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I'm not sure Cruz supporters will tolerate a Clintonesque, "I've caused pain in my marriage" interview.
The fact that the ladies are being identified is concerning. I suspect they will deny and the narrative that this is a dirty trick will gain steam.
The Post reported that the funneling of Cruz PAC money to Fiorina’s PAC is “unusual, to say the least.”
Social media users are speculating that the Cruz-Fiorina money swap is “payoff.”
This is the most important part of the whole story, possible criminal activity.
Though I have never made that sin, I have sinned plenty and so this in itself would not prevent me from voting for him. If he was remorseful and dealt with it properly, it is nothing at this point.
The source must be a superpac completely unrelated to Trump.
Or a tabloid with pitbull investigators who love to expose religious hypocrisy! :-)
Mike in CT's Link
Link attached to one of many good reads on why publications like the National Enquirer take the risks they do.
GIGO is the best rule to apply to this bit of "journalism."
Yeah, that makes perfect sense.... it all fits together.... good grief.
And Roger Stone, Trump's henchman, is, as already pointed out, a professional Muckraker all the way back to his time with Tricky Dicky Nixon.
No doubt Trump's people planted this "story", no doubt it was intended to slow down Cruz's rise in WI. Also no doubt that it will backfire massively on the Trump campaign, just like Trump re-tweeting ugly things about Ted's wife.
By the way, I'd urge Bernie to stay in the race, because the Enquirer also reported back in October that Hillary would be dead from a brain tumor in 6 months. In another month, Bernie will be the de facto Dem nominee!
They also reported that Obama had had affairs with 12 different women. Now everyone knows that can't possibly be true. Obama is Gay. Just look at the way he throws a baseball:)
By the way, today Cruz has already categorically denied that the story is true, and 2 of the women in the story have also already categorically denied that it is true.
She is one of the women who came out this morning and already said that the story is 100% False.
By the way...how many times can Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get divorced? Because I've seen the Enquirer report that they were going to get a divorce, more times than I can count. Which number divorce are they on right now?
Of course the Cruz smear campaign involves Trump and a Pecker! ;-) @jeffroe @benshapiro @ChrisLoesch @DLoesch pic.twitter.com/7lcQUTu4HB
— Sophia Helwani (@SophiaHelwani) March 25, 2016
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"Stone served as a senior consultant to Bob Dole’s 1996 campaign for President, but that assignment ended in a characteristic conflagration. The National Enquirer, in a story headlined “Top Dole Aide Caught in Group-Sex Ring,” reported that the Stones had apparently run personal ads in a magazine called Local Swing Fever and on a Web site that had been set up with Nydia’s credit card. “Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular . . . single men,” the ad on the Web site stated. The ads sought athletes and military men, while discouraging overweight candidates, and included photographs of the Stones. At the time, Stone claimed that he had been set up by a “very sick individual,” but he was forced to resign from Dole’s campaign. Stone acknowledged to me that the ads were authentic. “When that whole thing hit the fan in 1996, the reason I gave a blanket denial was that my grandparents were still alive,” he said. “I’m not guilty of hypocrisy. I’m a libertarian and a libertine.”
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump-lands-endorsement-the-national-enquirer
Donald Trump Lands Endorsement of the National Enquirer
03/10/16 10:07 AM—UPDATED 03/10/16 10:18 AM
By Adam Howard
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has been leading in the polls for months, but he’s just received his first endorsement from a major publication – the infamous tabloid The National Enquirer.
In this stranger-than-fiction presidential race, Trump has been championed by a publication that has recently purported to “out“ a number of celebrities, discovered unsubstantiated cheating scandals, prematurely predicted the imminent deaths of Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Cher and Oprah Winfrey (just to name a few), claimed repeatedly that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were on the brink of divorce, that the Obama daughters were embroiled in a cocaine scandal, and accused comedian Bill Cosby of plotting the murder of his own son.
“Trump Must Be President,” blasts a headline from within the Enquirer’s pages, which includes a list of reasons why the real the estate mogul should be elected, including: “He will chase down illegal immigrants and toss out the criminals who came streaming through our open borders.” That particular statement is ironic, considering the fact that the Enquirer recently published a racially insensitive article about one of its reporters dressing as a “terrorist” and crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, in their estimation damning evidence of how porous it is.
This appears to be the first time The National Enquirer has ever endorsed a candidate for president. MSNBC reached out to the tabloid’s parent company for comment about why the Enquirer decided to take the plunge with this year’s contest but has not heard back at this time.
According to The Daily Beast, the Enquirer’s endorsement of Trump is not surprising considering the friendly relationship he and their owner David Pecker enjoy. Trump has repeatedly sung Pecker’s praises on social media and has even penned self-congratulatory op-eds for the tabloid, including a three-part series under the banner “The Man Behind the Legend!” The Enquirer has gushed over “the man who has energized millions of voters with his no-nonsense and businesslike run for the White House” and have praised Trump for “quietly donated a huge chunk of his fortune to charity” and for being a “doting dad” to his young son.
They have also credited Trump with “finally” getting Obama to release his long-form birth certificate in 2011. That same year, the Enquirer predicted a Trump presidential run and promoted polls that showed him competitive in a one-on-one race with the president. Meanwhile, their recent “reporting” on Clinton includes pieces speculating about her weight gain on the campaign trail and allegations that she is “terrified of revelations about her secret lesbian lifestyle!”
The tabloid has also frequently echoed Trump attack lines on his opponents throughout the campaign and even introduced some tawdrier ones, like alleging that Jeb Bush has an extramarital affair with a “Playboy bunny turned lawyer.” Last fall, New York magazine reported that Trump’s camp was the source behind a salacious Dr. Ben Carson headline (”Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!”) but his campaign vehemently denied it.
Meanwhile, the Enquirer – which has a circulation of 371,925 – has made a bid for respectability as of late. The tabloid actually broke the story of former presidential candidate John Edwards’ extramarital affair and illegitimate child with former campaign staffer Rielle Hunter after a months-long investigation, which culminated with the Enquirer reporting on their secret visits to each other. There was even a brief flurry of speculation that the Enquirer might receive the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for their work, which the San Francisco Examiner likened at the time to “nominating a porn flick for an Oscar.” The tabloid was nominated in the investigative and national reporting categories, but ultimately missed the cut for finalists.
An unnamed source told The New York Daily News last summer: “Trump is a big friend of Pecker … so no John Edwards-type investigations.”
And despite all their efforts to be taken seriously, they haven’t strayed too far from their formula (and their “Enquiring minds want to know” catchphrase). Among their more recent articles is a piece alleging that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered by a prostitute.
A significant number of the nation’s major newspapers have backed Gov. John Kasich for the GOP presidential nomination, but their seal of approval has done little to prop him up in the polls with Republican voters. The latest surveys suggest Kasich is trailing Trump in his home state of Ohio and he has yet to win a 2016 presidential primary. Trump, on the other hand, has seen his unconventional campaign build a formidable lead in delegates and has enjoyed a number of sweeping victories in nearly every region of the country.
This is from 3 weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/DaUQQlxrpE
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) March 25, 2016
wow! Michael Savage, Trump's biggest supporter, had said the Enquirer story is a lie... and he may now un-endorse Trump! @SteveDeaceShow
— John Huss, 1415 (@aureliocortez) March 25, 2016
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Team Trump tried to get media to spread their Cruz rumor for months but the only one who wld buy it was Trump's BFF at the National Enquirer
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 25, 2016
@KatrinaPierson but Katrina -- you're the one spreading it. I never heard it until you tweeted it. No one believes he'd touch you.
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 25, 2016
Ted Cruz should sue over obv false allegation he had an affair w @KatrinaPierson, tho I've heard she might have come onto him. Who knows.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) March 25, 2016
As for people suggesting @amandacarpenter slept w Cruz, she should sue them. That is obv false, as anyone who knows Amanda knows.
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) March 25, 2016
Mike in CT's Link
Evidently you missed my link above; re-posted for your convenience.
Full post again:
"The National Enquirer is viewed as a salacious tabloid that runs with stories based off of unconfirmed sources and rumors."
Link attached to one of many good reads on why publications like the National Enquirer take the risks they do.
GIGO is the best rule to apply to this bit of "journalism."
What's most disappointing is the number of individuals tripping over themselves to regurgitate this nonsense.
With the exception of the village idiot I'd have expected more of them.....
Trump surrogate Adriana Cohen on CNN debating ex-Cruz aide Amanda Carpenter Suddenly accuses her of being
— John Fund (@johnfund) March 25, 2016
Cruz mistress. Stop this MADNESS!
Ted Cruz: “This National Enquirer story is garbage.
It is complete and utter lies.”
I think one thing we can see here from this and other crappola the Trump team and his Trumpets have been throwing at Cruz lately is this:
They see Cruz as closing in on Trump in the primaries and being likely to win the nomination in a contested convention. So they are scared to death that will occur.
WOW!! Oprah died!! Like three years ago!!! pic.twitter.com/Adt3OWKQcv
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 25, 2016
Have you considered that she might actually be running a false flag operation, and that her use of innuendo like this against Trump campaign operative throws more gas on this whole deal and gives the Trump team a reason to be outraged and respond with more?
joshuaf's Link
More from Trump endorser Michael Savage on this story.
"Michael Savage said today on his radio show that the National Enquirer story smearing Ted Cruz is completely false, and he knows this based on a source he says he would trust with his life. Savage points out that Cruz is rightly offended over this utter garbage.
But even more so, Savage says that he abhors these attempts of assassination by innuendo, as it has been done to him, and while he doesn’t blame Trump for the story, he threatens to withdraw his support of Trump if he doesn’t completely disavow the story and the man who owns the National Enquirer, David Pecker."
Oh, the irony! LOL!
Now the Trumpets are so desperate to stop Cruz they've resorted to using 'Occupy' $h!t!
I still remember when my mom called to tell me that George & Laura Bush were getting divorced. Said she read it in #NationalEnquirer.
— Donna Driscoll (@GOPGranny) March 25, 2016
slade's Link
Ted Cruz ‘Affair’ Rumors Peddled by Marco Rubio’s Allies
Are some here claiming that the above is not true?
"There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. – Proverbs 6:16-19"
Not sure if you're addressing someone in particular. The Bible says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Ted Cruz is included. Doesn't mean the Enquirer story is anything other than a pack of lies.
" His wife looks like a man man!."
You need glasses!
She has two children.
Explain that.
Or are you simply a Trumpet who will attack any and all women based on their looks?
Scrappy's Link
Or the NVAC poster or two?
Thankfully they're never in short supply.....
Prove it's not true.
So, by your standards, "Guilty until proven innocent."
Then you wonder why so many here think you're an idiot and a whole lot more.
As opposed to the endless flock of Trump excuse-makers like you who unendingly parrot the latest slander du jour absent anything even remotely resembling vetting of the source. You of course don't require anyone's word, any evidence, any shred even vaguely resembling a fact to regurgitate the same inane tripe over and over.
Gotta love it.
Actually, no, we don't. To say your act has gotten stale would be like saying water is wet; we're stating the obvious. Get some new material; hire someone to ghost write it for you if the full scope of your "imagination" has been on display lo these past few months.
Why not wait and see what falls from the tree then plead a case?
Says the person who probably beats the National Enquirer to press with the latest baseless crap-fest. I'd say you've got to be kidding but the mountain of evidence belies that faint hope.
In all seriousness in over 18 years on the Bowsite I don't think I have ever seen a poster who has brought not only little value but none whatsoever to this forum.
No one ever has best fit this quip "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" as you have.
NVAC through and through.
"I've heard from inside the Enquirer that David Pecker has told the staff not to run negative stories on Donald Trump." -- @gabrielsherman
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 26, 2016
I'd be more concerned about that one.
Even better, TSI should be required to take a First Grade English class.
Ali A. Akbar feeling righteous anger. 8 hrs ·
"I know, on a personal or professional level, nearly all of the people in or around the supposed Cruz sex scandal. I know the Rubio consultants and supporters who helped spread this. I know some of the producers and writers this was pitched to months ago. I know the 3 women ID'd. I know Ted. I want you to know that there is nothing there. I'm angry and refuse to watch innocent people have their lives ruined. Today is not the day to let me know that you believe a tabloid that's endorsed Trump and always been more incorrect than correct, over my knowledge. I will do everything I can to save my country and that means burning or purging the hell out of you. Scum. Just scum."
Somebody looking for a "safe space"? On the CF?
Want to talk about what color you should paint the den/trophy room? Start a thread on it. I see several "Squirrel!!!" threads going on right now.... with 4 or 5 posts on em...
See no reason for closing this one.
This is not good news. When it comes to sex scandals the Enquirer is just about always right.
Trump. The National Enquirer Party.... time to pony up and get your hats before they're all gone....
Not weird. You've just admitted you're posting under a fake name, which makes, what, 30 different ones?
No. How about those 12 Obama mistresses Michelle was going to divorce him over?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2007/08/roger_stone_sings_again.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/22/nyregion/22stone.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
In case you were wondering what's leading Breitbart tonight pic.twitter.com/IRbb1KTDI3
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 26, 2016
Trump might be able to salvage his campaign but they need to take away his ability to tweet. Mark Levin said it best when he said trump has touretts syndrome with tweeting.
I cannot believe we are going to blow it once again and let a socialist win!
discovered in China, it's where your face rook Ed Zachary rike your ass!
God bless, Steve
Benton's Link
I think they are clearly more afraid of Trump than Cruz. Tom Bevan of RealClearPolitics is one of the best out there, IMO. Here he is from this week:
"TOM BEVAN: What makes this so fascinating is looking at a Donald Trump general election is that Trump will be able to go into a general election, the entire country --60-70% of the world thinks the Iraq War was a mistake. Hillary Clinton voted for the Iraq War.
He's gonna pin her on the intervention in Libya, on Syria, the fact that she was the architect of the Obama foreign policy --which, of all the things of Obama policy is probably his weakest area.
And that is going to make for a fascinating dynamic in the general election when you have the Republican, who is to the left of, beating up on the Democratic nominee on foreign policy. And you throw in the populism on trade and some of these other issues, I think that is why Democrats, at least the Democrats that I have talked to privately, are a little nervous about running against Trump in the general election. He breaks all the rules, he is totally unpredictable, you don't know what he's going to do, they would rather run against a more conventional Republican, like a Ted Cruz."
That is a very disingenuous sell when Hillary has better favorability ratings than Trump does, worse than Cruz. And when Hillary beats Trump in most H2H national polls, and Cruz beats her in a lot of H2H polls. When you've got up to 30% of GOP voters who say they wouldn't vote for Trump in the General, even if it only ends up being 15%, Trump couldn't possibly pull enough Democrats over to vote for him to make up for what he'd lose from solid GOP voters. You can't "grow the party" if you're using all those "new" voters to simply fill the holes that the GOP voters staying home created.
