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Team Carson furious with Cruz
The Hill ^ | 4 Feb 16 | Easley

Posted on 02/04/2016 7:05:03 AM PST by xzins

Ben Carson and his closest advisers are going nuclear against Ted Cruz and his campaign for spreading false rumors that he intended to drop out ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

Carson's close friend and adviser Armstrong Williams told The Hill in an interview on Wednesdaythat the Cruz campaign’s tactics were 'nasty, brutal and deceitful.'

'We've been told all along that Cruz's operatives play dirty and were capable of this stuff, but Dr. Carson never believed it, he felt like they had a respectable operation,' Williams said. 'Now we see firsthand that having integrity just doesn't matter to them. It's about honor and character, either you have it or you don'.t'

Williams said he's certain that Cruz knew the rumors about him dropping out were false but says the Texas Republican allowed his underlings to spread it anyway.

'He's a pure politician and will do anything to win,' Williams said. 'It doesn't matter who he does it to, friend or foe, whatever it takes to win. Cruz has been running as an outsider and calling Hillary Clinton dishonest. Well, Cruz is the one running without honor or integrity, and this shows he's just like everyone else inside-the-beltway.'

Carson has demanded Cruz fire those responsible for spreading the rumor, but Cruz has said he won't do that.

"After all the candidates worked so hard, and Dr. Ben Carson had a staff member lose his life working towards this day, to have someone like Cruz and his people deceive and spread falsehoods is unconscionable," Williams said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carson; cruz; dirtytricks; fraud; gossip; nointegrity; tedcruz; votefraud
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To: DannyTN

Ahhh Danny, thought you were still mourning in sackcloth and ashes over that great Trump tidal wave that never materialized.

BTW, that idea is nuts! Not you, my friend, your idea!


321 posted on 02/04/2016 4:39:30 PM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: xzins

What I think is so hypocritical is how Trump is just dripping honey over Carson when it wasn’t but about a month ago that he was practically accusing him of being worse than a child molester! Real class Don. Trumpetettes, don’t call it principle. Call it naked politics to try to take away from Cruz’s deserved credit for his Iowa win!


322 posted on 02/04/2016 4:43:20 PM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: xzins

Wasn’t Walter Williams the one who was rubbing people in the Carson campaign so raw that some quit over him?


323 posted on 02/04/2016 4:44:51 PM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: gbscott1954

Armstrong wasn’t it?


324 posted on 02/04/2016 4:45:47 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

I think Carson should fire the guy that told his staff he was going to Florida to do laundry rather than going on to New Hampshire.


325 posted on 02/04/2016 4:50:20 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

Me too. Or get him out of press agent role.


326 posted on 02/04/2016 4:53:43 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

Actually, I was referring to the candidate himself.


327 posted on 02/04/2016 4:57:39 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: xzins

Yes, you are right. My bad!


328 posted on 02/04/2016 5:31:34 PM PST by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: fireman15

There’s something about Cruz that doesn’t sit right with me. Maybe he’s trying too hard to look like the nice guy, but he comes off as a whiner.


329 posted on 02/04/2016 6:26:05 PM PST by fivecatsandadog ( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will thank allah for the radicals who kill you.)
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To: dynoman

So just any source will do?

Anyone can write a blog claim and say anything they want.


330 posted on 02/04/2016 6:28:37 PM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: dynoman

You said check out this tweet by Dan Gabriel who works for Cruz.

LIE.


331 posted on 02/04/2016 6:31:50 PM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: gbscott1954

I was dissapointed. I wanted Trump to win all 50 states. But that wave still looks like it’s coming next week with N.H.


332 posted on 02/04/2016 6:33:17 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DrewsMum

That’s what multiple sources said, that he is Cruz’s PR man.


333 posted on 02/04/2016 8:44:57 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Mercat

Because you are not a viable candidate someone has the right to make you less viable ????


334 posted on 02/04/2016 8:55:21 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: dynoman

“Multiple sources” interesting. I’ve never heard anyone named MULTIPLE before.

Who are these “multiple sources?”


335 posted on 02/05/2016 8:21:12 AM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: driftdiver; lodi90
lodi90 wrote: Not at all. Rubio isn't running as a "consistent conservative" (TM) or "principled conservative" (TM). Only Saint Rafael is doing that while smearing everybody else.

driftdiver replied: You're parsing words which is tantamount to a lie. You're helping Rubio win. Period end of story.

No need to get nasty or accuse other freepers of lying, driftdiver.

lodi90 was only rightly pointing out that His High Holiness Saint Rafael Cruz of Manitoba is a smear artist.

336 posted on 02/05/2016 9:37:53 AM PST by an amused spectator (Hillary For Prison 2016)
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To: DrewsMum

Have you tried an internet search?


337 posted on 02/05/2016 1:19:48 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

You’re hilarious.

Why do I need to do an Internet search? I know Dan! He doesn’t work for Cruz. He just supports him.

You still haven’t provided any sources.


338 posted on 02/05/2016 1:38:47 PM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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To: DrewsMum

Search to see sources.


339 posted on 02/05/2016 1:51:30 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

You are the one who made the statement. I’m not going to search for sources for you.

You don’t have a credible one. I know that.

You do too.


340 posted on 02/05/2016 2:12:50 PM PST by DrewsMum (If they wanted a conservative, they'd vote for one.)
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