Ted Cruz Adviser Admits to Making Ad That Allegedly Drove Missouri Pol to Suicide
Source: Mediaite
In his first interview since two suicides rocked the Missouri governors race, political consultant Jeff Roe admitted that he was the man behind an ad that allegedly drove Tom Schweich, a frontrunner in the states GOP primary, to kill himself.
Roe, who is currently managing Texas Sen. Ted Cruzs presidential campaign, said in an interview with The Kansas City Star that had he known about Schweichs mental state, he would have never run the ad, which compared the state auditor to a little bug who could easily be manipulated. He paid $8,300 out of pocket to run the television spot, via Citizens for Fairness in Missouri, during an airing of The Rush Limbaugh Show.
Prior to his death, Schweich had alleged that he was the subject of an anti-Semitic whisper campaign in the GOP, despite the fact that he was not Jewish. He was, however, described as an emotionally fragile man who spoke frequently of suicide, and a recent Washington Post feature revealed that his friends and family had tried to dissuade the lawyer and Chief of Staff to three U.N. ambassadors from running. During the funeral, Schweichs political mentor, former Sen. John Danforth (R), alluded to Roe as a bully. Weeks later, Schweichs aide, Spence Jackson, killed himself as well.
Roe denied that he had a personal feud with Schweich, adding that he had discussed potentially working for his campaign prior to his announcement Theres no way that anyone could ever go through and be a part of the political landscape and not be impacted by the tragedies that have happened the last two months, Roe said. Its sad. It was never expected. Its an awful time.
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)him and his actions.
One less person to worry about as far as they are concerned, it is an example of why I am going to work myself to the BONE to make sure WHOEVER the Dem candidate is, wins.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)He used to make obscene phone calls to our house.
He is a sneaky dirty bastard!
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Thanks for sharing your insight. Ted Cruz is the worst demagogue since McCarthy, and he will stop at nothing to gain power.
murielm99
(30,733 posts)McCarthy hounded Senator Hunt to death over his homosexual son?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_C._Hunt
We need to do something about Cruz, who even looks like that SOB!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Hekate
(90,641 posts)samsingh
(17,595 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Ted Cruz is a human being who is organically flawed, but nevertheless is not dung Heap"
Calling him the steam" rising out of the shit makes more sense to me..
samsingh
(17,595 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...they knew their candidate was a bag of human garbage to start with.
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No Vested Interest
(5,165 posts)This guy needs to be out of the business of politics, or any field dealing with human beings.
Perhaps inanimate objects would be better suited for his efforts.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)How was Roe to know Schweich couldn't take the low-ball gutter politics practiced by Republicans? Luckily for Cruz, none of the popular media millionaires will ask him about Roe and the propriety of his continued employment by the Cruz campaign. It's just business. Dirty, death-dealing, immoral business. But it is the business we have chosen.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)I hope someone gives him his just desserts in spades.
mountain grammy
(26,614 posts)marshall
(6,665 posts)After Cruz loses, he will be scrounging for a job.
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)I wonder, if he put his stunning powers of perception to work, would he describe his own image, looming in this photo published in the Kansas City Star?
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Fashion model?
A nobleman?[/center]
The distinguished review of him mentioned earlier in this thread covers him very aptly. Steaming!
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)I'm not going to try to pass judgement on this guy's looks, but it does seem a bit odd that he would be insulting another person for their appearance.