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David Pecker, Head Of National Enquirer, Dances To Trump’s Tune

Publishes Slime Piece On Cruz – Are they desparate?

short-fingered-vulgarian The short-fingered vulgarian’s close friend, David Pecker – head of National Enquirer, has previously declared “Trump MUST be President”, and appears willing to go to any, ahem, length, to make it so.

Enquirer-Trump4Prez-Inset The Enquirer claims that Ted has FIVE Mistresses, and hints at their identities, while carefully phrasing their opening paragraph to deny culpability for what they are so gleefully ‘reporting’: Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz is the target of a vicious “dirty tricks” campaign…

Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, David Pecker, Eric Trump== ©Patrick McMullanThere’s ample evidence that Donald Trump and David Pecker are longstanding friends, including traveling together on Trump Force One, photographs of Pecker with Trump’s family, and The Donald’s campaign to make Pecker CEO of Time Magazine (as it was being spun off from Time-Warner).

In return, Pecker’s Tabloid has provided Donald with fawning coverage, an endorsement, and attacks on rivals, including Rubio, Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Jeb Bush, and Ben Carson, just as he was poised to overtake Trump. It should be no great surprise, then, that The Enquirer should go after Cruz now that he is the only barrier to Trump amassing a majority (more than 1237) of delegates before the GOP Convention, instead of a mere Plurality.

Cruz-EnquirerMeanwhile, although other campaigns, especially Rubio’s, have been trying to shop Cruz sex scandal rumors around the press for some months, the “evidence” was too flimsy for even the Trump-friendly Breitbart News, or the liberal NY Times to bite on. But, hey times are desperate, and the flimsiest of evidence is sufficient for National Enquirer to start dropping big fat hints that there’s cause for investigation. Due to a shortage of sources, Enquirer actually quoted former Trump aide, and current booster/surrogate, Roger Stone, in their piece, to lend it a veneer of authenticity:

Donald-Trump-and-Roger-Stone“These stories have been swirling around Cruz for some time.

I believe where there is smoke there is fire. I have to believe this will hurt him with his evangelical Christian supporters.” [Said Stone]

Is it any wonder that Cruz blames the Trump campaign and operatives for starting the rumor, even as one Trump Spokeswoman calls the article “trash” and “100% FALSE”

Pecker-WifeKarenpecker-bunnyMeanwhile, perhaps Peckers who chase wascally wabbits should be more careful about throwing Roger’s Stones around for him, especially with the history of dirty tricks trailing behind the long time political operative.

As it happens, David Pecker’s visage is ubiquitous on the web, and mostly without his wife, Karen! Could he be living in a glass house?

Meanwhile, The Donald is a protected species over at National Enquirer, where a source told The Daily Beast:

“Trump is a big friend of Pecker,” a source told the Daily News, stating that the billionaire reality TV star is “protected” by the Enquirer. “So no John Edwards-type investigations … Some of the staff are furious. Trump’s such fertile ground, and it drives them crazy to not only be staying away from it, but running puff pieces for him.”

I’ll leave you with this final thought from Ben Shapiro, who has done a pretty good job of debunking the Trump-Stone-Pecker smear effort.

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