Cadillac lost, going for the steak knives. pic.twitter.com/NuiLtonb3g
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) October 6, 2016
Watch: Ted Cruz Leaves Voicemails Asking Voters to Support Man Who Insulted Wife, Dad https://t.co/immf9pgW6w pic.twitter.com/1j2siC2XNd
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 6, 2016
Remember the old line about “We’ve already established you’re a whore; now we’re just haggling over your fee”? Well, Ted Cruz sold himself early, while the market was hot. What with all the breaking Trump news, I never got the chance to post Politico‘s story — “Cruz profited off Trump well before endorsing him“:
It took Ted Cruz four months and three weeks of “careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience” to declare publicly that he would vote for Donald Trump.
He made the decision to profit by selling his supporter list to Trump far faster than that.
Just six weeks after he dropped out – and more than a month before Cruz would dramatically snub the nominee at the Republican National Convention – the senator quietly began renting his vast donor email file to his former rival, pocketing at least tens of thousands of dollars, and more likely hundreds of thousands, that can be used to bankroll the Texan’s own political future…
The exact details of Trump’s financial arrangement with Cruz are unclear, and loose federal record-keeping makes it impossible to verify. But an email rate sheet obtained by POLITICO shows that Cruz asks campaigns to pay more than $22,000 for the right to send a single email his list of 280,000 digital donors. He charges more than $51,000 to ping his full email file of 1.28 million supporters. Because Trump has rented Cruz’s list so often, he is almost surely receiving a negotiated discount from the list price, industry veterans say.
“You are just a send away from reaching the most engaged and generous supporters in Republican presidential primary history,” the Cruz rate sheet says. More than $20 million was raised from Cruz’s email list, it says.
Since he exited the presidential race in May, Cruz’s campaign committee has reported a total of roughly $290,000 in list rental income, Federal Election Commission records show. Trump’s campaign directly rented Cruz’s list five times in June and since early July his joint fundraising committee with the Republican National Committee — which gives 80 percent of its proceeds to Trump — has rented the Cruz’s list more than 25 times…
In addition to paying to rent Cruz’s list, his campaign has offered some candidates the ability to strike so-called “revenue-sharing” agreements where, unbeknownst to the donor, Cruz and the renter split the donation. The rate sheet suggests Cruz would receive 60 percent of those funds, while the renter would receive 40 percent…
Nowhere in the fine print of the Trump emails does it disclose to recipients that they ended up on the GOP nominee’s email list by previously signing up for Cruz’s list.
After campaigns end, many candidates hire third-party vendors to manage their valuable email lists, paying them a portion of the profits for their services. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who ended his brief presidential campaign deep in debt, has made back $441,000 in list rentals in the last year, FEC records show…
Much more detail at the link — it’s always interesting to see how many behind-the-scene grifters experts get a swig of ‘the mother’s milk of politics‘.
Corner Stone
That picture is everything.
Baud
My email list is also for sale. Will accept bitcoins.
In addition, I will happily insult Ted Cruz’s family for remuneration.
I’m conclusion, Ne-VAH-da.
Omnes Omnibus
@Corner Stone: That picture is horrifying. I can’t believe that shit is younger than me.
redshirt
I doubt it will matter in the future, because reality will be re-written, but my gods these Republicans are pathetic. Like weak, without macho, totally worthless.
Baud
@Corner Stone:
Ted the Intern. Sad!
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Hate is aging.
redshirt
@Baud: I have a Nigerian Prince client who’s interested.
RaflW
The photo of Cruz in this tweet is just the best (caption is good too!). Much better than the phone bank one, which itself is delightfully awful for him.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
the fact that Trump wears a necklace made of the testicles of Jeb, Cruz, Christie, Li’l Marco and Paul Ryan is almost enough… nah.
I wonder if his shots at Kirk will cost Illinois votes. I was really hoping McCain would piss Trump off before the election, but Mr Character-and-Courage is being very careful. even stuck up for Trump’s PTSD remarks
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: I’ve also found that children age people. Whene people meet me and my brother they assume he is the elder. I actually am by more than six years. I get a kick out of it; he does not.
RaflW
Oh, and earlier today I actually watched the short vid that the Schooley tweet uses a screen grab from. Degrading. Which he richly deserves!
Baud
@RaflW: Haha. He looks like a puppy going to the vet to get fixed.
Baud
@schrodinger’s cat:
@Omnes Omnibus:
Hating your kids is the most aging of all.
ETA:. Fixed for the Cat.
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Same here, my brother is 6 years younger, people think he is older. He has two daughters, while I am a minion of two kittehs,
schrodinger's cat
@Baud: Why are you replacing n with m? Is this the low rent Enigma?
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: I have a plant.
SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
He looks nice.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus: Didn’t realize that was legal now in Wisconsin.
SiubhanDuinne, liberal mob enforcer bitch
@schrodinger’s cat:
The Emigna? You’ll have to ask Onmes Onmibus about that.
chopper
@schrodinger’s cat:
it’s “Emigma”.
Villago Delenda Est
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: As if McCain couldn’t disgrace the uniform he once war any more.
redshirt
Just saw a Maggie Hassan ad where she’s running against Obama.
WTF?
John Revolta
Yeah……………..they laughed at Nixon in 1966, out on the rubber chicken circuit, giving speeches for guys running for sheriff and dogcatcher. Oh, how they laughed.
amk
who is the worst corrupt sell-out, ted crud or granny starver?
schrodinger's cat
@amk: @amk: All of them, Katie.
Omnes Omnibus
@John Revolta: Chicken Littling in advance. Well done.
schrodinger's cat
@John Revolta: Ted Cruz is no Nixon. He has the political instincts of a potato.
schrodinger's cat
@Omnes Omnibus: Weren’t we supposed to cower in fear of Ted’s amazing debating skills, this time around.
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: He’s running for the Senate again? You’d think he’d take a little time off. Enjoy not doing anything for a bit. I guess he’s planning on messing with Mitch McConnell by signing on as a co-sponsor to every piece of Senate Republican caucus legislation proposed, which, based on the past seven years, should force them to immediately opposed their own proposals.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodinger’s cat: College debating, like appellate litigation, requires certain skills. Seeming like a decent human is not one of them.
father pussbucket
“Why does everyone persecute me?”
PatrickG
Open thread… so I reached out to an old acquaintance in Wisconsin who I’ve semi-amicably argued with about Scott Walker for years now. She claims she will not vote for President. Trump disgusts her, Johnson is laughable, she dismissed Stein out of hand… but just doesn’t trust Hillary, and can’t justify voting for her.
I shall persevere.
redshirt
@Adam L Silverman: I meant of course she specifically says in the ad that she opposed Obama shutting down Guantanamo, ie “running against Obama”.
Yes, Maggie, backstab the most popular Democrat and current President.
John Revolta
@Omnes Omnibus: Cluck off. I’m just egging you on.
amk
@redshirt: Every cowardly cong critter is against closing gitmo. She is just another one.
Adam L Silverman
@redshirt: Okay, good to know.
redshirt
@amk: Weakness is our weakness, and why we can’t win.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@redshirt: Kind of an odd thing to be bringing up. Is that a resonant issue in NH?
@John Revolta: Trollery most fowl!
Punchy
@Baud: I read that as “having your kids” and thought, oh SNAP! Alas…
SFAW
@Omnes Omnibus:
It’s amazing how much younger you look. I can tell from way over here!
I thought it was just due to you being a clean-living, Grid-fearing man.
redshirt
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Totally odd and it seemed defensive and out of place. That’s why I noted it.
SFAW
@amk:
Did your computer suddenly die? I only see two on that list. You’re off by two orders of magnitude.
At least.
redshirt
@efgoldman: Yep.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Fred Trump’s second son has ideas about foreign policy
Name three of each, Donald. Even two
later, when our mission is accomplished?
Omnes Omnibus
@SFAW: I once saw an interview with a 90-something retired golfer. He was asked about his longevity. He responded “I drink Bourbon and smoke cigars every day. Hell of a blow to clean living, isn’t it?”
SFAW
@efgoldman:
Just watched it. Seems she was trying to draw a contrast between her own “Keeping NH safe from Terrists” cred and Ayotte’s missing half her Homeland Security meetings/briefings. The Obama/Gitmo comment came at the end of a list of things she (i.e., Hassan) has done or “supported.”
Not the way I would have done it, but I’m not running, etc.
On the plus side, Maggie pronounced “New Hamster” correctly.
NotMax
Do not fear the reaper.
SFAW
@Omnes Omnibus:
I guess I’ve been doing it all worng.
NotMax
@Jim, Foolish Literalist
Aw, c’mon, Don-don. Just say “Custer.”
You know you want to.
Omnes Omnibus
@SFAW: Jim Morrison died at 27. There is no universal.
shomi
@Baud: With a shiny new red stapler.
NotMax
@efgoldman
Trite, but some people live much longer just because some people live much longer.
redshirt
@Omnes Omnibus: So did Kurt. So did Jesus.
The Ancient Randonneur
@redshirt: Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
Omnes Omnibus
@redshirt: @The Ancient Randonneur: I know. Bad behavior can end badly.
cmorenc
@SFAW:
The best answer on how to do that right is “blow and hookers”.
NotMax
@redshirt
No Gymkata II: The Apologizing?
;)
Omnes Omnibus
@cmorenc: He was old as fuck! Get off his back!
redshirt
@NotMax: Without google I feel I am so close to getting this reference, but not quite. I mean, I know Gymkata.
SFAW
@cmorenc:
I always thought it was “hookers and blow,” but maybe that’s just a New York (pronounced “New York”) thing.
Either way, not my thing, but perhaps I’m an outlier.
Jeffro
@Corner Stone: That picture is my desktop and iPhone wallpaper until Inauguration Day, are you kidding me?
SFAW
@redshirt:
Kurt Thomas (I think).
Jeffro
@amk:
I’m telling y’all, it’s as easy as following the Mercers…er, excuse me…follow the money.
Same difference.
We’ve been watching the Kochs while a whole new family o’ trouble has cropped up…
GregB
@SFAW:
Knew Hampshire not Noo Hampsha?
Suzanne
God, he’s so gross. Seriously I don’t know how anyone ever ducks him. GOD SO NASTY.
I have to admit, the only good thing about Trump winning the primary is that I get to enjoy Ted Cruz being a LOO-HOO-HOO-ZER.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Is Cole talking about the dab from last night, campaigning with Issa, or did something else happen?
Lizzy L
OT but tangential: Rick Scott, Governor of Florida, has turned down a request from the Clinton campaign to extend the voter registration deadline in Florida. It may not matter. According to Politico,
Scott, of course, is the head of the Trump PAC in Florida. There is also an issue with absentee ballots.
Florida — ballots — courts — it’s deja vu all over again!
Onkel Fritze
In all fairness, Teddy is just taking one for daddy.
Trump promised a full presidential pardon to Cruz Sr. for his involvement in the JFK assasination.
redshirt
I love this picture of Teddy Cruz so much. It’s like art.
Mnemosyne
In non-political news, I just saw Kubo and the Two Strings and it was fabulous. Highly recommended for animation fans.
Ruckus
@SFAW:
I always heard it as “Neu Yark”
Ruckus
@efgoldman:
I could introduce you to a bunch of guys (and a few gals) who must fall into the unlucky side. Fella I see every day at the VA lost his cousin today, died of lung cancer, at the same VA hospital. I think it really hit him hard, he almost cried telling me about it, while over the last 3 weeks of seeing him every day he has done little more than acknowledge my existence.
If anyone wants to see people having a bad day, go to your closest regional VA hospital and just sit out front or in the lobby for 2 or 3 hrs.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus:
Yeah, because if cigars and bourbon didn’t kill him, *that* just might!
Anne Laurie
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Haven’t (yet) seen the ad Redshirt cites, but there’s an anti-Hassan superpac ad running here in the Boston market which accuses her of ‘supporting Hillary Clinton’s plan to release terrorists from Guantanamo Bay and send them back to rejoin ISIS’. Which is 17 kinds of wrong, but I can understand why Hassan’s team might decide NAH SHE DIN’T works better in a 30second spot.
Bruce K
Ted Cruz is a great example of what happens when you treat both Charisma and Wisdom as dump stats.
Aleta
This short film is at the Atlantic website.
workworkwork
@PatrickG: Had a similar call with my little sister. She’s not Republican but is a die-hard Bernie-or-Buster.
I managed to leave it at “I hope Hillary will pleasantly surprise you and remember that voting is not just every four years between naps.”
workworkwork
@Mnemosyne: Absolutely. Beautifully animated, weird and engaging story. Spooky moon witches!