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Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread LXXIV
Free Republic ^ | 1 April 2016 | Windflier

Posted on 04/01/2016 9:14:39 PM PDT by Windflier

DO NOT VOTE ON THIS THREAD.

This is the nightly DISCUSSION thread for the ongoing 2016 Free Republic Caucus. Per caucus rules, no comments are allowed on the caucus thread itself - hence this open chat thread.

If you'd like to vote in the caucus, please look in the sidebar for the link, or check downthread here.

Thanks, and let 'er rip!

Windy


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2016election; elections; frcaucus; frcaucus2016

1 posted on 04/01/2016 9:14:39 PM PDT by Windflier
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To: DoughtyOne; Lonely Bull; JustAmy

FR Caucus discussion ping


2 posted on 04/01/2016 9:15:17 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
Results: 2016 04/01 on forum
3 posted on 04/01/2016 9:15:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Windflier

Good evening...


4 posted on 04/01/2016 9:16:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: PA Engineer; JustAmy; Duchess47; Unrepentant VN Vet; Lonely Bull
Free Republic Caucus 2016 Discussion Threads ping list.

To join or leave this list, or for questions and comments, please reply to Lonely Bull (private replies and mail welcome). You will receive a routine daily ping to the discussion threads as long as these caucus threads continue. Each discussion thread will contain links to results and older threads.

Today's voting thread: Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/02

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5 posted on 04/01/2016 9:16:33 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: Lonely Bull
Table 1: Free Republic Caucus 2016 threads, most recent 15 days
Date Voting thread Discussion thread Results [on www.hotr.us] Sequence no.
4/02 [link] [link] [available later] 74
4/01 [link] [link] [link] 73
3/31 [link] [link] [link] 72
3/30 [link] [link] [link] 71
3/29 [link] [link] [link] 70
3/28 [link] [link] [link] 69
3/27 [link] [link] [link] 68
3/26 [link] [link] [link] 67
3/25 [link] [link] [link] 66
3/24 [link] [link] [link] 65
3/23 [link] [link] [link] 64
3/22 [link] [link] [link] 63
3/21 [link] [link] [link] 62
3/20 [link] [link] [link] 61
3/19 [link] [link] [link] 60


Table 2: tables with older threads
Dates Table Sequence nos.
3/16 - 3/30 [link] 57-71
3/09 - 3/23 [link] 50-64
3/02 - 3/16 [link] 43-57
2/24 - 3/09 [link] 36-50
2/17 - 3/02 [link] 29-43
2/10 - 2/24 [link] 22-36
2/03 - 2/17 [link] 15-29
1/27 - 2/10 [link] 8-22
1/20 - 2/03 [link] 1-15

6 posted on 04/01/2016 9:21:39 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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To: Windflier
FR Caucus results have been pretty consistent over the last several days, with Donald Trump maintaining a dominating 5-to-1 advantage over Ted Cruz, as voted by FR members.

The blind Trump-haters/Cruz supporters continue to tirelessly parrot GOPe propaganda, and well as enthusiastically indulging in their masturbatory demonization of Donald Trump.

By fomenting such vicious hatred, these dupes play directly into the hands of the Left, Media, GOPe, and Establishment in general, becoming willing tools in an unprecedented and slanted character assassination campaign against the GOP frontrunner.

But at least such reckless hate doesn't seem to have much influence on the informed members of this forum...

7 posted on 04/01/2016 10:12:01 PM PDT by sargon ("No king but Christ!")
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To: sargon
The blind Trump-haters/Cruz supporters continue to tirelessly parrot GOPe propaganda, and well as enthusiastically indulging in their masturbatory demonization of Donald Trump.

By fomenting such vicious hatred, these dupes play directly into the hands of the Left, Media, GOPe, and Establishment in general, becoming willing tools in an unprecedented and slanted character assassination campaign against the GOP frontrunner.

Well said. All I can say is, they're very lucky that JimRob doesn't allow me access to the Zot 9000. This place would quiet down overnight.

8 posted on 04/01/2016 10:16:46 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
ROTFL.

^5


9 posted on 04/01/2016 10:26:09 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Windflier

Trump and Cruz between them have essentially 100% of FR support. Cruz and Trump agree far more than 80% of the time (see my tagline from Ronald Reagan). They should be friends and allies, and we should treat both of them as such.

I’m voting Trump because I want a first ballot victory at the convention. No, I don’t believe Cruz can win on the second ballot; I believe if it gets that far the nomination will go to a pro-Amnesty insider like Rubio/Kasich/Jeb/Christie, and that would be bad for America.


10 posted on 04/02/2016 1:12:50 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Windflier; sargon

Yeah, I was just observing last night before I logged off how much the General Tone of FR had improved after that big “Cruz and Trump poster truce” thread last week.

(Snort)

Okay, put in your own /sarc.

On the bright side, I’m lurking (plus scrolling past DELTA SIERRA posters) so much more now, I’m saving all kinds of time for vital stuff...like sorting sock drawers.


11 posted on 04/02/2016 6:00:06 AM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Smile. It'll drive people nuts trying to figure out what you know or have done.)
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To: sargon; Windflier; onyx

I did a very detailed analysis of the posting patterns and comments of the Trump and Cruz supporters on the main election thread during the most recent voting (Arizona and Utah). Flaming, derogatory posts toward Cruz outweighed similar posts toward Trump by about six to one. (The actual numbers were 82 to 13.) Yet the Cruz supporters are maligned as the ones who are causing the majority of the problem.

I posted the analysis, but it was pulled as “under review”. It never showed back up. One wonders whether it would have been pulled if the results had been the opposite.

I think that the declining numbers in the FR Caucus for Cruz probably reflect the growing frustration with being constantly berated, having posts pulled, or being banned for saying that they will not vote for Trump in the general if he is the nominee.

I think that the site has become an echo chamber in which the Trump supporters think that their guy is more popular than he actually is. My two cents.


12 posted on 04/02/2016 9:16:19 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

“I think that the site has become an echo chamber in which the Trump supporters think that their guy is more popular than he actually is.”

Trump is ahead of Cruz by millions of votes, and is far ahead in the delegate count. I’m afraid he’s every bit as popular as the FR Caucus indicates.

Statewide and national polls have also borne that out, throughout the race. Ted’s just not as popular as you think he is.


13 posted on 04/02/2016 10:59:17 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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