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Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread LXXXII
Free Republic ^ | 9 April 2016 | Windflier

Posted on 04/09/2016 9:22:39 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

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

Free Republic Caucus 2016 04/10


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2016election; elections; frcaucus; frcaucus2016
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1 posted on 04/09/2016 9:22:39 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: Windflier; DoughtyOne

FR Caucus discussion ping


2 posted on 04/09/2016 9:22:55 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
Results: 2016 04/09 on the forum
3 posted on 04/09/2016 9:24:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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To: PA Engineer; JustAmy; Duchess47; Unrepentant VN Vet; Disestablishmentarian; 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 04/10

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4 posted on 04/09/2016 9:24:40 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; Windflier

Good evening...


5 posted on 04/09/2016 9:25:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
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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.
4/10 [link] [link] [available later] 82
4/09 [link] [link] [link] 81
4/08 [link] [link] [link] 80
4/07 [link] [link] [link] 79
4/06 [link] [link] [link] 78
4/05 [link] [link] [link] 77
4/04 [link] [link] [link] 76
4/03 [link] [link] [link] 75
4/02 [link] [link] [link] 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


Table 2: tables with older threads
Dates Table Sequence nos.
3/23 - 4/06 [link] 64-78
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 04/09/2016 9:28:24 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
I see that Trump had a 7-to-1 advantage yesterday on the FR Caucus.

At least the vast majority FR membership knows what's up, and who's the GOPe dupe, and who's the presumptive nominee...

7 posted on 04/09/2016 9:42:01 PM PDT by sargon ("Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves")
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To: sargon

Is 86.67%-12.22% a new record?


8 posted on 04/09/2016 9:45:54 PM PDT by map
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To: Lonely Bull

Looks like we are now running 6-1 Trump.

Has anyone noticed die hard Cruz supporters sound a lot like obama supporters?

I support Trump but would be okay with a Cruz Presidency and I think most Trump supporters feel the same way but those who support Cruz primarily are not okay with a Trump Presidency.

Just seems very odd to me...


9 posted on 04/09/2016 9:49:03 PM PDT by Boomer (Immigration without assimilation is invasion.)
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To: sargon
I see that Trump had a 7-to-1 advantage yesterday on the FR Caucus. At least the vast majority FR membership knows what's up. . . .

Trump had 156 votes. Do you think that represents the "vast majority" of FR membership? Or do you think perhaps it might be too small a sample size to make that claim?

10 posted on 04/09/2016 9:49:20 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Boomer

Yes. Make that 7-1 Trump.


11 posted on 04/09/2016 9:51:20 PM PDT by Boomer (Immigration without assimilation is invasion.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

I would say it those that care enough to vote daily are representative of the larger population that can’t be bothered on a daily basis.


12 posted on 04/09/2016 9:52:34 PM PDT by Boomer (Immigration without assimilation is invasion.)
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To: Boomer
I support Trump but would be okay with a Cruz Presidency and I think most Trump supporters feel the same way. . . .

That's not what I'm seeing. Just in the last few days I am seeing many Trump followers openly saying, right here on FR, that they will never vote for Cruz, even against Hillary! Some Trump supporters have even said they will actually vote for Hillary!

13 posted on 04/09/2016 9:54:23 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Charles Henrickson

“Just in the last few days I am seeing many Trump followers openly saying, right here on FR, that they will never vote for Cruz, even against Hillary!”

Sounds like “The Great One”.


14 posted on 04/09/2016 10:11:16 PM PDT by map
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To: Charles Henrickson
Trump had 156 votes. Do you think that represents the "vast majority" of FR membership? Or do you think perhaps it might be too small a sample size to make that claim?

The FR Caucus is open to all members. I think the sample size is quite adequate.

If Ted Cruz supporters aren't as enthusiastic, that's nobody's fault but theirs.

You'd think that Cruz voters would be motivated to show their support, given the apparent disparity with the hated demon Donald Trump.

I think the 7-to-1 margin is very much representative of the active FR membership as a whole.

It certainly seems to be the fairest approximation available, given that it's open to every FR member willing to go to the enormous trouble of combining the string "Vote " with the surname of their preferred GOP candidate, pasting it into a window, and pressing the "Post" button.

That shouldn't be an undue burden on anyone...

15 posted on 04/09/2016 10:17:07 PM PDT by sargon ("Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves")
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To: Charles Henrickson; Boomer

I’ll vote for Hillary.

But only if I’m a juror at her trial.


16 posted on 04/09/2016 10:25:24 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

After seeing the difference between voting for and electing a Bush, and having Obama elected because the Republicans ran McCain and Romney, you have to realize that it is a Uniparty. The only difference is that you get to perdition faster with the Democrat than you do with the Republican.

Donald Trump is the only candidate that is so outside the “club” that all the Uniparty and their supporters are absolutely petrified that he might get elected and start turning off the spigot to the public trough!

Ted Cruz has exactly the same characteristics and qualification for President that Barack Obama had. If you looked at Obama’s history and associations, you knew he was lying about everything, but people didn’t care, they believed the lie. If you look at Ted Cruz’ history and associations you can see that he is the same kind of big government establishment guy, and that all this constitutional stuff is a lie. We know he is a snake before we take him in.

So I disagree with those Trump supporters who would vote for Hillary. I think that if Cruz gets the nomination we should whole heatedly support and vote for him. The chance to say, “See I told you so!” to the Tediban and the Cruzadians will just be to much fun. ;-)


17 posted on 04/09/2016 10:30:36 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Boomer
The most disturbing and surprising thing I have seen in this election cycle has been the way Cruz's supporters in the last couple of days have been applauding his ability to game and pervert the delegate system, end-running the voters. Pretenses of morality—particularly the kind of morality needed in a self-governing society—are being shed and left behind like the skin of a snake.
18 posted on 04/09/2016 10:35:27 PM PDT by snarkpup (I want a government small enough that my main concern in life doesn't need to be who's running it.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
That's not what I'm seeing. Just in the last few days I am seeing many Trump followers openly saying, right here on FR, that they will never vote for Cruz, even against Hillary! Some Trump supporters have even said they will actually vote for Hillary!


Why don't I believe you?

I think you're exaggerating.

IF some FReepers have said that, they're likely blowing off steam.

However, take note:




First of all, Cruz will be mathematically eliminated. There is no way possible of him reaching 1237. Would require too many miracle finishes. But if he does become the nominee via convention shenanigans, the FReepers swearing not to vote for him will no longer be FReepers.

FR is going to do whatever we possibly can to defeat the God-hating, America-hating, constitution-hating, capitalism-hating communist/socialist/fascist totalitarian democrats!!

Anyone who works against us on this is no FReeper and will be booted!!

91 posted on 04/07/2016 3:49:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

19 posted on 04/09/2016 10:39:05 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: sargon; Charles Henrickson
If Ted Cruz supporters aren't as enthusiastic, that's nobody's fault but theirs.

Since last fall, I suspected that a good number of Cruz supporters on FR are really just establishment trolls who are only pretending to be Cruz supporters.

Their goal is to try to harm both Trump and Cruz by saying ugly nasty things about Trump in Cruz's name.

With all the pro-Cruz propaganda here at FR and the disconnect with the paltry Cruz vote totals on the FR Caucus, a good explanation is that many of these Cruz people aren't really for him at all, they're just establishment hacks pretending to be pro-Cruz.

If so, it's no surprise they won't Vote Cruz.

As a result, Cruz's FR Caucus vote totals are embarrasing.

20 posted on 04/09/2016 10:41:47 PM PDT by Vision Thing (Cruzniparty Tedstablishment)
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