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To: Rashputin

“Half or more of the delegates Cruz games his way into will vote for Kasich rather than Cruz if word comes down from the Party for them to do so.”

It doesn’t work that way. The delegates are elected, not from a select pool of party insiders. These are folks who, unlike you, decided to become involved and run for the delegate spot to go to the convention. They want to go party, have a stake in history, and vote for the candidate they support.

Depending on the state there rules, a group of elected officials that go who might desire support in the next race. The this group is malleable. In most states it’s a small group.


25 posted on 04/16/2016 6:11:35 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (Conservative, Showman, Rino. Make your choice wisely.)
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To: Outlaw76

If it were possible, your post 25 should be pinned at the top of every thread. This whole idea that the “GOP-E” secretly controls all those delegates is simply false. Most of them are committed people who feel strongly about their candidate. That’s why they became delegates in the first place. The exceptions, as you note, are the definite minority.


35 posted on 04/16/2016 6:17:33 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Outlaw76

But the delegates can be schmoozed. It’s legal but not right. Who knows what their price is.


37 posted on 04/16/2016 6:18:41 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: Outlaw76

you are aware that these delegates can be bought off right and it is not even illegal.
Hey want a vacation with your family, no problem.


65 posted on 04/16/2016 6:33:56 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Outlaw76
Sorry, it does work that way and the rules are subject to change. Who says a delegate from a district Trump won but is a Cruz delegate has to be counted?

If there's no reason for voters to vote, there's no reason for delegates to vote either, it's really that simple and what's the problem with that ?

The rules are the rules, rules change, the delegates were selected according to the rules, then the delegates are declared illegitimate according to the rules, all tidy and done by the rules.

77 posted on 04/16/2016 6:44:59 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Outlaw76

Do you realize thay a very small percentage, less than 1% of our population, have the time, money and effort to invest in becoming a delegate? That’s why we have voters to select representatives who follow the will of the voters, regardless of their own beliefs. If the delegate does not follow the will of the voters throughout the emote process, then they are no better than the liberal fascists that you as a conservative claim to fight against.

I am disgusted at our so called conservatives who are so brain washed by their party as to go along with this treachery.


203 posted on 04/16/2016 11:03:50 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra (Voting in my first primary in PA on April 26th!)
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To: Outlaw76
The delegates are elected, not from a select pool of party insiders. These are folks who, unlike you, decided to become involved and run for the delegate spot to go to the convention. They want to go party, have a stake in history, and vote for the candidate they support.

Exactly. You do not win an election by having the biggest rally turnout and this is what the tRump camp thinks and the MSM thinks.

It takes the "ground game" and it takes concerned Citizens who will turn out and get involved. Not ones who will holler and cuss the most like their dear Leader.

208 posted on 04/16/2016 11:43:53 PM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Outlaw76

Drop this asinine line of blabber.

Not everyone has the opportunity to get involved, and you know it.

These rules were made by the Rove’s of the party, ya remember him right, the guy who gives us losers to vote for?

So these rules, the ones that your genius uses to his advantage, cuz he’s an outsider and so adept at his poison pill tricks, is going to use these and win?

Win what? People are not flocking to him, sorry you refuse to see this reality, it is what is.

In my circle, I know of NO ONE who is for Cruz. Not a one.

But hey, if people would just get past the secret layers involved with the system, when they have to time to do that between work and family and hey, LIFE...then maybe they can learn to game the system that works ONLY for insiders..
like you little fraud Cruz - the ultimate insider.

Cruz = amnesty
Hello Club for Growth and the millions they pour into your boy toy.

Sad, just sad. You and your boring talking points of ‘if people don’t get involved, blah blah blah’ is tiresome.


253 posted on 04/17/2016 10:47:52 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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