Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XC

Free Republic ^ | 17 April 2016 | Windflier

[Lonely Bull]

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

Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/17

[Lonely Bull]

FR Caucus discussion ping

[Lonely Bull]

Free Republic Caucus 2016 Discussion Threads ping list.

To join or leave this list, or for questions and comments, please reply to Lonely Bull (private replies and mail welcome). You will receive a routine daily ping to the discussion threads as long as these caucus threads continue. Each discussion thread will contain links to results and older threads.

Today's voting thread: Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/18

Please reserve the voting thread for votes (and follow the rules given there); please do not post ping-related correspondence in the voting thread. Thanks for your interest!

[DoughtyOne]

Good evening...

Results: 2016 04/17 on the forum

[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.
4/18	[link]	[link]	[available later]	90
4/17	[link]	[link]	[link]	89
4/16	[link]	[link]	[link]	88
4/15	[link]	[link]	[link]	87
4/14	[link]	[link]	[link]	86
4/13	[link]	[link]	[link]	85
4/12	[link]	[link]	[link]	84
4/11	[link]	[link]	[link]	83
4/10	[link]	[link]	[link]	82
4/09	[link]	[link]	[link]	81
4/08	[link]	[link]	[link]	80
4/07	[link]	[link]	[link]	79
4/06	[link]	[link]	[link]	78
4/05	[link]	[link]	[link]	77
4/04	[link]	[link]	[link]	76

Table 2: tables with older threads

Dates	Table	Sequence nos.
3/30 - 4/13	[link]	71-85
3/23 - 4/06	[link]	64-78
3/16 - 3/30	[link]	57-71
3/09 - 3/23	[link]	50-64
3/02 - 3/16	[link]	43-57
2/24 - 3/09	[link]	36-50
2/17 - 3/02	[link]	29-43
2/10 - 2/24	[link]	22-36
2/03 - 2/17	[link]	15-29
1/27 - 2/10	[link]	8-22
1/20 - 2/03	[link]	1-15

[Windflier]

Evenin’.

[Lonely Bull]

Yes, I noticed shortly after posting that the link in the initial post says "Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/17," but the link does go to the correct thread for the day, "Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/18." In other words, the error is in the labeling, not in the target (and I'm glad that I didn't err the other way).

[Pollster1]

Vote Trump!

That said, Cruz and Trump are both imperfect but they agree far more than 80% of the time (see my tagline from Ronald Reagan). They should be friends and allies, and we should treat both of them as such.

As for the personal attacks on Trump and his supporters and on Cruz and his supporters, I hope those who are not paid Hillary trolls will put an end to that nonsense. Insults with no relevance to the candidate's record or positions are counterproductive and will ultimately suppress the conservative vote in November.

I want 99% or more of Cruz supporters to vote Trump, when he is nominated, even if they hold their noses. In the event that Cruz wins the nomination, I want 99% or more of Trump supporters to vote Cruz, even if they hold their noses. Offending the other side does not encourage them to vote Trump (or Cruz) in November.