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kpete

(72,024 posts)
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:29 PM Apr 2016

Ted Cruz madame scandal explodes as phone records released

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http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/04/05/breaking-ted-cruzs-d-c-madam-scandal-explodes-as-phone-records-get-leaked-to-media/
BREAKING: Ted Cruz’s D.C. Madam Scandal EXPLODES As Phone Records Get Leaked To Media
APRIL 5TH, 2016 PEARSON MCKINNEY POLITICS, TOP STORIES 0 COMMENTS

There appears to have been a data upload to the internet that includes the phone records of the “DC Madam” from 2004-2008, the time frame in which Ted Cruz was said to have been a client of the political prostitute. There are almost 7,400 records

The Gateway Pundit released this statement to the press Tuesday afternoon:

“We have the DC Madam’s phone records. Pages and pages of phone records. We are deciding how to present this evidence.”



All this comes after a story released in tabloids that accused Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz of being involved with a high-priced escort for high profile D.C. employees, aptly named the D.C. Madam. Ted Cruz refuted these allegations, saying the story was “all lies,” and that Donald trump was responsible for this rumor starting.

This information could not only ruin Ted Cruz’s chance at a 2016 win, but it could completely destroy his home life, namely his long-time marriage.

Check back here for updates.
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/04/05/breaking-ted-cruzs-d-c-madam-scandal-explodes-as-phone-records-get-leaked-to-media/

BREAKING: Ted Cruz’s D.C. Madam Scandal EXPLODES As Phone Records Get Leaked To Media
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Ted Cruz madame scandal explodes as phone records released (Original Post) kpete Apr 2016 OP
Ummm hmmmm. OK, got my breath on hold. AxionExcel Apr 2016 #1
The media has covered for Cruz for so long yeoman6987 Apr 2016 #4
Me too. And fingers crossed, frankly. Hortensis Apr 2016 #77
But it's just meta-data. dawg Apr 2016 #2
C'mon, man. The spying on Americans crimes are so yesterday. Scuba Apr 2016 #19
Need to see proof folks Kelvin Mace Apr 2016 #3
Fingers crossed, and only because he is a very harmful person. He would do great harm Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #6
And it certainly would not surprise me if a prissy little religious fascist Kelvin Mace Apr 2016 #8
Well said. zentrum Apr 2016 #51
They kept david vitter what would make You think he is in any harm? timmymoff Apr 2016 #9
Louisiana is in a totally different universe....Do you remember the "Vote for the crook" campaign? virtualobserver Apr 2016 #13
Vote for the crook or TexasProgresive Apr 2016 #22
a Depends pooper barely registers on the meter......This will sink Cruz though, unless...... virtualobserver Apr 2016 #23
Add to that if he was a liberal, this wouldnt matter at all given liberals dont Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #14
Exactly. Get rid of him zentrum Apr 2016 #53
Thank you. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #10
Agreed rpannier Apr 2016 #48
Given he is a horrible Senator and human being, we can hope this ends his Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #5
anybody's phone number can be put on a phone list, doesn't mean much nt msongs Apr 2016 #7
... and, for any number of reasons. Thank you. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #12
Can anyone's name be added to phone company records? Or maybe I missed your point. nm rhett o rick Apr 2016 #18
But what does a phone call mean? jberryhill Apr 2016 #28
Dick Morris made a lot of calls to prosititues for something other than to... scscholar Apr 2016 #35
I could see Hillary calling every week jberryhill Apr 2016 #36
I agree. I bet he has a great explanation. I bet he was phone-bank calling for the fire fighters rhett o rick Apr 2016 #40
That's a good one jberryhill Apr 2016 #66
I am sure busTED was calling to convert her from her sinful ways. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #57
I can hear Desi Arnaz. Rex Apr 2016 #11
I so hope this is true malaise Apr 2016 #68
Me too! I can take it our leave it since he is a walking pile of dog poo. Rex Apr 2016 #69
It looks like the Supreme Court refused his request and he said he would let it rip if denied. Vinca Apr 2016 #15
Shocking!!! autorank Apr 2016 #16
Home life? Warpy Apr 2016 #17
Has Daddy given his reasoning behind his son's inability to keep his pants zipped? Frustratedlady Apr 2016 #31
The promiscuity could come from the mother csziggy Apr 2016 #38
Interesting! I've never dug into Ted's history because he was more of an irritant... Frustratedlady Apr 2016 #74
"Refute" is a little misleading (minor comment from an English major Timer Apr 2016 #20
There is no amount moonbabygo Apr 2016 #21
I can't even think of being in the same room with him, or the same building ... n/t moonscape Apr 2016 #24
I can't even stand to look... 3catwoman3 Apr 2016 #39
Did Ms. Palfrey only run women, or did she run men, too? Stinky The Clown Apr 2016 #25
No kidding. I thought Cruz wasn't a human. Guess I was wrong. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #26
The DC Madam was a prostitute. Ted Cruz is a Political Prostitute. They are not the same. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 #27
And of the two professions only one is honest and the other is a politician. nm rhett o rick Apr 2016 #44
She was far more noble world wide wally Apr 2016 #59
Did some one kill the lawyer? hollysmom Apr 2016 #29
Sex with Cruz? NastyRiffraff Apr 2016 #30
Ted Cruz... 3catwoman3 Apr 2016 #41
This is from the Gateway Pundit. Archae Apr 2016 #32
where there is smoke, typically fire...and I watched Craz very very Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 #61
OK, so if it's true, Mike__M Apr 2016 #33
what happened to his 5 girlfriends that so many here were squealing about a week or so ago? lunasun Apr 2016 #34
"I only had phone calls with that woman." L. Coyote Apr 2016 #37
The worst part of all this is, it forces us to contemplate Ted "Oily" Cruz having sex. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #42
I have been trying very hard NOT to contemplate that. n/t Still In Wisconsin Apr 2016 #46
You're welcome! Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #54
He eats hair you know...human hair Still In Wisconsin Apr 2016 #65
I NEED A BOGLE FOR THE GLOTCH Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #67
Stop volution! Still In Wisconsin Apr 2016 #71
The "tell" will be the financial records tied to the phone calls he appears to have made. Ford_Prefect Apr 2016 #43
Voila! napkinz Apr 2016 #45
. merrily Apr 2016 #47
very interesting ... napkinz Apr 2016 #49
"I did not have sex with that woman" DebbieCDC Apr 2016 #50
Eww.. everytime I posted something about this - I got slammed Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 #52
"if Ted got busted" napkinz Apr 2016 #55
Genius N !!! My husband and I are a mixed family. I hate Cruz more and Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 #62
found another ... napkinz Apr 2016 #73
All I can say is for $300/Jr. With Cruz Gman Apr 2016 #56
Hahaha...can only imagine...bet the Consitution is involved somehow. nt Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2016 #64
Minimum wage for an hour with Ted should exceed Clinton's speaking fee rate lostnfound Apr 2016 #79
This message was self-deleted by its author DUbeornot2be Apr 2016 #58
Please let this be true. cwydro Apr 2016 #60
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahha malaise Apr 2016 #63
Who needs butter? I have got plenty of butter! Initech Apr 2016 #70
remember the ashley madison hack? NJCher Apr 2016 #72
Cruz didn't join the senate until the 2012 election. Ilsa Apr 2016 #75
He's been knocking around DC for a lo-o-ong time. annabanana Apr 2016 #81
Cruz Why Is Your Number On the List Of D.C. Madam? eridani Apr 2016 #76
Dim Jim Hoft? Ohio Joe Apr 2016 #78
surprised there's nothing from Trump on this napkinz Apr 2016 #80
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
4. The media has covered for Cruz for so long
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:32 PM
Apr 2016

Not sure why. He'd make the worst president running including yes trump.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
3. Need to see proof folks
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:32 PM
Apr 2016

Claims that someone saw something is not proof. No one would love more to see Cruz go down in hypocritical ignominy than me, but I think it reasonable to expect hard evidence.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
6. Fingers crossed, and only because he is a very harmful person. He would do great harm
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:34 PM
Apr 2016

to many if allowed to, he must be removed from office one legal way or another.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
8. And it certainly would not surprise me if a prissy little religious fascist
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:36 PM
Apr 2016

member of the GOP Anti-Sex League was dipping his wick in commercial wax, but again, evidence first, or we become no better than them.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
23. a Depends pooper barely registers on the meter......This will sink Cruz though, unless......
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:01 PM
Apr 2016

he has a "I have sinned against the Lord" in him that would make Jimmy Swaggart proud.



Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
14. Add to that if he was a liberal, this wouldnt matter at all given liberals dont
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:42 PM
Apr 2016

set themselves up as one thing and constantly turn out to be the other.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
53. Exactly. Get rid of him
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:01 PM
Apr 2016

…for the harm he'd do. And his vicious sexual hypocrisy drives policy too--- if this story proves true.

rpannier

(24,341 posts)
48. Agreed
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:51 PM
Apr 2016

Love to see Cruz go down, but for the stupid stuff he does, not for something that isn't true

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
5. Given he is a horrible Senator and human being, we can hope this ends his
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:33 PM
Apr 2016

career in politics.

The man has no place being anywhere near any power over any human being ever!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
28. But what does a phone call mean?
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:14 PM
Apr 2016

This was apparently a well-connected person in DC.

Did no one call this woman for any other purpose than to arrange prostitution?

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
35. Dick Morris made a lot of calls to prosititues for something other than to...
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:44 PM
Apr 2016

"arrange prostitution." He made a lot of calls to brag which is even sadder.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
36. I could see Hillary calling every week
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:02 PM
Apr 2016

...to offer payment if Bill calls and she rats him out.

I just don't know what the phone records are supposed to show other than, yep, there were phone calls.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
40. I agree. I bet he has a great explanation. I bet he was phone-bank calling for the fire fighters
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:39 PM
Apr 2016

association.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
57. I am sure busTED was calling to convert her from her sinful ways.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:08 PM
Apr 2016

And no, if cruz was calling this woman it was for one thing and one thing only. You know that.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
69. Me too! I can take it our leave it since he is a walking pile of dog poo.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:56 PM
Apr 2016

But this would be the icing on the GOP Clown Car Presidential Run Off a Cliff 2016 Sweepstakes!!!

Vinca

(50,313 posts)
15. It looks like the Supreme Court refused his request and he said he would let it rip if denied.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:43 PM
Apr 2016

This could end up being a very interesting evening.

autorank

(29,457 posts)
16. Shocking!!!
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:44 PM
Apr 2016

I simply can't believe it! Why, Ted's a goD fearng Christian. Say it ain't so LoL

This is a fascinating story. The DC Madam was threatening to release her black book of DBSM customers, high profile, and represented by Maryland attorney Blair Montgomery. The Madam ended up hanging herself in Florida, even though it was reported she had been in good spirits ready to fight IRS, which is how the whole thing started. After she died, Montgomery lost his law license. A few days ago, Montgomery said he felt it was just fine to release the black book since the stay on that release had expired.

If Ted took a beating every now and again, that's fine by me and probably made him less uncivil and nasty than he would have been otherwise.

kpete

Warpy

(111,367 posts)
17. Home life?
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:44 PM
Apr 2016

I think the religious nuts will blame it all on his wife for not praying harder and just snapping out of her depression, it's all her fault that he had to go outside his marriage and sin because men can't be expected to control themselves, ever.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
31. Has Daddy given his reasoning behind his son's inability to keep his pants zipped?
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:19 PM
Apr 2016

Looking at Daddy, I'd guess his son's apple didn't fall too far from the tree. Both make me ill and, being the strong Christians that they claim to be, I'm sure he'll come up with a dynamite excuse for the whole scenario. Maybe Teddy was trying to convert the prostitutes, thus all those phone calls.

I keep thinking of his daughter's rejection to his loving gesture of a month or so ago. Smart kid!

csziggy

(34,138 posts)
38. The promiscuity could come from the mother
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 07:26 PM
Apr 2016

Ted had an older brother who died when young:

“In 1956, my mom married her first husband, a mathematician named Alan Wilson,” Cruz wrote. The couple moved to London in 1960 after a few years working in the U.S., and Cruz revealed something of a bombshell: his mother had given birth to a son, Michael Wilson, in 1965, who had died a crib death later in the year.

<SNIP>

Wilson, floored to learn that he was mentioned in Cruz’s book, said, in a bombshell of his own, that the account is not accurate: He was not the father of the baby.

“We were divorced and she was living on her own,” said Wilson. He said that Eleanor asked him if she could use his last name on the birth certificate. When Michael Wilson later died, he said, “I hadn’t even met the baby.”

<SNIP>

He said the time frame was around 1963 that they were divorced. Although Cruz in his book cites 1965 for Michael Wilson’s birth and death, London records obtained by McClatchy show that a Michael Wilson was born and died in 1966 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in Kensington, a London neighborhood.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160116-cruz-family-drama-mothers-first-husband-is-an-ex-pat-texan-in-london.ece


As for Ted, his mother's name on his birth certificate is listed as Elizabeth Darragh Wilson - she still used the name of her first husband as of Ted's birth. A picture of his birth certificate is at the link above. Other family details are at the link, too.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
74. Interesting! I've never dug into Ted's history because he was more of an irritant...
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 10:59 PM
Apr 2016

to me than a candidate. This GOP primary is going to be won by the last person standing and certainly not the smartest or best choice.

Timer

(71 posts)
20. "Refute" is a little misleading (minor comment from an English major
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:49 PM
Apr 2016

To say "Cruz refuted the allegations" sounds like he disproved them (which is the original meaning of "refute.&quot It would have been less misleading if Gateway Pundit had written "Cruz denied the allegations."

 

moonbabygo

(281 posts)
21. There is no amount
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 05:51 PM
Apr 2016

of money anyone can give me to even think of french kissing him. I just made myself sick

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
27. The DC Madam was a prostitute. Ted Cruz is a Political Prostitute. They are not the same.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:10 PM
Apr 2016

I laugh at this possible intersection.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
61. where there is smoke, typically fire...and I watched Craz very very
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:15 PM
Apr 2016

closely when they asked him about it yesterday - he's fucking lying.

Remember it was NE that busted Edwards and no one believed them

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
34. what happened to his 5 girlfriends that so many here were squealing about a week or so ago?
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 06:40 PM
Apr 2016

could would should what up?

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
52. Eww.. everytime I posted something about this - I got slammed
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 08:01 PM
Apr 2016

should have sent to you Kpete !!

Obviously been following - it would totally make my day, my week, my year if Ted got busted.

Perhaps it is why his wife was sitting by the highway in Austin

lostnfound

(16,192 posts)
79. Minimum wage for an hour with Ted should exceed Clinton's speaking fee rate
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:21 AM
Apr 2016

Even that wouldn't be enough, IMO, but it would pay for years of psychotherapy

Response to kpete (Original post)

NJCher

(35,756 posts)
72. remember the ashley madison hack?
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 09:26 PM
Apr 2016

He was listed in that, too:


there was one U.S. Senate email address among the Ashley Madison subscribers — the email address of Ted Cruz’s senate office.

Warren Rojas reports for Roll Call, March 28, 2016, that approximately 15,000 email addresses of Ashley Madison’s subscribers have the “.mil” or “.gov” designation assigned to the armed forces and federal agencies, respectively.

Among those are:

Nearly four dozen people who work at the White House.
The Capitol Police.
Seven individuals with ties to House offices.
The email address of Ted Cruz’s senate office: press@cruz.senate.gov.


http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/03/29/ted-cruzs-senate-email-address-was-a-subscriber-of-ashley-madison-adultery-dating-service/


Cher

Ilsa

(61,700 posts)
75. Cruz didn't join the senate until the 2012 election.
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 11:25 PM
Apr 2016

How was he on her roladex anytime during 2004-2008?

eridani

(51,907 posts)
76. Cruz Why Is Your Number On the List Of D.C. Madam?
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 06:04 AM
Apr 2016
https://themarshallreport.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/cruz-why-is-your-number-on-the-list-of-d-c-madam/

If you don’t know what this is. It is a page of Debora Pelfrey,s phone records.(The DC Madam) Ted Cruz private numbers are supposedly on it!

So now what Cruz? Who are you going to blame now?

Ohio Joe

(21,769 posts)
78. Dim Jim Hoft?
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 06:35 AM
Apr 2016

While it would be nice to see Cruz burn, I'll wait for someone with even a shred of credibility.

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