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To: detective

I Have CLEARLY posted my opinions on the Actions of the RNC and the Convention rules.

If you haven’t taken the time to check before you post then I guess I understand why you support Donnie. It seems to be a pattern with Trump and his base.

There is absolutely noting wrong with a contested Convention. That is why there are rules telling the Party how they will deal with one. One of this Greatest President’s captured the Nomination that way.
1860-Abraham Lincoln.

Anything other than that is B.S.

Or are you saying the RULES don’t apply to Donnie?


23 posted on 04/04/2016 5:59:31 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: VRWCarea51
I Have CLEARLY posted my opinions on the Actions of the RNC and the Convention rules.

If you haven’t taken the time to check before you post then I guess I understand why you support Donnie. It seems to be a pattern with Trump and his base.

“There is absolutely noting wrong with a contested Convention. That is why there are rules telling the Party how they will deal with one. One of this Greatest President’s captured the Nomination that way.
1860-Abraham Lincoln.

Anything other than that is B.S.

Or are you saying the RULES don’t apply to Donnie?”

I am not going to go back and check everyone’s posting history.

When Lincoln won the nomination there were no primaries. There were no delegates bound by the voters. States chose the delegates. Lincoln won the nomination over William Seward in the 1860 Convention in Chicago. Lincoln's people made a deal with Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania, who controlled the Pennsylvania delegation. Cameron offered to trade his support for the promise of a cabinet position for himself and control of Federal patronage in Pennsylvania. Lincoln representative David Davis reached an agreement with Cameron, which eventually led to Cameron's appointment as Secretary of War.

Cameron was such a disaster as Secretary of War that he almost lost the Civil War before he was replaced by Edwin Stanton. Seward became Lincoln's Secretary of State and played an important part in winning the Civil War. Seward was known as Lincoln's right hand man.

Whatever the rules are, they should apply to Trump as well as all the potential nominees.

But it is clear that there is an attempt to divide the party by the GOPe. They have contempt for Trump voters and feel they should not have a say in the nomination.

The party needs to unite to win in November. I will support whoever is the nominee.

31 posted on 04/04/2016 6:34:02 AM PDT by detective
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