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Delegates Ripe for the Stealing Picking!
1 posted on 04/21/2016 10:51:15 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

That’s a pity


2 posted on 04/21/2016 10:54:08 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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Trump not bribing is a negative in the morally confused Cruz world.


3 posted on 04/21/2016 10:54:50 AM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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Heh heh. This is actually very good for Trump. And not because he’s being cheap.


4 posted on 04/21/2016 10:55:29 AM PDT by Suz in AZ
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...t also calls into question whether his operation is organized enough...


Because what we need is a president that is good at paperwork.

We don’t need a leader that can lay out a vision, we need a lawyer; a bureaucrat; an insider that plays the game.


5 posted on 04/21/2016 10:55:31 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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How do delegates typically get to a convention? This whole delegate thing is going whacko fast..


6 posted on 04/21/2016 10:55:49 AM PDT by acw011 (Great Goooogly Mooogly!)
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I would not want to spend $5,000 of my own money for a trip to Cleveland.


8 posted on 04/21/2016 10:57:32 AM PDT by forgotten man
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If Trump or any candidate pays a dime to any delegate it is criminal bribe and at minimum will get the delegate disqualified.

That’s the trouble with dragging warm bodies off the street opposed to delegates that are familiar with and have worked in the system.

Next we’ll hear Trump and bots crying about “bribery charges” are unfair.


9 posted on 04/21/2016 10:57:56 AM PDT by X-spurt (William of Ockham endorses Ted Cruz. 'the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected')
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If he was the headline would say- Trump bribes delegates with free plane trips


10 posted on 04/21/2016 10:58:27 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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"But the utilization of online crowdfunding—used for all sorts of things, ranging from medical bills to a Nicolas Cage-themed dating website—is a thoroughly modern twist, as well as a risky one. And Trump supporters aren’t alone; delegates for Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have asked the Internet for help funding their travel, too."

Oh noes! Cruz and Sanders people have to beg too! How awful!


"The would-be Trump delegates reached by The Daily Beast have not had any contact with the campaign about convention logistics. Rather, they’re setting out on their own to make America great again."

So, this story is based on people who are doing this on their own with no communication to the Trump campaign.

BOGUS STORY


11 posted on 04/21/2016 10:58:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The GOPe deserve nothing more than a middle finger)
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What’s wrong with Trump supporters crowd funding their delegates travel expenses?

Think hard dummy.


13 posted on 04/21/2016 10:59:30 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidea)
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The Trump Team may be slow to react to the money problem. I’m sure they will work it out once they figure out if these needy delegates are legitimate.

Talk about making mole hills into mountains . . .


16 posted on 04/21/2016 11:01:44 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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It helps to read the whole article.

“And Trump supporters aren’t alone; delegates for Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders have asked the Internet for help funding their travel, too.”


18 posted on 04/21/2016 11:02:16 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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Tell the delegates to hitch-hike and bring a sleeping bag to sleep in. Poor little $nowflake$ ALERT!


20 posted on 04/21/2016 11:06:34 AM PDT by PGalt
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What a weird world these people live in when they consider this to be an unusual circumstance. This happens all the time with delegates; I’ve spoken with many who held fundrasing car washes, bake sales, yard sales (and a few who mortgaged their homes) to pay for the journey to any party convention. I’ve never heard of a campaign paying for these trips.


22 posted on 04/21/2016 11:08:05 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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I don’t think the candidates or superPACs can pay the expenses for the delegates. But I think an individual donor can.


25 posted on 04/21/2016 11:10:06 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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There are several things that play a part in who is put up as a delegate for the convention in the primaries. One of them is who can afford to go. After all, it is a volunteer post and something of a hobby for the average delegate who sees it as the only “perk” they get for the hard work of running a party apparatus, regardless of the party, Dem or Rep.

Folks new to politics sometimes don’t know that being a delegate isn’t just cheering at rallies for your candidate. You normally have to work your way up the party ladder, starting with making phone calls, raising money, putting out signs and bumper stickers.

And the final thing folks new to politics will find out is that the title of delegate will get you a cup of bad coffee at party headquarters but very few, if any, local party organization are going to pay your way to the convention.


29 posted on 04/21/2016 11:12:38 AM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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Meanwhile, other Trumpists are THREATING Cruz Delegates.

Just received 2 postcards that included my phone # on the front:
From:
#WeThePeople
TRUMP VOTER

“#WeThePeople are Million in Numbers Watching
Trump Voters wrote to FBI Director Comey to Investigate
Your connection to Ted Cruz Pay Off’s. CO Voter Fraud”

“Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression is a Federal Crime
You will be Prosecuted if found Guilty
FBI an IRS audits and investigations are forthcoming”

“Trump Supporter’s will not be Silent”

Either the author didn’t pass 8th Grade or thinks I didn’t.

These were sent from Springfield, MO


33 posted on 04/21/2016 11:22:28 AM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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They cannot afford to travel to Ohio? Something someone should have thought about before signing up to be a delegate to a convention on Ohio.


34 posted on 04/21/2016 11:23:26 AM PDT by theoilpainter
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Is there any legal reason a campaign cannot pay their delegates travel expenses? It seems to me that it would be a legitimate campaign expense.

I am not suggesting putting money into any of the delegates’ pockets, just paying the reasonable and necessary costs of getting them to the convention.


35 posted on 04/21/2016 11:26:22 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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Nice ground game ya got there Donald.


36 posted on 04/21/2016 11:27:59 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm sick of "Trump this" and "Cruz that". Grow up.)
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