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Why Did Ted Cruz's SuperPAC Give Carly Fiorina's SuperPAC $500,000?
Submitted by SM Gibson via TheAntiMedia.org,
A Super PAC associated with GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina has raised almost $3.5 million to date for the former CEO in her quest to become commander-in-chief in 2016. One donation in particular, though, stands out among the hundreds of contributions pledged to the CARLY for America Super PAC as so perplexingly bizarre, it has left the Federal Election Commission and a host of others scratching their heads in bewilderment.
On June 18, a donation of $500,000 was made to the Fiorina-supporting PAC by Keep The Promise I. Not only is Keep The Promise I a generous contributor who believes in Fiorina’s presidential aspirations enough to fork over half a million dollars — it also happens to be a Super PAC set up to fund a political rival of Fiorina’s and fellow presidential candidate, Senator Ted Cruz.
Why would anyone seeking the presidential nomination for the Republican party donate such a large sum to a competitor? No one currently knows the answer, but it is a question to which the FEC is actively seeking an answer.
In a letter sent to Keep The Promise I on September 21, the FEC requested an explanation be given for the disbursement of funds to CARLY for America, and that “Failure to adequately respond by (October 21) could result in an audit or enforcement action.”
The only explanation listed for the expense at the time of the contribution was “other disbursement.”
Keep The Promise I is one of four political PACs set up to raise money for Cruz’s presidential campaign endeavors (the other three are “creatively” monikered “Keep the Promise PAC,” “Keep the Promise II,” and “Keep the Promise III”). Keep The Promise I alone has already raised over $11 million dollars for Cruz so far, but not much of that money has been spent yet. According to the FEC, only $536,170 has been used by the PAC. $36,170 of that went towards paying for attorney’s fees and surveys while the bulk of the cash went towards Fiorina’s presidential war chest.
Even stranger, the large sum was donated to Fiorina while she was still a relatively unknown candidate. According to one Washington Post – ABC News poll, the former HP head was polling at 0% at the time. It wasn’t until August 6 — when Fiorina performed well in the first GOP lower candidate debate — that she was on anyone’s political radar nationally.
In June, the FEC forced the Fiorina PAC to change its name from “Carly for America” to “CARLY (an acronym for Conservative Authentic Responsive Leadership for You) for America Super PAC.” The name change was in response to the FEC claiming the original title was in violation of its rules. As the Washington Post states: “FEC rules state committees can only use a federal candidate’s name if they’re authorized by that candidate, something super PACS, by rule, cannot be since they’re supposed to be independent.”
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Because he's an idiot. That's why.
>>>> i'd hit Carly like a cheap Walmart pinata
"Keep The Promise I" He?
>>>> i'd rather wack off with a cheese grater
please begin!
CARLY has, in turn, given the money to HILLARY
which has given it to JEB
we are all friends and we know how to share.
enjoy the show.
hugs,
TPTB
In Switzerland, there are no campaign/party finance laws. None whatsoever. Political parties are associations in the sense of articles 60 and following of the civil code; as such, they don't even need to be registered. Parties can receive contributions from corporations, billionaires, regular adherents, foreigners, anyone.. they don't even need to disclose where they got their money from.
And yet, Switzerland is among countries with the least corruption.
Why, you ask? Quite simple. There is no one to bribe, as politicians have very little power. Thus they have little privilege to sell. Political prerogatives are highly decentralized. Actually, many Swiss people don't know who their country's president is. It changes every year, and barely matters at all.
Funny enough, Switzerland and the USA were known for a long time as sister republics. That's because the Swiss constitution of 1848 is mostly copy-pasted from the US one. Only the Swiss didn't fight a civil war, and thus never lost their republican confederate identity.
Of course that isn't to say the country isn't subjugated by the globalist empire too, or that it isn't going in the wrong direction (esp. because of the SNB politburo).
Cruz thinks he will win the nomination and he wants to keep Carly in the game as long as possible so she will be his VP running mate.
TRUMP should leverage this to the maximum possible extent.
The benefits of self-funding his campaign are becoming clearer by the day.
Cruz voted for TPP and he supports more H1-Bs. His wife worked for Goldman Sachs and they paid for his healthcare. Carly is a NeoCon and was terrible at HP and Lucent.
While I may be the odd man out on this forum (particularly after 6:00 PM when the whiners log on), I will tell you flat out that I increasingly inclined to hire foreign tech talent over a U.S. effeminate skinny jean-wearing douchebag fanboys. Despite all the right degrees, many U.S. candidates 35 and below have huge attitudes, are whiny little bitches and increasingly lack competitive skills.
On the other hand, talent in the form of foreign nationals (my preference being Jews) are grateful for the opportunity, are loyal to a fault, are amazingly low maintenance and produce outstanding results.
They also prefer to dress like professionals.
But this is just me. You're tastes may vary.
"many U.S. candidates 35 and below have huge attitudes, are whiny little bitches and increasingly lack competitive skills."
+1000 Sir.
Welcome to my world also,(architecture)
A bunch of nancys the lot of them.
good riddance.
I have an Ex US Navy nuclear tech over 45, and a Bulgarian Architect over 50 working with me on projects and thats it. no more "mentoring" the next generation after a few rough spots, those folks are not worth the headache they bring to the work envioronment.
worse still the AIA paid Slick Willie $250k for his keynote speech at the 2015 Annual AIA convention. I protested, was igrnored until repeat emails, then rebuffed by AIA command,then cancelled my AIA membeship.
fully 95% or more of the foreigners I've worked with were damn near useless
Or, he thinks she will win the nomination and wants to be somebody's running mate. He already tried to glam onto Trump. Cruz truly is a dangerous hack. With a wife who is a wealth manager for Goldman, and a holy roller old man, reckon where his loyalties lie. Here is a little song that sums up his desparate attempts to gain recognition. Too bad for him, he is a high I.Q. charlatan without a lick of common sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4EnjRKVQw
I think Cruz believes if Trump get's the nomination then Cruz will be the VP candidate. Carly will not win the GOP nomination, but she'll be a great foil to Hitlery.
I think if Trump wins, he won't want Cruz anywhere near him. Trump is not that dumb, and in reality, Clinton would eat Fiorina for breakfast and then steal her lunch money. Not that I care for either of the 2, but Carly is way out of her league.
Something that looked like Cruz was outside my window the other night. Now my cat is missing. Maybe it was the chupacabra. One can only hope.
Fat finger?
Switzerland also puts almost anything important up for referendum. Now THAT's democracy, everyone goes down to the pub every 6 weeks or so to decide what happens. And the Swiss president is one of six that rotate, each gets 1 year to be the top dog. So if you get a total corrupt loser then at least you know he's gone within 12 months. They also have 6 points of entry to the country, all mined, in case they need to close shop in a hurry.
Actually a good strategy. (Not the cheese grater;)
Carly and Carson are both "holding pattern" candidates, with no chance of winning the nomination. Anyone interested in extending this thing, does not want either of them to run out of money, which they will.
Yes, one of them is the future VP candidate. The Rep. Est. thinks it must pander to women and blacks to be elected since there are not enough actual pissed off tax payers to put them in office(thanks to the FED). Romney gave that away w/ his 47% speech.
I hear that a lot, but it never works.
Blacks hate black conservatives with a purple passion. Carson would lose votes, big time, for the party.
There are women who would be great choices. Modigliani face sans boobs, is not one of them.
Carly needs to stay in the game so that she can tear into Hitlary. Carly is a good speaker, thinks on her feet, and can be trusted to give Hitlary absolutely no mercy. Carly is the heat-seeking missle that can devastate HRC. Ted Cruz is not the type to cat fight, Carly is.
She sucked yesterday on whatever talking head program I saw her on, and has a serious problem with the truth and very little depth, although she does have the bumper sticker talking points down pretty well. About all she could do regarding Clinton is turn out more demorats.
I mean, look at that face.....
c'mon, she's got a beautiful face !
Well, probably, if you like horses.
If she's a horse she's American Pharoh. Hitlery, on the other hand, is ready for the glue factory.
Carly Fiorina went into a bar.
The bartender poured her a drink.
"Why the long face?"
It's not her face that scares me so much but what's inside that brain of hers. She couldn't manage a lemonade stand let alone the country and the scary part is she doesn't have a clue.
Just another insatiable, power hungry bitch as far as I can tell.
Miffed
She did to the work of great engineers at HP what VW leadership did to their great engineers--undermined the product and destroyed the name. Short term thinking parasites. Real leadership serves to facilitate the creation of value, not to destroy it.
That makes her the perfect destroyer to taking on Hitlary.
Let the fur fly!
Brain ? What brain ?
VP candidate, to appeal to all the fugly's(majority). That uncovers McLame's (intentional, imo) mistake, he chose an attractive woman(minority) with a stricking resemblance to the SNL propaganda actress.
Lovely, https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=6&v=P3w7qI7z7uE
He was not responsible for this. It came from a pac. His campaign did not donate it.
Correct. Pacs are independent from the candidate, and can do almost any damn thing with the money they take in.
There are requirements for timely reporting of all spending. That's about it.
There are still campaign finance laws?
LMFAO Thats a good one.
Actually, it quite serious. If you have ever been involved in these reeporting issues, you know how much trouble you can get into by screwing around with any campaign funds. Not funny at all.
For that shit yes, and they all watch each other, with massive fines if someone screws up.
You don't want to be treasurer for a PAC unless you are sure you're up to the task.
By rule of law... sure. If they have nothing to hide their response to the FEC should be:
Explanation: "We gave Carly money because we wanted to. Fuck off."
Cruz is also a bankster lackey.
Why the down votes? Ted Cruz is a fraud of the worst order.
Cruz's wife Heidi works for Goldman Sachs (a VP). She is on leave now to avoid all the negative publicity that would have shined upon on her bankster connected husband.
It appears ZH is full of trolls and pussies these days who wont even debate the facts. Trololololo....
"She is currently taking leave from her position as head of the Southwest Region in the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and previously worked in the White House for Condoleezza Rice and in New York as an investment banker".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz#Personal_life
So right. I have been a long time reader of zerohedge but the quality of the comments (and readers) has steadily deteriorated.
You can say that again. About 2 years ago, the Hedge was mentioned on the Limbaugh radio show, and next thing you know a bunch of his dregs showed up and dropped the IQ level here about 20 points. Then, something was referred to on Drudge, and a lot more folks showed up who didn't understand the Red Team / Blue Team were playing in the Mutual Assistance League.
Bring back the Captcha math questions! At least the comments from total morons would be reduced.
You are absolutely right. The comments are some of the worst on Zerohedge. Most add nothing constructive to the discussion. There is no quality control by the moderators.
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
Judging the man based on his wife seems shallow. I know plenty of married couples with divergent views. Hell, she may be the spy inside the squid. The fact is we just do not know... Commence the RED's.....
Shallow? You've got to be kidding (see Missy's comment below). Who do you think got him to where he is now? His good looks and charm?
Some of you guys are not only shallow and in denial, you are completely delusional.
Actually a strong grassroots movement among conservative women here in Texas walked blocks, passed out literature, made phone calls, manned booths, talked to neighbors, held meetings, planted signs, and did what it took to make Ted the victor in the Republican primary. After that, he was as good as in.
Ted Cruz is a persuasive speaker and does especially well in small groups. He is respectful, gentlemanly, and treats women as intelligent beings. He was outspent magnificently by his wealthy and powerful opponent. David Dewhurst is ex-CIA, not a good speaker, and something of a cold fish with whom the politically active women in Texas could not relate.
It could cost Ted dearly if he had to be the one to rip into Hillary. It would be much better for Carly to do the hair-pulling.
Ted Cruz impresses me as the kind of guy who 24/7 bashes PP and abortions with one hand, while pressing the button for more deadly drone strikes with the other.
So you're still stuck inside the false paradigm are you?
So sorry BOP you obviously know enough to judge right out of the gate... ass..
Care to talk facts on Cruz and his wife or just talk out of you ass pal?
I have never seen his wife that I recall, but I have seen him reading Dr. Zeus in the Senate Chamber. Somehow, that struck me as shallow.
He tips off his allegiances by lauding Hamilton and denigrating Jackson on the currency. Hamilton was a lackey for the bankers advocating a central bank and Old Hickory fought the concept tooth and nail. I would like to propose a toast to Aaron Burr. I would also tip one for Jackson for making my ancestors safe from a bunch of greedy Creeks that hated white people.
Cruz is a suckass puppet.
HEIDI S. CRUZ is an energy investment banker with Merrill Lynch in Houston, Texas. She served in the Bush White House under Dr. Condoleezza Rice as the Economic Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, as the Director of the Latin America Office at the U.S. Treasury Department, and as Special Assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to government service, Ms. Cruz was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York City.
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102
Thx Missy. And I'm sure her husband isn't onboard with any of this right? Merrill, CFR, Bush, Rice, Zoellick, JPM and GS? So these connections mean nothing?
Comical...
or maybe the whole lot of them are strawmen meant to divide and conquer the base to let the establishment annointed one get the nomination.
Khazar money heading to their new favorite..
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
Oh, Let me take a stab at it! Because they're all crooks?
What did I win Alex?
indefinite detention at the lovely Guantanamo Bay.
I'll save you a cot.
Thanks buddy and if I beat you to the resort will do the same. To the down arrow ashkenazi fag. Lets all point and laugh>>>>>>MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thought it was going to AIPAC.
It would/will eventually.
It would make sense if that pair makes is the ultimate choice for the P-VP ticket, n'est-ce pa?
Sympathy for the profoundly ugly?
is fiorino married?
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<----Because other people really pull the strings
Cruz if basically for the constitution and respects Trump which is good. Carly is a fucking neocon war monger post menapausal bitch and a horrible CEO by record which is bad. I give a fuck what the PAC did.
Oh almost forgot , anyone or anything beats the fuck out of Clinton or Biden.
Jebbie can't even beat Off.
I'll tell you why, They're probably the Giant Squids choice.
What have both of them in common? Unquestionable and 100% loyal support of Israel of course.
Answer: Cruz/Fiorina '16
or he's trying to buy his way onto a Fiorina/Cruz ticket
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
They want Trump OUT that is why the RINOs are so cozy together. Like Scott Walker, the BIGGEST FRAUD out there, Cruz talks "tough" on illegal immigration, but what most people don't notice is he is for HUGE INCREASES in LEGAL Immigration.
It was the 1965 Immigration law that set the demographic disaster rolling for Whites in the US.
Ted Kennedy is not responsible for the Immigration Act of 1965
ASIANS FORECAST TO OVERTAKE HISPANICS AS LARGEST IMMIGRANT GROUP BY 2065 The Financial Times (LONDON) September 28, 2015
Asian migrants to propel US population growth
'Birth Tourism' Booming In Bay Area
Well, I'll take Asians over La Raza every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Control for education and income and see how smart the usual suspects are compared to Chinese, Japanese and Koreans...
Asian is often PC code for muslim.
I was hoping it meant Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese, etc.
We have two new Vietnamese couples in our neighborhood, docters and dentists, very nice, polite, educated and non-violent people.
I used to think that Asian equaled Oriental too.
Learned otherwise.
Carly Fiorina: First Call as President Will Be to Prime Minister of Israel
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/05/04/carly-fiorina-first-c...
‘Israel First’– for gay couple who hosted Ted Cruz
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/04/israel-couple-hosted
We need a Declaration of Independence from Israel.
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2015/03/ted-cruz-lindsey-graham-zio...
Sounds like Carly's gone a "cruz"in.
Regardless, $500,000 is a damned expensive blow jo. (especially when the brown paper grocery bag is not included)
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
Carly and Ted sittin in a tree.....
Now where'd I put my chainsaw? Climb higher fuckers!!
Because as you must have a black criticise the black, or a latino criticise the latinos, you must have a woman to offset hillary.
So here is one devil, carly, used to offset another devil, Hillary.
Bribe money for Fiorina to shut up about the fact that Cruz is not an eligible natural born Citizen, and not eligible for POTUS, according to A2S1C5.
Even the State Dept. has doubts that Cruz is eligible:
7 FAM 1131.6-2 Eligibility for Presidency (TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998) a. It has never been determined definitively by a court whether a person who acquired U.S. citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens is a natural-born citizen within the meaning of Article II of the Constitution and, therefore, eligible for the Presidency.
UNCLASSIFIED (U) U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 7 Consular Affairs 7 FAM 1130 Page 8 of 69 UNCLASSIFIED (U)
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
Wow. That is some seriously interesting reading.
The Conservative Treehouse did the very best investigative reporting of the whole Trayvon Martin affair. It looks like they are getting ready to score again.
Thanks for that link.
Ted was not bon to US citizen (s) but 1 citizen, at best Ted is a dual citizen, how many embassies did Ted's dad register Ted with?
Anybody ask the Canadian and Cuban govt?
What do our treaties with Canada and Cuba say regarding persons born abroad?
By now, for better or worse, it should be abundantly opaque the sides are bought and paid for by the same "elites". ie. Controlled Opposition et al. Embrace the suck.
Would it be a Super Dooper PAC, funding two candidates - just to improve their chances of controlling whichever one that wins?
WTF!
TED CRUZ WAS BORN IN FUCKING CANADA! HE ISN'T ELIGIBLE TO BY PRESIDENT OF CONUS!
WTF!
Ted Cruz's superpac gave Carly all that money because HE IS INELIGIBLE TO BE GOD-DAMNED MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT.
This article is incomplete and misleading. The intent of this article may be to spread anti-Ted Cruz propaganda.
Keep the Promise is independent of Ted Cruz. Cruz has no contact with them and is not involved with anything they do as per FEC rules for PACs. This applies to all candidates and all PACs.
What the article omits:
Keep The Promise (KtP) Super-PAC is a pro-Ted Cruz PAC run by David Barton David Barton is also Chairman of Mercury One Charities (Glenn Beck). David Barton is the one who made the decision to donate $500,000 to Carly for America.
If you want to follow this illegal donation go to The Conservative Tree House. They have been covering this story for several weeks.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/25/whoopsie-federal-election...
Born Rafael Edward Cruz
December 22, 1970 (age 44)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Why are we discussing this fraud?
http://ivn.us/2013/08/13/defining-natural-born-citizen/
For reasons I have not voted in a national election since 2000. Things are beyond FUBAR. I will not participate in this PSYOP ..
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/11/10/was-ronald-reagan-the-last-duly-...
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20070405.htm
Who knows why not ask Janel Deminico, Carly's fundraiser (lower right) http://www.coloradostatesman.com/content/994902-evening-gov-jeb-bush-and... o wait... http://conpats.blogspot.com/2015/07/carly-fiorina-is-one-great-candidate...
Who will Ted have in the US Senate if Ted wins?
Nobody, not 1 senator.
We can't afford to lose Ted from the US Senate.