[JLAGRAYFOX]

This rotten abuse of the one person, one vote, and the right to exercise it effectively has been going on for some time. Much thanks to both Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders, for flushing these would-be-dictators out...so that all the American people can see that facism & communism are alive and well in both, the Republican & Democrat Establishment parties.

[libbylu]

Facts are facts whether they hurt your feelings or not. Trump did not try to win CO for whatever reason, now he is ranting, whining and stirring up only his base because all others know the truth.

[Longbow1969]

& Bernie Sanders, for flushing these would-be-dictators out...so that all the American people can see that facism & communism

Your morning vanities are down to giving kudos to Bernie Sanders I see. Here is some bad news for ya, Bernie Sanders IS a communist. So why you are thanking him I will never know.

Also, did Trump go to Colorado to fight for the delegates there? No, didn't think so. Trump lost and now he and his followers are whining and crying. Too bad.

[BigEdLB]

When I heard about the cancellation of the Colorado straw vote, I knew that elite GOPe in CO were trying to concentrate power and control.

[Travis McGee]

[TomGuy]

This is what Curly Haugland (RNC Committeeman from North Dakota) said:

"The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination," Curly Haugland said in an interview with CNBC. "That's the conflict here."

"The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief," he added.

You can even hear him say it in the video at the link, starting at about the 3:15 mark.

GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters

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If you listened to Rush Limbaugh's rant yesterday, especially hour #2, you learned that the Republican Party is a private entity controlled by a small group called the GOPestablishment. Thus, they can do whatever they want.

It looks like Limbaugh is back carrying the bucket-loads of water (or other substance) for the GOPestablishment.

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[That is scary, when you think about it. Actual 'voters' are being pushed out in favor of procedures. Establishment have been drooling for that for a long time, but they just didn't know how to make it happen. Now, they seem to be finding ways. This is similar to Romney and JBush getting advice from McCain on how to circumvent the Republican base and still get the nomination.]

[Yaelle]

Simple. These corrupt “parties” do not work in the best interests of the voting public.

Donald Trump did not have his team on the ball in these lunatic state delegate details. Cruz did. But the labyrinthine rules are not in our best interests and we need to look into whether we want party hacks on either side playing for their own gravy train in each election. Not making things clear for voters and candidates.

Hillary Clinton is so dirty she should not be seen as a viable candidate for dog catcher. Barack Obama was not a proper citizen (why, if you believe he is, can he not pass e-verify?). THE PARTIES and their media dogs have glazed these huge errors like a Krispy Kreme donut and pretended to have respectability.

I used to think some other countries were corrupt third world banana republics. Now I realize the people in them probably thought they weren’t. Like I did mine.

[Yaelle]

You are right that Sanders is not bought as is Trump. Strangely, we have two non establishment candidates still in there. Sanders’s solutions are dead wrong, but if we could get him as the other nominee, I’d have some faith in the People having some sway at all any more. Sanders will not be able to put much of his goals into action as Pres, if he won, so he is less damaging than Clinton. It would be an honest foray into the wrong Econ system and might teach a lot of young people what their education does not.

I have more respect for Dead Wrong (Bernie) but honest, than for Evil, Owned, Blackmailable, and Desperate (Hillary).

[RIghtwardHo]

SPOT on my friend. SPOT on.

Now can we also toss in election fraud? I loathe “conspiracy theories” but anyone who doesn’t believe those E-Voting Machines aren’t rigged own a lot of bridges.

[KittenClaws]

Lincoln made that speech after receiving the nomination at a CONTESTED convention. One in which HIS people used (s)subterfuge and “dirty” tricks (/s)to gain the required delegates.

That’s the system folks...get over it.

[Nifster]

Preibus has already daid that he is the power and we had better get used to it