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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: don-o on May 04, 2016, 10:46:07 pm
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Carson floats Cruz as attorney general to go after Clinton
By Brianna Gurciullo
05/04/16 04:52 PM EDT
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/ben-carson-ted-cruz-attorney-general-clinton-222814
Ben Carson has a plan for Ted Cruz now that the Texas senator has dropped out of the GOP presidential race: attorney general, then Supreme Court justice under a Trump administration.
When Fox News Radio’s John Gibson asked Carson on Wednesday whether it would be “smart” for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to offer Cruz a position on the Supreme Court, he said yes.
“I think he would be terrific on the Supreme Court, or I think he would be a terrific attorney general. Or he could be both,” Carson said. “He could be attorney general first, you know, go ahead and prosecute Hillary, and then go on the Supreme Court.”
Gibson went on to ask the former presidential candidate whom Trump should choose as his running mate.
“I wouldn’t advise him to pick me,” Carson said. “I would advise him to pick someone who really is willing and able to take a significant part of the load.”
The retired neurosurgeon endorsed Trump in March after he dropped his own presidential bid. Trump said on Wednesday that Carson would serve on his selection committee for his future running mate.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/ben-carson-ted-cruz-attorney-general-clinton-222814#ixzz47jJr44FZ
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Is Carson sitting the Cabinet....he's also on the Veep squad.... :smokin:
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BTW....How can Trump even consider hiring LYING-TED for his admin............/s
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Still baffled and, yes, disappointed that Ben threw in with the amoral Donald Trump.
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Team Trump is still attacking Ted today and defending the slur against his father.
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BTW....How can Trump even consider hiring LYING-TED for his admin............/s
That oft repeated slur precludes any role fot Cruz in a mythical Trump administration IMHO.
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Cruz would do a spectacular job as either AG or a SCOTUS justice. I prefer Cruz on SCOTUS and Paul Clement as AG. Trump would be wise to consider Cruz.
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BTW....How can Trump even consider hiring LYING-TED for his admin............/s
It's politics, Myst. And Cruz will ultimately turn up on the Trump Train --- if he plans to stay in national politics. Cruz cannot afford to become more of an outlier in the GOP than he is already.
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It's politics, Myst. And Cruz will ultimately turn up on the Trump Train --- if he plans to stay in national politics. Cruz cannot afford to become more of an outlier in the GOP than he is already.
That's beyond politics..that is character assassination
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Cruz would do a spectacular job as either AG or a SCOTUS justice. I prefer Cruz on SCOTUS and Paul Clement as AG. Trump would be wise to consider Cruz.
I would love to see it to...but i don't know how we get there from here.
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BTW....How can Trump even consider hiring LYING-TED for his admin............/s
Remember Reagan and G H W Bush? Cruz has been in politics long enough to know what is show.
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Remember Reagan and G H W Bush? Cruz has been in politics long enough to know what is show.
You think Reagan would've tolerated his primary opponent treating Nancy the way Trump treated Heidi?
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I would love to see it to...but i don't know how we get there from here.
Me neither.
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I would love to see it to...but i don't know how we get there from here.
It IS politics, and I bet RiV is right - soon, Ted Cruz will endorse Trump.
He'll do it to preserve and further his future in politics because he's smart.
The thing that's different about Trump is that he really is a smart guy that likes to come across with a braggadocious New York attitude and it catches people off-guard. It's politics and Cruz knows it too.
It's all kabuki theater.
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It's politics, Myst. And Cruz will ultimately turn up on the Trump Train --- if he plans to stay in national politics. Cruz cannot afford to become more of an outlier in the GOP than he is already.
No he won't. Neither he nor Rubio, who both have great political futures, are going to soil themselves by bathing in the Trump sewer water.
Listen here, RIV. The GOPe is backing Trump (and that ought to make you, of all people, gag). But there is a huge swath of Republicans who have turned their backs on the party and on Trump.
Did you hear? Trump's back on his Touchback Amnesty plan? Deport 11 million, bring them all back and legalize them. An amnesty.
That will never happen, of course, but Trump's waving his.......hands around saying it will.
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That's beyond politics..that is character assassination
It's still politics, Myst. We've simply not had a Republican fighter before.
When Trump points out, over and over and over again, Hillary's flaws, will this be character assassination, too?
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It IS politics, and I bet RiV is right - soon, Ted Cruz will endorse Trump.
He'll do it to preserve and further his future in politics because he's smart.
The thing that's different about Trump is that he really is a smart guy that likes to come across with a braggadocious New York attitude and it catches people off-guard. It's politics and Cruz knows it too.
It's all kabuki theater.
Ted Cruz's message to Trump should be: KMA.
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You think Reagan would've tolerated his primary opponent treating Nancy the way Trump treated Heidi?
That was a different time. My point being that Reagan was forced into taking Bush as his VP. Bush wasn't his choice.
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Ted Cruz's message to Trump should be: KMA.
And it may well be. But I hope he does that prepared to find another political party or job. :shrug:
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It's still politics, Myst. We've simply not had a Republican fighter before.
When Trump points out, over and over and over again, Hillary's flaws, will this be character assassination, too?
All she has to do is quote his "blood flowing out of her wherever"s. THAT is NOT character assassination. It is quoting a scoundrel's own words.
Character flaws are one thing. Trashing another man's wife, using a tabloid trash story to malign a man's father is sewage. And Trump is STILL talking about it today.
The man is slime.
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It's still politics, Myst. We've simply not had a Republican fighter before.
When Trump points out, over and over and over again, Hillary's flaws, will this be character assassination, too?
No...why..because Hillary is a LIAR, Crook, responsible for the 4 deaths in Bengahzi ....etc.....there is a difference.
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And it may well be. But I hope he does that prepared to find another political party or job. :shrug:
He's a Republican Senator from Texas. And he will be that as long as he wants to be.
Trump has no control over the Senate, RIV. Or elections or who is a member of the Republican Party.
You're full of hubris. Pride goeth before the fall.
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All she has to do is quote his "blood flowing out of her wherever"s. THAT is NOT character assassination. It is quoting a scoundrel's own words.
Character flaws are one thing. Trashing another man's wife, using a tabloid trash story to malign a man's father is sewage. And Trump is STILL talking about it today.
The man is slime.
I get it, you don't like Donald Trump. You will never vote for Donald Trump. I get it. There's really no need to be so repetitious. You're not going to change my mind.
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Ted Cruz's message to Trump should be: KMA.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Donald-Trump-Cruz-donation-PAC/2014/04/18/id/566428/
Real estate mogul and entertainment personality Donald Trump gave $5,000 to Sen. Ted Cruz’s leadership PAC in January, according to newly released campaign records.
The Hill reported that Trump’s donation to the tea party-backed Texas Republican — the maximum allowed per election cycle — is the latest indication that the men are becoming political allies.
The relationship between the pair got off to a bumpy start. Last August, Trump said he wasn’t sure whether Cruz could be president because he was born in Canada.
But at a February Republican Party dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida, the tycoon called Cruz a "very special guy" and defended his 21-hour filibuster on the Senate floor over Obamacare.
"One of the reasons I like Ted Cruz so much, is that he’s not controversial," he said, to laughs from the audience.
Breaking News at Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Donald-Trump-Cruz-donation-PAC/2014/04/18/id/566428/#ixzz47jUNrvej
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No...why..because Hillary is a LIAR, Crook, responsible for the 4 deaths in Bengahzi ....etc.....there is a difference.
Trump was not wrong about Ted Cruz, the career politician, his money handlers, and his positions on America v globalization. Nor was Trump wrong to protest the lies Cruz tried to spread about Trump's positions.
I know this is upsetting, but Cruz was/is a very flawed politician.
Politics, Myst. It's politics.
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I get it, you don't like Donald Trump. You will never vote for Donald Trump. I get it. There's really no need to be so repetitious. You're not going to change my mind.
You' re changing no minds over in the big forum either. And, with the flood anti-Trumpers, it appears the #NeverTrump movement has a firm foothold here. I'd say it's the majority.
You should drag aligncare and Scott in Florida off the sidelines to back you up. You're losing.
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You' re changing no minds over in the big forum either. And, with the flood anti-Trumpers, it appears the #NeverTrump movement has a firm foothold here. I'd say it's the majority.
You should drag aligncare and Scott in Florida off the sidelines to back you up. You're losing.
You're dreaming. Your anger and bitterness isn't healthy.
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Carson floats Cruz as attorney general to go after Clinton
Wasn't this dude going on about VP picks today? WTF? I would like to float Carson in a toilet so I could flush him and not hear from him again.
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Cruz would do a spectacular job as either AG or a SCOTUS justice. I prefer Cruz on SCOTUS and Paul Clement as AG. Trump would be wise to consider Cruz.
He still called him Lyin Ted and defended the slur against Ted's father TODAY
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Did you hear? Trump's back on his Touchback Amnesty plan? Deport 11 million, bring them all back and legalize them. An amnesty.
Say what?!
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You' re changing no minds over in the big forum either. And, with the flood anti-Trumpers, it appears the #NeverTrump movement has a firm foothold here. I'd say it's the majority.
You should drag aligncare and Scott in Florida off the sidelines to back you up. You're losing.
What am I losing, Sink? My candidate of choice is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States.
People who refuse to budge and choose to remain neverTrump are free to do so. I'm not trying to change minds, just joining in the conversation.
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He still called him Lyin Ted and defended the slur against Ted's father TODAY
OMG! What did Trump say today about Ted's dad? Please.... provide the link!
Thanks!
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What am I losing, Sink? My candidate of choice is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States.
People who refuse to budge and choose to remain neverTrump are free to do so. I'm not trying to change minds, just joining in the conversation.
Your boy is going to announce tomorrow that he's going to pass his tin cup around to his mob connections while taking RNC money. That way he is limited by law to $50K from his own personal stash.
You Trumpkins are so gullible. He lied to your face about self-funding his campaign (he "loaned" his primary money which he will repay with taxpayer money), yet you just can't get enough of sniffing Trump's shorts.
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"Carson floats Cruz as attorney general to go after Clinton"
Ben, you're a great guy, but you be missin' it again.
Chris Christie is the man for this job.
Particularly since the New York democrats have been gunnin' for him fer some time.
I'd nominate Mr. Cruz for Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court.
That would make for some interesting Senate hearings!
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sinkspur wrote above:
"he nor Rubio, who both have great political futures..."
Rubio?
A "political future"?
They guy who won't even show up for work now (in the Senate)?
What you be smokin', man....?
Dat be the guud stuff!
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"Carson floats Cruz as attorney general to go after Clinton"
Ben, you're a great guy, but you be missin' it again.
Chris Christie is the man for this job.
Particularly since the New York democrats have been gunnin' for him fer some time.
I'd nominate Mr. Cruz for Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court.
That would make for some interesting Senate hearings!
If Ted is interested in the SCOTUS, he'd better start a friendship campaign now for confirmation.
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Guess the Trump crowd has never heard of the concept of "burned bridges".