Posted on 04/11/2016 3:56:40 AM PDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is blasting the way the country chooses presidential party nominees as “corrupt” and “crooked” as he grapples with the potential of a brokered convention that he risks losing.
Speaking to thousands packed in a frigid airport hangar in western New York on Sunday, Trump ripped the byzantine fight over delegates at the heart of his party’s nominating process. He argued anew that the person who wins the most votes in the primary process should automatically be the GOP nominee.
“What they’re trying to do is subvert the movement with crooked shenanigans,” said Trump, comparing his woes to those of Bernie Sanders, who is winning states but still far behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates that decide party nominations.
“We should have won it a long time ago,” Trump said. “But, you know, we keep losing where we’re winning.”
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...and it will be heard
Everyone is realizing what a fixe game this whole thing is and I guarantee you, it will blow back in the face of those who support it.
The old guard is dying out quickly and no longer supported by a new voter. Repress it as you must. But be warned, this has NEVER been about "process" in a rigged game.
Cruz isn’t playing chess. He’s playing Obama/Alinsky. Meaning, Cruz ADMITS he is modeling his campaign on Obama’s. Obama’s, the biggest liar/cheater of modern times. Stop insulting chess by comparing it to how Obama—Cruz’ blueprint for success—scammed his way into the White House.
Jeff Roe is no chess player either. He prefers playing in the sewer. Cruz signaled to the world what kind of campaign he planned on running when he hired Roe.
Still the gullible fall for him. This is the gift Adult Children of Alcoholics have for the uninitiated: they sound so good, the naive can’t help believing.
Did he even try?
Why would ANYONE try to win a rigged game?
Don’t complain about how unfair things are when you don’t get involved or even try.
You hold the “rules” more sacred and important than the will and intent of the voter. That’s the issue and you clearly don’t get it.
BS.
http://conservative.org/american-conservative-union-pac-endorses-ted-cruz-for-u-s-senate/
Playing by the rules in each State is what an adult does. Whining because your guy isn’t doing the same is what Democrats do.
‘You hold the “rules” more sacred and important than the will and intent of the voter.’
Those would be’the rules’ the corrupt Establishment put in place precisely so that they could thwart the will of the voters and maintain their country-destroying grip on power until there’s nothing left to save.
See post 89.
He can’t figure out the process of getting the nomination, but he’ll straighten the government out because he’s the smartest man in the world and will make deals with Congress. Great deals! The best! Deals like you’ve never seen before, because he’s so smart.
That is why he doesn’t need any foreign policy advisors, too. Because he already knows it all. But getting nominated, while playing by the rules that have existed for 100+ years? THAT’S TOUGH!
Trump has foreign advisers.
“Good bye Supreme Court for 50 years.”
ONLY if the so-called conservatives supporting Trump decide Hillary is OK. Of course, Trump SAID Hillary would make a fine president less than 8 years ago, so maybe there IS a method to the Trumpsters’ magic.
Vote for anyone you want in the primary. I voted Cruz in Arizona - and Cruz lost there. Oh well.
But in the general, vote against Hillary. Period. Trump disgusts me, but I’ll vote against Hillary in the general. Whoever the republican nominee is, that person will be less dangerous than Hillary. And I have nothing but contempt for the quitters and whiners who see no difference between Hillary and ANY of the people who ran for the GOP nomination!
You want to argue that getting 35% of the vote means the majority supports you?
‘But getting nominated, while playing by the rules that have existed for 100+ years?’
So the rules never change? The Rules Committee for each convention meets, rubber stamps the cast-in-concrete rules, then adjourns?
You want to argue that getting 25% “earns” you the nomination?
It is a vast majority.
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Only if you redefine the word majority.
“You want to argue that getting 25% “earns” you the nomination?”
Nope. I argue that it works the way it always has and always must - if no one has a majority on the first round, the DELEGATES decide who wins. Representative democracy - welcome to AMERICA!
When no one has a majority, the delegates figure out what to do - who will best represent the entire party.
What do YOU want them to do - take a poll?
No redefinition needed.
“Corrupt establishment”. Looks like you don’t have a clue how the local Party rules work either.
Here’s an idea... Find your next GOP committee meeting for your District. Go. Get involved.
Once you’ve learned a thing or three, then come back and apologize.
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