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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe National Enquirer story about Ted Cruz having affairs is BS
This is nothing like the story they ran about John Edwards which involved photos and other pieces of actual evidence of his behavior.
In fact, the only claim the current National Enquirer story makes is:
"Private detectives are digging into at least five affairs Ted Cruz supposedly had.
With that quote being credited to a "Washington insider".
The article does not provide any evidence from said detectives, nor does it even actually claim that any affair took place - just that detectives are digging into affairs he "supposedly" had.
The Enquirer is, of course, notorious for BS.
And this particular story makes no actual claim with evidence of Cruz having an affair. Nor does it even actually assert that he did have an affair - just that detectives are digging into the possibility.
salinsky
(1,065 posts)... but, I just cannot believe that there are that many women on the face of the planet who would lower themselves to the level of having sex with Ted Cruz.
UTUSN
(70,810 posts)Javaman
(62,540 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Not bs
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)But he is still a United States Senator. There are plenty of women who would have sex with him.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)No amount of brain bleach will ever obviate that awful mental picture.
Zorro
(15,760 posts)but I like watching a liar like Cruz get a taste of his own medicine.
Even if they did have an affair with Mr Green Eggs and Ham/eat your own boogers, who would actually come forward and admit it?
Laffy Kat
(16,396 posts)Trump has had three wives. Of course, I guess with that kind of money you could overlook a lot (not me, but some).
dembotoz
(16,866 posts)lame54
(35,360 posts)I might believe it
But a human female? - that's a stretch
lame54
(35,360 posts)but I think everybody WANTS it to be true so the inquirer is now a credible source
Just because we don't like Ted Cruz and what he stands for doesn't mean we can't evaluate this National Enquirer story rationally.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I'd love for him to get tripped up by ANYTHING, but it's just silly and hypocritical for us to jump on this story without proof.
Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)She strikes as very ambitious and totally unscrupulous. I think she would hitch a ride with anyone or anything that would be advantageous to her.
Maybe she could convince him that a plastic bag over his head would heighten the experience.
lame54
(35,360 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)She is not a team player. She plays for herself. If she did it for Der Drumpf, then Drumpf promised her something.
csziggy
(34,141 posts)Unless the campaigns are using some of their women to set up dirt on Cruz, this seems pretty unlikely.
lame54
(35,360 posts)csziggy
(34,141 posts)Especially for Trump!
So I take back my "unlikely" statement.
LiberalArkie
(15,739 posts)party.
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)anyway.
The only way this story negatively affects Cruz is by losing voters to Drumpf
runaway hero
(835 posts)she made her Instagram private TODAY...judge for yourself.
lame54
(35,360 posts)runaway hero
(835 posts)that's just the angle of the picture.
http://www.conservativeoutfitters.com/blogs/news/94574273-8-things-you-need-to-know-about-ted-cruzs-sex-scandal
lame54
(35,360 posts)having to explain ruins it
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Mbrow
(1,090 posts)NEVER APOLOGIZE, NEVER EXPLAIN!
Thanks for the laugh... I got it right off.
braddy
(3,585 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,866 posts)She is wearing a midriff-bearing tank top in bright yellow. That together with the look she had when gazing at him, I definitely think she had the hots for him.
No accounting for taste.
Even Nixon got a chance to reproduce.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)I mean, the jokes write themselves!
oioioi
(1,127 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)Beats Trans Rectal UltraSound Ted - TRUSTED
(Google TRUS)
Nac Mac Feegle
(972 posts)Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. And the scars. And tattoos.
IMRT for prostate cancer.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)is a good friend of Trump. That's why the story ran with zero back up.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)because there are undoubtedly P.I.s loooking for dirt on him.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)but the Edwards story had back up along with a baby. This is nothing but inuendo.
basselope
(2,565 posts)I highly doubt it is BS. Anonymous had threatened to out his dalliances with prostitutes a couple of weeks ago.. I am guessing in hacking him they stumbled on some things that led in this direction.
Now the NE runs with this.
It's probably true.
But, with that said, I don't care. I didn't care when Clinton had an affair, I didn't care when Gary Hart did... the only thing that I cared about with John Edwards was the fact that he was apparently using DONATIONS to help keep it quiet.. the actual affair.. none of my business and not an indication of his ability to lead.
Yes, I hear people saying, BUT THE HYPOCRISY. They are ALL hypocrites on something.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)which he got from his Baptist Deacon Daddy, as they all do. 'It's just a part of me' he'd claim 'marriage is for one man and one woman' he'd proclaim. He did that to help cover his own tracks. He has never bothered to apologize much less to make any sort of amends for that act of exploitation and denigration of others for his own advancement.
It's the hypocrisy. Bill Clinton's affairs only mattered after DOMA, in which Bill defended Sanctified Marriage from the gays. Shortly after his own marriage was shown to be no so sanctified. He exploited us for his own sake. The virtue of those who stand as judges of others is in fact my business because they use that fake virtue to oppress me.
Without the posturing I could not care less what they do. But if you do the 'Baptist Daddy Tango' and also fuck around you are just a hypocrite and a liar and a bigot. That's John. To a lesser extent it's Bill, he had Hillary to do the 'Baptist Daddy' routine for him, he never really tried to pull off the St Bill act. She did it for him.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)that is unless you can link to instances of Bernie's hypocrisy.
Second, Crude is running as the "Anointed One" so it is entirely appropriate to call out his gross hypocrisy. If he were not so "Holier than Thou", I would agree it is not relevant. However, he is misleading his supporters and the American people so it is not only fair game but also politically correct to discuss and expose him thus.
basselope
(2,565 posts)But there are instances of hypocrisy, though not nearly on the same scale.
There was the whole Uber thing (he came out against Uber, but his campaign expenses shows he uses it almost exclusively). The F-35. Little things like that. I could find links if you want.
No one is 100% pure.. however, when it comes to degrees of honesty, Bernie is BY FAR the most honest of any major candidate I have ever seen.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)...because of the things I have said about the party."
That would be the most obvious example.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)you don't confirm that kind of story on twitter-and you better run that information by the newspaper's attorneys before stating something publically
Chiyo-chichi
(3,594 posts)So he's probably OK.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)AgerolanAmerican
(1,000 posts)if it weren't substantial there'd be no reason for the Brietbart guy to complain of being "scooped"
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)But anyone willing to freely have sex with that creepy fuck? I have a difficult time believing that.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)So U am not surprised
Vinca
(50,342 posts)doe not put out stories that will result in them being on the receiving end of a lawsuit. I imagine it's probably true, even if it's hard to believe that many women would willingly have sex with Cruz. They've brought down a number of politicians and Cruz is just the latest hypocritical GOP "family" man.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)He accused Larry Flynt of being in the gutter...Flynt said "look at what I found while i was down there."
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The only thing they are claiming here is that private detectives are looking into the possibility of Ted Cruz having had affairs - which is most likely a true statement.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)It's been rumored for awhile that Brietbart had a lead on an affair by Cruz and chose not to mention it. Probably due to the optics it would create with their being strong Trump supporters.
It's not difficult to hire some private detectives, toss some names at them, and then leak the story to a tabloid. It gives Trump plausible deniability with his supporters, and still manages to smear Cruz to an extent.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I am saying that part is most likely true, but the idea that Cruz is therefore actually having affairs with five women as some seem to be concluding is BS.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)If they'd have stopped at one, or even two it would have had a better chance of being taken seriously. As it is, I think most people know it's BS, but they're having fun with it because Cruz is a pretty vile creature.
Still, it's trending on Twitter with over 360k tweets. The National Enquirer is going to have a nice sales bump this week, and Trump is laughing his butt off right now.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I just would prefer that people reject Ted Cruz because of the policies he supports rather than because they think he had affairs.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I'm not sure where policy fits into this Republican primary.
It's the most bizarre political event I've ever witnessed.
underpants
(183,065 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)If he really is a hound, how difficult would it be for a devoted supporter set up Cruz with something like this?
Could it be designed by the Trump campaign? Sure. I'm willing to blame him. That doesn't mean Cruz didn't do it, though.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)They have a real gaudy headline with a big photo and then the article is just a bunch of allegations which are worded very carefully so they don't really say much h of anything.
They do that with Hillary and the Obamas all the time.
Bunch of hot air. But it sells.
Justice
(7,188 posts)Some interesting points in this piece
- One of the women is identified as Sarah Isgur Flores, well known political operative, and campaign manager for Carly Fiorina. And that little factoid brings an earlier discovery into question; where the Super-PAC for Ted Cruz (Keep the Promise) curiously sent the Super-PAC for Carly Fiorina (Carly for America CfA) $500,000.
- If you look up #TheThing and go back to March 10th March 14th, what youll find are multiple conversations about finding someone, anyone, to report on the Ted Cruz affairs. The group pushing for the requested articles were seemingly all supporters of Marco Rubio.
- also reminding us that someone from Cruz's senate office had an AshleyMadison account. An the lawyer for the late madam said in February had records of interest to Presidential race, but court blocked him from releasing all the records.
Other notes of interest. HMM.
twitter name for story - #CubanMistressCrisis
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)Maybe it was because Rubio dropped out and they wanted to stop Trump, but their plan was to beat Trump in Florida (which they failed miserably at) and then drop a bomb on Cruz to set up a one-on-one with Trump.
Twitter speculators think Breitbart had the story a few weeks ago but got some blowback on publishing it, so it ended up at the Enquirer.
Could it all be BS? Sure. But it's not something made up from nowhere like Aliens in New Jersey or Kim Kardishian running the Illuminati.
Reter
(2,188 posts)And he loved gay foam parties in the early 90's.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)rather than, any of the Democratic candidates, for once.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)That was one of the more embarrassing moments for our party.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)I would wait before calling is BS. Twitter is floating a rumor about a video expected to be released in a few days....
WDIM
(1,662 posts)It would be enough to ruin his campaign with the evangelical right.
The rumor itself may be enough already I've seen right-wingers blasting him for his affairs.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)because it's hard to believe anybody would have sex with him for free.
mnhtnbb
(31,428 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Duck, Donny, duck!
Oh dear, said Mother, Donny looked for a duck. But he did not see a duck. He got hit by monkey-poo!
You fling monkey-poo like a girl, said Donny
Oh, Donny, said Mother, It is not nice to say that. It is not nice to say that Teddy flings monkey-poo like a girl
I have big hands, said Donny. Look how much monkey-poo I can hold!
Oh, see Donny! See Donny fling monkey-poo! Fling, Donny, fling!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Nobody would get with him except his wife, ew.
mainer
(12,037 posts)Where there's smoke, there's fire.
krawhitham
(4,651 posts)the media refused to pick it up until they ran the pictures
Boomerproud
(7,987 posts)whether the story is true or false. He's a very nasty piece of work and he has said horrible things about liberals.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Including people we care about and respect.
Mc Mike
(9,118 posts)Peregrine Took
(7,421 posts)He's a lawyer - that would be the first thing he would say if he was innocent.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Nothing to sue about.
PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)Can you imagine that weasel with his sniveling, whiny voice trying to be all sexy?
Makes me want to vomit.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)of one of his alleged mistresses confirmed an affair. Did you see that?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)For not being from a reputable site.