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..... The Cruzers took the words flying to FL and opportunistically turned it into Carson is quitting so caucus w/ Cruz. Combined with their sleazy, dishonest flyers they show Cruz to be the a**hole people who know him well say he is. Cruz was one of my top choices before Trump, and I still wanted him to be AG or SCOTUS justice. But I like him less and less as this goes on......

Just a little aside----Ben Carson's wife was at an Iowa caucus when Cruz/s desperate trick to get votes was in play. She asked if she could speak on the subject....she told the caucus goers none of it was true....Carson was still running. Incidentally, Carson won that caucus.

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Greta V/S is not a Carson supporter.....but she went ballistic when she reported on the Cruz campaign/s intellectually facile response to his critics. ...claiming they used Carson/s own resignations words....when no such words exist.

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.....reports indicate that the schemers who did this were hired PRECISELY by Cruz b/c they did it before. That Cruz keeps them on his payroll, suggests the report is accurate.

Nice take. The evidence is all there for a criminal complaint. Cruz was caught w/ his pants down. Cruz had victory without triumph.

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Karl Rove, not a Trump fan by any means, explained how the Cruz cheating could have cost Donald the election.

The Cruz Campaign tweeted: Press says Carson is going to take a break...... so tell all the Carson people to campaign with Cruz.

But Rove explains that at 7:53 the Carson people send out a release saying, We/re here. We/re staying in the race. We/re going to New Hampshire and South Carolina.

And at 8:20 Cruz campaign chief Steve King tweets deceptively: It looks like Carson is getting out of the race...... knowing full well this was inaccurate.

Cruz characteristically lies.....said we sent it to our team, insinuating this had to do with sending it out to staff members.

W-r-o-n-g...says Rove. The Cruz team sent this to nearly 1,500 Cruz precinct captains.

Now why does that matter? The gap between Trump and Cruz is 6,239 votes. There are 1,500 precincts. Do the math. If that message cost Carson four votes per precinct to switch to Cruz, then Cruz beats Trump. If opportunistic Cruz hadn/t manipulated those four votes, he/d be the loser.

Now why does that matter? The gap between Trump and Cruz is 6,239 votes. There are 1,500 precincts. Do the math. If that message cost Carson four votes per precinct to switch to Cruz, then Cruz beats Trump. If opportunistic Cruz hadn/t manipulated those four votes, he/d be the loser.

Typical three-card monte from Rove. How did he come up with 4 votes per precinct as a plausible number? Why not 14? Or 24? Maybe the Cruz folks flipped 34 gullible Carson supporters per precinct. Who knows? Without this trickery, perhaps Carson would have received 36% of the vote in Iowa and vanquished the entire field. Or better yet maybe every Republican in Iowa had intended to vote for Carson, and 114 per percent were duped. There's just as much evidence for 114 as there is for 4.

Of course, the true number of duped Carson supporters stands at 0 per precinct. Here we are five days later, and not a SINGLE Iowan has come forward to say, 'Hey, I walked into that caucus to vote for Carson, and those nasty Cruz supporters tricked me into changing my vote." Not a single one.

And if Donald showed up for the debate and had a better ground game and..and..and..if..if..if. my god you people sound like two years olds.

Pathetic

Let me put it plainly, and I wish that the Cruz campaign had. Carson's campaign for some idiotic reason put out language that to any reasonable political observer (Given the state of his campaign) would interpret as him quitting the race. His campaign took advantage of it.

People on this site are constantly complaining that the Republicans (see McCain, Romney) never want to take it to the Democrats. Every election we hear from FReepers why didn't our candidate go for the throat. I want a candidate who's smart enough to recognize an opening and has no qualms about going in to debowel their opponent.

But Rove explains that at 7:53 the Carson people send out a release saying, We/re here. We/re staying in the race. We/re going to New Hampshire and South Carolina.

And at 8:20 Cruz campaign chief Steve King tweets deceptively: It looks like Carson is getting out of the race...... knowing full well this was inaccurate.

So how does Carl Rove King knew about the updated tweet?

He of course doesn't.

So how does Carl Rove know King knew about the updated tweet?