Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread LXXXIX

Free Republic ^ | 16 April 2016 | Windflier

[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 04/17

[Lonely Bull]

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[DoughtyOne]

Good evening. Thank you for the link, to this new nightly thread.

Much appreciated.

[DoughtyOne]

Results: 2016 04/16 on the forum

[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.
4/17	[link]	[link]	[available later]	89
4/16	[link]	[link]	[link]	88
4/15	[link]	[link]	[link]	87
4/14	[link]	[link]	[link]	86
4/13	[link]	[link]	[link]	85
4/12	[link]	[link]	[link]	84
4/11	[link]	[link]	[link]	83
4/10	[link]	[link]	[link]	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

Table 2: tables with older threads

Dates	Table	Sequence nos.
3/30 - 4/13	[link]	71-85
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

[Roccus]

I have a problem. The WV GOP allows non-aligned voters to vote in the WV GOP primary.
That non-Republicans are allowed to vote in some primaries seems to cause much consternation here at FR.

I’m a non-aligned voter....should I vote in the primary?

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Thanks to all three of you.

We all need all the sanity and places to reflect we can find in this Silly Season.

...never seen anything quite like this....

With that, I’m off to bed. Need all the beauty sleep I can get...

[DoughtyOne]

You and me both. Have a good one...

[CatDancer]

I just found this - thank you!

Please add me to your ping list.

[c-b 1]

I don’t care for non aligned voters being allowed to vote in party primarys, but if the law in your state allows it, and you want to vote, then by all means VOTE!

[sargon]

I have a problem. The WV GOP allows non-aligned voters to vote in the WV GOP primary.

That non-Republicans are allowed to vote in some primaries seems to cause much consternation here at FR.I’m a non-aligned voter....should I vote in the primary?

Of course you should vote. There's nothing wrong with an independent voting in a party primary, if the party allows it. That's called an open primary.

I'm an independent registered in Florida, so I wasn't able to vote in Florida's closed primary.

Florida registered Republicans came through for Trump very strongly, of course, crushing both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

Another clear sign of Ted Cruz's profound weakness as a general election candidate is the fact that he has performed so poorly in swing states such as Florida and Ohio...

So vote away, please.

[Windflier]

Evenin’, Bull.

[Pollster1]

Vote Trump!

That said, personal attacks against either the candidates or their supporters are both unnecessary and unhelpful. Does anyone benefit other than Hillary, Bernie, Jeb, Rubio, Kasich, and others who consistently support Amnesty, who consistently support Obamacare, and who consistently support restrictions on our individual, God-given right to keep and bear arms?

Decent Americans are better off with a real truce, and not just a “I’ll stop when every person who even pretends to support the other side stops” gesture toward a truce that will never happen.

The nonsense is not helping us to elect the best possible conservative in November. I want 99% or more of Cruz supporters to vote Trump, when he is nominated, even if they hold their noses. In the event that Cruz wins the nomination, I want 99% or more of Trump supporters to vote Cruz, even if they hold their noses. Offending the other side does not encourage them to vote Trump (or Cruz) in November.

I cannot help wondering how many of those who stir up the Trump-Cruz wars are actually paid trolls taking Jeb/Hillary/Soros money to cause trouble - not all of them but probably enough to set the toxic tone.

I stand by my recurring statement:

Cruz and Trump are both imperfect but they 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.

[Roccus]

Thanks for the response

[JustAmy]

Agree ... thank you for posting some sanity during this insane time.

Go Cruz ... if not
Go Trump.