of the American Land Title Association (ALTA). Winter was unanimously elected to the position by the association’s board of governors at its Feb. 28 meeting...
“Winter brings 25 years of industry and policy experience to the position. In addition, to being a long-time member of the board of governors of the ALTA, Winter is chairman of the association’s International Development Committee, immediate past Chairman of the Underwriters Section, a member of the Government Relations Committee and the Title Industry Political Action Committee Board of Trustees.
“Since 2005, Winter has served as executive vice president of public policy for Stewart’s Washington, D.C. office, and is responsible for the development and coordination of both commercial and residential real estate business and for the procurement of international land titling projects funded by independent federal agencies. Winter represents Stewart before Congress, various regulatory agencies, and government-sponsored enterprises such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In addition, Winter served on the boards of Stewart Information International, Stewart Title Guaranty Company Political Action Committee, the International Land Registration Association and the International Real Estate Roundtable. Prior to joining Stewart, Winter, a graduate of Georgetown University, was a special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to Jamaica and a member of the professional staff of U.S. Reps. Bill Bray (R-Ind.) and Frances Bolton (R-Ohio).” [1]
“In 1995-96, Winter served on the advisory board of World Mae, a corporation organized to facilitate the development of a secondary market for home-mortgage loans originated in countries throughout the world. He is a charter member of the International Land Registration Association and the Fannie Mae International Real Estate Roundtable.
“Winter is a member of the board of Living Water International - a non-profit, interdenominational Christian ministry providing clean drinking water to people in developing countries, in particular Africa. He also is a member of the Millennium Water Alliance, a group of non-governmental organizations with experience and expertise in providing clean, safe water and sanitation services in developing countries.”
Trump/Newt. . . please.
Exactly - unless there is evidence that the person is a plant, the term is irrelevant.
Prejean stated that she was told by Miss California USA pageant officials that she "need[ed] to not talk about" her faith and was pressured to apologize for her statement.[11]
Donald Trump, who owns most of the Miss Universe Organization, defended Prejean's answer, saying that "Miss California has done a wonderful job" and that "It wasn't a bad answer. That was simply her belief." He then added that the question was "a bit unlucky" and that no matter which way she answered the question "she was going to get killed".[20] Several elected officials, including Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco and a prominent supporter of same-sex marriage, and political pundits criticized Hilton and defended Prejean for honestly stating her personal beliefs.[21][22][23] The New York Times said her beliefs are representative of mainstream U.S. opinion on the issue, stating "while a majority of Americans believe that gay couples should be able to enter into unions with some of the legal protections of marriage," only "a minority believe that gays and lesbians should be permitted to 'marry,' per se."[24]
Post-Miss USA Pageant[edit] Later, the National Organization for Marriage used footage from the pageant for a television advertisement that warned that same-sex marriage activists wanted to silence opposition.[25] Prejean also hired a Christian public relations firm.[26] In late April, Prejean presented an award at the Gospel Music Association's 2009 Dove Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.[11] Prejean also spoke at Liberty University's final convocation of the year on April 29, 2009.[27]
On May 1, 2009, Prejean stated on On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren that she did not have an opinion on civil unions for same-sex couples, but that she supports certain rights of same-sex couples, such as hospital visitations.[28] She has stated that she would be willing to meet with representatives from California's largest gay rights group "as long as it's not political".[11]
Contract termination[edit] Pageant organizers investigated Prejean for violating the terms of her contract after a photograph of Prejean partially nude with her back turned to the camera appeared on a celebrity gossip blog. Prejean defended the shots as legitimate modeling,[29][30] and Miss USA owner Donald Trump agreed, stating, "We are in the 21st century. We have determined the pictures taken are fine" and that "in some cases the pictures were lovely."[31] Trump went on to compare Prejean's views on same sex-marriage as being in line with those of President Barack Obama,[32] and National Organization for Marriage president Maggie Gallagher stated on May 5 that the release would not affect Prejean's role with her group.[29]
Despite his initial support, Trump agreed to terminate Prejean's contract on June 10, 2009, citing "continued breach of contract issues."[33] Prejean claimed that K2 Productions, producers of the Miss California USA pageant, wanted her to pose for Playboy and appear on the reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!, though K2 Productions executive Keith Lewis claimed he was simply notifying Prejean of all offers for appearances.[33]
He may have allowed a bad choice to be on the panel, but he didn't go about trying to humiliate her. Unless there's ssomething new going on, this is the type example i keep citing - folks ignore a lot of Cruz's warts, even as they go at least a bit contrary to what a "Brilliant Constitutionalist Christian Champion of the People" as he has claimed to be, yet they will go back years and skew things about Trump to invent "some serious issues".
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