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To: mlo

Right now it’s pretty clear that there is one candidate who has the most delegates.

If the convention comes, and that candidate still has the most delegates by a plurality, and some wise guys start to manipulate around to deny him the primary, I will NOT vote for who they stick in there.

I’m not sure why that is so hard for people to understand.

I am not sure how this thread turned into “you must support who the GOP chooses as the nominee”

I think I logged into the wrong web blog.

I haven’t been here that long, and I was liking it here, I thought there were many who felt the same way.

Today though it sure does seem like the tone of the conversation is “you are not a good man if you don’t support who the GOP gives you”

Sorry, I”m not biting.


159 posted on 04/05/2016 4:18:16 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (if God wanted Cruz to be president, he'd have been born in America)
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp
Having the most delegates is not the same thing as having a majority. If someone fails to have a majority that means more people voted for someone else than voted for him. There is no rational basis for thinking the person with the largest minority of delegates has a right to the nomination. I'm not sure why that is so hard for people to understand.

The nominee will be the one that gets a majority of delegates. It may be that the convention comes and nobody has it going in. Which will mean it will have to be decided by some delegates eventually changing their votes. That's not shenanigans, that's basic logic.

163 posted on 04/05/2016 4:21:51 PM PDT by mlo
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp
"Today though it sure does seem like the tone of the conversation is “you are not a good man if you don’t support who the GOP gives you”"

Incorrect. What you are getting is resistance to the idea that Trump must be awarded the nomination, regardless of whether he wins it, regardless of anything, and if he doesn't win it you won't vote Republican. You have every right to think that way but you shouldn't be surprised to get some push back.

168 posted on 04/05/2016 4:24:34 PM PDT by mlo
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To: Bubba Gump Shrimp

I think agreeing not to support a GOP nominated candidate is the general opinion around here.

But as for Free Republic, you’ve entered unknown territory populated by little cliques held together by their worship of Donald Trump.

If you don’t to the zombie herd, you will be killed ... at least verbally.


169 posted on 04/05/2016 4:24:49 PM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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