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malaise

(267,799 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:40 AM Jul 2016

Cruz Blocked From Adelson’s RNC Suite After Refusing To Endorse Trump



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-blocked-sheldon-adelson-suite
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Billionaire GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson refused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) entry to his suite at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night after the Texas senator declined to endorse Donald Trump in his speech, CNN reported.

Senior Adelson aide Andy Abboud confirmed to CNN that his boss had invited Cruz to visit with him and his wife Miriam, but turned him away at the door after he stunned the audience at Quicken Loans Arena by urging voters to vote their conscience in November.

"When he didn't endorse, they were stunned and disappointed," Abboud told the network.

"We could not allow Ted Cruz to use the Adelsons as a prop against Donald Trump," he continued. "The Adelsons support Donald Trump and made that clear. They like Ted Cruz, but there was no way the Adelsons were going to be the first stop after not endorsing. That would be disrespectful to our nominee."

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Cruz Blocked From Adelson’s RNC Suite After Refusing To Endorse Trump (Original Post) malaise Jul 2016 OP
cruzy had a sad. Too bad! riversedge Jul 2016 #1
Cruz is just another self absorbed ReTHUG malaise Jul 2016 #2
It probably would have been smarter if he had just stayed away Siwsan Jul 2016 #4
He's incapable of thinking about anything other malaise Jul 2016 #5
St. Rafael of Cruz and Don the Con are different sides of the same coin, err, slug Siwsan Jul 2016 #8
You owe me a new keyboard malaise Jul 2016 #9
Lo siento mucho!! Siwsan Jul 2016 #10
Think you guys're wrong--Cruz will come out on top. Hortensis Jul 2016 #13
And every sign of discontent at the DNC will be played up to a catastrophe. DetlefK Jul 2016 #3
Got that right gratuitous Jul 2016 #6
Cruz is on GEM$NBComcast now malaise Jul 2016 #7
Yes, we'd better prepare for whole days of reporting Hortensis Jul 2016 #14
I don't think so. I'm betting Clinton has an iron grip and her team is on the ball Android3.14 Jul 2016 #23
Screw the faux 'family values' facade. Casino Republicans Rule RapSoDee Jul 2016 #11
Anyone see Weekend at Bernie's? Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #18
notice the subservient body language of his female "attendants" Raster Jul 2016 #20
I know Sheldon Adelson from back in the day Nevernose Jul 2016 #21
Being blocked from that dark money pit would be a badge of honor Zambero Jul 2016 #12
trouble in the sandbox.... dhill926 Jul 2016 #15
This is a huge reversal turn-around for the Adelsons. No Vested Interest Jul 2016 #16
the squabbling of fools for the last scraps of rotten food. nt Javaman Jul 2016 #17
They changed the secret handshake on him. lpbk2713 Jul 2016 #19
The Shunning has begun. LakeArenal Jul 2016 #22
Cruz will face a primary challenge next time. Feeling the Bern Jul 2016 #24

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
4. It probably would have been smarter if he had just stayed away
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:55 AM
Jul 2016

Did he think that by not endorsing, people would suddenly spring to their feet, lift him onto their shoulders and declare him to be the Savior of the GOP??

These people really confuse me.

malaise

(267,799 posts)
5. He's incapable of thinking about anything other
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:58 AM
Jul 2016

than his ambition and daddy's prophecy - he's a rank amateur who believes he can smash his way to the top and it's fugging hilarious. I don't know who is worse - he or Don the Con.

Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
8. St. Rafael of Cruz and Don the Con are different sides of the same coin, err, slug
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:16 AM
Jul 2016

I wonder if his daddy's prophecy has an expiration date......

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Think you guys're wrong--Cruz will come out on top.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:58 AM
Jul 2016

Are you forgetting that both Trump and the party are going to lose, and probably more than just the White House? There will be great rage, but the bigger the loss the worse it'll be.

There are 2 big differences between Trump and Cruz:

* Trump would do dreadful damage to the U.S. at home and abroad by accident. Cruz would do it on purpose.

* Trump is an astonishingly ignorant, effectively very stupid narcissist. Cruz is an extremely well educated and brilliant sociopath.

One guess which is likely to be the bigger problem in the long run. Our biggest hope of avoiding that is something Cruz does have in common with Trump: A dysfunctional tendency to self destruction.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
3. And every sign of discontent at the DNC will be played up to a catastrophe.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 08:54 AM
Jul 2016

"Did you see how Sanders waved his hand? His body-language? The color of his tie? His mouth said 'work together' but what he really said was that the democratic party is splintered and broken and cannot rally around Clinton."

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Got that right
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:03 AM
Jul 2016

It's just weird reading the comments (never read the comments) to the reports from the convention. About a third gloat that the spectacle is appalling, a third deny that anything untoward is happening, and a third seem divided between really bat crap crazy and yes, it only looks like a shitshow, but it really shows how swell the Republicans are. Are these people watching the same spectacle?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Yes, we'd better prepare for whole days of reporting
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 10:14 AM
Jul 2016

dedicated to some faux scandal about how Hillary sat deadpan while Bernie said we need to cut loose from Wall Street, or some similar shocker.

That horse race equalization.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
23. I don't think so. I'm betting Clinton has an iron grip and her team is on the ball
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:47 PM
Jul 2016

I am one of the former Sanders supporters who is barely lukewarm to Clinton, but she runs a tight campaign.

RapSoDee

(421 posts)
11. Screw the faux 'family values' facade. Casino Republicans Rule
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:23 AM
Jul 2016

Behold the face of modern-day Family-Values Casino Republicanism:

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
21. I know Sheldon Adelson from back in the day
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:17 PM
Jul 2016

He grew up in Matapan, down the street from my father. They went to Hebrew school together.

He's a world class asshole. Simplest possible description.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
12. Being blocked from that dark money pit would be a badge of honor
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:36 AM
Jul 2016

About as "honorable" as Ted Cruz will ever get.

No Vested Interest

(5,156 posts)
16. This is a huge reversal turn-around for the Adelsons.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 01:51 PM
Jul 2016

Until very recently - days perhaps, the Adelsons were pro-Cruz, and were holding out against Trump.
Obviously, someone got to the Adelsons and changed their minds.

The Adelsons are strongly pro-Israel in thinking and donating.
Their money has been urgently needed by the RNC to pay for the convention and RNC spending thereafter.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
24. Cruz will face a primary challenge next time.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 01:48 AM
Jul 2016

The GOP is in full on circular firing squad civil war.

Let's watch the bloodshed with popcorn while laughing.

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