Desperate Cruz

[ashling]

No mater how you say it -Desperate cruise, desperate crews, desperate Cruz - it is all about slime

You may have missed my post yesterday on this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027573593
so I decided to put this update here

Cruz’s Desperate Last Minute Attempt To Win Iowa Is So Vile State Officials Just NAILED Him For It
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/30/cruzs-desperate-last-minute-attempt-to-win-iowa-is-so-vile-state-officials-just-nailed-him-for-it/

Statement from Secretary of State Paul Pate Regarding Misleading Mailer from Cruz for President Campaign
http://oskynews.org/?p=76426

Ted Cruz Defends Mailer Dubbed "Misleading" By Iowa's Secretary of State
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/01/ted-cruz-defends-voting-violation-mailer-iowa

"I will apologize to no one for using every tool we can to encourage Iowa voters to come out and vote," Cruz said, speaking to reporters before a rally in Sioux City, Iowa.

Earlier Saturday, the Cruz campaign came under fire for sending out a mailer, with the look of an official state document, that warns of a "voting violation." It informs voters they are receiving the notice "because of low expected voter turnout in your area" and says a "follow-up notice" may arrive after the Iowa caucuses.

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Cruz claimed that there was nothing wrong with the mailer—and that in fact mailers like this are routine. "Matt Schultz, who is a former secretary of state, is the chairman of our campaign, put out a public statement saying these mailers are routine," he said. "The Iowa Republican Party has done so in the past—in past elections."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/30/politics/ted-cruz-mailer-iowa-caucuses-voter-violation/index.html

[exboyfil]

1. Lets say the voting record of the neighbors

was inaccurate. Would they be able to sue for libel?

[EL34x4]

2. They'd have to take it up with Iowa election officials.

The act of voting (though not who you voted for) is a matter of public record.

As vile as this GOTV effort was, and it will likely cost Cruz his presidential ambitions for 2016, I don't believe anything illegal took place. He's not the first candidate to use this mailer.

[BillZBubb]

3. The big question, though, is will this hurt him at all in Iowa?

People who are going to vote for crudz are already hopeless, clueless, right wing fanatics. There seems to be a lot of them out there.