Ted Cruz Hates “New York Values” But Sure Loves New York Money

[marmar]

(The Intercept) On Tuesday on the syndicated Howie Carr Show, Ted Cruz declared that Donald Trump “comes from New York and he embodies New York values.” That night on Fox, New York-born Megyn Kelly asked Cruz to explain exactly what “New York values” are. Cruz responded: “The rest of the country knows exactly what New York values are, and I gotta say, they’re not Iowa values and they’re not New Hampshire values.”

Yesterday Kellyanne Conway, president of Keep the Promise I, one of four significant pro-Cruz Super PACs, endorsed Cruz’s anti-New York perspective: “New York is home to many wonderful people and places, but the emphasis is more on money than morality. The line to get into Abercrombie & Fitch is a mile longer than the line to get into St. Patrick’s Cathedral.”

But here’s what Cruz and Conway haven’t mentioned:

Keep the Promise I is registered in New York and has raised $11,000,000 from a single New Yorker, financier Robert Mercer. Mercer is co-CEO of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, located on New York’s Long Island. The Super PAC’s only other donor is from Florida and contributed $5,000, so Mercer has provided 99.95 percent of its money. .................(more)

https://theintercept.com/2016/01/14/ted-cruz-hates-new-york-values-but-sure-loves-new-york-money/

[el_bryanto]

1. Look - while I think we all understand that people from other lands or parts of the United States

are dangerous or contemptible - Money is different. I refused to hold money accountable for where it comes from, or what ideology it sprang from. I believe we should judge money by what it does. Take this $100,000. It came from a bad situation; surrounded by lobbyists of the worse character. If we were to judge money the way we judge people, we'd have to conclude that this money was tainted. Evil. But now look what it's doing! It's buying radio spots for Ted Cruz. It's buying lawn signs for Ted Cruz. This money, by it's actions, proves that in America every dollar has the potential to redeem itself.

If only we could say the same for people.

Bryant