Posted on 03/16/2016 11:27:32 AM PDT by sevinufnine
Damn...I’m almost proud to say that I was wrong about Carly.
That’s a hardcore reality that has to be upsetting to most true believers who encounter it for the first time.
This country has moved so far past the Framers’ original design, it’s not funny.
Thanks for that info!
“Trump would lose head to head against any of the other 16 candidates who started the race.”
An assumption on your part which can’t be proven by the results of the actual votes in this race.
If anything, the actual results of the race prove just the opposite.
Heavy. Profound, even.
“The primaries do not choose the candidate. The convention does. It’s in the GOP rules.”
So, you swear allegiance to the GOP rules, rather than the Constitution and the Declaration?
You ought to be summarily ejected from Free Republic for holding such an anti-American view.
The Constitution and Declaration have absolute nothing to say about how the candidates are selected by the parties. I am worried by the apparent lack of Constitutional knowledge being displayed on this forum so frequently lately...
Apparently, you've missed the whole point of America. It's not about ruling political parties, but about The People.
No, I have not missed the point of America. But we currently use the party system to select our candidates, and each party has rules about how their candidate is selected. And why you bring a Constitutional argument in about that process is mystifying to me - unless you are just trying to use it as a way to shut down any argument, If so, that is the sign of a very weak position...
“The primaries are assentially informal votes. The votes that count are the ones cast at the convention.”
And? Don’t you think that’s a departure from the spirit of our Constitution and the Declaration?
“...we currently use the party system to select our candidates, and each party has rules about how their candidate is selected. And why you bring a Constitutional argument in about that process is mystifying to me...”
This nation was founded in blood, primarily because a small but powerful ruling class denied the common people a voice in how they were to be governed.
Today’s two dominant political parties have now recaptured the power of self rule that was won by our forebears so long ago. If the parties don’t like the people’s choice of nominee, they simply impose ‘rules’ which give them the power to choose one more to their liking.
That, in no way, resembles a republican form of government, and should be fiercely rejected by all Americans who haven’t lost sight of this nation’s founding principles.
Okay so then have your candidate run for office outside of the party system, as an independent. But if he is going to run as the candidate of one of the parties, he has to follow their rules to be selected.
“... proud to say that I was wrong about Carly.”
I didn’t hear what Carly said. The link was bad. Did you get to hear it? I don’t even know *what* she said.
Thanks so much Liz!!
Following up on it.
Good for Laura!!
Snarly is literally a paid cRuz wh..., er, hack. cRuz donated $500K to her prez run.
She has a lot of flipping nerve describing who SHE thinks Trump supporters are....as if that even matters.
Snarly us as BIG a liar, as Lyin Ted.
“I didn’t hear what Carly said. The link was bad. Did you get to hear it?”
I didn’t follow the link (never do). I’m relying on what other Freepers have seen or read.
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