Posted on 02/05/2016 9:38:41 PM PST by Red Steel
INDEPENDENCE - This was something new for Naomi Probert: Stand in front of a crowd of 500 people and tell them why she feels someone should be elected president of the United States.
The married mother of adopted Haitian children ages 5 and 6 found one candidate spoke to her heart: Dr. Ben Carson.
She and her family met Carson, personally, a day earlier in Manchester. The experience only reinforced her support for him.
So much so, she was willing to speak on his behalf at her Republican precinct caucus Monday night at Independence High School. In fact, her kids helped hand out literature for him. Supporting Carson was, for the Proberts, a family affair.
"I'd never done anything like this before," she said. "I felt really passionate about Dr. Carson. We were inspired by Dr. Carson's story. I volunteered to talk for him. And you get all revved up to speak to 500 people."
Then, the unthinkable happened.
A lady who had just checked her smart phone said the campaign of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz "just informed us that there's a CNN story that he (Carson) is out of the race and he's endorsed (Sen. Ted) Cruz," Probert related. She had already risen to speak.
"There was a gasp in the audience," Probert related. "I was just devastated. I got emotional. I said, 'My husband and I live here in Independence with our two Haitian children. We were inspired by Dr. Carson's story...'"
That was as far as she got. Overcome by emotion, she sat down.
She and her husband, Stephen, got on their smartphones to find the story in question. They didn't. "We said, 'This isn't true. We were duped.’" The report said Carson was going home “for a fresh suit of clothes" the day after the caucuses instead of heading straight to New Hampshire - not that he was dropping out of the race. But it triggered speculation.
"It was a complete fabrication. He didn't endorse anyone," Probert said. She and her husband knew if Carson was withdrawing, he would say so directly to his supporters. She asked to finish her remarks.
"They allowed me to do that," Probert said. "I don't know if the damage had been done," - if the initial, incorrect announcement had swayed anyone.
"My speculation was that it was a media-driven thing, but I wasn't sure," Probert said.
Cruz, a day after the caucuses, apologized for what ultimately was attributed to a misinterpretation of Carson's statements to CNN about taking a break after Iowa. A subsequent CNN report and local Republican officials noted U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Cruz state campaign chair, had retweeted the incorrect information.
"I would say, being he (Carson) isn't a career politician, he probably doesn't calculate all of his statements" and how they might be used against him, Probert said.
"Dr. Carson accepted the apology" by Cruz. "In that sense, it's kind of been taken care of," Probert said. But Carson also called for accountability in several interviews. A Carson campaign email Thursday bearing a subject line "Dirty tricks?" said that, while some CNN commentators shared blame for "openly speculating" Carson was calling it quits, "it is unacceptable that Cruz's campaign would dishonestly twist and distort the CNN report to manipulate Carson supporters into switching their caucus vote at the last minute."
Donald Trump's continued criticism of Cruz over the matter "can only hurt Carson and Cruz," Probert suggested. "Trump's trying to take advantage of this and it's going to hurt them both. That's not good.
"I don't hold anything against anyone local," Probert said. "I really do feel like it's beyond a local thing. I think a lot of people in America are just really tired of politics as usual. That’s why Dr. Carson, being an outsider, that he's been so successful."
Probert is still committed to Carson as long as he's a candidate. She is a 1995 graduate of Cedar Falls High School.
“Maybe that should tell you it’s not a non story?
If this was something Trump or Bush did, I can guarantee you that all of the people screaming that this is nothing, would be posting about it non-stop and demanding that either be kicked out of the race.”
Yes, we all pick and choose exactly which stories we get fifth-hand from a media we universally do not trust are given weight. Very reliable. The ones you choose must be facts, because you chose them, right? This is a theoretical claim, a hypothetical, that did not happen. Eg; “If Bush or Trump”. And I am not screaming nor posting about it nonstop. I am expressing irritation that this act of normal electioneering is such a rich vein of spin. Now about your guarantee: Where in synthetic-land would I go to redeem it? Would I be synthetically redeeming it, or just settling for the verbiage of your claim? Maybe it’s equivalently meaningless.
If you were in charge of reality, things would be different, I get that. You get that.
+1
Cruz doesn’t lie he is a perfect conservative. He embodies everything it means to be an American
This for all those who wanted a name of a person affected. Here’s a whole family. Watch the Christian Cruzers tear this lady apart.
Don’t worry. The Christian followers of St. Cruz aren’t known for their sympathy. You can stay as hard and as cold as ever.
You don’t think the Cruz campaign sends emails to their own people? How do they communicate, through media press releases?
“So what? Yesterday, all of you people were laughing that there was no one. You’d laugh if it was 20 or 100 or 1000. Because you guys want Cruz by hook or crook. I guess it’ll be the latter.”
Same group calling themselves Christians. Pretend they don’t like sleazy tactics. Right.
Look how sleazy the camp of St. Cruz is willing to get over one delegate. Following their leader.
“I only engage with people whose IQ is seemingly over 80, otherwise I would have to shoot myself from frustration.”
You need to stick your nose up in the air a little bit higher. Not quite there yet but you’re close. Your arrogance so compliments your cloak of Christianity.
Wow, Cruz has sunk even deeper into the dirty politics pit. Now the truth comes out that staffers said Carson endorsed Cruz!
I’m not even going to read the comments by Cruz supporters - I know what they’ll say.
1. It’s ok to lie.
2. It’s Carson’s fault and/or Carson supporters fault that Cruz lied.
Just shows - Cruz is dirty through and through. And his supporters must be the same, if this dirty politics is just fine with them. I’m sure not all do, but the ones here sure seem to. I’m not at all surprised - most were quite .... odd.... even before this happened. The pack that left FR are calling Trump the anti-Christ! There is something about Cruz that leaves people that support him a bit odd. (And I am being VERY kind). There is something terribly wrong with him to have that effect on people.
So in short, you basically agree.
Exactly. I agree with myself. What fun!
It’s been a disappointment to read some of the comments from people I know from the evangelical/Catholic threads! They need to find some Biblical quotes to support cheating caucus voters...
The guy didn’t have a realistic chance for the nomination. He doesn’t have the “it” factor to be the prez.
How did cruz twist and distort?
The over the top followers of ___________(fill in the blank) aren’t known for their sympathy. I am neither hard or cold, except when having tripe foisted upon me by people that post garbage on FR to promote their chosen instead of meaningful intelligent articles that promote intelligent discussion in an effort to draw someone to their candidate. Most of the time the articles posted are complete feces dug up from sites and authors that are normally sneered at on FR. So as long as I’m looking at those articles, from either side, I’ll stay cold and hard, thank you very much.
Stop with the logic.
Just stop.
You know Ted is evil. He was like, born in Canadaaaa. And we ALL know how inherently evil people born in Canada are.
Plus, he’s just like Obaaamaaa because like, ya know, they went to the same school and all and well, aren’t you just exactly like every person who graduated from the same school as you? Oh and they’re both lawyers...what does that tell ya, huh? huh?
And like, he’s not American. Ya know. and he was mean to Dr. Carson and lied and said Dr carson was taking a break from campaigning and like ya know, that was NOT TRUE. Dr Carson wasnt planning a break, he was just, um, going home for some R and R, and ya know, like get some clean clothes and then IN A FEW DAYS was planning on being right back, in, like, ya know New Hampshurrr...ya got that? Going home in the middle of like, a caucus, and getting some R&R for a few days before going to NH is NOT the same as like, ya know, taking a break!
Plus shouldn’t people know betterrr than to trust the news? They like, CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. Gahhhhh....everyone knows that, who does that? Who goes by what the news tells them? THEY ALWAYS LIE which is why I can’t believe you can’t, like, see that Ted was lying and like broke the law, and I know this because like the news says he lied, so there you have it!
What’s wrong with you constitution hating, establishment type, illegal loving cruzers? Gaahhh...
Cruz lied about Carson?
He didn’t
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