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Trump: Cruz, Kasich must endorse or no convention slot
Washington Examiner ^

Posted on 06/26/2016 3:38:19 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

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To: John W

“The story says he can’t really do this.”

Not yet. but if he controls the rules committee and/or installs his own convention chair (which he should) ...


201 posted on 06/26/2016 8:34:23 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ameribbean expat

And that is how a leader leads.

He never fails to impress me


202 posted on 06/26/2016 8:37:02 PM PDT by CottonBall
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To: Timpanagos1

And those speaking slots should be at the worst, lowest watched moments and for the least amount of time possible. Had they acted sooner, maybe more time or better slots.


203 posted on 06/26/2016 8:38:03 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Sharia, No Islam. No Problem. Just say No to Islam. Period.)
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To: ConservativeMind

When enough of his approaches to other things is ignored.

God may forgive but God will not indulge forever.


204 posted on 06/26/2016 8:43:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep, like herpes, Lyn’ Ted and his supporters are back at it again. I changed my tag line in hopes that we were done with Lyn’ Ted. Maybe I was premature.


205 posted on 06/26/2016 8:44:17 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Sharia, No Islam. No Problem. Just say No to Islam. Period.)
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To: bushwon; Windflier; Sacajaweau

Bushwon, windflier

Sacajaweau found reference to that phrase ‘presumptive nominee’ here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3443917/posts?page=163#163


206 posted on 06/26/2016 10:39:15 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: lee martell

Ohh but that FACE! Please, no! :(


207 posted on 06/26/2016 11:20:27 PM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Trump has no obligation to Cruz.

He might let him speak, but he won’t be forced into it.


208 posted on 06/26/2016 11:42:19 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: WildHighlander57; Windflier; Sacajaweau

The Republican National Committee officially declared Mitt Romney the party’s presumptive nominee Wednesday and announced steps toward a full merger of the two entities’ campaign infrastructure.

The move comes after a night in which Romney won all five Northeast states that held primaries, giving him another major delegate boost even though he’s still shy of the 1,144 he needs to formally clinch the nomination.

Sacajaweau found reference to that phrase ‘presumptive nominee’ here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3443917/posts?page=163#163

The party already has taken steps to help its eventual nominee prepare for the general election, and said Wednesday it is clear Romney will be their candidate.

“He is our presumptive nominee. That means he is our guy,” Reince Priebus said. “It’s beyond an endorsement. It is a complete merger wherein the RNC is putting all of its resources and energy behind Mitt Romney to be the next president of the United States.”


Woah, thanks for the research!!! Wow completely different tone with Mittens in APRIL of 2012...

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/25/news/la-pn-rnc-officially-names-mitt-romney-the-partys-presumptive-nominee-20120425

The party already has taken steps to help its eventual nominee prepare for the general election, and said Wednesday it is clear Romney will be their candidate.

“He is our presumptive nominee. THAT MEANS HE IS OUR GUY,” “ Reince Priebus said. “IT’S BEYOND AN ENDORSEMENT. IT’S A COMPLETE MERGER WHEREIN THE RNC IS PUTTING ALL OF ITS RESOURCES AND ENERGY BEHIND MITT ROMNEY to be the next president of the United States.”

Oh, and look, Mitt only had 1,144 delegates...

So in 2012, when Mittens is the “presumptive nominee” we hear “He’s our guy; It’s BEYOND AN ENDORSEMENT,” and I suspect the endorsements were pouring in at that time too, but in 2016, we see a very different attitude on the part of party leaders and Cruz and his supporters when it comes to Trump!


209 posted on 06/27/2016 12:09:05 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism👍)
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To: bushwon

http://sytereitz.com/tag/republican-presumptive-nominee/


210 posted on 06/27/2016 1:27:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

of course not.
Kasich will buy out a restaurant chain.
Ted will self deport back to Canada.


211 posted on 06/27/2016 1:31:00 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: bushwon
So in 2012, when Mittens is the “presumptive nominee” we hear “He’s our guy; It’s BEYOND AN ENDORSEMENT,” and I suspect the endorsements were pouring in at that time too, but in 2016, we see a very different attitude on the part of party leaders and Cruz and his supporters when it comes to Trump!

I just love it how the GOP party loyalists came on Free Republic in '08 and '12 to lecture us on how we all had to hold our noses and take one for the team. Yet now with Trump, the shoe is on the other foot.

Damn hypocrites

212 posted on 06/27/2016 3:58:00 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: proust
By being passive aggressive and not endorsing, they are taking away from Trump’s momentum and the perception of unity.

Yes, and that's why Trump needs to 1) secure the nomination and then, 2) attack these D & R establishment hacks like he did in the primaries. Trump knows his supporters, and most of the country, despise the GOPe/Ds

213 posted on 06/27/2016 4:22:17 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Google what? If you were paying any attention, Corey said four out loud on Thursday.

Cruz ain't on it. Don't need Tedlims to win this one.

Rick Perry for Senate 2018

214 posted on 06/27/2016 4:49:06 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"I hope they come up with an amicable way of going forward after their squabbling. Donald isn’t one to want to make permanent enemies when he doesn’t need to."

To BusTed, that approach would not benefit Cruz. He stayed in hoping for the worst, now he will watch hoping for the worst.

Look Cruz is a Delusionist, and he made the mistake of picking another Delusionist - Jeffroe - as his top Tedlim. They think they have some sort of electoral game; what they have is a shared incipient paranoia and just enough yokels to paralyze a handful of backwater caucuses.

Buchanan ran three times for President under many of the same delusions, the final time abandoning the GOP altogether. Perhaps Ted can hook up with Pat and George Will in 8 years...

215 posted on 06/27/2016 4:59:06 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: Cboldt
"I just read the NYT piece in its entirety. It reads as though Trump and the RNC are in harmony about presenting a united front. Trump has a point, those who refuse to honor their own personal "support the nominee" pledge should not be allowed on stage. They can;t be counted on to deliver a unifying message. I'm sure what he says is literally accurate, he would not invite them, not at the moment, and not in advance as part of planning the show."

This is so much more about Manafort not allowing an Eastwood-type 12-minute 'empty chair' improv fiasco (with Mitten's cadre hilariously pulling their hair out by the roots backstage after the fifth minute interminable minute ticked by) and so little about anything else.

216 posted on 06/27/2016 5:10:24 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - Vote Trump. Vote Coal.)
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To: bushwon; Windflier; Sacajaweau; EDINVA; tumblindice

Many thanks for the info on when they used the phrase “presumptive nominee”.

They did it in April 2012, before mittens had enough delegates.

Have they -ever- used that term -after- a candidate had enough delegates ?

In June, after all the primaries were done?

That’s what I was wondering .


217 posted on 06/27/2016 5:19:29 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57
It's found in many, many articles and also in earlier races. And just because someone introduces a new word into a dialogue doesn't change the FACT....the Nomination occurs at the convention after the votes have been cast and a nominee is finally chosen.

Presumptive, probable, most likely...use any of those words or any others that mean the same thing.

The point is....there is no ACTUAL nominee until the votes have been cast and the nominee emerges.

This whole conversation is a dumb rut.

218 posted on 06/27/2016 5:25:09 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Finally he treats the shitbags Cruz and Kasich as they so richly deserve


219 posted on 06/27/2016 5:34:38 AM PDT by montag813
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To: WildHighlander57

https://newrepublic.com/article/133223/makes-presidential-nominee-presumptive


220 posted on 06/27/2016 5:35:21 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (YS.)
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