Amanda Carpenter, one of Cruz's five alleged paramours : All the Photos You Need to See

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Amanda Carpenter is a former Ted Cruz communications director and CNN contributor. Carpenter is getting attention today because of the so-called "Ted Cruz sex scandal." Chatter about the "scandal" stems entirely from a National Enquirer story that hit newsstands March 25 and has allegations of affairs with five women. The Enquirer ran pixelated headshots of five women that the tabloid claims had affairs with Cruz. One of the headshots appears to be of Carpenter, but there's no evidence to back up the Enquirer's report.

http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/amanda-carpenter-ted-cruz-sex-scandal-carly-fiorina-national-enquirer-instagram-twitter-facebook-photos-pictures/

[lame54]

1. It's funny how the National Enquirer is trash...

until they print something we WANT to be true

Katrina Pierson as one of the alleged mistresses makes this story reek

it should not be passed around till a legitimate source can confirm it

[frylock]

12. People said the same when the National Enquirer broke the John Edwards story.

[lunasun]

2. NE.wow what a crowd

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/world-exclusive-obama-marriage-explodes/
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/michelle_obama_booze_binges_barack_livid/celebrity/66873
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/joan-rivers-obama-gay-michelle-transsexual-compliment-not-smear-0/
IT must be true too!!!! the NE said so

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. They also broke the Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and John Edwards affairs.

Did they not?


The stories you cited are so over the top that most folks discount them.

[ghostsinthemachine]

5. And that dope fiend Rush limbaugh

NE broke that one as well.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. They vet their stories...

I suspect they don't vet their "over the top" stories because the targets just discount them and suing them would just bring more attention to themselves.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. The National Enquirer has always been the blind squirrel of media.

Occasionally it does find its nut, but I wouldn't rely on it.

[AxionExcel]

4. "I did not have sex with that, um, Republican Theocrat Fascist Wanker, Mr. Cruz" - Ammmander

[stopbush]

7. But it's OK if he only had sex with Canadians, right?

[Mister Ed]

8. "but there's no evidence to back up the Enquirer's report."

(from the linked article)

So what are we even talking about here?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. We will see.

The National Enquirer is indeed a tabloid – and as such there are various grains of salt that should be applied when reviewing anything they present.

However, that said, they have been unfortunately accurate for more than a few presidential hopefuls: Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson and John Edwards to name a few of the more infamous examples.


Beyond the story itself there’s a few presenting elements which point to a high degree of confidence, and as a consequence ‘legal avoidance’, on the publishers’ part.

Firstly, they post pictures of the collective mistresses. NE would never legally “go there” if they did not hold a very reasonable certainty the outlined players were factually part of the story.

Secondly, there’s at least one face in the group that is easily identifiable.

When you accept the NE editorial/legal requirement for research and attributed comment prior to publication, you recognize there is more than a strong probability each of the outlined group (pictured) was contacted prior to publication; and one of those is very close to the Donald Trump campaign. Ergo, it’s entirely likely presidential candidate Donald Trump knew this story was coming out.



http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/03/24/the-national-enquirer-runs-story-of-multiple-ted-cruz-affairs/

[ibegurpard]

10. I have a hard time believing this

Because I have a hard time believing there are that many people who would sleep with that creepy fuck.

[eissa]

15. EXACTLY ^^

Ted Cruz does not have sex. I don't know how his offspring were conceived, but it was not through fucking. I can't....I just can't

[CTyankee]

16. maybe they are into creepy sex with creepy men...whatever...

[MoonRiver]

13. I completely loathe Ted Cruz, emphasis on LOATHE,

but this crap is way out of bounds. I now have sympathy for Heidi Cruz, which I never, in a million years, anticipated!

[etherealtruth]

14. Yep! n/t