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Study, Bubba, study the math:

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/R

THE DELEGATE RACE MATH ~ 35% of the primary election race remains.

Trump won 7,825,264 votes -—> 755 delegates.

T.Cruz won 5,737,119 votes —-> 465 delegates.

~~Countdown to 1237 delegates~~

There are 895 hard delegates remaining of which some are free/soft delegates. Some delegates have already been won by other candidates. We have 808 new delegates ‘up for grabs’ in the upcoming races.

Donald Trump: 755 delegates won. He must win 482 more delegates to reach 1237. That is 59% of the 808 remaining hard delegates. He may lose 397 more delegates & still win 1237.

Ted Cruz: 465 delegates won. He must win 772 more delegates to reach 1237. That is 96% of the 808 remaining hard delegates. He may lose 36 more delegates & still win 1237.

With the help of the GOPe, Ted may now attempt to control, hijack, bribe, disqualify, recount, and other nefarious tactics to block Trump’s win. But we know he is the ‘face of god’ and has been anointed to do this.

“Ted Cruz: 465 delegates won. He must win 772 more delegates to reach 1237. That is 96% of the 808 remaining hard delegates. He may lose 36 more delegates & still win 1237.”

True; but the more pertinent math is that Trump + Kasich need only 327 delegates between them (40.3%) to attain their goal — not an outright win, but a contested convention.

They, and the GOPe, obviously either disbelieve or don’t care that the result will be a stunning loss. I’m going with both: they a) don’t care, as they like the role of bilking people out of contributions to ‘fight’ Democrats much better than actually being held to account to achieve conservative wins when elected; and b) they disbelieve that the ragged masses (us) will do anything about their machinations.

This is the rank hypocrisy that Trump supporters refuse to recognize.

If Trump wins 60% of the remaining delegates before the convention, he will win the nomination. No one is disputing that. The issue is what happens, in the increasingly likely event, that Trump fails to get the necessary 60% of the remaining delegates to win the required majority.

According to Trump supporters, if Trump goes into the convention with a plurality lead (regardless of how small a plurality it may be at that point) then it is Trump's manifest destiny to receive the nomination. If the majority of the delegates who are pledged to other candidates do not immediately recognize that fact and pledge their fealty to Trump then they are stealing the election! (They should probably also apologize for conspiring to elect anyone other than Trump).

So what happens if Cruz wins 60% of the remaining delegates (a distinct possibility now that the race is down to Trump, Cruz and Kasich) and goes into the convention with a plurality lead? Does the same apply to him? Of course not! If Cruz is in the lead going into the convention it can only be because of fraud, because the overwhelming 40% plurality of voters who support Trump cannot possibly be wrong! It will still be stealing the nomination if all of the other delegates refuse to pledge their fealty to Trump.

Basically, no matter how the remaining primaries turn out, it will be stealing the nomination if Trump does not win. The only honorable thing for Cruz to do is drop out now. (He should probably also apologize for conspiring to elect anyone other than Trump).

Seriously, Trump supporters sound like a bunch of damned democrats. Someone with Photoshop skills needs to change this to the Official Seal of the Trump Campaign.