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The Republican establishment packed the debate audience with Donald Trump haters
Vox ^ | Feb 13 2016 | German Lopez

Posted on 02/13/2016 9:55:35 PM PST by WilliamIII

Something very peculiar happened at the Republican debate on Saturday night: When Donald Trump talked, the audience booed. Yet when Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and even John Kasich talked, they got loud cheers and applause.

This happened again and again. It even led a spike in Google searches for "Why are people booing?"

Trump, at one point, scoffed that the audience was made up of "Jeb [Bush]'s special interests and lobbyists."

It turns out this may not be that far-fetched. Prior to the debate, the Republican Party decided not to use a lottery system to decide who should be in the audience. Instead, most tickets went to elected Republican officials, donors, and other workers for the party picked by local, state, and national party officials.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; 2016election; election2016; newyork; trump
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To: DesertRhino

The moderators did have a trouble look on their faces. They wanted to get out their agenda of questions. The outbursts by the audience was eating away their time. It was the most out of control debate I have ever seen. I am sure the DemonRATs were rubbing their hands together on this. Can you imagine them stacking the audience for the presidential debates? They wouldn’t be so stupid to do that. Only the GOPe is that stupid.


61 posted on 02/14/2016 12:21:26 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: WilliamIII
This was not a debate for the benefit of WTP. What we saw was a staged production by the uniparty, RNC in an attempt to persuade us to vote for their guy, Jib Jeb and turn US from the man we truly want to see TRiUMPh

The RNC is nothing but a group of wanna be's that never were. They have shown US time and again what lengths they will travel to play to win. Cheat, lie, and make the rules as they go along. Finished, washed up, the RNC will be history but not soon enough. They should have been put out to pasture 15 years ago.

62 posted on 02/14/2016 12:30:22 AM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: maine-iac7
back int the beginning - trump bought up most of the tickets for an events - shutting everyone else out - They fixed that.

you really need to verify that with a link or quit making unsubstantiated, obviously false claims. Cruz much?

63 posted on 02/14/2016 1:28:26 AM PST by true believer forever (Trump 2016 - I never knew an entire country could have an ephiphany!)
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To: jonrick46

The GOP helped get some states to pass new election rules to stop candidates from switching parties. If Trump goes 3rd party he would not be allowed on the ballot in certain states. I think ohio is one of them. I would have to look it up, but if anyone has more details, please post..


64 posted on 02/14/2016 2:45:06 AM PST by bigtoona (Lose on amnesty, socialism cemented in place forever Trump is the only hope.)
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To: bigtoona

I read one post that told about states that put restrictions on how third party candidates get on the ballot. Some forbid write ins for the national races.


65 posted on 02/14/2016 3:10:57 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz Campaigns Bash RNC for Stacking Audience with Pro-Amnesty Donor Class


66 posted on 02/14/2016 3:50:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: jonrick46

Until this election, I never knew the depth of power the elite have over us. They shape each election by tweaking the rules while the game is being played.


67 posted on 02/14/2016 3:59:02 AM PST by bigtoona (Lose on amnesty, socialism cemented in place forever Trump is the only hope.)
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To: TBP

Funny how one who will not look can claim he did not see, and consider it a compelling argument that something isn’t so because he didn’t see it....


68 posted on 02/14/2016 5:03:22 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: TBP

So you had a ticket as well.


69 posted on 02/14/2016 5:32:23 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: WilliamIII; flaglady47; mickie; Maine Mariner; pax_et_bonum
A limited number of political debates should be held in appropriate settings without audiences.

The audiences have become part of the debates like hired "extras" in bad comedies.

These continual GOP debacles have outlived their usefulness....they are degenerating into street brawling.....and are hurting all GOP candidates. Are these men too dense to see this?

A very large segment of the audience last night was a pack of hyenas, screaming banshees, adolescents of all ages.....and programmed robots.

Rather than control unhinged audience participants, eliminate audiences altogether. They serve NO purpose whatsoever except as dumping grounds for favored ticket holders with agendas of their own....or with orders how to react to certain candidates.

Leni

70 posted on 02/14/2016 6:28:09 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP GO !!!)
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To: Piranha

Trump is the only man that’ll break up the good ole boy system in Washington. The only one not beholding to special interest groups. The only one that has said he would build a wall and keep illegals the hell out of this country. The only one that actually wants to protect Americans from raping, murdering hordes of Muslims that are streaming into this country. Ted Cruz is a lying POS that has not shot at winning a special election, who like any typical lawyer, lies every time he opens his mouth.


71 posted on 02/14/2016 6:33:57 AM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: Piranha; MinuteGal
Too bad Wm. F. Buckley isn't around today to organize a civil, meaningful debate on issues.

These current primary debates are organized by TV show biz producers and directors in cahoots with the RNC.

See # 70 above.

Leni

72 posted on 02/14/2016 7:32:25 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP GO !!!)
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To: NKP_Vet

Why can’t you be positive about your guy (who is also my guy)? You are doing exactly what Rove & Co. want to see happen. They don’t want their candidate to win in a direct contest against our candidates. Instead, they want their candidate to be the last one standing, so that on Election Day (election month?) we feel that we don’t have a choice but to vote for the Republican instead of the Democrat. And after the death of Scalia they are right. I will vote for the GOPe candidate over Hillary or Sanders.

So let’s say that Trump goes down. For whatever reason. If you agree with me and would vote for the Republican in that case, what is your preference? Would you rather vote for Bush, Rubio, Kasich, Carson, or Cruz? Bush, Kasich, and Rubio each would be a disaster because of their ideology. I think that Carson’s heart is in the right place but he has not been able to present himself as assertive and decisive. That leaves Cruz as my second-choice candidate as far as I am concerned.

If people are disgusted with Cruz, which is what you are trying to accomplish, then one of two things will happen. Either they won’t vote at all, as happened with Romney, leading to Obama’s second term, or they will go so far as to vote for Hillary to make sure that Cruz doesn’t win.

If that happens, then we will have gone down for the third time and it will be over.

If you are flaming Cruz because you honestly believe he is a bad candidate, ask yourself who — besides Trump — would be better.


73 posted on 02/14/2016 8:02:44 AM PST by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: NKP_Vet

Why can’t you be positive about your guy (who is also my guy)? You are doing exactly what Rove & Co. want to see happen. They don’t want their candidate to win in a direct contest against our candidates. Instead, they want their candidate to be the last one standing, so that on Election Day (election month?) we feel that we don’t have a choice but to vote for the Republican instead of the Democrat. And after the death of Scalia they are right. I will vote for the GOPe candidate over Hillary or Sanders.

So let’s say that Trump goes down. For whatever reason. If you agree with me and would vote for the Republican in that case, what is your preference? Would you rather vote for Bush, Rubio, Kasich, Carson, or Cruz? Bush, Kasich, and Rubio each would be a disaster because of their ideology. I think that Carson’s heart is in the right place but he has not been able to present himself as assertive and decisive. That leaves Cruz as my second-choice candidate as far as I am concerned.

If people are disgusted with Cruz, which is what you are trying to accomplish, then one of two things will happen. Either they won’t vote at all, as happened with Romney, leading to Obama’s second term, or they will go so far as to vote for Hillary to make sure that Cruz doesn’t win.

If that happens, then we will have gone down for the third time and it will be over.

If you are flaming Cruz because you honestly believe he is a bad candidate, ask yourself who — besides Trump — would be better.


74 posted on 02/14/2016 8:02:46 AM PST by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Piranha

Cruz has no chance of getting the nomination and if by some miracle he did get it he has no chance of winning. He’s too polorizing. He can’t get along with anyone and will do and say anything to get a vote. He’s a fake and fraud of the first degree. When I found out that he caters to homosexual same-sex “marriage” advocates to beg for a dollar I was done with this phony. The old “I’m a Christian” act is BS of the first degree. Christians don’t act like this character. If he opens his mouth about another candidate you can rest assured it’s a lie. He wanted a permanent green card for illegals living in this country and that is AMNESTY, no matter how slick talking lawyer boy Cruz wants to spin it. Former prosecutor Greta VanSustren called him out on it in an interview and said “Senator, that sounds like amnesty to me”, and he still tapped dance around it. She finally got disgusted with him evading questions and ended the interview. Just another greasy lying lawyer. She still has no use for him.


75 posted on 02/14/2016 8:40:56 AM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: NKP_Vet

If Trump is not the nominee which candidate would you favor?


76 posted on 02/14/2016 8:52:42 AM PST by Piranha (Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
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To: Piranha

One that win. Just don’t think Cruz can. Hate to say it but it would be Rubio. I don’t like him though because of his immigration stance. Just don’t think he would do a thing about illegals taking over the country. Even if republicans can keep Obama from appointing another radical leftist to the Supreme Court to replace Scalia, if Hillary Clinton is elected she’ll be Obama in a Madame Butterfly jacket, who’ll appoint at least 3, may 4 justices, then this country is effectively finished. I’ll vote for whoever the nominee is but I just can’t see any of them being able to get enough cross over votes to win, except Trump or Rubio. If Rubio is not on top of the ticket he’s almost certain to be selected as VP because he’s young, can speak fluent Spanish, and he’s from Florida, which the republicans absolutely have to carry. And speaking of Trump, it’s not that the GOP thinks he would lose to Clinton and has to be defeated at all costs, they hate him because business as usual is over if he’s elected. He calls them all crooks, which they are, and is hated by both parties for telling voters the truth about politics in America.


77 posted on 02/14/2016 9:43:15 AM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: NKP_Vet
And speaking of Trump, it's not that the GOP thinks he would lose to Clinton and has to be defeated at all costs, they hate him because business as usual is over if he's elected. He calls them all crooks, which they are, and is hated by both parties for telling voters the truth about politics in America.

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And speaking of Cruz, it's not that the GOP thinks he would lose to Clinton and has to be defeated at all costs, they hate him because business as usual is over if he's elected. He calls them all crooks, which they are, and is hated by both parties for telling voters the truth about politics in America.

78 posted on 02/14/2016 9:52:35 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Publius
See my # 70....posted this morning.

Great mind think alike.

Leni

79 posted on 02/14/2016 1:17:16 PM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP GO !!!)
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