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Monday, February 15, 2016

TEDDY FLIP-FLOP KEEPS LYING ABOUT MARCO...

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Friday night in South Carolina, Ted Cruz claimed that he and Marco disagree about defunding Planned Parenthood. The facts in Marco's record say otherwise.

This is a desperate politically motivated attack: Marco has a sterling pro-life record, has consistently voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and would make it a priority to protect life as POTUS.

Here's just how dishonest Cruz's attack is: The nonpartisan group National Right to Life has totally rejected it as "inaccurate and misleading."

And pro-life conservatives didn't just reject the attack - they were disgusted by it.



Conservative activists were turned off by it as well:



As Steven Ertelt of LifeNews.com tactfully put it:
In the craziness of a presidential campaign, sometimes rumors get started that, with the advent of social media, that take hold and appear to become gospel - even though they're not true. One such Internet rumor is the false claim that pro-life Florida Senator Marco Rubio opposes de-funding Planned Parenthood. This rumor is easy to refute, as Rubio voted not once but three times in recent months for legislation to de-fund Planned Parenthood.
Refuting the claim, Jahan Wilcox, a spokesman for Rubio, told TheBlaze: "Marco Rubio has always voted with Tim Scott and Joni Ernst to defund Planned Parenthood and anything to the contrary is false."
In fact, Rubio voted in December for a pro-life bill to de-fund Planned Parenthood, before that he voted for a Planned Parenthood de-funding bill in September, and Rubio also voted in August for a measure to de-fund Planned Parenthood.
Earlier this year, in exclusive comments to LifeNews.com, Rubio said he would sign a bill to de-fund the Planned Parenthood abortion business "immediately" if elected president.
Ertelt also points out that Planned Parenthood has gone on record stating that Marco Rubio is their worst nightmare. He concludes:
It would be a shame if any pro-life candidate lost an election over false rumors that he or she is not pro-life when the candidate has compiled a sterling 100% pro-life voting record, as has Rubio.
On the campaign trail, Teddy claims he is the consistent conservative who voters can trust. However, whether it's immigration, foreign policy, trade, agriculture, or marriage, voters have long since learned that Teddy is more #calculaTED than consistent. Now, as he and his campaign reach for new lows with a series of outright lies and questionable tactics, voters are learning that he can't be trusted.

Teddy's recent questionable tactics and outright lies include…

CARSON RUMORS: On Iowa caucus night, the Cruz campaign was accused of "sabotaging Carson" by passing around rumors he was dropping out of the race. "Dr. Ben Carson and his campaign accused Sen. Ted Cruz's team of sabotaging Carson in the Iowa caucuses Monday night by encouraging Cruz supporters to tell voters at their caucus sites – incorrectly – that Carson was dropping out of the race. 'It was happening all over,' Iowa State Director Ryan Rhodes told MSNBC. 'One of the precincts Candy [Carson, the candidate's wife] walked into, she had to correct the record. She actually walked in, in Ankeny, and gave a speech about no, he's still in the race and that's a lie.'" (MSNBC, 2/1/16)

LIES ABOUT RUBIO'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE: Weekly Standard's Michael Warren: Cruz being "shifty" and not forthright in attacking others on marriage. CAROL COSTELLO: "I will say Michael the gay marriage issue is probably very important in a state like South Carolina, and he wants to get ahead of what Ted Cruz is accusing him of." MICHAEL WARREN: "That's right. Let's be honest here I mean Cruz is being somewhat shifty on this at least with regard to Marco Rubio. I mean Rubio came out after that decision and said that while this is the law of the land, that he would appoint court appointments who would seek to overturn this law. So Cruz isn't being quite forthright about this." (CNN, 2/13/16)

LIES TO COVER-UP HIS OWN SUPPORT FOR JOHN ROBERTS: Told NBC that because John Roberts "didn't have a track record," he "would not have nominated" him. CHUCK TODD: "You were a big supporter of him, but in hindsight you're not. Is that because you think that he didn't have a track record?" CRUZ: "He didn't have a track record and I would not have nominated John Roberts. Once George Bush nominated him, I supported the nomination as a Republican nominee." (NBC's "Meet the Press," 2/14/16)

Back in 2005, however, Teddy supported Roberts and specifically dismissed the "insufficient record" argument against Roberts since "he has a far longer record that is relevant: his professional career as a Supreme Court litigator." "His nomination has been met with widespread praise, from left and right. Nevertheless, there are some who have raised complaints that his two years on the bench provide insufficient record for them to assess (and attack) his jurisprudence. That complaint misses the mark for three reasons. First, his judicial record would have stretched 14 years, had Senate Democrats not delayed its consideration twice, in 1991 and again in 2001. When his nomination did finally make it to the Senate floor, in 2003, he was confirmed by unanimous consent. Second, many distinguished jurists, such as Chief Justices William Rehnquist and Earl Warren and Justices O'Connor, Souter, and Thomas, similarly had very limited experience on the federal bench prior to ascending to the Court. And third, although two years on the bench provides a limited number of opinions, he has a far longer record that is relevant: his professional career as a Supreme Court litigator." (Ted Cruz, Op-Ed, "The Right Stuff," National Review, 7/20/05)

PUSH POLLS: Cruz faces allegations of conducting push polls in South Carolina. "Ted Cruz denied all knowledge of robocalls being made in South Carolina on Thursday after Donald Trump accused the Texas senator's 'people' of 'doing very sleazy and dishonest "pushpolls" on me.' ...The episode follows a report by The Washington Post published earlier in the day that refers to robo-calls to potential voters in South Carolina that become hostile when the respondent voices support for a candidate other than Cruz. The Texas senator's campaign denied for that story that it was responsible for the calls, which said they were being conducted by Remington Research, the name of the consulting firm started by Jeff Roe, Cruz's campaign manager." (Politico, 2/11/16)

SOFTCORE PORN AD: Cruz campaign removed an ad from air that featured a softcore porn star. "Ted Cruz's campaign has pulled its most recent ad, ‘Conservatives Anonymous,' after learning one of the actors in the spot is also a softcore porn star. The ad, which was set at a group therapy session of conservative voters who feel betrayed by Marco Rubio on immigration, featured actor Amy Lindsay, who played a woman telling another group member, ‘Maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time.' Lindsay has appeared in several softcore porn films, including Erotic Confessions, Carnal Wishes, Secrets of a Chambermaid, and Insatiable Desires." (BuzzFeed, 2/12/16)

And, just today...

ADS TAKEN DOWN: South Carolina television stations pull anti-Marco ad from pro-Cruz group after legal review." Television stations in South Carolina have pulled an ad from Stand for Truth, the ‘super PAC' supporting Senator Ted Cruz, after a legal review. The ad, titled 'Sanctuary,' was a version of an ad the group ran in Iowa, criticizing Marco Rubio for his record on immigration. … 'We had our legal folks review it, and it was decided that this needed to be pulled and substituted,' Randy Ingram, the general manager of WBTW in Myrtle Beach, S.C., said, although he couldn't recall the specifics of the legal team's decision. He said other stations in the Media General umbrella, which includes WCBD in Charleston and WSPA in Greenville/Spartanburg, also pulled the ad. The decision was made on Friday, and the ad was pulled from rotation on Saturday." (The New York Times, 2/15/16)

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