Posted on 04/11/2016 1:59:17 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
“All Colorado Republicans [registered more than a month] could vote in precinct caucuses, which chose delegates to congressional and state conventions, who voted for national delegates.” That’s my (unabbreviated) Tweet summarizing the way that Colorado Republicans chose delegates to the national Republican Convention. I should know; as a Colorado Republican I participated in the caucuses.
But apparently, for some Trump supporters, my experience participating in the caucus process is no match for a Drudge headline claiming it never happened. As of the evening of April 10, Drudge claimed on its main page, “Fury as Colorado has no primary or caucus; Cruz celebrates voterless victory.”
So let’s set the facts straight, beginning with my own experiences with the caucus system.
After long being an unaffiliated voter, I registered as a Republican voter late last year, in part so that I could participate in Colorado’s Republican caucus system this year. (I plan to remain a Republican, barring an unforeseen major shift in the political scene.) I looked up how to participate in my precinct caucus on March 1, showed up, participated in the meeting, and successfully ran as an alternate delegate to the county convention on March 19 and to the state convention on April 9.
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A completely fair headline of what happened this year would have been, “Colorado Republicans Select Presidential Delegates the Same Way They Did Last Time.” But the reality of the situation is so much more boring that the trumped up version of it.
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I agree. And, as I’ve said, Trump is the first guy I’ve actually *wanted* to vote for since I was eligible (for the Bush/Clinton election). Ah, well. Some of us can see that this is our one chance to break the crony system, and others can’t.
Same here.
I’ve been voting in general elections since 1972.
I’m a newbie by some other folks’ standards. “:^)
Thanks for the note of agreement.
Isn’t the real truth, unfortunately, as Rush Limbo says, that Donald Trump was totally unprepared about the ins & outs in Colorado ???
Good job! I smelled this troll right away : )
“Point taken: however, it seems that every four years, there seem to be an awful lot of posters who suddenly wake up from dormancy (like cicadas) only to push some establishment, GOP-e, or liberal candidate. “
Yep, and Monday’s GOPe Troll Award goes to reegs : )
“Isn’t the real truth, unfortunately, as Rush Limbo says, that Donald Trump was totally unprepared about the ins & outs in Colorado ???”
No, the REAL truth is Lush Rimbo sold his soul to the devil for (my guess) a better chance at 1/2 ownership in an NFL franchise : )
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