Coming Out of The Closet
My favorite story from the South Carolina campaign got leaked today. The Daily Beast broke the story of a secret meeting between Ted Cruz and Ben Carson that took place in a closet.
According to the story, Ted called the meeting in hopes that he could patch things up with Ben after totally screwing him in Iowa.
It’s a good thing that Ted called the meeting with Dr. Carson because face it, Ted needs to have his head examined.
The meeting, which took place in a storage closet across from a bathroom at the convention center on Thursday, ended with Carson saying “we agree to disagree.”
“We disagree on accountability and culpability,” is how Carson put it, according to Osborne.
Secret Service members were guarding the door and simply said to a Republican operative in the hallway: “Yeah, they’re in that closet.”
It is unclear if there were lights inside of it.
That right there is an image that shakes my aesthetic foundation.
The meeting was supposed to last 5 minutes. It didn’t. It went on for 20 – 25 minutes. Of course that was partly due to Carson’s sloooooow speech and Cruz’s continually saying, “eh?”
By all reports, it did not go well for Cruz.
After Carson spoke at the convention, and saw Cruz in the hallway again, Cruz didn’t even look at Carson, according to the latter’s campaign.
“There was a political play there and it didn’t work for them,” a Republican operative close to the campaign told The Daily Beast. “The meeting didn’t go as well as Cruz wanted it to go. Carson had a smile on his face and was looking right at him.”
Yeah, if you can’t beat Ben Carson at a closet talking contest, you’re probably not going to do too well with Putin.
There are no words. Thoughts, and the occasional snicker, but no words.
1How about these: two closet cases. Huh?
2“…and Cruz’s continually saying, “eh?” LOL! It is so good to have the proprietor in the salon today!
3So, they didn’t actually kiss and make up in the closet, eh?
4So, what happened after they came out of the closet?
5@LynnN … evidently they couldn’t even look at each other … well, Ben could look at Cruz, but the looks didn’t go both ways! Perhaps more went on in that closet then some simple broom talk, eh?
They do not get what a couple of utter jokes they are! I mean, they are a couple of the clowns in the Clown Car.
6Why were they not locked in?
7@bud malone: hahahahaha.
8Really!!
It is good that they have come out of the closet. Voters need to know these things.
9I’ve heard rumors of this kind of closeted dalliance between former presidents and the young admirers they smuggled into the White House.
But two Republican Presidential Candidates? Tea Party conservatives no less? If they didn’t approve of “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” let’s hope reporters start pressing them for some answers.
I’ll tell you what I’d like to see. Tiny cups and saucers on Ted & Ben’s podiums at the next debate. Souvenirs of the great 2016 Tea Party Summit.
10Carson’s got a stronger stomach than I have. I can’t look at Cruz.
Couldn’t somebody have glued the door shut while they were in there?
11It’s such a revolting image, poor mental Ben pinned in that closet with Oozy. If he wasn’t off the wall before, look for him to become unhinged right quick. Wouldn’t surprise me to hear Ben has dropped out so as to avoid any further contact with that revolting closet case.
12Ah! Potential mystery novel.
13“We disagree on accountability and culpability.”
There were numerous surprises here – not the least of which was the fact that Ben managed to stay awake throughout the above sentence. Also that he expected Ted to understand the meanings of all the words.
14Was Oozy wearing his smoking jacket?
15It would distress me greatly to be in any sort of room with Mental Ben OR Canadian Raphael. The thought of the two together in such a confines space makes me throw up a little. in my mouth. Yuck.
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