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What are you talking about? Trump will get the prescribed number of deligates he won in Maine to vote for him on the first ballot as set by the rules. This stuff only comes into play on the second and so on ballots as is allowed by the rules and had been for a long long time. Give it a rest. You make it sound Trump is being harmed when he and more importantly his team fully knew the rules going in. I can hardly wait, not, to see this guy deal with the real world.

as set by the rules.

Now that we know the rules are bogus and could result in something voters don't want, how do you defend the rules?

It's kind of weird - I assume you're here because you have an affection for the constitution, but me personally, my affection is for what's behind it. So long as it reflects what's behind it, I'm cool with it. After that -> it's just another piece of toilet paper with ink on it.

Would you support the Constitution no matter what it said ... because 'it's the rules?' ... I hope not, but I suspect so.

This 'it's the rules' things is a pure rationalization, kind of disgusting I think. Kind of reflects a rat in the maze type of mind. "must go this way, that's where they put the wall for me ... this way is right because there is a wall telling me so."

All I can say is ... that guy is 100% in this for himself, 0% for individual American's. He's just a fake conservative preacher - the Rev Bakker of the Holy Conservative Scripture. Fake. Snake. Completely connects with the first time I heard him speak - no human being behind that reverend's voice and mask.

"Trump will get the prescribed number of (delegates) he won in Maine to vote for him on the first ballot as set by the rules. This stuff only comes into play on the second and so on ballots as is allowed by the rules and had been for a long long time. Give it a rest. You make it sound (like) Trump is being harmed when he and more importantly his team fully knew the rules going in. I can hardly wait, not, to see this guy deal with the real world."

AMEN! Totally agree with your summary, thank you!

Taking no sides here, I'd really like to remind my fellow FReepers that we do NOT have a "direct democracy" here, but rather a "representational republic".

It was made very clear on the Ohio primary ballots - we had a choice of slates of DELEGATES to vote for. We had a choice of voting on either Dem. or GOP ballot (no questions asked, other than "Democratic or Republican" ballot, and show ID). There were also numerous GOP candidates (which ballot I voted) still listed on the ballot that had "suspended" their campaigns at least a month earlier.

So goes it for states' rights, which I tend to favor, the point being the so-called "establishment GOP" had nothing to do with it!