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Originally posted by EmpireState:
My dream scenario is Trump getting the nomination and Cruz rallying behind him. Everybody comes together, Hillary gets indicted, Trump becomes president and Cruz goes on the Supreme Court.

Of this current mess, I totally agree.

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Originally posted by EmpireState:
My dream scenario is Trump getting the nomination and Cruz rallying behind him. Everybody comes together, Hillary gets indicted, Trump becomes president and Cruz goes on the Supreme Court.

I'm right there with you, with the added caveat that Milo Yiannopoulos be Trump's VP.

Would drive the regressive left to certain self-deportation. "All aboard for the Trump Train...to Canada!"

Forgive me, but after all this, I can't see Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court.

Make of that what you will.

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The Mysterious Case of Ted Cruz PAC’s $1/2 Million ‘Donation’ to Help Carly Fiorina
by Rachel Stockman | 3:44 pm, April 27th, 2016
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Note: This article was first published March 30, 2016.

Months ago, before the Republican race was whittled down to just two candidates, a very curious thing happened. Ted Cruz‘s super PAC ‘donated’ $500,000 to Carly Fiorina‘s super PAC. A few articles popped up at the time, and the Federal Election Committee even issued a letter asking the Cruz super PAC to better explain what the donation was for.

To be clear, a half a million dollars is not a small donation, and, at the time, it was the largest expense that the PAC had paid out. So why the heck would Cruz’s PAC hand over that kind of money in the midst of a heated campaign splintered with so many candidates? In an interview in October, Kellyanne Conway, president of Cruz’s PAC told CBS News, that they made the donation in June “because we thought she had important things to say that weren’t being heard.” She added, “we are all in for Ted Cruz for President.”

Do you seriously believe that a group that was pushing for Cruz to be president several months ago would want to help his rival, Carly Fiorina? That makes no sense. The reason that LawNewz.com uncovered in the Cruz PAC’s recently amended filings with the FEC raises even more questions.

“The failure of this super PAC to adequately describe the purpose of this transaction – undermines the public’s right to know,” Campaign Legal Center Executive Director Paul Ryan told LawNewz.com.

In the new filing, under the reason category instead of saying “other disbursement” like they had marked previously, Keep The Promise I (the name of the Cruz super PAC) amended the filing to say “transfer to IE only committee.” Uh? An “IE Only Committee” is legalese for “super PAC.” What the Cruz super PAC means by “Transfer to IE Only Committee” is that it gave money to a different super PAC. Okay, well, thanks for amending the disclosure, but that still gives us no indication about what this money was used for, and why it was given to Cruz’s opponent. And, in fact, legal experts believe that federal rules may require the super PAC to mark this as a donation not a transfer anyway.

“Even if this Cruz supporting super PAC describes the purpose (in their amended disclosures), that still doesn’t answer the why question — the motivation is what is interesting and intriguing,” Ryan said.

It is intriguing. I was prompted to research this particular donation because longtime Donald Trump friend and confidante Roger Stone brought it up in a recent interview, when he was addressing the National Enquirer article that accused Ted Cruz of having affairs with five different mistresses. (Something that Cruz has dismissed as ‘garbage’ and ‘lies’)

“And you have to wonder whether these women, one of whom worked for the Carly Fiorina campaign, and then shortly thereafter Ted Cruz pays Carly half a million dollars. Ted despises Carly, and Carly despises Ted. What is the $500,000 for? Can you say hush money?” Stone said in the interview. Stone, a longtime GOP political consultant, was the only one quoted ‘on the record’ for the Enquirer story. His claim definitely sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it’s now exploding on the internet. Plus, it wouldn’t be the first time a presidential candidate used hush money to cover up an affair.

Of course, fast forward to now, Fiorina is backing Cruz in his campaign for presidency. Interestingly, Fiorina was recently out campaigning with him in Wisconsin when a Daily Mail reporter asked Cruz point blank about whether he had affairs. Fiorina quickly jumped in before Cruz could say a word.

“I’m going to comment. This is an example of the media playing to Donald Trump’s tune. Donald Trump is a serial philanderer, by his own admission,” Fiorina said.

Okay, so we have no idea if the two are connected, but we do know that it is very unusual for a Cruz-supporting PAC to give money to his opponent. We also know that the reason that the PAC stated in their amended disclosures is even more curious, and provides even fewer answers.

“This is very rare, I can’t recall another instance in which one super PAC contributed to another super PAC supporting an opponent, ” election law expert Paul Ryan said.

I emailed Cruz’s PAC Keep the Promise for further explanation, they pointed me back to their previous statements on the matter in which the executive director said that Keep the Promise I “supports Ted Cruz for President” but “will offer support to other candidates.”

Cruz’s campaign has not returned a call. We will continue digging to see if we can find out what this money was used for. But, as you know, the federal rules are pretty lax when it comes to requiring superPAC to make disclosures.

It's been interesting to watch these primaries, just as drama. Ben Carson showed himself to be the wrong man for the job, but a decent, balanced human being who could leave the stage graciously. Jeb was an entitled rich boy, clueless from start to finish. And Cruz went from intelligent, independent conservative, to desperate, flailing ego.

Ted Cruz just suicide bombed his own campaign. WTF is he thinking? She has already been rejected as presidential candidate, what makes him think she'll be accepted as VP?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...dering-campaign.html

And please enjoy her SINGING...:wall:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Forgive me, but after all this, I can't see Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court.

Make of that what you will.

I can't see him a member of SCOTUS, either.

Sad to say that I have changed my mind about it.

What a cluster...

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Forgive me, but after all this, I can't see Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court.

Make of that what you will.

I'm not opposed to the idea on the surface, but I think it's a serious case of wishful thinking.

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Originally posted by mbinky:

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I can't find the Cruz thread!

Wow. Did you think that up on your own or did you have to ask Trump?

Why don't you go back to the Cruz thread. Oh wait...

Cut it out.

You are beginning to piss me off.

Behave yourself.

Trump’s foreign policy: ‘new visions’ and ‘more unpredictable’ attacks on ISIS

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said the United States must be more “unpredictable” if it is to defeat Islamic terrorism, and, if elected, vowed to bring in “new voices and new visions” to overhaul what he described as President Obama’s “reckless, rudderless and aimless foreign policy.”

In the first of a projected series of policy speeches, Trump trashed Obama for weakening the country by failing to present a “coherent” foreign policy and for allowing rivals such as China to “take advantage” of the United States. The GOP frontrunner said if he wins the presidency he would put “American security above all else,” and said his driving ideology for every policy decision will be “America first.”

“It is time to shake the rust off of America’s foreign policy,” Trump declared.

But the New York real estate mogul offered few specifics on how exactly he would do that. In a roughly 40-minute speech to a forum sponsored by the Center for the National Interest, a think tank founded by former President Richard Nixon, Trump offered mainly broad strokes about his foreign policy vision, reiterating themes he’s been discussing on the campaign trail for months — including his call for the United States to be less forthcoming about how it plans to target enemies like ISIS.

“We must, as a nation, be more unpredictable. We are totally predictable,“ Trump said. “We have to be unpredictable, starting now.”

As for ISIS, Trump vowed they will be gone “very, very quickly” if he wins the presidency.

“Their days are numbered. I won’t tell them where and I won’t tell them how,” he said, repeating a line he’s regularly used on the campaign trail. “But they are going to be gone, and soon.”

The speech Wednesday marked a departure for Trump, who, for only the second time as a presidential candidate, read his remarks from a Teleprompter. The effect was a more somber Trump compared to the boisterous, off-the-cuff candidate voters have seen on the stage in recent months. Trump’s appearance marked the first significant attempt by the candidate to show a more presidential side, in terms of policy, as he looks toward a general-election matchup with Hillary Clinton.

In the speech, he repeatedly tied Clinton to what he described as Obama’s “weak” foreign policy — suggesting that by electing her the country would simply continue down the same “failed” path. But without naming names, Trump also took aim at Republicans like former President George W. Bush, criticizing the Iraq War and insisting a Trump administration would be “getting out of the nation-building business,” which he said has resulted in little but “chaos.”

“It all began with the dangerous idea that we could make Western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a Western democracy,” Trump said. “In the Middle East, our goals must be to defeat terrorists and promote regional stability, not radical change. We need to be clear-sighted about the groups that will never be anything other than enemies.”

Several times, Trump took direct aim at the foreign-policy establishment — insisting he would turn to “talented experts with new approaches” instead of relying on “those who have perfect résumés but very little to brag about except responsibility for a long history of failed policies and continued losses at war.”

Trump’s speech seemed to be directed not at Washington but at Republicans across the country who have voiced concerns about whether the brash real estate mogul has the temperament to serve as the commander in chief. Several times, Trump cast himself as someone who would be strong but also judicious about using force.

“Unlike other candidates for the presidency, war and aggression will not be my first instinct. You cannot have a foreign policy without diplomacy. A superpower understands that caution and restraint are signs of strength,” Trump said, adding that he was looking to build a foreign policy that would “endure for several generations.”

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Originally posted by Czechvar:
What a cluster...

On a deeper level, it feels like a schism amongst brothers.. And it greatly concerns me.

Trump: Americans will thank me when Lena Dunham flees to Canada

Not only would Donald Trump not mind if certain celebrities were to flee the United States if he is elected president, the Republican front-runner said Tuesday that their opposition to his candidacy only increases his will to win.

During a telephone interview with "Fox & Friends," Trump was asked about a tweet from Lena Dunham on Monday in which she vowed to leave the U.S. for Vancouver if he is elected.

Trump's response: "Well, she's a B-actor. You know, she has no — you know, no mojo."

"I heard Whoopi Goldberg too. That would be a great thing for our country," Trump said, as the show flashed a graphic of celebrities who it said would leave the U.S. for Canada, including Dunham, Jon Stewart and Rosie O'Donnell, with whom the Manhattan real estate mogul has feuded for years.

When co-host Steve Doocy pointed out O'Donnell's name on the list, Trump remarked, "Now I have to get elected."

"Now I have to get elected because I'll be doing a great service to our country," he said. "Now it's much more important. In fact, I'll immediately get off this call and start campaigning right now."

Trump just needs to cruz through IN, CA, and WA, and and IT'S ALL OVER!

But for the small matter of an election.

Curious: they always want to flee to Canada, not Mexico (even though Mexico is much closer to Hollywood).

Why do they all want to flee to a White country? What is wrong with Mexico and the rest of the Third World? "Fleeing to Canada" almost sounds like a racist response, you know, a micro-aggression, as it were...

Just sayin'

Take a break from this thread for the rest of the evening.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Czechvar:
What a cluster...

On a deeper level, it feels like a schism amongst brothers.. And it greatly concerns me.

I don't think there's anything deep about any of this. Thelma and Loise and Carly just drove off the cliff.

The Keystone Cops would be thoroughly embarrassed if they looked this incompetent and disorganized.

Kasich just needs to admit he's a Democrat Trojan Horse. Cruz needs to call it a day and politely ask The Donald for directions back to Canada.

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Originally posted by Czechvar:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Czechvar:
What a cluster...

On a deeper level, it feels like a schism amongst brothers.. And it greatly concerns me.

I don't think there's anything deep about any of this. Thelma and Loise and Carly just drove off the cliff...

You referring to Cruz it seems. My mistake. I'm referring to the whole shebang. Everyone, that is, who's on the side of Liberty. All of us.