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Title: Carson accuses opponents of 'lies and dirty tricks'
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/iowa- ... -opponents-dirty-tricks-218603
Published: Feb 2, 2016
Author: Daniel Strauss
Post Date: 2016-02-02 04:57:52 by Willie Green
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Views: 3755
Comments: 31
Ben Carson on Monday night accused his opponents of conducting "dirty tricks" directed at his campaign and after the results from the Iowa caucus came in, spreading the false rumor that he had suspended his campaign. Carson made the claim in an email to supporters after Sen. Ted Cruz was declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses. Carson came in fourth with 9.3 percent of the vote, behind Cruz, Donald Trump, and Sen. Marco Rubio. "For months, my campaign has survived the lies and dirty tricks from opponents who profess to to detest the games of the political class, but in reality are masters at it," Carson said in the email. "Even tonight, my opponents resorted to political tricks by tweeting, texting and telling precinct captains to announce that I had suspended my campaign - in some cases asking caucus goers to change their votes." Carson went on to say he partially decided to run for president "to stop these deceptive and destructive practices, and these reports have only further steeled my resolve to continue and fight for 'We The People,' and return control of the government back to them." In a minor flap earlier in the evening, CNN briefly reported that Carson was not planning on heading to New Hampshire or South Carolina after Iowa, leading to speculation that he was planning to drop out of the race. Not so: ".@RealBenCarson will be going to Florida to get fresh clothes b4 heading back out on the campaign trail. Not standing down," tweeted Jason Osborne, the Carson campaign's senior communications strategist.
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Cruz reminds me more and more of LBJ. That is a dirty campaign trick right out of LBJ's playbook.
CNN did report that. Cruz just passed on the info. Nothing wrong with that on Cruz's part. The dirty Trixter is Rubio. I'm not for Amnesty.
His operatives went well beyond that.
It seems Cruz is out to ruin the fun of a good dirty trick. As I expected, Ted himself is totally innocent of any involvement. Low-level staffers done it, as always seems to be the case. : ) NBC: Cruz issued the mea culpa after Carson accused him of foul play. "This was a mistake from our end, and for that I apologize to Dr. Carson," Cruz said in a statement Tuesday. Cruz won the Iowa caucuses; Carson came in distant fourth. Cruz said the mixup began after his staffers saw an online CNN story saying Carson "was not carrying on to New Hampshire and South Carolina," an apparent reference to an article about Carson's plans to head home to Florida after the Iowa caucuses. "Our campaign updated grassroots leaders just as we would with any breaking news story," Cruz said. But Carson said he wasn't dropping out. He accused Cruz supporters of purposefully misleading voters at caucus sites. His campaign pointed to a tweet from Iowa Rep. Steve King, who endorsed Cruz, as evidence. The tweet was sent at 8:20pm EST, when the caucuses were ongoing. . . . "I was reasonably happy today, until I, you know, discovered the dirty tricks going on — spreading rumors I had dropped out," Carson said Monday night. . . . "That's the reason I got into this race, looking at the level of deceit and distrust going on in country," Carson told supporters. Cruz, in his Tuesday apology, said his staffers should have followed up with Carson's statement that he was staying in the race. Carson's campaign downplayed the importance of a trip home. "Dr. Ben Carson is not suspending his presidential campaign, which is stronger than ever," the team said in a statement. "After spending 18 consecutive days on the campaign trail, Dr. Carson needs to go home and get a fresh set of clothes." The campaign told NBC News Carson plans to speak at Wednesday's National Prayer Breakfast — the event that put him on the political map three years ago — before heading to New Hampshire for Thursday's debate. His team could not say how many events, if any, the candidate will do while there. . . . The Granite State doesn't appear to be a high priority for Carson, a deeply religious social conservative who has focused on the early states with strong evangelical voting blocks, Iowa and South Carolina. He's spent just 13 days in New Hampshire so far, according to p2016.org. That is the same number of days Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spent in the state, when he ran for president for just three months this summer.
#29. To: TooConservative (#26)
Cruz dindu nuffin.
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#2. To: Roscoe (#1)
#4. To: TooConservative (#2)
ruz reminds me more and more of LBJ. That is a dirty campaign trick right out of LBJ's playbook.
#16. To: A K A Stone (#4)
Cruz just passed on the info.
#26. To: Roscoe, Vicomte13, GarySpFc (#16)
Ted Cruz Apologizes to Ben Carson For Spreading Word He Quit Race
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Ted Cruz apologized for misleading Iowa Republican leaders by suggesting during Monday's caucuses that rival Ben Carson was dropping out.
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