Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXIV

Free Republic ^ | 21 February 2016 | Windflier

[Windflier]

DO NOT VOTE ON THIS THREAD.

This is the nightly DISCUSSION thread for the ongoing 2016 Free Republic Caucus. Per caucus rules, no comments are allowed on the caucus thread itself - hence this open chat thread.

If you'd like to vote in the caucus, please look in the sidebar for the link, or check downthread here.

Thanks, and let 'er rip!

Windy

[Windflier]

Good evening, y’all. Discussion ping

[bigbob]

BOOM!!!

[Windflier]

Can’t you just feel the concussive force? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this in presidential politics.

[bigbob]

It’s amazine, and even Trump senses it. Today in Atlanta he thanked and praised the crowd as he always does, but there was real emotion in his voice and bearing as the applause thundered. Later he said “Winning feels good!” and indeed, it does. Even as an optimist, I am shocked to realize how long it’s been since I really feel America was on top.

[DoughtyOne]

Hola amigos y amigas...

[Lonely Bull]

Table 1: Free Republic Caucus 2016 threads, most recent 15 days

Date	Voting thread	Discussion thread	Results [on www.hotr.us]	Sequence no.
2/22	[link]	[link]	[available later]	34
2/21	[link]	[link]	[link]	33
2/20	[link]	[link]	[link]	32
2/19	[link]	[link]	[link]	31
2/18	[link]	[link]	[link]	30
2/17	[link]	[link]	[link]	29
2/16	[link]	[link]	[link]	28
2/15	[link]	[link]	[link]	27
2/14	[link]	[link]	[link]	26
2/13	[link]	[link]	[link]	25
2/12	[link]	[link]	[link]	24
2/11	[link]	[link]	[link]	23
2/10	[link]	[link]	[link]	22
2/09	[link]	[link]	[link]	21
2/08	[link]	[link]	[link]	20

Table 2: tables with older threads

Dates	Table	Sequence nos.
2/03 - 2/17	[link]	15-29
1/27 - 2/10	[link]	8-22
1/20 - 2/03	[link]	1-15

[Windflier]

Today in Atlanta he thanked and praised the crowd as he always does, but there was real emotion in his voice and bearing as the applause thundered. Later he said "Winning feels good!" and indeed, it does.

I've felt so beat down, for so long as an American, I'm almost afraid to let myself be as hopeful as I want to be, for fear of jinxing it.

Still, not a week goes by, that I don't remind my wife how much the fortunes of our small business (and our family) are going to improve, once Trump takes office and begins implementing his radically pro-American agenda.

I want to dance in the street and sing songs of joy for the restoration of our beloved country. I truly think we'll have reason to do that, over the next four years.

[Windflier]

I see Kasich and Rubio each got one Freeper vote yesterday.

Bizarre.

[bigbob]

Amen brother!

And you know, Trump could start right now by telling the voters, “Look - they’ve spent over $200 million trying to stop me, and I’ve won across the board. Come out Super Tuesday and vote for me, a landslide victory will mean the donors will stop spending money to try to stop me, and instead of those dollars paying for negative TV ads and people to robo-call you, I will hold another fund-raiser and maybe we can get them to instead donate TEN million more dollars to help our veterans”.

[20yearsofinternet]

Hope Trump dominates in Nevada like he is in the FR caucus! :)

I’m getting pretty sick of being called a paid troll by people who don’t even make the effort of looking through my post history to see that before Iowa, I was very supportive of Cruz as my second choice.

I just ignore it, but the personal attacks do get tiresome.

[fireman15]

I learn the most arguing with people who disagree with me. It really helps to sharpen you up... so I am glad we have a Kasich and Rubio supporter still hanging around here. I know I got chastised by a Carson person the other day and it did give me pause.

I am just glad that Bush is gone and hopefully his superpacs irritating anti-Trump ice figure ad. My wife and I actually have gone to a lot of Republican Party meetings and dinners over the years. We know many of those who were Bush supporters and actually for the most part they are good people. They are mostly even older than we are; I try to always give respect to my elders and those who have more political experience than we do.

Unfortunately, these people are mostly living in the past. But they are not going away and will fight Trump all the way through the convention. They fear Trump far more than Cruz. They consider Cruz a disagreeable upstart; They consider Trump a threat to every thing that they have built.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice job. Thanks a lot.

D1

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you for the daily threads Windflier.

I appreciate the pings to them too.

D1

[Windflier]

Thank you for the daily threads Windflier.

You bet. I can keep it up til at least Super Tuesday. After that, things get much busier for me, so I won't be all that reliable.

[Windflier]

Pitch perfect channeling of Trump, there!

[DoughtyOne]

I only plan on the caucus going on a few days beyond that.

I do want to document the vote affect of it, so maybe until the end of that week, the 4th or perhaps the 6th.

If it gets to you, talk to me and I’ll play up the after thread close capabilities on the vote thread.

Take care.

[Windflier]

I'm getting pretty sick of being called a paid troll by people who don't even make the effort of looking through my post history to see that before Iowa, I was very supportive of Cruz as my second choice.

If anyone checks my posting history around June of last year, they'll see that I was all in for Cruz. I even donated four times to his campaign, but that all stopped when he voted for TPA. It was all downhill from there.

Doesn't matter, though. I still get called names because I now support Trump. It's just the way it is.

[Nita Nupress]

Hey, have you guys seen this one? Don’t ever try to tell me that Donald Trump is not consistent!

Donald J. Trump Interview 25+ Years Ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbzTyhIv2B8

I can’t figure out what year it is. He mentions “Bush” as his friend, so I’m thinking 2000 or 2001.

[Windflier]

I only plan on the caucus going on a few days beyond that. I do want to document the vote affect of it, so maybe until the end of that week, the 4th or perhaps the 6th.

I can hang in there that long, though after the 1st, it might take me until 11:30 pm or later to get the thread up. It's a work related thing.