compete frenemy donald trump texas senator ted cruz hit upon old dubious campaign strategy lie cheat steal way victory.in become pattern tea party conservative cruz yet send election officials scramble rulebooks.desperate money fund campaign cruz tell supporters group super-secret mega-donors personally promise would match ted donations dollar-for-dollar within next 48 hours cruz beg people join campaign buy one get one.i get phone generous supporters big win iowa last night pledge huge support campaign.for next 48 hours generous supporters agree match online donations campaign make link below.if sound like scam might find float gullible facebook friends might be.the problem intercept quick point either cruz lie break law pick poison ted.campaign finance experts however say way cruz could exactly promise without violate law way generous supporters could legally match large number contributions campaign.the operative rule individual donations campaign legally cap money go campaign one donors give maximum 2,700 per cycle include money give say fred wertheimer campaign finance expert democracy 21.in word rich donors poor donors donate certain amount mega-donor super pacs come thing cruz coordinate super pacs without break law instruct rich friends match campaign contributions option course ted cruz lie super-secret mega-donors cruz want get people run checkbooks pretty strong possibility blatantly spread falsehoods absolutely cruz wheelhouse.cruz fairly open run dishonest campaign begin already revile democrats republicans alike way manage get leg deceit pander iowa cruz propensity sliminess come head campaign send fliers tell voters commit vote violations night caucus maliciously spread false rumor ben carson one cruz big rival suddenly drop out.is hard imagine cruz would lie people support order trick give money sadly completely believable.feature image via flickr cruz late shameful fundraise scam absurdly illegal like want catch