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[Makai]

I was sure there wouldn't be a sex scandal this year! Thank you.

 

[numble]

So what was stopping other people from finding this information? Was the DNC saving it in case he become the nominee and they use it as an October surprise? What's the deal?

The Katrina Pierson rumor was there for a long time, even people on GAF were talking about it before this story broke.

 

[Envelope]

i mean if david cameron can fuck a pig and still be prime minister, why should this stop the cruz missile?

 

[kaching]

Pls be true. Not because I wish bad things on Ted necessarily but because I just can't look at that face and not think it's up to no good at all times, on a very instinctive, almost reptilian level. I just can't have my instincts be so off base.

 

[Pepboy]

Lyin Ted.

lol

If false, could these women sue the National Enquirer for slander on the basis of inadequate anonymization? The faces were hardly blurred out

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

The Katrina Pierson rumor was there for a long time, even people on GAF were talking about it before this story broke.

But she's working for Trump now, wouldn't she be out there confirming it like gospel to help her new boss win?

 

[gutter_trash]

i mean if david cameron can fuck a pig and still be prime minister, why should this stop the cruz missile?

remember Jonh Edwards? LOL

 

[Permanently A]

SMH @ this guy

getting more ass than me.

power really is the most potent aphrodisiac

 

[Jenov]

Sleeping their way to the top bro.

Not surprising that women use sex to get ahead in life.

Ugh, gtfo with this shit.

 

[BanGy.nz]

I was sure there wouldn't be a sex scandal this year! Thank you.

In an election cycle with a Clinton and Trump running it was a sure thing, just weird it's neither of them

Spoiler

(yet)

.

Nope.

 

[Steel]

So what was stopping other people from finding this information? Was the DNC saving it in case he become the nominee and they use it as an October surprise? What's the deal?

I'm guessing they didn't really care to find out very much. He isn't really an electable candidate and even now he's unlikely to be the nominee. Releasing oppo research on someone accross the aisle before primary season ends is counter-productive in eithercase.

 

[theignoramus]

Donald is going to go the fuck off on the GOP establishment endorsing a Family Values hypocrite and philanderer.

 

[sphagnum]

I love this country so much some times.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

i mean if david cameron can fuck a pig and still be prime minister, why should this stop the cruz missile?

Because one of those things didn't actually happen..as much as i would love it to have.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

But she's working for Trump now, wouldn't she be out there confirming it like gospel to help her new boss win?

I don't think anyone is particularly eager to out themselves as a "homewrecker," Mr. Pebbles.

 

[Envelope]

Because one of those things didn't actually happen..as much as i would love it to have.

it's still true in my heart

 

[enzo_gt]

But she's working for Trump now, wouldn't she be out there confirming it like gospel to help her new boss win?

As someone replied to me earlier on this, it would destroy her career as well. Trump is likely to stay coy about Pierson specifically than throw her to the wolves, I think.

Then again politics is cutthroat and all that.

 

[numble]

But she's working for Trump now, wouldn't she be out there confirming it like gospel to help her new boss win?

- It would sink her political career as well
- I don't think primary opponents make these type of attacks, even in this primary season
- Trump also had public extramarital scandals:

 

[Paches]

This is all hilarious...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vV5jLoSmko&sns=tw

I can't take it

 

[ampere]

So what was stopping other people from finding this information? Was the DNC saving it in case he become the nominee and they use it as an October surprise? What's the deal?

Probably. If I'm the Clinton campaign and I have this information why reveal it now? More fuckery in their primary process is probably for the best

 

[RobotChant]

REPORTED

 

[innervision961]

America will be outraged..... that people are sexing with Ted Cruz eeeeewwww.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

 

[Steel]

I wonder how Pierson will react to this. On the one hand, it helps Trump if she admits to having an affair with Ted Cruz and her boss might be very much in favor of pushing this story.

On the other hand, she's directly in the middle of it and it would ruin her reputation.

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

In politics, it's suicide. In politics on the GOP side, it's even worse.

 

[DR2K]

This circus just keeps getting more excited.

 

[Hexa]

He holds the Bible high and then he puts it down and lays random women.

 

[BanGy.nz]

Releasing oppo research on someone accross the aisle before primary season ends is counter-productive in eithercase.

Edmund Muskie wishes that were true

 

[Permanently A]

Why did a Ted Cruz super PAC give $500,000 to Carly Fiorina’s?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news.../?postshare=9641458877974512&tid=ss_tw-bottom

Now we know.

 

[A Human Becoming]

Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true.

 

[Fedelias]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

No, but it's certainly hypocritical coming from the family values espousing Ted Cruz.

 

[Xe4]

On one hand the source. Yeah they made some stories that went big but their batting average is shit.

On the other hand, yeah I could see Ted being a cheeting asshole. He's an asshole in all other respects too.

 

[Makai]

Just wait, guys. Bill Clinton has an alleged recent mistress. Imagine that coming out in the general...

 

[Kalnos]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

ok

 

[johnsmith]

Columnist for the Washington Times, but still. That's almost like a real newspaper.

I'm expecting Buzzfeed to run their story tomorrow.

 

[kess]

I wonder how Pierson will react to this. On the one hand, it helps Trump if she admits to having an affair with Ted Cruz and her boss might be very much in favor of pushing this story.

On the other hand, she's directly in the middle of it and it would ruin her reputation.

What is this reputation thing you talk about

 

[Oddduck]

Drew Johnson from Washington Times:

https://twitter.com/Drews_Views/status/713222276875812865

COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by the National Enquirer are accurate
#TRUMP #CRUZ #TCOT

Edit: johnsmith beat me to the punch.

 

[Makai]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

Sounds like New York values to me!

 

[Downhome]

He holds the Bible up high, then he puts it down, and then he liiiiiiiiies.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

It's not a crime, but it would make him look like an immense hypocrite. The guy running his campaign entirely on southern fundamentalist Christianity being exposed as an adulterer? The optics alone would end his career.

 

[Squire]

As someone replied to me earlier on this, it would destroy her career as well. Trump is likely to stay coy about Pierson specifically than throw her to the wolves, I think.

Then again politics is cutthroat and all that.

Trump might just toss her on the fire like a hotlink. He's reckless and she can be replaced.

 

[Steel]

What is this reputation thing you talk about

Yeah. I couldn't type that with a straight face when talking about Pierson. But she certainly thinks she has a reputation worth maintaining. Probably.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

No, but it's certainly hypocritical coming from the family values espousing Ted Cruz.

He's republican of course he's hypocritical.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Ha, man this tweet.

Anyone else get a Clinton / Lewinsky vibe here? Just askin' questions

Seems like Conservative Twitter knew what was up for a while.

 

[RageWaffles]

If false, could these women sue the National Enquirer for slander on the basis of inadequate anonymization? The faces were hardly blurred out

Hopefully. That's some incredibly poor anonymization. I feel bad for them.

 

[Hexa]

lol. I brought up the WashTimes columnist on page 1 and everyone ignored it. xD

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I dunno, the timing is a little too perfect. Color me skeptical until some actual journalism gets done.

 

[sphagnum]

Weird thing to care about. Adultery isn't a crime.

This is America, not France. And for a man promoting himself as being a conservative Christian, this is massive hypocrisy. If Trump did the same thing he'd just laugh it off and nobody would really care because they'd expect it of him, but Cruz tries to project an image of himself that is held to a higher standard of personal conduct.

 

[BanGy.nz]

lol. I brought up the WashTimes columnist on page 1 and everyone ignored it. xD

Everyone should ignore the Washington Times.

 

[johnsmith]

lol. I brought up the WashTimes columnist on page 1 and everyone ignored it. xD

Sorry, we were all too busy throwing up.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Columnist for the Washington Times, but still. That's almost like a real newspaper.

I'm expecting Buzzfeed to run their story tomorrow.

Drew Johnson from Washington Times:

https://twitter.com/Drews_Views/status/713222276875812865