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Commentary: Why the GOP can't take the nomination from Donald Trump
CBS News ^ | 04/14/2016 | Will Rahn

Posted on 04/15/2016 9:15:52 AM PDT by MaxistheBest

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To: pburgh01
RE:”Ted Cruz will not be the nominee come November.
Any Cruz supporters want to put their money where their mouth is?? I'll bet $500 to the charity of our choice that Ted Cruz will not be on the ballot come November. Any takers? “

I can see you have been very accurate with your past predictions. President Romney won 2012 in a landslide victory just like you predicted.

To: Vigilanteman
Right now comon sense would tell most folks This will be a 52-47 election right now with Romney winning 290EVs on the low side and in the neighborhood of 325EV on a good night and winning control of the Senate. Barring some bombshell on Romney or some real implosion on the Dem side, I think the polls if you look at an aggregate and weigh them properly shows this. No sane person right now sees any path to an Obama victory. Its a matter of how big right now, not an if for Romney. In about 10 days the MSM will come to realization and get real despserate for Obama, reporting any rumor on R&R no matter now outrageous.
15 posted on 10/15/2012 8:41:45 AM PDT by pburgh01

21 posted on 04/15/2016 10:27:32 AM PDT by sickoflibs (MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE TED CRUZ SO THAT YOUR VOTES TRANSLATES INTO DELEGATES!)
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To: MaxistheBest

I hope that Trump gets the 1, 237 he needs to sew up the nomination because if he doesn’t then that gets us “Nervous Tick” Kasich which would be a complete disaster.


22 posted on 04/15/2016 10:43:35 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: sickoflibs
....."I am sure that he will be a regular honored guest in the Hillary White House".....

Well he was a frequent visitor before so I suspect that will continue.....three of his kids "voted for Bill Clinton"...so they are well familiar with Trumps family entire. From the records and documents at the Clinton Foundation Trumps always listed as a "Political Participant" (so much for him saying he's not political).... when money, cards to him etc. were exchanged....there was a 'withdrawal' listed from the Foundation 'to Trump' but no further information as it's coded...."a release would be invasion of personal privacy"

23 posted on 04/15/2016 10:57:40 AM PDT by caww
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

““Nervous Tick” Kasich”

Yup ... for sure


24 posted on 04/15/2016 11:00:32 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest

if trump does not win enough delegates to the 1237 level , he must secure the balance from those floating around to get their votes on first ballot

100 delegates at $10,000 = A measly million $$

If as has been posted the going rate is a country club membership for $20 grand, the price is still only $2 million

The key is to sniff around and find the balance of delegates that is lacking for the first ballot

It seems delegates are cheaper than TV time


25 posted on 04/15/2016 11:04:47 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (leading from behind is following)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Interesting fact: NEVER in the history of the GOP has a candidate reached the convention with 90% of the needed delegates and failed to receive the nomination. Trump will easily attain that goal, and may reach the 1237 before the convention, but the fact is, assuming he gets to 90% it would literally be unprecedented to deny him the nomination.


26 posted on 04/15/2016 11:09:00 AM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Thibodeaux

I’m getting the impression that a lot of these Cruz delegates are geing bought with a handshake, a picture and a coupon to Golden Corral ...cheap whores!!


27 posted on 04/15/2016 11:14:59 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: The Continental Op

This is very simple.

Trump will go into the delegation with enough or very close to enough delegates to win the nomination on the first ballot.

If the party establishment successfully denies Trump the nomination (the details won’t matter) they will have destroyed the party and therefore their own power base permanently.

Their only move is to go with the flow and support Trump.


28 posted on 04/15/2016 11:16:14 AM PDT by cgbg (Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
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To: sickoflibs

Cruz picked Up Nebraska Delegates over No Show Donald Trump.....(again). Trumps almost appears to be trying to lose the race. Certainly isn’t behaving like someone serious about winning....might be he has no choice but to focus on the largest win states to get the magic number before the convention,.....then again he may just be getting together a team to sue once all is said and done. That would be like him as we know......If this goes to court you can bet Trump will be demanding all his ‘marks’ to sway Judges etc.

The guy is a raving madmen when he looses.


29 posted on 04/15/2016 12:23:28 PM PDT by caww
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To: Resolute Conservative

I’m sure Hillary will pick a number of SC justices to your liking.


30 posted on 04/15/2016 12:46:18 PM PDT by webstersII
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To: caww
RE:”The guy is a raving madmen when he looses.”

That is why we have to do whatever he says, he is a ticking time-bomb.

KEEP HIM HAPPY.

Six-year-old Anthony Fremont looks like any other little boy, but looks can be deceiving: he is a monster, a mutant with godlike mental powers, including mind-reading. Years before, he isolated his town of Peaksville, Ohio. Everybody is under his rule, even his parents. Since he's begun isolating the town, supplies of common household items, such as bar soap, have been dwindling. He has blocked television signals, caused cars not to work, and, due to his controlling everything, he does not attend school.
It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone)

31 posted on 04/15/2016 12:52:55 PM PDT by sickoflibs (MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE TED CRUZ SO THAT YOUR VOTES TRANSLATES INTO DELEGATES!)
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To: MaxistheBest

When a CBS spokesman is making the case for Trump, alarm bells should be going off in every conservative’s mind.


32 posted on 04/15/2016 2:20:47 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: pburgh01

So, basically what you’re saying is:

Ted won’t be the nominee.
He’s lost.
He lost it a while ago.
He can’t win it.
He won’t win it.
He won’t be on the ballot.
I bet he won’t be on the ballot.

Geez, we get it already.


33 posted on 04/15/2016 2:23:46 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: MaxistheBest

And where exactly are you getting that impression from? Please supply at least one link to a story that implies that a single Cruz delegate has been bought.

And if you can’t, consider what Trump has done to your mind in just a few short months. It’s absolutely scary how many supposed conservatives he’s got talking like foul-mouthed liberals today.


34 posted on 04/15/2016 2:32:36 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: sickoflibs
Maybe Trump's thuggery in threatening to throw the race to his good friend Hillary if he is not handed the nomination, even if he loses by not getting the required delegates

Let's say Trump doesn't get a majority of bound delegates. No matter how you slice it he will still have the most bound delegates, the most primary votes and the most states won.

Why, under those circumstances, does it make sense to hand the nomination to Ted Cruz? Or worse, to some chump with even less primary support - or none?

35 posted on 04/15/2016 4:18:48 PM PDT by MaxFlint
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To: MaxFlint; Impy; 2ndDivisionVet; Bruce Campbells Chin; drewsmom; JEDI4S; Kaslin; Antoninus; ...
RE:”Let's say Trump doesn't get a majority of bound delegates. No matter how you slice it he will still have the most bound delegates, the most primary votes and the most states won.
Why, under those circumstances, does it make sense to hand the nomination to Ted Cruz? Or worse, to some chump with even less primary support - or none? “

Ted should get the nomination only if he gets the 1237 delegates(or more).

If Ted gets them then it means that Trump didn't and vice versa, its mathematically impossible for more than one to get a majority of them.

If Trump gets the 1237 before then convention then its simple.

I understand that Trump and his henchman Stone want the rules changed so he gets it without anyone else getting the chance of getting a majority of the delegates, if he fails to.

That is Trump: “Here's my rules that guarantee that I win. If you don't follow them then its unfair, cheating stealing, etc”

36 posted on 04/21/2016 5:35:28 AM PDT by sickoflibs (MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE TED CRUZ SO THAT YOUR VOTES TRANSLATES INTO DELEGATES!)
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To: sickoflibs
Maybe Trump's thuggery...

He's violated your safe space?

37 posted on 04/21/2016 5:47:31 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: caww
The guy is a raving madmen when he looses.

Has he loosed the dogs of war?

38 posted on 04/21/2016 5:50:42 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: Stentor
RE:” Maybe Trump's thuggery...
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He's violated your safe space?”

Seems like Stone's thug like tactics were used in the 1930s by Hitler in Germany to get power and as soon as Hitler got the Chancellorship he had those same thugs who helped him executed so they couldn't be a threat to him.

39 posted on 04/21/2016 5:54:18 AM PDT by sickoflibs (MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS! VOTE TED CRUZ SO THAT YOUR VOTES TRANSLATES INTO DELEGATES!)
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To: sickoflibs
Seems like Stone's thug like tactics were used in the 1930s by Hitler in Germany to get power...

The other night I saw the Trump Sturmabteilung, being led by Stone in uniform, marching through the streets of Philadelphia. It was horrifying./s

40 posted on 04/21/2016 5:58:56 AM PDT by Stentor
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