Ted Cruz sex scandal

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Maybe you are right and maybe you are wrong.

What will you do if the story has merit?


The very same thing I have dome when I have known of others who have failed in such a sacred trust. I would pray for G-d to heal that marriage, and to restore that couple. Only G-d can heal the person and couple. What else can we do?
 
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Do you know that just the slightest inference of a pastor being unfaithful will destroy his ministry? Nales no difference that he has been an example of purity, just such a slightest doubt can get him fired!

Your suggestion that Cruz may be like 50% of cheating men has brought doubt in some peoples mind. Is that what you intended to do?

Words can kill. I read of a woman who was told by a busybody that she saw her husband with a woman a couple of times. The wife who was very insecure and had some depression and was seeing a doctor for her depression. The busybody even said she thought he was having an affair. the wife became so depressed that she killed herself. Her husband and her sister were planning a surprise birthday party for his wife.

Words kill people!

Did you miss that part, where I said I have not seen any hard evidence to make these accusations true?

And, reciting facts about how common having affairs in relationships are, is just just discussing reality.
 
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Yet, you have been repeatedly given evidence that none of it is true.

I have denials, which is a claim it isn't true, not evidence.

Just as, any claim of Cruz having affairs is also just a claim, without evidence to support the same.

For clarity, a candidates personal life in regards to their sex life, rarely factors into their ability to do the job.
 
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Did you miss that part, where I said I have not seen any hard evidence to make these accusations true?

And, reciting facts about how common having affairs in relationships are, is just just discussing reality.
You suggestion leaves doubt. Far better not to even suggest such a thing in the first place.

What if I said that 50% of those using the name "bhsmte" on CF were really ------- and that they--------and spent -------time in------ for--------for--------acts. get my point?
 
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Noting that in a court of law, denials are most assuredly evidence. It's not even an arguable point.

If you have personal policy of taking all denials as being automatically the truth and it all stops there, that is your choice.

In courts of law, there is always denial and this denial is ignored, if there is evidence to show the denial was a lie.

And, as I have already stated, I don't see the evidence the claims of affairs is true and I take denials of the same, with a grain of salt.
 
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You suggestion leaves doubt. Far better not to even suggest such a thing in the first place.

What if I said that 50% of those using the name "bhsmte" on CF were really ------- and that they--------and spent -------time in------ for--------for--------acts. get my point?

No, I don't get your point.

I said again, I see no evidence the allegations are true. I made a point, half of men cheat on their wife as a valid point in regards to facts. Does this mean Cruz is guilty? No, it just means what it states; 50% of men have been known to have affairs in their marriage.

In other words, if having affairs kept people from doing their jobs, half the congress should be out of a job.
 
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If you have personal policy of taking all denials as being automatically the truth and it all stops there, that is your choice.

In courts of law, there is always denial and this denial is ignored, if there is evidence to show the denial was a lie.

And, as I have already stated, I don't see the evidence the claims of affairs is true and I take denials of the same, with a grain of salt.


I see words that are so open ended as to leave a question, to make a person think something is true, when there is no proof either way as basically a half truth. I see no need to take a grain of truth or lie as gospel either way. I do keep my eyes more alert than before. But I will not engage in spreading a rumor.
 
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In other words, if having affairs kept people from doing their jobs, half the congress should be out of a job.
That is my thought on this issue as well. Of course this also relates to every other profession. That is why is is a waste of time because those pointing the fingers are most likely adulterers themselves....
 
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That is my thought on this issue as well. Of course this also relates to every other profession. That is why is is a waste of time because those pointing the fingers are most likely adulterers themselves....

Indeed.

It was a different time, but what about JFK? His sexual plights, didn't seem to keep him for showing up for work.

The reality is folks, if you pick anyone off of the streets who has been married for any length of time, there is around a 50% chance they have had an extramarital affair.
 
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Ironically, personal debt never works that way.

Sure it does.

1.) Raising the debt limit isn't accruing debt - it's more like shifting debt from one bucket to another. The personal debt analog would be like using your home equity line of credit to pay off your credit cards. You've already bought the things with your credit card, so you already owe the money, but drawing on the home equity line to pay off the credit card restructures the debt in a way that's more manageable and still keeps the creditors happy.

2.) The important number is not so much the total debt as it is the debt:gdp ratio. The US's debt:gdp ratio is just over 100%. OTOH, my mortgage is about 2x the combined pre-tax income of me and my wife. Both of our credit scores are in the mid-high 700's, I had no problem qualifying for a $20k 0% car loan earlier this year, and we still have plenty of money left over to save and do many other things we want.

That amount of debt would be crushing for someone making half what we do, and it would be paltry for someone making double what we do.

Go deep into debt and see just how many bankers willingly let you borrow even more.

The US isn't deep in debt relative to the amount of economic activity it generates.

A balanced budget amendment has been long overdue. The cartel in Washington can't resist doling out public money to themselves and their supporters ... money taken from the taxpayers.

Has any nation implemented this?
 
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LOL...

I was a big fan of Gary Johnson in the previous election cycle, and he'll get my vote this time around too.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

In all honesty, he's what the republican party should be trying to be like.

...and they had a chance with him in 08, he ran as a Republican and, in my opinion, was owning everyone else in the debates...but for some reason, the GOP establishment didn't go for it.

I liked the slogan he went with the last time around too...

 
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And your proof of that is ... National Inquirer?

When Trump's own spokeswoman claims it 100% lies.

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i'd hold the laughter if i was you Night Hawkeye. The fact is that the Trump Spokesman --who was one of the five women named-- claimed that it was a lie concerning her. She has no knowledge of what happened with the other four women. She only knows what happened or did not happen with her.

What her denials DO accomplish is to mitigate the idea that Trump was involved with this mess. In fact, it appears that it can be traced back to the Rubio campaign.

Much of what i am seeing in the media reporting this matter is typical "lawyer speak" where words are very carefully parsed.

Cruz needs to get on the media and make specific, absolute denials. He also needs to have his legal team go to National Enquirer and threaten legal action. This would settle the issue.

Disclaimer: i have as of yet no opinion on this matter.
 
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