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Ted Cruz Gets Meeting With Ben Carson, Man To Man in Closet At CR Meeting In South Carolina To Discuss Dirty Tricks Allegations. Meeting Does Not End As Cruz Hoped.
ByKATHERINE KRUEGERPublishedFEBRUARY 19, 2016, 5:24 PM EST 10762 Views Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Carson walked into a closet in South Carolina on Thursday night. That’s not a joke. The two Republican candidates for president convened for a mano-a-mano meeting in an actual closet in an attempt to smooth over Carson's allegations of "dirty tricks" on the night of the Iowa caucuses, according to a report from The Daily Beast, But the meeting called by Cruz apparently didn't go well, and ended with Carson concluding the two men would just have to "agree to disagree." The men spoke for nearly a half hour, according to an unnamed Republican operative who saw the meeting, which ran over into Carson's allotted speaking time at the Conservative Review convention. An unnamed source close to Carson’s campaign told The Daily Beast that Carson had agreed to a 5-minute, off-the-record meeting before the convention. The Carson campaign also blamed Cruz’s camp for leaking confirmation of the meeting to the media, and Carson spokesman Jason Osborne suggested the leak was a calculated attempt to repair Cruz’s image. more at link. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As I posted repeated, Iowa was a Pyrrhic Victory for Ted Cruz and the fall out continues. Allegations of Dirty Tricks follow him to South Carolina, his one on one with Carson did not get him what he wanted and changed Carson view of him none at all. Further the bullshit in Iowa likely means that when Carson withdraws it is unlikely he will endorse Ted Cruz. |
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is this why Carson is now suing over Cruz's citizenship?
Lost a huge chunk of respect over that one. Who is he? The Donald? |
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Carson was never relevant. Can this election season just be over with?
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only thing i took frpm thos is thaT ted cruz and ben carson are in the closet
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Stop me if you've heard this one
So, a black doctor and a canadian lawyer go into a closet.... |
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Why did the 5 minute meeting last 30?
Neither man wanted to be the first to come out of the closet. |
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Why did the 5 minute meeting last 30? Neither man wanted to be the first to come out of the closet. View Quote Because Ted needs Carson to say something in public that will blunt the attacks against Ted for being a liar. Apparently 5 minutes was not enough and 30 didn't help either. |
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And instead of beer summits.... He will have mop bucket brokering? "Hey I'm trying to be the leader of the free world... Walk over here into this closet for a meeting" pure genius..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cruz will be the next President of the United States. And instead of beer summits.... He will have mop bucket brokering? "Hey I'm trying to be the leader of the free world... Walk over here into this closet for a meeting" pure genius..... It actually sounds like a desperate move. |
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If it wasn't for Cruz's dirty tricks Carson would have won Iowa and NH and would be leading in every poll everywhere.
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Carson shouldn't have run. Why is this an issue? Cruz was right to try and knock him out of the race.
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South Carolina is supposedly notorious for dirty campaigns, I doubt anyone cares about the Cruz sucker punch in Iowa
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South Carolina is supposedly notorious for dirty campaigns, I doubt anyone cares about the Cruz sucker punch in Iowa View Quote It also has a large highly religious voter base. Ben Carson is an acknowledged Christian and thought to be a decent man by many Christians. Cruz is desperate to get that group to the polls to vote for him. Having Carson out talking about underhanded or unseemly behavior by Cruz against himself does not make it palatable for a lot of Christians to vote for a guy that is behaving just like any other dirty old politician. Then after SC there are a number of other states with large groups of Christians that Cruz will want to tap into to get votes. Cruz needs Carson to stop talking about Iowa and get out of the race and hopefully endorse him, instead of either endorsing Trump or given no endorsement. |
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If Carson is suing its because Cruz is not a natural born Citizen.
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It also has a large highly religious voter base. Ben Carson is an acknowledged Christian and thought to be a decent man by many Christians. Cruz is desperate to get that group to the polls to vote for him. Having Carson out talking about underhanded or unseemly behavior by Cruz against himself does not make it palatable for a lot of Christians to vote for a guy that is behaving just like any other dirty old politician. Then after SC there are a number of other states with large groups of Christians that Cruz will want to tap into to get votes. Cruz needs Carson to stop talking about Iowa and get out of the race and hopefully endorse him, instead of either endorsing Trump or given no endorsement. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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South Carolina is supposedly notorious for dirty campaigns, I doubt anyone cares about the Cruz sucker punch in Iowa It also has a large highly religious voter base. Ben Carson is an acknowledged Christian and thought to be a decent man by many Christians. Cruz is desperate to get that group to the polls to vote for him. Having Carson out talking about underhanded or unseemly behavior by Cruz against himself does not make it palatable for a lot of Christians to vote for a guy that is behaving just like any other dirty old politician. Then after SC there are a number of other states with large groups of Christians that Cruz will want to tap into to get votes. Cruz needs Carson to stop talking about Iowa and get out of the race and hopefully endorse him, instead of either endorsing Trump or given no endorsement. South Carolina is a also a primarily Southern Baptist state. Many, many people here don't take Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, or other denominations seriously as "Christians". If they did, Carson would be doing much better here. I am surprised that Trump is doing so well here, even among Evangelicals, after the public profanity. In any previous election cycle, that would have been political suicide. |
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South Carolina is a also a primarily Southern Baptist state. Many, many people here don't take Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, or other denominations seriously as "Christians". If they did, Carson would be doing much better here. I am surprised that Trump is doing so well here, even among Evangelicals, after the public profanity. In any previous election cycle, that would have been political suicide. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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South Carolina is supposedly notorious for dirty campaigns, I doubt anyone cares about the Cruz sucker punch in Iowa It also has a large highly religious voter base. Ben Carson is an acknowledged Christian and thought to be a decent man by many Christians. Cruz is desperate to get that group to the polls to vote for him. Having Carson out talking about underhanded or unseemly behavior by Cruz against himself does not make it palatable for a lot of Christians to vote for a guy that is behaving just like any other dirty old politician. Then after SC there are a number of other states with large groups of Christians that Cruz will want to tap into to get votes. Cruz needs Carson to stop talking about Iowa and get out of the race and hopefully endorse him, instead of either endorsing Trump or given no endorsement. South Carolina is a also a primarily Southern Baptist state. Many, many people here don't take Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, or other denominations seriously as "Christians". If they did, Carson would be doing much better here. I am surprised that Trump is doing so well here, even among Evangelicals, after the public profanity. In any previous election cycle, that would have been political suicide. Everybody hates the establishment party more than anything else. PARTYe. |
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!??
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Quoted: Wonder what Cruz offered to bribe Carson with? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: If Carson is suing its because Cruz is not a natural born Citizen. Carson is doing this to keep his name in the papers. I believe Carson, like Kasich, has been angling for a VP slot from the start. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Yes; Goldman Sachs likes him. ...and the Goldman Sachs boogeyman makes yet another appearance Did a bank deny you a loan or something. I wouldn't think that would be an issue for you now that you have a second source of income |
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...and the Goldman Sachs boogeyman makes yet another appearance Did a bank deny you a loan or something. I wouldn't think that would be an issue for you now that you have a second source of income View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Yes; Goldman Sachs likes him. ...and the Goldman Sachs boogeyman makes yet another appearance Did a bank deny you a loan or something. I wouldn't think that would be an issue for you now that you have a second source of income IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Yes; Goldman Sachs likes him. Don't you have an Occupy Wall Street rally you need to be at? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? View Quote Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. |
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Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. |
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And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. . |
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The reason why it took so long was because Carson kept falling asleep.
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And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. Sure he's a ass-hole but I suspect he would be OK to be around at dinner or some such. More than a few minutes with Cruz seems to make everyone that has to suffer through it want to punch him in the face. |
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Ted's looking for that Bernie / Hillary moment when Ben comes out says: "Enough already about your damn lying allegations."
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Sure he's a ass-hole but I suspect he would be OK to be around at dinner or some such. More than a few minutes with Cruz seems to make everyone that has to suffer through it want to punch him in the face. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. Sure he's a ass-hole but I suspect he would be OK to be around at dinner or some such. More than a few minutes with Cruz seems to make everyone that has to suffer through it want to punch him in the face. Cruz has been trying to tear down the establishment for years now. Is it any surprise that people within said establishment don't like him? |
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And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Jesus Christ..........does anyone who gets to know Cruz ever like him!!?? Evidently not. Carson strikes me as the type of person that would get along with anyone if he was met even a quarter of the way. It seems everyone Cruz meets and has to spend much time with him goes away with a less than favorable impression of the man's character. In short he's a ass-hole, and a particularly nasty breed of ass-hole to boot. Hell even Bob Dole hates him and I did not think it possible for Bob Dole to hate anyone. And I suppose Trump is humble, swell, all round great guy. And certainly not a smug asshole. As a person, it seems that Trump is generally well liked by the people who know him. Note also that of the many thousands of people that he employs, we don't see disgruntled workers at any level coming out to complain about him. |
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