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Vanity-If delegates choose our Nominee then voters should darn well get to vote for the delegates.

Posted on 04/18/2016 9:55:53 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas

If we can't pick our nominee then we should get the chance to vote for delegates. The RNC/GOP should not be able to wine/dine and cherry pick delegates.

THIS NASTINESS IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. IT IS CHERRY-PICKED AND GERRY-MANDERED ON BOTH SIDES.

Democrat and Republican are just made up words to give us the appearance we have a choice.

D.C. is an elite club and we ain't in it!!!!!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2016election; caucus; delegates; election2016; newyork; partyrules; trump
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To: grania
Oh, Cleveland and Philly *will* be historical -- just not for what one might suspected.

I was 7 years old when the 1968 Democrat Convention was held in Chicago. My grandfather lived in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood, just down the street from the original Mayor Daley. We were visiting my Grandfather the night the riots broke out at the Convention. I remember my parents telling my sister and I to crouch down in the back seat of the car as they covered us up with a blanket as we left the city.

What we heard (and saw when we poked our heads up) was NOT good. The police, the rioter's, the fires, looting, etc.. I'll never forget it. In fact, there are still some parts of the near West Side of Chicago that were left as they were non 1968 as a "reminder."

I suspect riots will be the word of the day come July and August this year.

21 posted on 04/18/2016 10:21:16 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: coon2000

Some of us will go farther:

Kamikaze Voter

Removing Republicans from every office everywhere


22 posted on 04/18/2016 10:21:32 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: pgkdan

I would go and take a skunk in a suitcase and let it loose. LOL


23 posted on 04/18/2016 10:21:49 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Someone tell Cruz Karma is a BITCH.)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Rules, like facts are stubborn things. Did you know, primarys and choosing candidates by vote began in 1910. Before that, the party chose the candidate and the name appeared on the ballot in November. Those were the days when democrats debated republicans. And there was a difference between the two. I like the looks of the Constitution party these days, just sayin’.


24 posted on 04/18/2016 10:27:39 AM PDT by exnavy (John 3:16)
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To: Cats Pajamas

You are spot on.


25 posted on 04/18/2016 10:27:59 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: mabelkitty
So, basically, less than 2000 people in the entire country determine who our President is.

Yep. And, those "elected" people hire the savants who run the IRS, FBI, OSHA, EPA, BLM, etc., ad nauseum.

26 posted on 04/18/2016 10:29:43 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so that others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Welcome to life with caucuses. Don’t like it get your state’s version of the party to change it. Or move to a state that has real primaries. it’s funny how many people just recently bothered to find out how they’re state has been selecting delegates for longer than they’ve been alive.


27 posted on 04/18/2016 10:30:02 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: Jewels1091
We vote for our delegates.

We vote for our delegates too (PA). It's just that the majority of them don't have to follow our wishes, even on the first ballot.

28 posted on 04/18/2016 10:30:55 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: discostu

Was part of my local but left due to same kind of chicanery, back stabbing, cheating, stacking decks that apparently is the GOP RNC modus operandi. Not whiny and not a clueless doormat for RNC. No longer consider myself Republican. I am fully awake now and see how things really are.

Have you published a playbook to get things changed in your state? Hmmmmmmmm. I would be interested in your advice.


29 posted on 04/18/2016 10:34:49 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Someone tell Cruz Karma is a BITCH.)
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To: pgkdan

Don’t take chances with your health though.

Read your home page. Condolences.


30 posted on 04/18/2016 10:35:00 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: ichabod1

:)


31 posted on 04/18/2016 10:36:04 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Rush is on now, defending the system. He’s completely lost touch with the common people, and is now hard wired into the establishment.

Whoever thought that when the revolution came, he’d be totally clueless?


32 posted on 04/18/2016 10:37:52 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

I don’t think he is clueless, just bought and paid for rino.


33 posted on 04/18/2016 10:39:02 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Someone tell Cruz Karma is a BITCH.)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Don’t need to change things in my state. It works fine within the artificial stricture of party politics. My problem with our primaries is that he GOP hasn’t run a candidate that’s actually worth a #$%^ in the 21st century.


34 posted on 04/18/2016 10:41:24 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: discostu

“Welcome to life with caucuses. Don’t like it get your state’s version of the party to change it. Or move to a state that has real primaries. it’s funny how many people just recently bothered to find out how they’re state has been selecting delegates for longer than they’ve been alive.”
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This seems a bit like saying “Don’t like the say the mafia works? Apply for a job as underboss and work for change within.” Boss Tweed would LOVE the way some of these states do things.


35 posted on 04/18/2016 10:43:03 AM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Cats Pajamas

Voters do get to vote for the delegates and the precinct caucuses. . .but you have to show up.


36 posted on 04/18/2016 10:43:06 AM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Cats Pajamas

Voters do get to vote for the delegates at the precinct caucuses. . .but you have to show up.


37 posted on 04/18/2016 10:46:17 AM PDT by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: The Continental Op

Of course the states are not doing these things. The PARTY is. The PARTY makes decisions on how THEY want to be represented at the convention. People sign up to join the PARTY. And most have been OK with (or not bothering to know anything about) these various selection methods their whole life, until suddenly there’s an election that’s still contested come the state conventions, and all of a sudden they’re all “wait what”. It’s not my fault, or the party’s fault for that matter, that these folks only just started paying attention two weeks ago. You joined a political party without bothering to find out how it works, and never bothered to get involved in how it works, and now are shocked to find out the party isn’t terribly interested in your opinion. In other news, rain is wet, dress accordingly.


38 posted on 04/18/2016 10:47:49 AM PDT by discostu (This unit not labeled for individual sale)
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To: dp0622

Thanks. I’ll only go if I’m well enough to go. I’m so concerned about the country that my grandchildren are inheriting that it drives me crazy.


39 posted on 04/18/2016 10:48:43 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Cats Pajamas

The GOP is a private organization. They can pull names from a hat if they want.


40 posted on 04/18/2016 10:52:50 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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