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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:34 PM Mar 2016

Cruz to Trump: ‘Donald, you’re a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.’

Source: Washington Post

DANE, Wis. — Donald Trump’s ability to roil the presidential race with a few swipes of a smartphone was revealed again in Wisconsin. Before a visit to a factory, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) — the only Republican currently stumping here — had to field questions about the week’s second late-night Trump tweet that mocked the senator’s wife, Heidi.

“Our spouses and our children are off bounds,” Cruz said. “It is not acceptable for a big, loud New York bully to attack my wife. It is not acceptable for him to make insults, to send nasty tweets — and I don’t know what he does late at night, but he tends to do these at about 11:30 at night, I assume when his fear is at the highest point.”

The source of Cruz’s ire seemed, as has become Trump’s habit, petty and puerile. Trump, who has no public appearances scheduled until a March 29 rally in nearby Janesville, was angered by a Web ad from the tiny Make America Awesome PAC, allegedly targeted at Mormon voters, that displayed a salacious photo of the mogul’s wife, Melania, from a magazine shoot and warned that she could become first lady unless Utahans caucused for Cruz.

The PAC has no relationship to Cruz, but on Tuesday night, Trump warned that he would “spill the beans” about Heidi Cruz; on Wednesday night he retweeted someone who compared an unflattering photo of Mrs. Cruz to a glamorous one of Mrs. Trump.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/24/cruz-to-trump-donald-youre-a-sniveling-coward-leave-heidi-the-hell-alone/



Interesting that the article fails to mention that Ted Cruz's wife is a Goldman Sach's executive and that he secured a $1 million loan from Goldman Sachs to kick start his Senate career, so the activities of Ted's wife seem far more relevant than pictures of Trump's wife. I doubt that Ted would have misgivings about going after Bill Clinton if Hillary was the nominee.
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Cruz to Trump: ‘Donald, you’re a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.’ (Original Post) TomCADem Mar 2016 OP
Cruz & Trump display the very finest the Repubes have to offer AxionExcel Mar 2016 #1
What a gong show arikara Mar 2016 #2
no greymouse Mar 2016 #4
Certainly she is what she is arikara Mar 2016 #7
It was a stop Trump PAC that decided that. I really do not think the Cruz Goldman Sach Person 2713 Mar 2016 #9
NPR: For Some SuperPACs Backing Ted Cruz, It's Time To Unite Against Trump TomCADem Mar 2016 #23
She is a lovely woman. 840high Mar 2016 #29
Sniveling coward for President! beastie boy Mar 2016 #3
Trump is More of a Racist Blowhard, Not Sniveling TomCADem Mar 2016 #16
And he would know sniveling when he sees it . . . n/t Roy Rolling Mar 2016 #5
"Off bounds"? maxsolomon Mar 2016 #6
I caught that too Fritz Walter Mar 2016 #14
Typical. Starts fights then complains when adversaries fight back. closeupready Mar 2016 #8
How about you two settle this with an old-fashioned duel? tanyev Mar 2016 #10
You're not going to take that, are you Donald? Paladin Mar 2016 #11
Any chance we can get these two to duel? marble falls Mar 2016 #12
Why not give them both guns? meow2u3 Mar 2016 #13
Melania and Heidi are not running for president gwheezie Mar 2016 #15
Attacking another person's family is just so Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #17
Remember back in the fall Trenzalore Mar 2016 #18
cruz started this runaway hero Mar 2016 #19
Has that actually been proven? phleshdef Mar 2016 #20
An anti trump PAC runaway hero Mar 2016 #22
That doesn't mean anything phleshdef Mar 2016 #24
To me? It's TOUGH SHIT, really. If you support the idea of Super PACS and unlimited Grown2Hate Mar 2016 #25
I agree with the big picture as far as shutting down Super PACs of course. phleshdef Mar 2016 #26
But that's the FUN of Super PACs, right? Grown2Hate Mar 2016 #32
Godly Ted is in some trubbah AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #21
Three have been named... Marcuse Mar 2016 #27
Leave brittney alone! lancer78 Mar 2016 #28
NEXT UP ON THE ALL SPORTS CHANNEL whistler162 Mar 2016 #30
slap fight between the sniveling twits. Javaman Mar 2016 #31

arikara

(5,562 posts)
2. What a gong show
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:43 PM
Mar 2016

Didn't that idiot Cruz start this round himself by sending out suggestive photos of Trump's wife in order to shock Mormon women in Utah?

This is absolutely the weirdest, most disturbing election I have ever witnessed.

greymouse

(872 posts)
4. no
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:51 PM
Mar 2016

It was a pac that sent out the photos. And no one coerced Trump's wife into posing. She is what she is.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
9. It was a stop Trump PAC that decided that. I really do not think the Cruz Goldman Sach
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:08 PM
Mar 2016

connection should be off limits just because it is his wife either.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
23. NPR: For Some SuperPACs Backing Ted Cruz, It's Time To Unite Against Trump
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:54 PM
Mar 2016

Yup, Ted Cruz has no connection to these SuperPACs...

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/24/471762400/ted-cruz-banks-on-alliance-of-superpacs-in-race-against-donald-trump

As Ted Cruz insists he can still overtake GOP front-runner Donald Trump and win the Republican nomination outright, the Texas Senator has an innovative and well-funded alliance of superPACs supporting his effort.

The 2016 campaign has not been kind to presidential superPACs. The ostensibly independent committees help presidential candidates at arm's length – and with no fundraising limits – failed to help Republican hopeful Marco Rubio. And the superPAC backing former Florida Governor Jeb Bush spent more than $100 million, but couldn't get the one-time frontrunner past the first round of states.

* * *
Kellyanne Conway, a Republican pollster who runs Keep The Promise I, paraphrased donors' reactions: "Well, you have all these pro-Cruz superPACs, which one should I give to? Do the ones that are run by wealthy families even need my money? Which one is doing radio? Who's doing digital? Who's doing TV? "

To end the confusion, most of the superPACs now have consolidated under Trusted Leadership (emphasis on -ted), which itself is a superPAC. Conway heads up that one as well.

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
16. Trump is More of a Racist Blowhard, Not Sniveling
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:12 PM
Mar 2016

Snivel to means to: (1) to weep or cry with sniffling; and (2) to affect a tearful state; whine. It seems more like Ted Cruz is sniveling with his "Leave Heidi Cruz The Hell Alone," which is somewhat hypocritical given that his wife is an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, which gave Ted Cruz a huge loan to start his political career.

Now, if Ted Cruz called Trump a racist blowhard, then that would be more on point.

maxsolomon

(33,357 posts)
6. "Off bounds"?
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:52 PM
Mar 2016

OUT OF BOUNDS. Mangled metaphors make me mad.

Otherwise, tear each other apart, you loathsome narcissists. Both your wives have poisoned souls; they married you.

Paladin

(28,269 posts)
11. You're not going to take that, are you Donald?
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

Tell Cruz exactly how you feel---and don't hold back.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
15. Melania and Heidi are not running for president
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:55 PM
Mar 2016

However, Mr Trumps pictures are not private property and Mrs Cruz loan deal is fair game

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
20. Has that actually been proven?
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:34 PM
Mar 2016

A super pac started it and I've yet to see proof Cruz had anything to do with it.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
24. That doesn't mean anything
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:31 PM
Mar 2016

I'm not particularly interested in defending Ted Cruz. But we need to be honest about the things that we say.

Grown2Hate

(2,013 posts)
25. To me? It's TOUGH SHIT, really. If you support the idea of Super PACS and unlimited
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:55 PM
Mar 2016

money in politics, then guess what? You're letting that Super PAC speak for you. They can't have it both ways. I'm perfectly comfortable attributing something an Anti-Trump Super PAC says to Cruz directly. If they don't like it, work to strike down Citizen's United. Until then, reap what you sow.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
26. I agree with the big picture as far as shutting down Super PACs of course.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:58 PM
Mar 2016

But if Cruz didn't have anything to do with it, he didn't and until someone can prove he did, then saying he started it is a LIE. I care about being honest when discussing a topic.

Grown2Hate

(2,013 posts)
32. But that's the FUN of Super PACs, right?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:46 AM
Mar 2016

They can say whatever the fuck they want about your opponent, it can be SUPER effective, and you get to hide behind, "It wasn't me! I think it was DEPLORABLE!". As far as I'm concerned, he's responsible, either directly or indirectly.

 

AgerolanAmerican

(1,000 posts)
21. Godly Ted is in some trubbah
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:38 PM
Mar 2016

Yes it's National Enquirer but they got a track record of getting these right (to my previous chagrin as a fan of both Gary Hart and John Edwards), two of the mistresses have been ID'd already

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/ted-cruz-sex-scandal-mistresses-cheating-claims/

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
30. NEXT UP ON THE ALL SPORTS CHANNEL
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 10:20 AM
Mar 2016

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Javaman

(62,532 posts)
31. slap fight between the sniveling twits.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 10:20 AM
Mar 2016

more manufactured bullshit by the media to increase their ratings.

I maintain this is a completely coordinated effort between dump and ailes.

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