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Cruz: I'm fine with contested convention
The Hill ^ | 03-09-2016 | Jesse Byrnes

Posted on 03/09/2016 8:09:34 AM PST by scooby321

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To: fooman

Trump/Cruz

then Cruz resigns and Trump nominates him for the Supremes.


401 posted on 03/09/2016 11:28:32 PM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Trump has 6 of 8 already.


402 posted on 03/09/2016 11:30:54 PM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC
Which is why the RNC is likely to change the rule, because the wrong guys were forced out. The rule was intended to protect Bush and deny Trump, as if he were another Ron Paul.

-PJ

403 posted on 03/10/2016 3:57:21 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy; Impy; Chode; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; sickoflibs; ...

This is a striking moment in history. Links coming up.


404 posted on 03/10/2016 5:05:23 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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Cleveland Stocking Up On Riot Gear Ahead Of Republican National Convention...
http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/03/cleveland_seeking_to_buy_riot.html

Buchanan’s take ...

THE OLIGARCHS’ SUPER PAC ANTI TRUMP SAVAGERY [Buchanan]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406407/posts
Fully 116 members of the GOP’s national security community, many of them veterans of Bush administrations, have signed an open letter threatening that, if Trump is nominated, they will all desert, and some will defect – to Hillary Clinton!

54 Private Jets at Meeting to Stop Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3407016/posts?page=61#61
[Link list on post 61]

SHOCK: Trump’s official voting record released by NYC, shows he has been Repub since 1980
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387449/posts
[A post-Carter Reagan Conservative! Hahaha!]

Reminder — Donald Trump’s 2016 NRO Critics Were President Obama’s 2009 Fan-Boys [2016]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387252/posts

Not coincidental Trumps 2015 conservative critics were Obamas 2009 fan boys [2015]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387449/posts


405 posted on 03/10/2016 5:06:08 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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SHOCK: Trump’s official voting record released by NYC, shows he has been Repub since 1980
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387449/posts
[A post-Carter Reagan Conservative! Hahaha!]

Reminder — Donald Trump’s 2016 NRO Critics Were President Obama’s 2009 Fan-Boys [2016]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387252/posts

Not coincidental Trumps 2015 conservative critics were Obamas 2009 fan boys [2015]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3387449/posts


406 posted on 03/10/2016 5:06:54 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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Dearborn Jihad: Muslim Plots Church Shooting, Beheading, etc. NOT CHARGED WITH TERRORISM
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Sanders To Dearborn Muslims: Israel’s Existence To Blame For Mideast ‘Hatred And Warfare’
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407 posted on 03/10/2016 5:08:19 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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The Queen ‘backs Brexit’: Her Majesty reported to have revealed Eurosceptic views to former
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[She is now opposed to the EU etablishment.]

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A prediction that keeps unfolding ...

The Free World is Undergoing a Revolution in Patriotic Courage
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408 posted on 03/10/2016 5:09:37 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: SunkenCiv

I posted a link summary about this moment in history. Here’s something you might have missed:

Miami Nuclear Leak: FPL nuclear plant canals leaking into Biscayne Bay, study confirms
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409 posted on 03/10/2016 5:11:06 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: FR_addict

FR Addict met with Eric & Lara Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3407216/posts
“Just thought I would publish my encounter with Trump’s family in Raleigh. His son and daughter-in-law were very accessible and are a very down-to-earth couple. They support Donald wholeheartedly and are a very gracious couple. They echoed Trump’s support for us, not the establishment.” — FR Addict

Clinton, Sanders slammed for abortion support in town hall meeting
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3407215/posts
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders drew heavy criticism for their recent defense of abortion, which critics say is out of touch with the American people.

‘Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were finally asked about abortion last night, and we now know why it’s been avoided up until this point: Both oppose legislation that would protect unborn children from brutally painful late-term abortions after five months of pregnancy,’ said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List. The subject of abortion was raised in the March 7 ...’ [snip]


410 posted on 03/10/2016 5:11:54 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: scooby321

Cruz should be Okay with a contested convention. It is the ONLY way he can possibly be on the top of the ticket.

But, if there is a contested convention he will not be the one chosen. Silly Ted. The Establishment is never going to let that happen.


411 posted on 03/10/2016 5:12:02 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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Global Warming Satellite Data Gets Suspicious Makeover
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... following this report ...

CLAIM: NOAA Data Shows NO Warming For 58 Years
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412 posted on 03/10/2016 5:15:29 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: Vermont Lt

Right. The Cruz campaign is about to implode, and most of his most strident supporters will soon see that he’s not quite presidential enough yet. Big error. He can still salvage his reputation, but the Bush family has infiltrated. “Come to the Dark Side!”

Cruz needs prayers.


413 posted on 03/10/2016 5:18:10 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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How Clintons are behind the Trump KKK/Nazi Smear Campaign
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3406497/posts
‘ ... The [NYT] article reported that Bill Clinton and others argued against those inclined to underestimate Trump ‘that Mr. Trump clearly had a keen sense of the electorate’s mood and that only a concerted campaign portraying him as dangerous and bigoted would win what both Clintons believe will be a close November election ...’

Anti-Defamation League

‘On February 25, the Anti-Defamation League issued a press release in which ADL National Chair Marvin D. Nathan and ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt called upon Trump ‘to distance himself from white nationalist and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, as well as other white supremacists, and publicly condemn their racism’.’

On March 7, Greenblatt’s ADL predecessor Abraham Foxman renewed the attack on Trump, telling Times of Israel reporter Eric Cortellessa that Trump was deliberately inviting his audience to make a ‘fascist gesture’ by raising their hands to pledge to vote for him.

[How the Anti Defamation League is now Clintonista and Soros]

Greenblatt, who recently replaced Abraham Foxman at the ADL’s helm, had previously been described in 2014 by Daniel Greenfield of the David Horowitz Freedom Center as ‘a Clinton official who bummed around NGOs during the Bush years and then became Obama’s director of the White House’s Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation’. Greenfield’s article exposed Greenblatt’s association with the Aspen Institute, funded by former Nazi collaborator George Soros, who had previously been condemned as a bigot by the ADL. In September 2015, Greenblatt had painted Ben Carson as a bigot, saying, ‘Dr. Ben Carson’s statement that a Muslim American should not serve as president is deeply offensive, un-American and contrary to the Constitution.’ In December 2015, after several months of the ADL sparring with Carson, Greenfeld had issued a press release condemning Trump’s call to seal the border against Muslims.


414 posted on 03/10/2016 5:20:42 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: Vermont Lt

Jeb Bush to Meet With 3 Candidates — but Not Donald Trump -Before Florida Primary
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3407154/posts


415 posted on 03/10/2016 5:21:28 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Dire Threat to Internet Free Speech? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394704/posts)
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To: Political Junkie Too

I don’t think it will matter what rules they change. It will be like little children building a sand castle against a Trumpami Tidal Wave.

It will though, increase ratings and riots and floor fights and tv ads will be more expensive than the SuperBowl.

Buy your Trumpcorn now.


416 posted on 03/10/2016 5:53:12 AM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: chris37
What you are saying is like saying "the team that should win the football game is the one that has the most touchdowns and the fewest turnovers". Ideally, yes, that is how it would work. That is usually how it works. The problem is that isn't how the rules are setup. A team could still technically win with a bunch of field goals or special team points. It would be unusual but it wouldn't be against the rules and I certainly wouldn't blame the winning team of cheating. There would be no cause to "go to war" if it happened. You won't see football fans abandoning the sport.

We have a delegate/convention system for a reason. Perhaps you don't know what the word "delegate" means and that is what is so confusing to you. Here is the definition of the word "delegate"...

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

People who cast votes for Rubio weren't necessarily casting votes for Rubio to be President. They were casting votes for DELEGATES who thought Rubio should be President to go to the convention and pick a President. Those delegates will go to the convention in July and will pick someone else because their guy is out of the running and doesn't have a chance.

If Trump has 1237 delegates then he has nothing to worry about. He doesn't need any of Rubio or Kasich's to get the nomination. If he is only a couple delegates short, he should have an easy time picking off a few and crossing the finish line. If he is hundreds short and the vast majority of Rubio's and Kasich's go to Cruz, then too bad. The base has spoken. The delegates they selected don't want Trump to be President.

If there are Trump fans that are butt-hurt because they didn't fully understand how the delegate/nomination process works, that really can't be helped.

It sounds like what you are saying is "If you don't let me win, I am going to take my toys and go home"

417 posted on 03/10/2016 5:54:26 AM PST by nitzy (I don't vote for Republican'ts)
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To: conservativepoet
Do you think after the majority voters have chosen Trump, Ted with a minority vote should get the nomination?

I assume, based on your question and support of The Donald, you think the Donald should get it based on the 'majority of voters', right? So, I suppose you would have also wanted Al Gore to get the Presidency in 2000 since, using your logic, he got the most number of votes, no?

Oh Trumpettes, what a tangled web we weave...

418 posted on 03/10/2016 6:04:41 AM PST by JerseyRepub (2008 Obama cultists = 2016 Trump cultists)
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To: yoe

Cruz wife is on leave from Goldman Sacha. The Bush people & Wall Street own Cruz and his wife.


419 posted on 03/10/2016 6:17:29 AM PST by ducks1944 (GOD Bless the USA .)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

That’s disappointing to hear from him.


420 posted on 03/10/2016 6:27:58 AM PST by Rusty0604 (oh the stories I could tell. but I really don't think scalia's death is suspiciou.)
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