Posted on 04/15/2016 3:26:40 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump has blasted the primary voting policies calling the rigged. He’s right. And now we have evidence to prove it!
There was never even a vote! The delegates met prior to the primaries and passed around a resolution which forbade delegates to vote for Trump for president or vice president because of a list of arbitrary reasons.
Robert Zubrin, who was elected as an alternate delegate, submitted on March 22 to American Thinker that he had written the resolution.
Resolution to Forbid Colorado Delegates from Voting for Donald Trump
Whereas Donald Trump is not a Republican; and
Whereas Donald Trump is a demagogue who is using fear, hate, and lies to assemble a mob in support of an agenda of socialist policy, unlimited government, and strongman rule; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the Western alliance which is the basis of American security; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the system of international trade which is the basis of American prosperity; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the freedom of the press that is the basis of American liberty; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the rule of law which is the basis of American civil society; and
Whereas Donald Trump has mocked those who risked their lives to fight for America when he avoided doing so; and
Whereas Donald Trump has acted as an apologist for America’s enemy Vladimir Putin and other brutal anti-American foreign tyrants; and
Whereas Donald Trump has set himself forth as an open exponent of lust, greed, and other vices antithetical to Judeo-Christian ethics and the moral fiber necessary to sustain a republic; and
Whereas Donald Trump has demonstrated that he has no respect for the truth, and
Whereas Donald Trump has defrauded thousands of ordinary Americans of their life savings; and
Whereas Donald Trump has, in the course of the present campaign, committed acts potential prosecutable as incitement to riot, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison; and
Whereas Donald Trump has knowingly acted to degrade the Republican presidential nominating process to a vile level that can only serve to drive people of talent and integrity out of the party and assist in the election of the party’s opponents; and
Whereas the nomination of Donald Trump for president would insure a landslide defeat for the Republican Party nationwide in the fall, and deeply damage the Republican Party and the conservative movement for years, and possibly decades to come; and
Whereas a vote for Donald Trump by any member of the Colorado delegation to the Republican National Convention would dishonor and disgrace the Colorado Republican Party;
Therefore, be it resolved that:
The Colorado Republican Party forbids any of its delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for Donald Trump for president or vice president on the first ballot or any other ballot, and
The Colorado Republican Party asks its delegates to national convention to pledge on their honor to do everything in their power to help secure the presidential nomination for someone other than Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has threatened the Republican Party with mob violence. Let’s tell him where to go!
Well said!
Cruz and his supporters have aligned themselves with the statists and globalists, which puts them on the wrong side of freedom and liberty.
Everything about Colorado stinks and just highlights how corrupt the process is. All the talking points and propaganda coming from the side of corruption will never make it right or normal.
CGato
You might be closer to the truth than even you have been instructed to think!
You are still not getting it.
No one was disenfranchised! If someone does not go to the caucus, and CHOOSES by their absence or apathy not to exercise their right to vote - are they disenfranchised? NO!
Any registered Republican could have voted in the March 1st caucus and determined who would represent them in the state convention. A few decided to show up. Most registered Republicans did not. I was one of those that did not, but that was because I was out of state on a business trip. Does that mean I was disenfranchised? Should I whine and cry about how my vote didn’t count. No! Because I dont want to sound like a democrat complaining about voter turn out.
Any registered Republican could have voted in the caucus.
Any registered Republican could have run for the job of delegate for their precinct. There was even a call for district delegates and votes for them as well.
The Colorado system of delegate selection is truly a republican form of government of the state party (A form of government in which power is explicitly vested in the people, who in turn exercise their power through elected representatives.) Listen closely to that statement. “elected representatives”. Just as we utilize elected representatives to run this nation, Colorado uses elected representatives to run the GOP party.
The rank and file elect representatives who in turn go to the state convention and elect the delegates who will represent the state at the GOP national convention.
Quit pissing and moaning about how your candidate didn’t win and look at the republican system of governance of the GOP party. That is the way we want it so if you are not a Colorado Republican, go pay attention to your state and leave us alone.
Probably both,with weed as a chaser.
Still making excuses for subterfuge,and smelly practices.
I do not believe that the delegate allocation for the GOP in Colorado reflects the actual Presidential preference of the GOP voters of Colorado at large. Do you?
It was a rigged scam, no matter how you slice it. Those delegates were intended for GOPe Jeb Bush, and when he got beat, they decided to give them all to Ted Cruz.
It's sad that a bunch of party operatives were able to rob the GOP voters of Colorado of voting on their Presidential preference.
Of course, everyone knows that even formal state caucuses are an exercise in collective groupthink anyway, replete with high-pressure tactics, and that's basically the only kind of states that Cruz wins, with few exceptions.
Ted Cruz generally gets crushed by Donald Trump, more often than not, whenever voters are allowed to go into a private booth and vote their conscience.
So take pride in your little Colorado groupthink scam, which was accomplished with the tiniest fraction of GOP voters from the state: an absolute travesty, and not something the state's GOP voting bloc appreciates, I think you will find.
Don't be surprised if things change radically in Colorado for the GOP for the next cycle.
Ted Cruz has cost himself more delegates than he gained in Colorado by embracing such an inherently unfair process.
And the GOP even had the gall to tweet "#NeverTrump We did it!" after their delegate theft occurred, basically confirming the conspiracy.
Selecting a Presidential nominee is supposed to be a democratic process involving the voters at large, but I guess that would have been too fair for the GOP voters of Colorado. Instead, a miniscule fraction decided for everyone else. Elitist to its core.
So the elite engineered their scam.
Good riddance to the GOPe. They deserve what's coming, and so does their water-carrying lap dog Ted Cruz...
You’re right. But it’s evidence ... of ... something, right? It’s gotta have been rigged, since Trump lost. Not fair. Or something.
You, sir, are a liar.
The fact is that the GOP delegate allocation for Colorado in no way reflects the Presidential preference of the Colorado GOP voters as a whole.
Hundreds of thousands of voters were disenfranchised, and the notion that they were so treated as a result of "playing by the rules" (which were initially engineered to benefit GOPe Jeb!) is no consolation.
As I said, expect the situation to change for the Colorado GOP in the next primary cycle, because the GOP voters of Colorado aren't going to tolerate a repeat of this travesty.
I don't know whether Donald Trump would have won the Colorado popular vote or not. We'll never know, I guess.
But it's ludicrous to say that Trump would have been completely shut out, and therefore deserve none of the delegates.
I agree with Jim Robinson: Ted Cruz is a thief; his only path to anything is by embracing the GOPe, and playing into their hands by forcing a contested convention. Quite the anti-Establishment candidate, eh? What a joke!
That is why Cruz will lose, and lose big, both before the convention and at it.
So keep drinking your Cruz/GOPe kool-aid blend, because there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two at this point.
Ted Cruz has made his bed with the GOPe, and he will have to sleep in it now: no nomination, no VP slot, just ignominy.
This Tuesday and next Teusday are going to be sweet, as Ted Cruz sees his Presidential aspirations disintegrate; and it couldn't happen to a more deserving person...
It puts the lie to the notion that any semblance of fairness occurred in the Colorado GOP delegate allocation process.
Ted Cruz and his Cruzbots have gone full GOPe in their desperation to seize power at any cost. They truly have no shame, the nation is seeing it, and Cruz is dropping like a rock in the polls.
I look forward to Cruz's mathematical elimination on Tuesday night, although he was practically eliminated quite some time ago...
Who won the GOP straw poll in 2012? Sanatorum not Romney. Why, because the vast majority of Colorado Republicans are CONSERVATIVES. And since Trump is NOT a conservative, does it make sense that the rank and file republicans would support Trump? I dont think so. I certainly dont support Trump because he is not the most conservative candidate.
How can delegates be INTENDED for anyone? The delegates are voted on at the caucus by the republicans that show up AND ANYONB who is a registered republican can run for the delegate position. It is not possible to INTEND any delegate ahead of time. Making that claim only reinforces your display of your ignorance and desire to your will on the voters of Colorado, a trait I find to be dangerously close to how the democrats behave.
Cruz tends to win in states that are solidly conservative, Texas, Utah, North Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, etc. Especially the states that have closed primaries. Why should Colorado be any different? Trump does well in open primary states where democrat voters can cross over and support him.
I used to be a big fan of Cruz at one point but no more and I look forward to his elimination too. We'll see what kind of spin/talking points/excuses/propaganda Cruz, the GOPe, and his supporters bring when the nomination outright is out of reach.
CGato
Florida (my home state) was a closed primary state, and Trump did fine in that.
Are you not paying attention to the popular vote figures? Of course not, they paint too stark a picture for Cruzbots to deal with. Thus far, Trump has received almost 2 million more votes than Ted Cruz, and that figure is only going to become more pronounced after the primaries which occur over the next 2 Tuesdays.
That's a real disparity in real support.
Donald Trump has beaten Ted Cruz with the Evangelical vote in virtually every state. Same with Hispanics. Same with self-described "very conservative" voters. Wake up to reality!
Whatever you may say about Trump's appeal, Ted Cruz's is clearly significantly less... and the GOP is not going to win the election with red states like Idaho and North Dakota: it's going to win by showing strength in swing states such as Florida, Ohio, and so on. And those are places where Donald Trump is strong.
Ted Cruz has shown profound weakness in those states.
Cruzbots are simply in denial at this point, and hanging on in desperation to a failed candidate who is not energizing voters.
Anyone who thinks that the GOPe would ever hand the nomination to such a weak candidate is simply delusional.
That is why it's perfectly clear to intellectually honest analysts that Ted Cruz is being duped by the GOPe...
Lyin Ted can’t beat anyone, he isn’t going to be the nominee. He has already lost. He can’t get 1237. ToasTed
At the Trump angle we will safely complete a spectacular jump on top of a wall that Mexico will pay for that we will drive along to till we are safely to the other side of the canyon where America will be great again! I tell ya it will be yuge!!!
I do not know the role this resolution actually played in the proceedings other than people handing out copies. Just saying I found where it seemed to come from.
Mizel took a photograph of a ballot in Congressional District 7 that included ONLY the ballot numbers of delegate candidates, NOT the names of the candidates as required by state bylaws.
But Article Xiii of the Colorado Republican Convention bylaws (Assemblies and Conventions Section A) show that a delegate candidate must be identified alongside the name of the presidential candidate that he or she is pledged to support, so long as the delegate candidate discloses that information:
Candidates for national convention delegate need not identify the presidential candidate they are pledged to support, but may do so at their option. The ballot shall include the presidential candidate each candidate for national delegate is pledged to support, or shall indicate that the candidate for national delegate is unpledged. CRC Bylaws, Art. XIII, § A(5)(c).
Wow.
Ahhh yes, the democrat mantra of the popular vote is the only vote that should count.... scrap the delegate system ... scrap the electoral college ... scrap the systems that have been in place for year and are designed to protect the grass roots by making sure that they have a chance at being represented. Change the rules after the fact because it would make it easier for us to win.
Republicans and conservatives have heard that line before. And it was soundly rejected.
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