Posted on 03/26/2016 11:46:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The entire despicable affair regarding the absolutely destructive behavior of Donald Trump has, in my opinion, been orchestrated to maximize the sleaze affect in order to suppress the Cruz vote. Since Trump is maxxed out on being able to get new voters, he is now trying to prevent Cruz from amassing enough votes to win at a contested convention.
Keep in mind my contention that the entire focus of this sequence of events is based upon the fact that the biggest enemy in the GOP primary is not Trump, but Ted Cruz. So let’s take a look at the start of the sequence.
The SuperPAC called “Make America Awesome” is a corny-sounding spoof of Donald Trump’s slogan (stolen from Reagan, by the way) “Make America Great Again.” It feature a nude picture of Trump’s wife, Melania, lying on a mink rug (hello, PETA?). The picture is contemporarily tasteful for GQ, and I have no qualms about it in that sense.
The ad was ostensibly supposed to repel Mormon voters from Donald Trump. It may have worked to a small degree, though I believe the vast majority of Utah voters have other issues with Mssr. Trump. But the first thing that made me suspicious, as any rational constitutional conservative, is the message on the ad: MEET MELANIA TRUMP. YOUR NEXT FIRST LADY. OR, YOU COULD SUPPORT TED CRUZ ON TUESDAY.
Just like clockwork, Trump reacted and started the entire sequence of events in which he accused Cruz of putting out the ad, and you know the rest of the sordid story. But back to “Make America Awesome.”
For the record: I believe that “Make America Awesome” is a “TrollPAC” which is used strictly to denigrate.
From Open Secrets:
Official PAC Name:
MAKE AMERICA AWESOME
Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA 22313
Industry: Unknown
Treasurer: MARSTON, CHRIS
FEC Committee ID: C00594176
(Look up actual documents filed at the FEC)
Total Receipts $20,752 Total Spent $5,940 Begin Cash on Hand $0 End Cash on Hand $14,812 Debts $12,491 Independent Expenditures $18,800 Date of last report February 29, 2016 2016 PAC Contribution Data
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients) $0 Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more ( list donors) $2,000 Individual donors gave 7 large ($200+) contributions to this PAC in 2015-2016.
Contrib Occupation Date Amount SHEFFER, ANN
WESTPORT, CT 06880PHILANTHROPIST 01/12/16 $500 WURTZEL, NATHAN
CHANTILLY, VA 20152THE CATALYST GROUP 01/09/16 $250 GLOVER, JULEANA
WASHINGTON, DC 20008PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 12/29/15 $250 BAILEY, PAUL
MATTOON, IL 61938PRESTON HUNTER 01/31/16 $250 HAYWARD, ALLISON
CAMBRIA, CA 93428ATTORNEY 01/19/16 $250 MCGRATH, BRYAN
EASTON, MD 21601THE FERRY BRIDGE GROUP, LLC 01/23/16 $250 NICHOLS, JAMES
INFO REQ, VA 11111INFO REQ 01/14/16 $250
First up: Who is Chris Marston? From LinkedIn (Note: Free LinkedIn membership required to view profiles):
A political consulting company, offering general consulting, campaign finance compliance, and other campaign support services. From his website:
Election CFO provides a full-range of campaign finance services, providing only the services you need. We recognize every organization is different and customize our offerings accordingly. You only pay for the services you use.
From straight compliance reviews and response to FEC inquiries to managing the full range of banking services – merchant accounts, website credit card acceptance, remote deposit, debit cards – to budget development and monitoring, Election CFO is ready to help.
His life experience? He ran for clerk of Alexandria County (unsuccessfully), he clerked for Rob Portman in congress, and he’s done a lot of consultin’ for the Establishment. As such, he’s an INTEGRAL part of K Street…not exactly a Ted Cruz supporter.
Now for the donors. There were only six listed donors who gave over $200 who account for only $2,000 collectively, or less than 10% of the entire $20,752 raised to date. I can list five of the donors’ here.
First on the list, $500 donor Ann Sheffer. Her pedigree? She is a philanthropist of the Arts, who once worked for Bill Clinton. From The Westport News:
Sheffer has been a lead advocate for arts funding on the local, state, and national levels, according to Kristin Briner, Westport Arts Center board member, and co-chairwoman of the 2014 gala. Sheffer served on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities under President Bill Clinton and was instrumental in the creation of the Westport Arts Advisory Committee. She currently serves on the Connecticut Advisory Committee for Culture and the Westport Country Playhouse board of trustees.
RE: Looking up Liz mark on twitter,then look at her client list,carly,perry,walker
Does being a client of someone automatically mean that the client are responsible for everything?
*mair
This whole thing smells like a Clinton Machine false flag provocation.
It's called "Ready to Rise..." :-P
Read Liz Maiers resume.
Shes worked for both of them
Ask a question and move the goalposts is a democrat tactic
I keep getting a 404 when I go to that link
Ask a question and move the goalposts is a democrat tactic
RE: Ask a question and move the goalposts is a democrat tactic
Not necessarily. Asking for evidence is a legitimate way of finding out whether or not a statement is valid.
RE: I keep getting a 404 when I go to that link
Me too. Luckily I copied the entire article.
They must have brought the link down.
It’s happened to me many times for previous articles ( not related to Red State ).
Well, those facts lie. If The Don says Ted did it, then Ted did it. And if the evidence says otherwise, then OBVIOUSLY the evidence lies.
There was no attribution/author on your posting. That is what I wanted to see. Do you think they took it down because it was inaccurate?
Are you this dumb? The pic was owned by GQ. It was a photo shoot for that magazine. Capiche?
I ask for a credible source for your claim that Jeff Roe ‘ordered’ the pic from GQ and passed it to Liz Mair. Unless you cite such a source, you should ask a moderator to delete your comment, and you should apologize to Jeff Roe.
Looks like redstste simply copied information just copied info from opensecrets or maybe from the FEC.
https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/contrib_all.php?cmte=C00594176&type=A
GQ confirmed that Jeff Roe ordered the picture FROM THEM. Seriously... learn how to read.
Was this at RedState? Link doesn’t work now.
Nailed it!!! Awesome post.
...”Is it really THAT hard to just pop onto TV and say “I don’t approve of these type of ads”....
It’s not that it is hard or not....it’s determining the battles your going to fight knowing all to well no matter what is said it’s going to be spun far differently then intended.
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