Posted on 04/12/2016 2:26:58 PM PDT by Cheerio
Tell me about it, I don’t know why this guy gets so much heat from the voters. Both parties are corrupt as hell, nobody would deny that, so here comes a guy to put a stop it - which to me is the reason he is running - and he constantly gets attacked.
I wish one reporter asked him about the fact that he has received 37% of the vote and has 45% of the delegates, perhaps he wants to give them back in the interest of fairness?
This won’t change since he is unable to acknowledge any error on his part.
If he goes third party it will probably have to be as a Libertarian. I think if he goes a “Trump Party” he’ll only be able to have a vote in 16 states due to missed deadlines, etc.
Trump supporters did show up to the convention. They wanted to be selected as delegates. However, the rules were complicated and the Trump supporters were just ordinary people who did not understand the rules. They are too busy trying to make a living and not into the nuances of the political mumbo jumbo. When they looked at the rules they found them complicated and hard to follow. They were no lawyers, just ordinary people who found the deck stacked against them and, had no chance to become Trump delegates. They felt robbed.
The rules, you see, were made to prevent candidates like Ron Paul, from getting delegates. Now that strategy has backfired. As a result, Colorado Trump Republicans are burning their Republican cards on You Tube. Their comments are going around the world and put a black mark on the Colorado Republican Party. The Colorado Republicans will rue the day that they came up with this undemocratic convention Rube Goldberg selection process.
I doubt that but he certainly is going to make a dogs breakfast out of the existing Republican monopoly.
This is what America’s Patriot, Jim Robinson wrote today:
He’s [Cruz] not winning. He’s lost the primary vote and is now aiding and abetting the enemy (the GOPe) in their treasonous attempt to deny the nomination to the winner [Trump]. Cruz is a sore loser turned traitor against the grassroots voters. And the foolish neophyte thinks the GOPe is going to let him have a shot at the presidency if he helps them block Trump? Laughable if it wasn’t so serious.
Canadian, that’s how they roll when in these US States. Release your papers Cruz. Mr. Face of god.
Do you want a straight democracy.
I would like to see a list of all of those complicated rules. Here in Washington state I went to my local precinct caucus which was poorly attended. My precinct table was represented by my family. We elected myself and daughter to go to the district caucus.
My daughter and I go to the district caucus as candidates. Sent an email to a guy and said “please put us in a candidates for Precinct 11-7698”.
Got to the district caucus. Hi - I'm here as a delegate. Signed my name and showed I.D. and was listed as a delegate.
Sat down on the bleechers with 200 other people. Had an opening prayer, some explanation, then they called for nominations from the floor for delegates and those names were added onto the roster.
Then all 41 of us had 20 seconds to say our name, precinct and who we supported.
Out of those 41, 27 of us were elected to go as delegates to state. With explicit verbal instructions (twice!) to register for state within ten business days or they would give our spot to an alternate. $150 fee to attend, plus made a cheap hotel reservation.
I got three emails and a phone call reminding me to register for state.
Other than the rule of making sure we filled in the circle completely in black ink on our ballot; nothing was complicated about it.
The rules meme is utter B.S. Tell the Colorado Republican Trump supporters about those on their “rules” high horses how fair the rules were for their efforts to get elected as Trump delegates. They felt the “rules” were so complicated they robbed them of the chance to be Trump delegates. These Trump supporters are furious and are out burning their Republican cards—some on You Tube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrqLQK7ecNE
Plurality always wins. Then Govt officers pick their winner who is the worst plurality possible.
Hillary 2016.
She is the likely winner.
It is not Trump that is the “Crybaby.” He is just taking note of his supporters that went to the Colorado Springs State Republican Convention. Here is a sample of those ‘crybabies’ you have no sympathy for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V-lRQCORrQ
1000 Votes to win is the new 1237.
1234, 2345, 4231, 1970, 2474, 2016 ... pick a number, any number. 1000 is a better, nice round number.
Florida was winner take all. It was not proportional.
There are no long two parties. It’s all one huge dictatorship.
I thought I would find out who actually changed the Colorado rules.
At the bottom are links to hilarious articles about the GOP rules that Prince R said would cure “no longer going to sit around and allow ourselves to slice and dice for six months, participate in a circus of debates, that we were going to take hold once again of our responsibility at the Republican National Committee because we are the custodians of the nomination process and today I believe was historical and obviously very important to the future of our party and our country.”
He sounds like Obama.
Anyway, colorado...[must not have been in Time magazine]
August 28, 2015, 4:42 pm By John Frank
Colorado GOP decision to cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus faces new questions
““Let’s keep the Colorado Republican presidential preference poll as a way to empower those attendees and quantify their support for a presidential candidate,” he wrote in an opinion column published in the Post. “And, most important, to allow Colorado Republicans to have a strong influence on who we nominate to be the next president of the United States.””
colorado 2015 original date: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28700919/colorado-republicans-cancel-2016-presidential-caucus-vote
Colorado 2016 March 2
Colorado Republicans aren’t getting much of a say in 2016
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/politics/colorado-republican-caucuses-confusion/index.html
Romney change to GOP:
TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican Party changed a series of rules Friday to increase Mitt Romney’s power over the GOP and make it harder for insurgent presidential candidates to compete in future elections.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/gop-to-change-rules-for-2016-primaries-and-beyond/
The GOP’s Primary Rules Might Doom Carson, Cruz And Trump
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-gops-primary-rules-might-doom-carson-and-cruz/
Working on a new motto:
I've upped my standards.
Donald J. Trump!
Now, Up Yours GOPe!
It is ironic that Cruzers are so proud they followed the Colorado State Republican Convention rules. Rules are the rules they say. However, let’s rewind this rules meme. How about the Constitution?:
“No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
Everyday. Every one. They are flooding the airways with this BS about how to secure delegates. BS, BS, BS! Rules, are rules... “WE” in America vote for our folks. What are we, (name that third world piss drinking hell hole).
I will start backing out, tomorrow. Spent money since 08 to do my part. I’m done.
I'm not saying the rules are good. I'm saying that the rules are bad, but they still bind delegates to Trump in the first round if he wins. Trump's team needs to read those rules carefully, follow them, and use them to his advantage.
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