[DIRTYSECRET]

The NE has a history of being right? Just ask Carol Burnett.

[arl295]

The establishment doesn’t know what to do here

They even knew of Cruz’s “problems” I guess they were hoping they get to out him right before the convention and had the nomination over to JEB or Romney.

But right now is a disaster for them

[surroundedbyblue]

The Cruzbots have been curiously eager to look the other way on this, as if St Ted is beyond reproach. The only squawking I hear from them is feeble attempts to blame the whole scandal on Trump despite evidence to the contrary. Sad. These people are no better than the die-hard Obama supporters who still stand by their man no matter his attempts at destroying everything this country once stood for.

[SampleMan]

Mistresses could make Cruz more Trumplike, thus increasing his appeal, right?

[conservativejoy]

The article starts off stating as fact something that the NE reported as rumor. No need to read further.

[DaltonNC]

Yes, time for Cruz to prove the Enquirer is wrong.
Make them show you the proof.
Now why has Cruz not sued the Enquirer-WHY

If this is lies the Enquirer would be making a retraction now.

[dfwgator]

So we took our missiles out of Turkey.

Heck, in hindsight, I would have just let the Russians have Turkey.

[RummyChick]

At least it brought the 500k donation to Carly issue to the forefront.

Still waiting on the answer to that weird donation.

[TontoKowalski]

It all depends. If this is a one-off "scandal" published by the National Enquirer, this race shuttles along much the same as before.

If there's a followup with more substance, then he's sunk.

I suspect this is a "death by a thousand cuts" story. Under my scenario, there will be a steady drip-drip-drip of allegations. There is an awful lot of circumstantial "evidence" in the blogosphere.

I'm wondering what the NE has lined up. Maybe nothing. Maybe a kill shot.

[beejaa]

Remember the National Enquirer going after Carson when Carson briefly started challenging Trump in the polls? “Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!” Why would the National Enquirer publish such a story?

“…Trump and Enquirer CEO David Pecker have been friends for years. “They’re very close,” said a source close to the Enquirer.”

Why does anybody believe these stories?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/trumps-alliance-with-the-national-enquirer.html

[dware]

1. Why was $500k given by a Cruz Pac to his rival, Fiorina, in June of 2015?

2. Why was Heidi Cruz sitting on the side of a highway, when a cop found her to be a danger to herself?

3. Where are the defamation lawsuits?

These are not hard questions for Cruz to answer, and he should. Unless, of course, they are politically damaging...

[builder]

I am a Cruz supporter. And I have been relatively quiet about this because so far it is unfounded conjecture.
But if the details prove true, it will certainly dent some of my enthusiasm for him.
However, what should we do ? Switch to a candidate that is an admitted and serial adulterer. (Trump) or to an enabler of adultry ( Hillary) ?
So perhaps you can see the reticence of Cruz supporters to jump into the fray at this time.
Plus , not many Cruz supporters stay involved in Freerepublic anymore at this time. The vitriolic against them and their supported candidate has been extreme. And has become very Huffington Post like. We have reached tabloid journalism levels only occasionally reached before during my many years here.
So, hence much of the quiet.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

We have a dozen plus threads on this. Here is some of Amanda Carpenter’s twitter feed that Free Republican members saved before she deleted them. Plus, a few more good photos.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3414519/posts?page=118#118 share cheesecake with ‘him’ at 3AM 4/2/15

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413970/posts?page=135#135 his/her churchill tattoos 4/1/14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414247/posts?page=142#142 married men are cool 11/9/14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414247/posts?page=179#179 daddy cruz is coming 12/22/15

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414267/posts?page=13#13 having good time, tats & fun 5AM 11AM 4/1/14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414267/posts?page=71#71 Mile high stealyourwoman? 6/14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414312/posts?page=14#14 multi-tweet multi date collage

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3414312/posts?page=27#27 sleep w/boss & frigid wives DC women 2/16/14

And:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3413620/posts?page=18#18 Breitbart sits on scandal 2/2/16

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3414444/posts?page=1#1
CIA deception experts on Ted 3/16

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3414598/posts?page=10#10 TC creepy stage kiss

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3414519/posts?page=135#135 Bernie hearts BBW

[TexasCajun]

Ted Cruz, such the Alpha Male!

[John Valentine]

The most important news this past week was the revelation that Ted Cruz has had at least five and may even eight mistresses during the recent past.

Oh my God, 'Coach', you need to parse your words more carefully. Really.

There has been NO such revelation. Even the National Enquirer made no such allegations. They carefully framed everything as rumors and talk that they are reporting on.

Sure, it is a fact that Trump hatchet man Roger Stone is going around saying unsubstantiated things. That's true. And it is THAT the Examiner reported.

So, 'Coach', if you want to tell the truth, you ought to be reporting like this: The most important news this past week was the revelation that Donald Trump, acting through his surrogate, Roger Stone, has been peddling the totally unsubstantiated story that Ted Cruz has had at least five mistresses during the recent past.

At least that would be honest. But since you are a Trump supporter, it's no great leap for you to lie on his behalf, apparently.

[cincinnati65]

The only problem the Establishment has with the Cruz story is that it came out too soon. This is what they were going to use to throw him under the bus, and install their own candidate, after getting rid of Trump.

[bigbob]

The allegations are true, but obviously not easy to substantiate because the whole idea of having secret affairs was for them to be secret.

It will end Cruz’s political career, and the sooner the better. But some times it takes a while for people to self-destruct.