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John Fund: Trump Has No Right to Change the Rules
National Review ^ | March 18, 2016 | John Fund

Posted on 03/20/2016 6:56:30 PM PDT by EveningStar

Donald Trump and his backers want to redefine mathematics, and have the GOP nomination handed to him with a plurality of delegates, rather than a majority, being sufficient...

The Republican party has held 39 national conventions since its first in 1856. At each and every one, a majority of delegates was needed for someone to get the nomination...

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cuckservatives; johnfund; majority; nationalreview; plurality; trump; wearesocuck; yellowjournalism
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To: katiedidit1

Fuzzy facts and befuddled voters.

There’s so much gullibility on this thread that I begin to understand why Trump is doing so well. Truth and common sense are apparently relative.


81 posted on 03/20/2016 8:42:34 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah

It isn’t that kind of race. If Trump doesn’t make it to the finish line, nobody else will have either. At that point, it is reasonable to look at who got closest to the finish line. This is especially true because the GOPe is obviously bribing John kasick to stay in the race to prevent anyone from getting to the finish line.


82 posted on 03/20/2016 8:42:38 PM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one

Looking “at who got closest to the finish line” is called a second ballot.


83 posted on 03/20/2016 8:44:16 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: AndyJackson

>>> the candidate picked by GOPe is not a candidate we all wanted

All?

Majority is not a random number.


84 posted on 03/20/2016 8:44:41 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: EveningStar

I agree that Trump should have the required number of delegates.

But I also believe that those who can’t possibly win enough delegates and don’t qualify because they haven’t won enough states should drop out. How about that rule?


85 posted on 03/20/2016 8:53:00 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: EveningStar

He must get the 1237. He will.
Vote Trump

Should happen in Cali. June 7. Clint Eastwood MC. VIVA TRUMP.


86 posted on 03/20/2016 9:15:35 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: EveningStar

If Trump is awarded (yes awarded) the nomination without having a majority of the delegate votes then then the opposition will rightly question his legitimacy.


87 posted on 03/20/2016 9:16:08 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (The most vocal supporters of a good con man are the victims.)
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To: All
Ahhh, once again the bodies swell up with toxins, bloat in the hot midday sun, and the coroners have
to wear facemasks as they try to identify the victims, they are sadz.

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88 posted on 03/20/2016 9:25:33 PM PDT by mkjessup (A vote for CRUZ is a vote for ROMNEY, BUSH, GRAHAM, McCAIN & GOPe. Are you CruzBots effin' KWAZY?!?)
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To: wardaddy

http://americanpolitics.com/20010905BakerFund.html


89 posted on 03/20/2016 9:32:00 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: EveningStar
Wah wah wah. Not Trump, his critics.

He's working the refs.

90 posted on 03/20/2016 9:38:15 PM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
The GOP changed the rules when Romney came up short in 2012. Sorry, John. Doesn’t matter anyway, Trump will get 1237.

I don't understand. Exactly how did Mitt Romney come up short in 2012?

I tried to research that claim and found this:

Campaign 2012: Mitt Romney captures delegates for GOP nod

So I'm just trying to understand what you mean, since I've seen it asserted a few times...

91 posted on 03/20/2016 9:43:07 PM PDT by sargon
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To: DesertRhino
Why not? Romney did it in 2012, and the GOPe is doing it now.

Once again, what is meant by this? Please see my previous post...

92 posted on 03/20/2016 9:44:31 PM PDT by sargon
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To: Black Agnes

Is that the Pillsbury that gave all that money to Ole Miss?


93 posted on 03/20/2016 10:06:14 PM PDT by wardaddy (Cruz path to nomination is a box canyon)
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To: wardaddy

No idea.


94 posted on 03/20/2016 10:06:50 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: EveningStar

You are a moron.
Fund’s article is just the opposite - to get the GOPes to block Trump.

No serious person reads National Review anymore.
It is a bunch of RINO dilettantes who are fearful of losing their jobs in a fading magazine and losing access to the inner circle in a Trump administration.


95 posted on 03/20/2016 10:12:16 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: EveningStar

No matter what they do, there’s one thing the PTB can’t control.

How people vote.

They can make those votes or non-votes meaningless in the primary election, but not the general.

If they play with fire they will get burned.


96 posted on 03/20/2016 10:21:29 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns.)
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To: doc maverick
Your analogy doesn’t hold water. We are talking numbers of votes not finish lines. Somebody with zero votes could still cross the finish line first.

WHAT?

97 posted on 03/20/2016 10:32:59 PM PDT by norton
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To: EveningStar

John Fund is the special needs version of Bill Kristol.


98 posted on 03/20/2016 10:36:43 PM PDT by anton
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To: EveningStar

What are you talking about?

Here is what the Trumpkins want if Donald Duck Trump goes into the convention with 1000 delegates they want the Republican party to crown him the Nominee instead of the 1237 needed!!


99 posted on 03/20/2016 10:41:43 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: AndyJackson
Ah a timely quote from my boyhood idol.
Two timelier quotes from your boyhood idol, and worth holding onto whether it's Hilarious Rodent Clinton, Donaldus Minimus, or whomever comes forth from a brokered Republican't convention winning in November:

Democracy---The theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it, good and hard.

Democracy---The fine art of running the circus from the monkey cage.

100 posted on 03/20/2016 10:58:22 PM PDT by BluesDuke (Write by your thumbs and hang if you get work . . .)
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